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: Printed for H. M. Stationery Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers, Ltd., circa 1940. Poster. This original Second World War propaganda poster featuring some of Winston Churchill’s most famous words was printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office in London during the Battle of Britain. The poster measures 30 x...... 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: 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
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition. Paperback. This elusive prize is the visually striking and exceptionally rare wraps binding of the colonial issue of the first edition, only printing. Internally identical to the hardbound first edition, it is bound instead in tan card wrappers featuring the same color illustration..... 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
Utrecht, The Netherlands (wartime occupied): The Busy Bee, or De Bezige Bij (Geert Lubberhuizen), 1944. Paperback. This remarkable Second World War artifact was published in Nazi-occupied Holland, testifying to the hope, courage, and peril of an occupied people. This is a numbered and limited publication of the Atlantic Charter, published..... 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, first printing. Full leather. 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 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
London: Library of Imperial History, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. This is a full, four volume set of the first and only edition of Winston S. Churchill’s Collected Essays. This set is triply noteworthy – for exceptional condition, for a binding variation, and for being signed in the House of Commons..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed U.S. first edition set of the 1916-1918 volumes of Winston Churchill’s monumental history of the First World War, The World Crisis, in the original publisher's slipcase. The events of these 1916-1918 volumes include Churchill's..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. 1st Edition. Paperback. This book is from the personal collection of Churchill's bibliographer, Ronald I. Cohen. This is a collector-worthy example of the first edition, first state of this striking, scarce, and fragile early collection of Churchill's speeches. In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party..... More
London: Library of Imperial History, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. This is a full set of Churchill’s Collected Essays in the vellum bindings and slipcases. In 1976, the Library of Imperial History issued The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill as a welcome follow-up to the Collected Works, which included only..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1931. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, in the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches as part of his campaign against the India Bill, over which he broke with his party’s leadership. The first..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. 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 champion progressive..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. This rarity is a jacketed U.S. first edition set of the 1916-1918 volumes of Churchill's The World Crisis in the original publisher's slipcase. The events of these 1916-1918 volumes include Churchill's time at the Front following his political..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1931. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, in the first variant of the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches, part of his campaign against the India Bill over which he broke with his party’s..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1956. First edition, first printing. Full leather. This is a magnificently bound full, four-volume British first edition, first printing set of Churchill’s sweeping history and last great work. The elegant, orange-brown, full Niger Morocco goatskin bindings feature hubbed spines with blind-rule framed bands, subtly radiused..... More