Books By Winston Churchill
Including books with Winston Churchill’s Speeches
Churchill Speech: On the Taking of the French Fleet. July 4th, 1940
$700 – Woods A59
, Cohen A127
Speech by The Prime Minister MR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Churchill Speech: To the Pilgrims. January 9, 1941
$600 – Woods A65,
Cohen A139
Speech by The Prime Minister MR WINSTON CHURCHILL To the Pilgrims .
January 9, 1941. Protected in a hard bound, blue cloth covered chemise with title label to front and further protected in a ¾ blue morocco solander case with blue cloth covered boards, raised bands and gilt titling to spine.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
$800
PROOF COPIES of all four volumes of HESP. These publishers proof copies are bound in card covers. They lack indices and prefaces but have maps and footnotes. Vols 2, 3 & 4 have dust jackets over the card covers.
The Sinews of Peace
$225 – Not in Woods, Cohen A225.2
New York, Halcyon Commonwealth Foundation, 1965. Churchill’s famous Iron Curtain speech, published separately for the second time in 1965 with a preface by Harry Truman. A fine as new copy, contained in a quarter dark green Morocco Solander case with dark green cloth boards, gilt titling to spine…
A Roving Commission (My Early Life)
$450 – 4 books: Cohen A91.7.a, Cohen A91.7.b, Cohen A91.7.c, Cohen A91.7.d
The first, second, third and fourth printings of the third American issue of A Roving Commission by Winston s. Churchill. Scribners, NY. All in original dustjackets…
The River War by Winston Churchill
$950 – Woods A2(db), Cohen A2.5
In 1933 a new edition was issued in England and, for the first time, in the U.S.A. with a new introduction by the author, Winston Churchill. Cohen reports only 1040 copies of this edition issued.
Savrola ( German Translation)
$100
Winston Churchill’s only major fictional work. Published in Switzerland for the German language market in 1948 by Hallwag, Bern.
A Roving Commission (My Early Life)
$175 – ICS A37c.3., Cohen A91.5.c
Author: Churchill, Winston S. Scribners, NY, 1941. Second American issue (From first American edition plates), third printing (1941). With the Dorothy Thompson introduction and index.
Savrola: First American Edition
$1000 – Woods A3a, Cohen A3.1.a
Winston Churchill’s Only Major Fictional Work. First American Edition. Longmans, Green, & Co. Ltd. [New York], 1900. Dark blue cloth. A very good copy…
Great Contemporaries: 1st American Printing
$350 – Woods/ICS A43ab.1, Cohen A105.2.a
First American Printing, hardcover, in unclipped dust wrapper. Biographical essays on 21 contemporaries of Winston Churchill. Includes photo plate of each subject…
My African Journey by W. Churchill
$1000 – Woods A12b, Cohen A27.8
Hodder & Stoughton, London, nd (1909), paperback.This cheap edition produced in the style of a pulp paperback featuring a new setting: text in two columns.
The River War by Winston Churchill
$2250 – Woods/ICS A2da.2, Cohen A2.4.b
An Account of the Re-concquest of the Sudan. English Abridged One-Volume “Cheap” Edition (Second Printing) in the rare Dust Jacket
Marlborough by W. Churchill in French
$180
Sa Vie et Son Temps. The French translation was issued only in 4 vols in decorative card covers, size about 5.5 x 8 inches, with maps, with legends in French.
The American Civil War, PROOF COPY
$300
Author: Winston Churchill. Cassell, London, 1961. Bound in light green card covers marked PROOF ONLY with publication date and selling price. Plates and index are present.
The World Crisis: Winston Churchill
$250 – Woods A31, Cohen A69.15
The World Crisis 1911-1918, 4 Vol Set. Odhams Press, London, 1949. Contains the complete unabridged text of the original four volumes with the revisions and new material from the 1931 abridgement. Books are crisp and unworn in dustjackets…
Savrola – by Winston Churchill
$275 – Woods A3c, Cohen A3.5
An early “pulp” style reprint of Churchill’s novel. Printed on cheap pulpy paper which browns over time, ads at each end, in illustrated paper covers printed red and blue.
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.
My Early Life – Portuguese Edition
$75
Memorias Da Minha Juventude, My Early Life – Portuguese Edition: 1948, Translator’s presentation copy – Translator’s Presentation Copy – to the Editor of the Lisboa Newspaper “Diario de Notacias”- dated 12-X-1948
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.
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.