Sir Winston Churchill rare books
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First edition, signed on the half-title 'From Winston Churchill 1943'; Small 8vo (185 x 125 mm); a couple of spots to half-title, ink of signature has faded a little with age but still distinct, else very clean; publisher's printed wrappers with yapp edges, these a bit creased and chipped, general light surface soling but given ephemeral nature of war-time paper and production, generally very good; 72pp.
£975 -
Centenary Edition; 4 vols, 8vo (233 x 144 mm); publisher's half blue rexine gilt, including the emblem of The Order of the Garter on each front cover, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, each with the limitation bookplate loosely inserted, numbered 118; a fine set.
£1,250 -
First edition, first paperback issue, first state with Index, one Appendix and page 71 erroneously numbered ‘1’; 8vo (220 x 150 x 15 mm); text toned (as usual), a few leaves chipped, loss to corners of preliminary leaves, mostly to half-title that bears ownership label to top, outer corner; publisher’s yellow wrappers pictorially printed in black and blue; chips to wrappers with some loss, some soiling, preserved in a custom-made red morocco solander box gilt.
£3,750 -
Depicting Churchill in uniform (4th Queen's Own Hussars), head and shoulders, vintage silverprint, signed on mount 'Winston S. Churchill 14 June 1918', 280 x 320mm (11 by 12½ inches), framed and glazed 480 x 410mm (19 by 16¼ inches), evenly age toned, otherwise very good.
£8,500