London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1947. 1st Edition. Paperback. This booklet contains the first printed appearance of Churchill's speech of 4 October 1947 at the 68th Annual Conservative Party Conference. Two years earlier, Churchill's Conservatives had been soundly defeated in the General Election at the end of..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1936. First edition. Periodical. This October, 1936 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. XCI, No. 550) contains the first published appearance of Winston Churchill’s portrait of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891). Here Churchill paints a picture of the life and career of one of the..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, first printing, of the third 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 Churchill played a uniquely..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1946. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, only printing, first state of the sixth volume of Churchill's war speeches. Both aptly and ironically titled Victory, this volume contains speeches, broadcasts, messages, statements, a letter, and the text of the Crimea..... More
New York: British Information Services, 1945. 1st Edition. Paperback. The 12 June 1945 Statement printed here was made very near the end of Churchill's famous tenure as wartime Prime Minister. In July 1945 Churchill's Conservative Party would lose the General election and Labour's Clement Attlee would succeed Churchill. Here Prime..... More
New York: British Information Services, 1946. 1st Edition. Paperback. This publication is very likely the first printed appearance of Churchill's speech of 5 June 1946 to the House of Commons. We know of no earlier printings. Collectors please note that this item is not found in either Cohen's or Woods'..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1945. First edition. Paperback. This little book commemorated Clementine Churchill’s extended trip to Russia at the end of the Second World War and contains her observations from her Russian journey. Clementine’s trip and the book that resulted were part of her significant wartime effort to..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1966. 1st Edition. Paperback. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life, comprising eight mammoth main text volumes. The British and U.S. first editions of the eight main..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1946. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, only printing, first state of the sixth volume of Churchill's war speeches. Both aptly and ironically titled Victory, this volume contains speeches, broadcasts, messages, statements, a letter, and the text of the Crimea..... More
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Bibliographer Curt Zoller says of this work: "Though it claims to be impartial, this is mainly a critical collection of articles that purports to tell "why he never regained his 1940 popularity, which had reached its nadir by 1942 and caused..... More
London: Heinemann & Zsolnay, Ltd., 1943. First French language edition. Paperback. This is the first French language edition of the second volume of Churchill's war speeches. The Unrelenting Struggle was published in England in 1942 with this French edition – La Lutte Sans Relache – following in 1943. The volume..... More
New York: British Information Services, An Agency of the British Government, 1943. 1st Edition. Paperback. This is a booklet printed by the British government for distribution in the U.S. in 1943. It is in very good condition. The title is "Winston Churchill Prime Minister Some Excerpts from Wartime Speeches". The..... More