Books About Churchill

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill

$250 – Redburn A10, Zoller A10
A 32-page pamphlet, by John Maynard Keynes which is highly critical of Churchill’s decision to go on the gold standard. Of particular interest to collectors of Churchill, Keynes, & the Hogarth Press (owned by Leonard and Virginia Woolf). Scarce, fragile, and important.

Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings

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$450 – #706 of 1500 copies. Zoller 316
A magnificent, oversized book documenting more than 500 of Churchill’s painting. Each painting is accompanied with relevant text, providing a huge resource of background information per painting. The title says it all…

Sir Winston Churchill State Funeral: Menzies, Bader

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$1,000 – 2 books, both signed by Signed by Douglas Bader
2 Books: Sir Robert Menzies’ Eulogy delivered at Sir Winston Churchill’s Funeral & Douglas Bader’s book Fight For The Sky. These books are grouped together because they are both signed by Douglas Bader, the author of Fight For The Sky Authentic Signatures of Douglas Bader.

My Years With Churchill by N. McGowen

$175 – Zoller A200
First Edition rebound in full red Morocco with all edges gilt. Author: Norman McGowan, Churchill’s valet. The only servant to write an inside account about experiences of working for Churchill.

Sir Winston Churchill Master of Courage

$175 – Zoller: A187
Author: Princess Marthe Lucie Bibesco. 1st English Edition. The true first edition was written in French with 3 chapters not in the English edition; but the English edition has a chapter not in the French edition. A fine copy, rebound in full red Morocco with all edges gilt

Winston Churchill by Lewis Broad

$175 Zoller A36g
Winston Churchill, Architect of Victory and Peace. Considerably revised & extended from the original 1941 edition. A very nice copy which has been rebound in a full red Morocco binding with all edges gilt.

Le Secret de Churchill

$75 – Redburn R285, Zoller Z368
Subtitled: Vers la Troisieme Guerre Mondiale – 1945… Dzelepy, E.N. Paris, Le Pavillon, 1972. The author blames Churchill for the Third World war, starting in 1945. Text in French. Scarce foreign title.

Was Wollte Churchill auf dem Balkan?

$150 – Redburn 29/1, Zoller 55
What Did Churchill Want in the Balkans? Scarce Nazi propaganda book. 8 x 10 inches, 25 pages, card covers, detailed map on coated paper in center. Text in German.

Winston Churchill by H. Pelling – Easton Press

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$100 – Easton Press
“Winston Churchill” Two-Volume Leather-Bound Set. Published by Easton Press, 1991. A fine set. Full maroon leather binding with raised spine bands, gilt decoration. Printed on archival quality paper, all edges gilt…

Winston S. Churchill Vol. III: Challenge of War

$275 – 1st Edn, An Excellent Association Copy
H. Montgomery Hyde’s copy. Harford Montgomery Hyde, born in Belfast, Ireland, was a barrister, politician, prolific author and biographer. Included are newspaper clippings, postcards, 3 letters, Menu + signatures (dinner organized by the author, M. Gilbert) and the Author’s Compliment Card…

The Churchill Factor – Signed by the Author, Boris Johnson

$275 – Signed by the Author, Boris Johnson
First Edition – The Churchill Factor – How One Man Made History, Signed by the author on the title page. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. 2014

The Official Biography: Winston Churchill – 12vols

$1,500.00 – Easton Press
Fine Condition, never unwrapped. The original eight volumes now reordered into 12 volumes, fully bound in dark red leather, elaborately tooled in gold, all edges gilt, satin bookmarks, etc.

Life of Winston Churchill – Ephesian

$150 – Redburn 11b, Zoller 11b
Life of Winston Churchill – An Epic of Daring and Distinction by Ephesian. Being an Account of the Rt. Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Newnes: London. Private Lives Library

Sir Winston Churchill – Twayne’s Series

$150 – Redburn 348, Zoller a434
Sir Winston Churchill – Twayne’s English Authors Series. Author: Manfred Weidhorn. 1979. First Thus. A fine, mint copy of this scarce volume, without dust jacket, as issued.

Winston Churchill and James II of England

$125 – Redburn a17, Zoller a17
A very scarce title. Card covers. Author: Malcolm V. Hay 1934. Primarily a criticism of Churchill’s treatment of James II in MARLBOROUGH.

Churchill – His Life in Photographs

$150 – Redburn 126, Zoller a170, First English Edn
First English Edition – Inscribed and Signed by Randolph Churchill to Teddy & Tam’s, 1955. Randolph S. Churchill and Helmut Gernsheim Editors. Hardcover in dustjacket.

Churchill in His Time, PROOF COPY

$75 – Redburn 253, Zoller 333
Methuen, London, 1968, paperback. Paperback. Bound in grey card covers, printed black on spine and cover with publication date and price. Includes photos and source notes, lacks index.

Winston Spencer Churchill

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$350 – Redburn 1, Zoller 1
This is the first biography published on Winston Churchill (as indicated by ‘Redburn 1’ & ‘Zoller 1’), when he was a young MP, 29 years old. An important book. Essential for the Churchill library – a most uncommon title.

Secret Session Speeches

$80 – ICS A114ab, Cohen A227.1
Hardcover in dustjacket. The American Edition was published a month before the English edition, so is the true first. A new publisher in a somewhat unattractive edition, bound in plain grey cloth, but it is the true first.