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The People’s Rights: Winston Churchill
$1850 – Woods/ICS A16(ab), Cohen A31.2.b
Hodder & Stoughton, London, (1910). This is a first English softcover edition second state with two appendices and no index. Protected in a full red Morocco Solander case with gilt title to spine.
Step by Step: W. Churchill
$600 – 1st American Edition. Woods/ICS A45b. Cohen A111.2
Published two months after the First Edition and about a week before war broke out. The first American edition is a larger production, although it lacks the folding map of Europe.
The Churchill Legend
$600 – Zoller 162
The author, Francis Neilson, best known for his massive 6 vol set The Tragedy of Europe is very critical of Churchill and his war memoirs. Neilson claims to have known Churchill since 1900 or so…
Churchill: My Early Life (“Notes on Chosen English Texts” series)
$125 – Zoller 209, Redburn 156
From the “Notes on Chosen English Texts” series. For advanced English students, with detailed explanation of terms, study guides, and questions for each chapter.
Exchange of Letters: Churchill & De Gaulle
$600 – Cohen A129, Cmd. 6220: 2 identical copies available
Exchange of Letters Between The Prime Minister and General De Gaulle Concerning the Organisation, Employment and Conditions of Service of the French Volunteer Force. HMSO Pamphlet. English text on left page, with French translation on the opposite page.
9 Postcards: Winston Churchill with Dutch Royal Family
$200
9 Postcards / Photos from 1946 & 1948 of Winston & Clementine Churchill with the Dutch Royal Family. All but one feature Winston Churchill. Taken at Soestdijk Palace: the home of Princess Juliana & Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld together with their 4 daughters: Beatrix (b. 1938), Irene (b. 1939), Margriet (b. 1943) and Christina (1947-2019).
Winston Churchill Postcard: Lord of the Admiralty
$100
1916 Postcard featuring Winston Churchill – smiling, walking with black cane. Matte finish, sepia tone. Clean, unused…
Winston Churchill Caricature – Dutch Postcard
$100
Postcard featuring Winston Churchill: Colorful, smiling, caricature in coat and hat with his cane and cigar…
Winston Churchill Postcard – Color Drawing + Quotes
$75
Color Drawing of Winston Churchill This postcard was published by Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd. of Ottawa. Unused…
My Early Life by W. Churchill: Odhams Press
$200
Odhams Press, London, Postwar reprints, new setting, 373 pages, index, photos, maps and plans. Bound in bright red cloth, red page edges, decorated with gilt and black panels. Five different printings…
My Early Life by W. Churchill: 1st English Edn
$15,000 – Woods A37(ab) Cohen A91.1.b
First Edition, Second State with dust jacket. A very good + copy with the original very scarce dust jacket which has some spine fade but is better than most copies I have come across in 50+ years of collecting.
My Early Life by Churchill: Reprint Society of Canada
$40 – Woods A37fa, Cohen A91.10.a
Montreal, Reprint Society of Canada, first Canadian edition second state (1948). Similar to the English reprint Society issue. A modern rarity, far scarcer than first editions.
Their Finest Hour
$150
A collection of Churchill’s speeches published in Canada in c1941 by a group of 3 newspapers in Saskatchewan. 80 pp, green and orange card covers. Intended to be the first of a series but canceled due to copyright problems. See Woods p90.
My Early Life by W. Churchill: Macmillan, 4 Printings
$250
4 books: My Early Life A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill, Macmillan Edition. Set comprises of 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th printings from 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 resp.
My Early Life by W. Churchill: Reprint Society 1944
$50
The Reprint Society, London, 1944. A nicely produced edition for members of this book club. Smaller than firsts at 5″x7.5″. Bound in cream cloth, titles in shiny gilt on a black spine label.
My Early Life by W. Churchill: Odhams 1965
$60
This 1965 Odhams impression introduced a new binding style:
Boards – smooth bright red cloth, blocked gilt and black. All edges-stained red.
Dustjacket – unique for this 1965 printing. White with red and black printing, unclipped.
My Early Life by Churchill: 1st American
$175 – Woods A37(b2),
Cohen A91.2.b
A Roving Commission – My Early Life. Scribner: First American Edition, second printing (1930). A very good copy in a FINE reproduction dust jacket.
De Unge Aar ( My Early Life in Danish)
$250 – 4 Versions of Churchill’s Book, My Early Life Translated in to Danish
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Danish editions of My Early Life by Winston Churchill. Published in 1931, 1945, 1948 & 1949 resp.
My Early Life by W. Churchill: Scribners
$125
Scribners, NY, no date, but copyright 1958. The Hudson River Edition, published in the 1970’s. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with only a small closed tear to the bottom of the dustjacket.
Bernskubrek Og Æskuprek ( My Early Life in Icelandic)
$200 – 1st Translation in Icelandic
Reykjavik, Snælandsútgáfan, 1944. Not mentioned by Cohen: this title came in both hardcover and unbound, i.e., a full-size softcover. To further complicate matters, the hardcover is seen in both a medium brown cloth and a dark red shade.This copy is bound in the medium brown cloth.
Mes Aventures de Jeunesse (My Early Life in French)
$150 – 1st French Edition
Payot, Paris, 1937. This first French edition was published in light green card covers, 359 pages, a few maps. A fine copy in the original glassine protection cover; pages are unopened…
My Early Life by W. Churchill – 1st American Signed
$5,500 – Signed by Winston Churchill. Woods A37(b2), Cohen A91.2.b
First American Edition, second printing (1930) signed “Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill” (in ink on the flyleaf) along with a previous owner’s signature. A vg+ copy in original dust jacket, protected in a full red Morocco book like solander case…
My Early Life by W. Churchill: 3rd Keystone Printing
$400
The 3rd Keystone Library printing of Churchill’s autobiography. The same setting and binding style as the first edition, but cloth is a lilac shade, and the front cover lacks the titling.
My Early Life, A Roving Commission
$45
Scribner’s, NY, 1963? Scribner’s reprinted this title several times in the late 50’s and early 60’s. Most often seen are the paperback versions, but there were also hardcover versions, this being one of them.
Mein Frühen Jahre (My Early Life in German by W. Churchill)
$150
Hardcover bound in white cloth stamped in gold, black, and raised embossing. This is no. 48 in a series of Nobel literature prize winners. Includes the speeches at the presentation of the award in 1953.