Whitehall, London: 1918. This original autograph letter from Winston S. Churchill was written the month after Armistice ended the First World War and ten days before Churchill became Secretary of State for War and Air. The letter is written entirely in Churchill’s hand on all four 8 x 5 inch..... More

Chartwell, Westerham, Kent: 1955. This typed, signed letter from Winston Churchill to Desmond Flower of Cassell – the wartime and postwar publisher of all of Churchill’s book-length works – symbolically affirms Churchill’s paramount importance to his publisher. The letter is typed on a single sheet of Churchill’s Chartwell stationery. The..... More

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France: 1957. TLS. This typed, signed letter to Churchill’s friend and paint supplier Willy Sax (1898-1964) reflects both Churchill’s passion for painting and his general inclination to preserve his passion as something personal in the great and turbulent sweep of his otherwise tremendously public life. The letter is accompanied..... More

Hyde Park Gate, London: 1948. This 4 August July 1948 holograph letter is from “indefatigable Churchill literary assistant” Denis Kelly to Desmond Flower of Cassell regarding uncorrected errors in the soon-to be published British first edition of the first volume of The Second World War, The Gathering Storm (published 4..... More

These two typed, signed letters from newspaper publisher Lord Camrose to Sir Newman Flower of Cassell and Company Limited concern what has been has been called “perhaps the greatest coup of twentieth century publishing.” The letters were acquired as part of a small archive regarding Churchill’s publishing history with Cassell..... More