London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1982. First edition. Hardcover. This is the British first edition of Companion Volume V, Part 3 of the Official Biography of Sir Winston Churchill. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1993. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a set of British first editions of the three War Papers volumes, the final volumes of Winston Churchill’s Official Biography completed before the death of Churchill’s official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. This is the U.S. first edition of Companion Volume V, Part 2 of the Official Biography of Sir Winston Churchill. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about..... More
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1916. Second Edition. Hardcover. This is the 1916 edition of the first biography of Churchill in the quite scarce dust jacket. In 1905, MacCallum Scott wrote the first biography of Churchill. Churchill was only thirty-one and his future greatness was still both distant and uncertain. Nonetheless..... More
London: The Bomb Shop (Henderson's), [1919]. First edition. This quite scarce 1919 pamphlet publishes three satires of Winston Churchill by Osbert Sitwell published in the immediate aftermath of the First World War. “This anti-Churchill polemic publishes verses by Sitwell in the pro-Labour newspapers The Nation and Daily Herald.” The piece..... More
Florida: Levenger Press, Delray Beach, 2003. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Author David Coombs originally published the standard catalogue of over five hundred Churchill paintings then known in 1967. In this large and striking full-leather limited edition of 2003, each painting is illustrated in color or black and white. Accompanying the images..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1981. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. 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 and - so far - eighteen accompanying document..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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 and - so far - seventeen accompanying document or "Companion"..... More
New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1993, 1995, 2001. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. This is a full, U.S. first edition set of the three massive "War Papers" volumes, which are the companion document volumes accompanying Volume VI of Winston Churchill's Official Biography. The three volumes were published in..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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 and - so far - seventeen accompanying document or "Companion"..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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 and - so far - seventeen accompanying document or "Companion"..... More
Stamford Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2005. Leather_bound. This is the beautiful Easton Press leather bound edition of perhaps the best-regarded photo documentary of Churchill, compiled and captioned by Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert (1936-2015). Condition is fine, the binding and contents showing no previous ownership marks, blemishes, or signs..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969. Second, revised Canadian edition. Hardcover. In 1963, Frederick Woods published the first serious bibliography of the works of Winston Churchill. Woods' effort is said to have discovered numerous pieces not even remembered by Churchill or his family. Though now superseded by Ronald Cohen's excellent..... 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: 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
Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College, 1991. First edition. Paperback. "Making effective use of published sources, Harmon concludes that bombing Germany would have been less troubling after the war had British political and military elites ceased doing it as soon as their superior power permitted. This is perhaps much easier..... More
Toronto: Liberty Weekly of Canada, 29 June 1940. First edition. Periodical. This is a Canadian portrait of Winston S. Churchill, published the month after he became wartime prime minister. This five page article is the first in a multipart series on Winston Churchill’s family history with a specific focus on..... More
Springfield, Ohio: The Crowell Publishing Company, 1949. First edition. Periodical. This is an original magazine publication containing an article on Churchill’s life after his first Premiership. In this article journalist Lester Velie examines Winston Churchill’s postwar position, his writing, and his habits. Having done so much to win the war..... More
London: Bison Books, Ltd., 1989. First edition. Hardcover. This is a profusely illustrated, oversize biography of Winston S. Churchill. The book divides Churchill’s life into ten chapters, each containing biography abundantly illustrated with captioned photos, illustrations, cartoons, and maps. Condition is near very good in a like dust jacket. The..... More
Philadelphia: De Capo Press, 2015. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is an new copy of Adventures of a Young War Correspondent. By his mid-twenties, before he took his first seat in Parliament, Winston Churchill managed to become one of the highest paid war correspondents in the world. He reported..... More
London: Hamilton & Co., ("A Panther Book"), 1964. Paperback. This is the Panther paperback edition of Moorhead's book, which was originally published in 1964. Per bibliographer Curt Zoller, the author "weaves cartoons, manuscripts, and numerous uncommon photos into this excellent little documentary." The book is 143 pages in length, profusely..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. This book purports to exonerate Churchill from many popular mistakes charged against him, such as the sinking of the French fleet at Meres-el-Kebir and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Bibliographer Curt Zoller writes that this book "was criticized for inadequate research in..... More
New York: Viking Penguin Books, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is the first U.S. edition, fine condition in a fine dust jacket with the only flaw being a discrete black line remainder mark on the bottom edge. Boothby served as Churchill's parliamentary private secretary, was a Churchill supporter in the..... More
The Viking Press, 1965. Hardcover. This is a coffee table size book measuring 13 inches tall by 10 inches wide. It is stuffed with large format black and white photos and features a foreword by Lord "Rab" Butler of Saffron Walden. The navy cloth binding is clean and unfaded with..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition, revised and updated after Churchill's death. Some photos from the first edition of 1955 are deleted and photos of Churchill's state funeral are added. .A photo documentary covering Churchill to the end of his peacetime premiership. The book..... More