London: The Haworth Press, 1934. Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Full Leather. This edition is among the rarest and most desirable books with contributions by Sir Winston S. Churchill. The publisher produced 50 signed and numbered copies of this aptly named "Deluxe Limited Edition". Each copy is numbered and signed...
London: The Daily Chronicle, 1912. Paperback. This rare pamphlet publication represents itself as "A pocket book for speakers and electors, containing a brief exposition of the arguments for Home Rule, and answers to the objections raised." This third ("Revised and Enlarged") edition of 1912 is the first to contain an...
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920. 1st Edition. Paperback. Offered here is a scarce official government publication from Churchill's period as Secretary of State for War and Air - a Memorandum to Parliament regarding his Army Estimates for 1920-21 - meant to accompany his speech to Parliament of 23 February...
London: Ministry of Information, 1941. First edition. Leaflet. "If invasion comes, everyone - young or old, men and women - will be eager to play their part worthily." This wartime leaflet is a tangible reminder that, in the early days of 1941, the outcome of the war was not a....
London: Putnam, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. This jacketed British first edition is a noteworthy association and presentation copy, bearing the compliments slip of the man whom the author, translator, and publishers acknowledge immediately following the title page, General Sir Reginald Wingate. Wingate’s 5 x 2.5 inch compliments slip is laid...
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919. 1st Edition. Paperback. Offered here is a scarce official publication from Churchill's period as Secretary of State for Air. In 1919, at the end of the First World War, Winston Churchill was serving as Secretary of State for War and Air, a post he...
London: Ministry of Information, 1941. First edition. Leaflet. This item is from the personal collection of Churchill's bibliographer, Ronald I. Cohen. "If invasion comes, everyone - young or old, men and women - will be eager to play their part worthily." This wartime leaflet is a tangible reminder that, in...
London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Here is the first edition with an exceptional inscription by the author that fills the half title, reading in 9 lines in black ink: "To Tiny / with best wishes / from an old brother / officer. / Lionel Leslie / 10/6/35...
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...
New York: John Lane Company, 1918. This unusual title is a book is about a U.S. volunteer from California, Harry Butters, who volunteered and lost his life in the British Army during the first world war more than half a year before the U.S. formally entered the war in 1917...
London: Independent Labour Party, 1947. First edition. Pamphlet. This item is from the personal collection of Churchill's bibliographer, Ronald I. Cohen. This memorial pamphlet for James Maxton, Labour MP and Chairman of the Independent Labour Party from 1926-1931 and 1934-1939, contains a 13-line tribute from Winston S. Churchill. In his...
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. First U.S. edition. Here is a jacketed U.S. first edition of this scarce work bearing a lengthy introduction by Winston Churchill. Mohammed Ahmed was a messianic Islamic leader in central and northern Sudan in the final decades of the 19th century. Claiming that Allah.....
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is an old soldier's autobiography, "Khaki" of course referring to the uniform and "Gown" to his post-military charge as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Churchill wrote a warm and humorous Foreword, having first met the author "in Natal when we...
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1956. Hardcover. In 1627, John Philipot, Somerset Herald, gave to his friend and patron George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, a volume containing a list of the Constables of Dover Castle and Lord Wardens of the Cinque Ports. Brief biographical details of each of the...
