Books From Churchill’s Library

From The Library of Churchill’s Daughter, Mary Soames: Early Sketches

$125 – From Churchill’s Family Library
Early Sketches 1932 – 1935 Author: Gwen Lamont. Inscribed on the front free endpaper “To Mary Soames from the Lamonts with incredible memories of the stories of my aunt Grace Lamont.

The Story of the Coronation

$300 – From the Churchill Library, Inscribed by Randolph Churchill
From the Churchill library, an inscribed copy by the author Randolph S. Churchill to his mother Clementine Churchill. Publisher: Derek Verschoyle, 19, Park Place, St. James’s, London S.W.1 1953.

Lord Derby “King of Lancashire” with Dustjacket

$185 – Woods B44, Cohen B116. Churchill Family, Association Copy
Churchill Family, association copy, Signed and Dedicated by the author, Randolph Churchill to Julian Sandys, son of Diana Churchill and Duncan Sandys and grandson of Winston Churchill. First Edition

Lord Derby “King of Lancashire”

$125 – Woods B44, Cohen B116. Churchill Family, Association Copy
Churchill Family, association copy. Signed and Dedicated by the author, Randolph Churchill to Celia Sandys, daughter of Diana Churchill and Duncan Sandys and grandson of Winston Churchill. First Edition

The Sinews of Peace – A Collection of Pamphlets

$1200 – Cohen A225.1, Cohen A225.5
The Sinews of Peace – A Collection of 6 Pamphlets from Mary Soames’ library, housed in an elegant, custom-made solander case.

First Journey

$1250 – Signed by the Author. Book From Churchill’s Library
Churchill’s copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown.  Signed limited numbered edition of 260 copies of which 250 are for sale, this is copy # 250. 225 pages with many photographic illustrations…

Winston Churchill Traveling Fellowships

$250 – From the Library of Mary Soames
A Survey of the Work of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. In the Operation of the Scheme of Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships 1966 – 1983. From the library of Churchill’s daughter, Mary Soames with the posthumous bookplate on the front pastedown.

Short History of the British Embassy Paris

$650 – Inscribed to Mary Soames
Limited Edition: #14 of 300 numbered copies. Presentation copy from Ewen Ferguson, a former ambassador to France. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to Lady Soames, (Churchill’s daughter) who was married to Christopher Soames the British ambassador to France from 1968 to 1972.

Queen Anne

$850 – From the Library of Mary Soames
A beautifully illustrated, limited edition, historical work on Queen Anne, bound in a half morocco binding and published by Goupil and Co., fine art publishers. Limited Edition, being copy number 137 of 200 copies printed on Japanese paper.

CHURCHILL AND COMPANY

$425 – Inscribed by the Author, David Dilks to Mary Soames
Allies and Rivals in War and Peace. From the library of Mary Soames with the posthumous bookplate on the front pastedown. First edition, First impression.

The Heroic Memory: Mary Soames’ Library

$325 – Foreword by Mary Soames. From the library of Mary Soames
First Edition, First Printing. Presentation bookplate to Lady Soames on the front free endpaper, and a note in Lady Soames’ hand. Comprising the first 25 Memorial Addresses to Winston Spencer Churchill + 9 page Selected Chronology of WSC. AS NEW.

La Tragedie de Mers el-Kebir: Inscribed to Winston Churchill

$850 – Presentation copy. Inscribed by the Author to Winston Churchill
Author: Abert Kammerer, Ambassadeur de France. With the ex-libris bookplate of Winston Churchill and
the bookplate of Randolph Churchill.

Lord Derby and Victorian Conservatism

$1,600 – Signed by the Author: Wilbur Devereux Jones
From Churchill’s library. First Edition, signed by Jones, in original cloth. The University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1956.

Notes and Recollections by Marjoribanks. Inscribed to Churchill

$1,250 – Inscribed to Churchill by the Editor: Ishbel Aberdeen
Presentation copy of this 1909, First Edition book Notes and Recollections, by Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth inscribed by the editor, Ishbel Aberdeen to Winston Churchill. Preserved in custom-made protective clam shell box.