$350
Proof copy of Volume I of The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill. 1973. Subscribers uncorrected proof copy, sent out to initial subscribers. This copy was sent to N.H.Buckley as a sample of the quality of the production, to be returned to The Library of Imperial History.
$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…
$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.
$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.
SOLD
$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
$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…
$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.
SOLD
$100 – Woods A37fb, Cohen A91.10.b
Book in Dustjacket. 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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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…
$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…
$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.
$600 – Woods A37a, Cohen A91.3.a
Thornton Butterworth. 1934. First English Keystone Library Edition (First Impression). Inscribed by Randolph S. Churchill to H.R. Knickerbocker.