Books By Winston Churchill
Including Books with Winston Churchill’s Speeches
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 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.
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)
$150 – 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…