Stockholm, Sweden: Ivar Haeggstroms Boktryckeri A.B., 1944. First Swedish (English-language) edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This unusual and scarce wartime item is the only printing of the Swedish (English-language) edition of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s 2 August 1944 speech to the House of Commons on the war effort. Bound in wire-stitched..... More
50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York: The British Library of Information, 1940. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's "The War of the Unknown Warriors" broadcast speech of July 14, 1940, just days after the beginning of the Battle of Britain: "This is no..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1941. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's broadcast speech of 27 April 1941 - Churchill's famous "Westward, Look, the Land is Bright" speech in which he praises the resolve and heroism of the British people..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1940. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's speech to the House of Commons of 5 November 1940, reporting on wartime challenges after six months as Prime Minister. The eight-page, wire-stitched pamphlet in self-wraps measures 9..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1942. First edition, first printing. Paperback. This ugly duckling is quite a rarity - a publisher's pre-publication "ROUGH PROOF" of the second volume of Churchill's war speeches. This is the first such copy we have handled. Published in June 1942, The Unrelenting Struggle contains 72..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1951. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a particularly clean jacketed British first edition, only printing of the third of Churchill's five postwar speech volumes. In the Balance includes 58 speeches and broadcasts delivered between 26 January 1949 and 14 December 1950. This British..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. Lauren Ford. First 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
Aldershot, Gale & Polden Ltd., 1959. First edition. Hardcover. This scarce book is a unit history of the Queen's Own 4th Hussars, particularly notable for a foreword and contributions by Winston S. Churchill. The 4th Hussars was at Aldershot in 1895 when Lieutenant Winston Churchill joined it from Sandhurst as..... 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 – an unusually clean and bright unjacketed copy. Copies lacking the elusive and expensive original dust jacket are typically significantly worn and..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1951. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a particularly clean jacketed British first edition, only printing of the third of Churchill's five postwar speech volumes. In the Balance includes 58 speeches and broadcasts delivered between 26 January 1949 and 14 December 1950. This British..... More
Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1951. First edition, only printing. Wraps. This interesting item is a substantial, scarce, and attractive booklet commemorating the conferring of an honorary doctorate by Copenhagen University upon Winston S. Churchill, including his 10 October 1950 acceptance speech. While in Denmark, Churchill also received that country's highest..... More
New York: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1906. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first U.S. edition, only printing, of Winston Churchill’s 1906 biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. This U.S. edition is visually similar but aesthetically superior to its British counterpart, the volumes featuring gilt top..... More
London: The Liberal Publications Department (in connection with the National Liberal Federation and the Liberal Central Association), 1910. 1st Edition. Paperback. Here is the scarce first edition, only printing of Churchill's letter to his constituents of 14 November 1910. This letter addressed to Sir George Ritchie was published by the..... More
Stockholm, Sweden: Ivar Haeggstroms Boktryckeri A.B., 1944. First Swedish (English-language) edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This unusual and scarce wartime item is the only printing of the Swedish (English-language) edition of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s 2 August 1944 speech to the House of Commons on the war effort. Bound in wire-stitched..... More
London: The Liberal Publication Department, 1911. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. Contained in this bound volume is the first edition, only printing of this scarce Churchill speech leaflet. In 1910 Winston Churchill was a young lion of the Liberal Party, vexing the British establishment and helping Lloyd George lay the..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1941. First edition, only printing. Leaflet. This 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 whose..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition, first printing of Churchill's fourth published book. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. The British first..... More
Stockholm, Sweden: Ivar Haeggstroms Boktryckeri A.B., 1944. First Swedish (English-language) edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This unusual and scarce wartime item is the only printing of the Swedish (English-language) edition of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s 2 August 1944 speech to the House of Commons on the war effort. Bound in wire-stitched..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1940. British Library of Information edition, only printing. Leaflet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's October 21, 1940 broadcast speech to the French people. This speech was made from the Cabinet War Rooms very close to the end of the..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1941. First edition, only printing. Leaflet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's January 9, 1941 speech to the Pilgrims Society (referred to as "the Pilgrims" in the title on the cover) welcoming Lord Halifax as British Ambassador to the United..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1940. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's December 23, 1940 address to the Italian People. The end of 1940 found Britain having escaped the imminent threat of invasion, but nonetheless beleaguered and pinning many hopes..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1940. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's December 23, 1940 address to the Italian People. The end of 1940 found Britain having escaped the imminent threat of invasion, but nonetheless beleaguered and pinning many hopes..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1951. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This jacketed British first edition of the third of Churchill's postwar speech volumes is a pre-publication publisher’s review copy. This particular review copy belonged to The Scotsman, the national newspaper of Scotland. Cassell and Company Limited’s 6.5 x 4.5..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the fifth and penultimate volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times, the U.S. first edition in the uniform issue blue and gold dust jacket. The British first edition was issued in four volumes. The U.S. publisher..... More
Stockholm, Sweden: Ivar Haeggstroms Boktryckeri A.B., 1944. First Swedish (English-language) edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This scarce wartime pamphlet is the only printing of the Swedish (English-language) edition of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s 28 September 1944 speech to the House of Commons regarding the war effort. Bound in wire-stitched paper wraps..... More