First Editions – Winston Churchill
In the Balance: W. Churchill, Cassell 1951
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$195 – Woods/ICS A130(a), Cohen A255.1
Author: Winston Churchill. Contains 58 speeches and broadcasts by Winston Churchill between 26th January 1949 and 14th December 1950. First edition rebound in full red Morocco, all edges gilt.
Stemming the Tide, Cassell 1953
$195 – Woods A137a, Cohen A264.1
Author: Winston Churchill. Contains 52 speeches by Winston Churchill from 7th February 1951 to 11th December 1952. First edition rebound in full red Morocco, all edges gilt.
Europe Unite, Cassell 1950
$195 – Woods/ICS A128(a), Cohen A246.1
Winston S. Churchill. Contains 52 speeches by Winston Churchill from January 31st, 1947, to December 10th, 1948. First edition rebound in full red Morocco, all edges gilt.
My Years With Churchill by N. McGowen
$175 – Zoller A200
First Edition rebound in full red Morocco with all edges gilt. Author: Norman McGowan, Churchill’s valet. The only servant to write an inside account about experiences of working for Churchill.
Sir Winston Churchill Master of Courage
$175 – Zoller: A187
Author: Princess Marthe Lucie Bibesco. 1st English Edition. The true first edition was written in French with 3 chapters not in the English edition; but the English edition has a chapter not in the French edition. A fine copy, rebound in full red Morocco with all edges gilt
Winston S. Churchill Vol. III: Challenge of War
$275 – 1st Edn, An Excellent Association Copy
H. Montgomery Hyde’s copy. Harford Montgomery Hyde, born in Belfast, Ireland, was a barrister, politician, prolific author and biographer. Included are newspaper clippings, postcards, 3 letters, Menu + signatures (dinner organized by the author, M. Gilbert) and the Author’s Compliment Card…
Man Overboard: 1st Edn, Churchill’s Short Story 1899
$100
First edition, extracted from the Harmsworth Magazine January 1899: Winston Churchill’s short story. Preserved in a maroon velvet lined, watered-silk flap case…
The Churchill Factor – Signed by the Author, Boris Johnson
$275 – Signed by the Author, Boris Johnson
First Edition – The Churchill Factor – How One Man Made History, Signed by the author on the title page. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. 2014
My Life of Revolt
$175 – Woods B26, Cohen B57
Autobiography by the outspoken labour politician, David Lockwood M. P. with forewords by Winston Churchill and George Lansbury. London, Harrap, 1935. Ist edition, 2nd impression…
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
Chasing Churchill – The Travels of Winston Churchill
$100 – Zoller a704. First American Edition. Signed by the Author, Celia Sandys.
First American Edition – Signed by the Author, Celia Sandys, Winston Churchill’s Granddaughter. 2003. Illustrated with maps and many color and b&w photographs. Book and Dustjacket both AS NEW.
Sir Winston Churchill – Twayne’s Series
$150 – Redburn 348, Zoller a434
Sir Winston Churchill – Twayne’s English Authors Series. Author: Manfred Weidhorn. 1979. First Thus. A fine, mint copy of this scarce volume, without dust jacket, as issued.
Khaki and Gown: First Edition
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$125 – Woods B36, Cohen B75.1. Foreword by Churchill. First Edn.
An autobiography by an ‘old soldier’ with tales of adventure from all over the world. The “gown” refers to his later years as Master of Peterhouse at Cambridge. Churchill served with Birdwood in the Boer War…
Churchill – His Life in Photographs
$150 – Redburn 126, Zoller a170, First English Edn
First English Edition – Inscribed and Signed by Randolph Churchill to Teddy & Tam’s, 1955. Randolph S. Churchill and Helmut Gernsheim Editors. Hardcover in dustjacket.
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.
The Royal Naval Division
$425 – Woods B10, Cohen B30.1 Introduction by Winston S. Churchill
This regimental history features a nine-page introduction by Winston Churchill who, as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1914 was closely involved with the creation of the Royal Naval Division and its World War I service in France.
Secret Session Speeches
$80 – ICS A114ab, Cohen A227.1
Hardcover in dustjacket. The American Edition was published a month before the English edition, so is the true first. A new publisher in a somewhat unattractive edition, bound in plain grey cloth, but it is the true first.
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…
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 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.
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 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.