London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1950. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a superior, jacketed copy of the British first edition, only printing of the second of Churchill's five postwar speech volumes. Condition may be attributable to the provenance; although unmarked as such, this copy came from the archives..... More
London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1945. "Political edition," only printing. Pamphlet. This is an extraordinarily fine example of the only printing of the "Political" edition of this striking wartime speech pamphlet. Published in April, 1945, by the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, this was a...... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. Lauren Ford. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This interesting little book is excerpted from Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. On 29 December 1938, Churchill wrote to his wife regarding his initial draft about this part of his history: "I have just finished writing..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1941. First edition, only printing. Leaflet. This leaflet is the first edition, only printing, of Churchill's 18 March 1941 address to the Pilgrims Society (erroneously printed as "Pilgrim Society" on the leaflet cover). Founded in 1902, the Pilgrims Society is an Anglo-American organization..... More
Rochester, New York: University of Rochester, 1941. First edition. Paperback. This scarce pamphlet is the first published appearance of Winston S. Churchill's speech of 16 June 1941, early in Churchill’s Second World War premiership and nearly half a year before the United States formally entered the war. The speech was..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, first printing of the second volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times. During the four years covered by Volume II (1702-1705), Marlborough led England as Captain-General. The volume is..... More
London: Conservative and Unionist Central Office, 1949. First edition. Pamphlet. This is the first and only edition of Winston Churchill’s speech of 23 July 1949. The 19-page, wire-stitched pamphlet bound in illustrated wraps measures 8.5 x 5.5 inches (21.6 x 14 cm) and is bound in coated paper wraps, the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is the second volume of the U.S. first "Definitive" edition, only printing of Churchill's war speeches. During his long public life, Winston Churchill played many roles worthy of historical note - member of Parliament for more than half a century, distinguished..... More
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, first printing, first issue of Churchill's fifth published book. Ian Hamilton's March was the second of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1994. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition of the second volume of Churchill’s War Papers. The War Papers volumes are the companion document volumes accompanying Volume VI of Churchill’s Official Biography. This volume contains documents from May 1940, the month that Churchill..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first abridged and revised edition of Churchill's monumental and acclaimed history of the First World War. This important edition covering the war years 1911-1918 is not just an abridgement. It incorporates revisions by Churchill with new..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, first printing of the second volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times. During the four years covered by Volume II (1702-1705), Marlborough led England as Captain-General. The volume is..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is an unusually clean British first edition, first printing of the second volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times. During the four years covered by Volume II (1702-1705), Marlborough led England as Captain-General. The volume..... More
London: Conservative and Unionist Central Office, 1947. 1st Edition. Paperback. First edition, only printing. This is Churchill's 12 March 1947 speech in the House of Commons criticizing Socialist economic policies. The 16-page, wire stitched paper pamphlet measures 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches and is printed in dark blue. "It is..... More
London: The Ministry of Fuel and Power, November 1942. First edition. Pamphlet. This wartime pamphlet comes from the personal collection of Churchill’s bibliographer, Ronald I. Cohen. Published in November 1942 during Churchill's wartime premiership, this is the first edition, only printing of this pamphlet including Churchill's undated letter to the..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1954. Proof copy of the first edition. Paperback. This is a publisher’s proof copy of the British first edition of the sixth and final volume of Winston Churchill’s history of the Second World War. This copy comes to us from the collection of British book..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is a seminal Churchill book that includes 82 newspaper articles focused on foreign affairs written by Churchill between March 1936 and May 1939, many of them containing his warnings and predictions about Nazi Germany. As a measure of Churchill's..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1939. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, second printing of Churchill's last book published before the outbreak of the Second World War. This second printing was issued the same month as the first and is identical apart from notation of the second..... More
London: Conservative and Unionist Central Office, April 1951. 1st Edition. Paperback. Here is a scarce publication featuring excerpts from Churchill's broadcast speech of 17 March 1951. This is an important speech from an important year. Churchill makes the case for holding a General Election - which, when finally held in..... More
London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1949. 1st Edition. Paperback. This booklet contains the first printed appearance of Churchill's speech of 14 October 1949 at the 70th Annual Conservative Party Conference. Four years earlier, Churchill's Conservatives had been soundly defeated in the General Election at the end of..... More
London: National Unon of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1948. 1st Edition. Paperback. This booklet contains the first printed appearance of Churchill's speech of 9 October 1948 at the 69th Annual Conservative Party Conference. Three years earlier, Churchill's Conservatives had been soundly defeated in the General Election at the end of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, of the fifth and penultimate volume of Winston Churchill's monumental history of The First World War. A quarter of a century before the Second World War endowed him with lasting fame, Winston..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This September, 1931 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXI, No. 484) contains the first appearance of Winston Churchill’s article “Some Election Memories”, published prior to its inclusion in Thoughts and Adventures. In this article Churchill begins by asserting his well-earned authority..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This May, 1931 of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXI, No. 485) contains the first appearance of Winston Churchill’s essay “Mass Effects in Modern Life”, published prior to its inclusion in Thoughts and Adventures (1932). Here Churchill examines the massive societal shift that..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This February, 1931 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXI, No. 482) contains the first appearance of Winston Churchill’s essay “Men Who Have Influenced or Impressed Me”, published prior to its inclusion in Thoughts and Adventures. The subject characters of the piece..... More