All Books, Pamphlets & Leaflets

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All Books includes Winston Churchill plus other authors.

Books by Churchill includes books of Churchill’s Speeches.

Books Signed include all signed books, primarily Winston Churchill but others, including F. M. Montgomery, Martin Gilbert, Randolph Churchill etc.

Books Signed & Inscribed are a subset of All Books.

Contributions includes books with a Foreword, Introduction, Eulogy etc. written by Winston Churchill (typically Woods / Cohen B items)

Churchill Speech: Liberals’ Part in Rebuilding Britain

$3,000 – Woods A96a, Cohen A184/1
A 4-page pamphlet printing Churchill’s remarks on the unveiling of his new portrait at the National Liberal Club on 22 July 1943.

Churchill Speech: Delivered the House of Commons. December 11, 1941

$800 – Woods A83 , Cohen A162.1
Speech by The Prime Minister MR WINSTON CHURCHILL delivered to the House of Commons. December 11, 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.

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 On the Taking of the French Fleet . July 4th,1940. Protected in a hard bound, brown cloth covered chemise with title label to front and further protected in a ¾ brown morocco solander case with brown cloth covered boards, raised bands and gilt titling to spine.

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.

Life of Winston Churchill – Ephesian (C.E.B. Roberts)

$150 – Redburn 11a, Zoller 11a
This first edition is a larger book than later editions at 6 x 9 inches. An attractive binding similar to The World Crisis, navy cloth stamped in gilt. The scarce dust jacket has protected the book well

Life of Winston Churchill – Ephesian

$150 – Redburn 11b, Zoller 11b
Life of Winston Churchill – An Epic of Daring and Distinction by Ephesian. Being an Account of the Rt. Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Newnes: London. Private Lives Library

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.

Winston Churchill and James II of England

$125 – Redburn a17, Zoller a17
A very scarce title. Card covers. Author: Malcolm V. Hay 1934. Primarily a criticism of Churchill’s treatment of James II in MARLBOROUGH.

Khaki and Gown: First Edition

$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…

Khaki and Gown

$150 – Woods B36, Cohen B75.2, Foreword by Churchill
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.

Building Societies, Their Origin, Methods, and Principles

$400 – Woods B12/1, Cohen B37. With a 2-page tribute by W. Churchill.
Author: Leonard G. Hodgson. London, John Long, 1929. Hardcover in blue cloth, 224 pages, index. A nice clean copy…

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.

In Memoriam – Sir Winston Churchill

$150 – Zoller a294
Hardcover (without dust jacket as issued). Contains tributes at the UN from diplomats and world leaders, laminated boards, Churchill’s portrait on front board. Apparently only sold by the UN directly…

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…

Churchill in His Time, PROOF COPY

$75 – Redburn 253, Zoller 333
Methuen, London, 1968, paperback. Paperback. Bound in grey card covers, printed black on spine and cover with publication date and price. Includes photos and source notes, lacks index.

Ten Chapters: Montgomery’s Autograph Book

$120 – Woods D(b)68 , Cohen A226
Ten Chapters contains facsimile copies of Churchill’s 10 hand-written entries made in Montgomery’s autograph book plus additional entries and signatures. Entry dates range from Aug 20, 1942 – May 24, 1945. In original dustjacket.

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…

From Omdurman to VE Day

$125 – Zoller 242
Today Is History 3. The life pan of Sir Winston Churchill. A textbook style production with questions for discussion and sources for further reading.

Winston Spencer Churchill

$350 – Redburn 1, Zoller 1
This is the first biography published on Winston Churchill (as indicated by ‘Redburn 1’ & ‘Zoller 1’), when he was a young MP, 29 years old. An important book. Essential for the Churchill library – a most uncommon title.

The 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1939-46

$650 – Not in Woods, Cohen B103. Foreword by Winston Churchill
No publisher, printed by Gemmel & Son, Ayr, Nd. This was likely published privately for the 6th Battalion, which was disbanded after the WWII. Churchill commanded this unit in France in 1916 and contributes a foreword.

Mountbatten – Eighty Years in Pictures

$1,400
Lord Mountbatten’s life: A very impressive specially-bound Zaehnsdorf book with Cosway style miniature color cameo of Lord Mountbatten on the front board. Mountbatten personally selected photos of his childhood, education, naval & diplomatic careers, marriage, and life as a member of the British royal family. Protected in custom-made Clamshell Case…

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.

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