London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Softcover. This humble, battered, late-nineteenth century paperback is the extravagantly rare “wraps” (paperback) colonial issue of the first edition, first printing, first state of Winston Churchill’s first book. This is arguably the most elusive among the many first edition issues..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1932. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a prize for collectors. This jacketed copy of the first edition, first printing would be impressive for condition alone – approaching near fine in a near fine, complete dust jacket. Rendering this copy exceptional is that fact that..... More
Chartwell, Westerham, Kent: 1955. This typed, signed letter from Winston Churchill to Desmond Flower of Cassell – the wartime and postwar publisher of all of Churchill’s book-length works – symbolically affirms Churchill’s paramount importance to his publisher. The letter is typed on a single sheet of Churchill’s Chartwell stationery. The..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of Churchill's second published work, an unrestored, fully intact set in the striking, original bindings, both volumes housed together in a navy leather slipcase. This set approaches very good condition. Often the..... More
Quebec City: unpublished. photographic negatives. This is a set of original negatives of apparently unpublished images of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill taken on 18 August 1943 at the Second World War ‘Quadrant’ conference in Quebec City. Churchill and Roosevelt are prominent in seven of..... More
11 Downing Street, London: 1927. Letter. This 28 April 1927 typed, signed letter from then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston S. Churchill to literary agent Curtis Brown questions printing costs for Volume III of The World Crisis. The letter is intriguing for documenting early relations with Brown, whose firm continues to..... More
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1952. Hardcover. This is a signed and dated copy of the 1952 edition of Lord Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill's biography of his father. The inscription in three lines in black ink on the first free endpaper reads: "From | Winston S. Churchill | 1952". Churchill's first biographic..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of Churchill's second published work, an unrestored, fully intact set in the striking, original bindings. The Mahdi, Mohammed Ahmed, was a messianic Islamic leader in central and northern Sudan in the final..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. This is a spectacular, jacketed U.S. first edition set of the 1916-1918 volumes of Churchill's The World Crisis in the rare original publisher's slipcase. A quarter of a century before the Second World War endowed him with lasting fame, Winston Churchill..... More
London: Fosh & Cross Ltd., 1941. Poster. This original 1941 British wartime propaganda poster features the stirring peroration of Winston Churchill’s speech of 27 January 1940, delivered three and half months before he became prime minister. This speech was broadcast “not only throughout Britain, but also in Canada.” (Gilbert, Vol..... More
London: National Savings Committee, circa 1940. This is an original wartime British propaganda poster featuring a message from the Prime Minister exhorting both wartime thrift and the purchase of war bonds. This 20 x 15 inch poster (50.8 x 38.1 cm) features a striking orange background, on the upper portion..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. This homely copy is rendered exceptional by the extravagantly rare dust jacket. This is the first edition, third printing of Churchill’s only and extremely popular autobiography, published in November 1930, swiftly following the first and second printings of October. The..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1948. First edition, first printing. Full leather. This is a magnificently bound, full, six-volume set of British first editions of The Second World War, Churchill's history of the epic 20th Century struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. The elegant, orange-brown, beautifully grained..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, only printing, first state of Churchill's first book, based on his exploits with Sir Bindon Blood's expedition on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897. First state is confirmed by the lack of an..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition, only printing. Paperback. This is the first edition, first state of this striking, scarce, and fragile early collection of Churchill's speeches. In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him..... More
Washington, D.C. The National Industrial Information Committee, circa 1942. This original Second World War American propaganda poster features the image and words of British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill. In large white print, angled above an image of the gesticulating and bespectacled Prime Minister, is the title “till Death or..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. First Edition, only printing. Hardcover. This book is the precursor to Churchill’s great war speeches, the first edition, only printing. This particular copy is increasingly scarce thus, in the first issue dust jacket. Condition is compelling, both volume and jacket approaching near..... More
London: National War Aims Committee, 1918. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This exceptionally rare speech pamphlet contains the speech of 25 April 1918 Churchill delivered in the House of Commons as Minister of Munitions during the First World War. This is the only copy we know of in private ownership..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1948. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. Here is a finely bound set of all five of Churchill's post-WWII speech volumes. The five volumes are The Sinews of Peace (1948), Europe Unite (1950), In the Balance (1951), Stemming the Tide (1953) and The Unwritten Alliance (1961)..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1948. First edition, first printing. Leather bound. This is a finely bound, full six-volume set of British first editions of The Second World War, Winston Churchill's history of the epic 20th Century struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. The bindings are three-quarter..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, only printing, first state of Winston Churchill’s first book, based on his exploits with Sir Bindon Blood’s expedition on the Northwest frontier of India in 1897. Provenance of this copy is both relevant and..... More
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, second printing of Churchill's second published work, an unrestored, fully intact set in the striking, original bindings. Published in two massive volumes, this edition is compelling in every respect. The text is arresting, insightful..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's first book, based on his exploits with Sir Bindon Blood's expedition on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897. Condition is very good, a quite respectable, original, unrestored copy. The..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition, only printing. Paperback. This is the first edition, first state of this striking, scarce, and fragile early collection of Churchill's speeches. In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him..... More
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France: 1957. TLS. This typed, signed letter to Churchill’s friend and paint supplier Willy Sax (1898-1964) reflects both Churchill’s passion for painting and his general inclination to preserve his passion as something personal in the great and turbulent sweep of his otherwise tremendously public life. The letter is accompanied..... More