All Books, Pamphlets & Leaflets
The Largest Private Collection of Churchill Books, Churchilliana & Ephemera
PLEASE NOTE:
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)
Major Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Diners Club – 25 Volumes
$2,250
Diners Club / Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, UK. 25 volume set, hardbacks. Illustrations, all edges gilt, publisher’s uniform gilt decorated red leatherette. A very good set.
World War II Books – lot of 47
$1450.00
47 World War II books: purchased in the UK in 1976 from the bibliophile, Mr. G. Hallowes whose wife, Odette Sansom, worked for the British War Department during World War II and, when captured and tortured by the Nazis, refused to divulge classified information.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria: Winston Churchill
$475 – Woods/ICS A4a, Cohen A4.1.a, Langworth p.55. English First Edition. New Impression.
This is the first of the two books Churchill wrote based on his newspaper despatches he sent from the front in South Africa. Ian Hamilton’s March (Churchill’s 5th published book) is the second book.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria: Winston Churchill
$550 – Woods/ICS A4(b), Cohen A4.2, Langworth p.55. US First Edition
This is the first of the two books Churchill wrote based on his newspaper despatches he sent from the front in South Africa. Ian Hamilton’s March (Churchill’s 5th published book) is the second book.
Winston Churchill: The Corona Library
$450
The Corona Library: 13 hardcover books on the lands and peoples of various British Colonies and Territories with Churchill’s contribution in 10 volumes. Published 1952 – 1970.
The Man Who Captured Churchill
$90
Isak Heath, in his book, ‘The Man Who Captured Churchill- General S.F. Oosthuizen’ documents how he found proof about the capture of Winston Churchill during the Anglo-Boer War.
Anglo Saxon Review (10 Vols) Inscribed by Lady Randolph Churchill
$1750 – Inscribed by Lady Randolph Churchill
10 volumes handsomely bound in facsimile styles of elaborate famous bindings. This quarterly miscellany of essays, stories, poetry & drama was edited by Lady Randolph Churchill, Churchill’s mother. An essay by Winston Churchill included in vol. viii…
A History of the English Speaking Peoples – 4 vols in Slipcase
$35
Winston Churchill’s 4 vol set: Complete and unabridged in original slipcase. Bantam Books 1963. Paperback books is excellent condition.
The Last Lion – Winston Spencer Churchill
$55
The Last Lion – Winston Spencer Churchill. 2 hardcover vols in original slipcase – still in the publisher’s original shrink-wrap.Vol. I: VISIONS OF GLORY 1874-1932. Published in 1983.
Vol. II: ALONE 1932-1940. Published in 1988. FINE CONDITION
The Unknown War (The Eastern Front)
$850 – Woods/ICS A31(e), Cohen A69.10, Langworth p.120
First printing in the Keystone Library of The Unknown War (Eastern Front). 1937. Sold new at a reduced price of 5/- instead of the 21/- for the first edition. The content is identical.
The World Crisis 1911-1918
$175
Unread. As New. 2 vol. set by Winston Churchill in original slipcase. Churchill’s history of the First World War. Hardcovers with bright gilt letter to spine…
The Second World War – Paperback
$90
The Second World War – 6 Vol Set in original slipcase. Paperback books, May 9, 1986. Universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction of World War II by Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill by Martin Gilbert
$50 – Zoller 304
Author: Martin Gilbert, Churchill’s official biographer. This is the first of the many books written by Gilbert about Winston Churchill. 64 pp. This hardback copy is a reprinted (with corrections) copy of the 1966 First Edition.
The World Crisis
$500 – Folio Society
London, The Folio Society, 2007. A superb modern edition of Churchill’s WWI history, produced to the standard you would expect from The Folio Society. Books are Fine / As New in the original shrink wrap.
The Great War
$450 – Woods/ICS A31(db), Cohen A69.9.c, Langworth p.118
The Great War by Winston Churchill is an abridged and heavily illustrated version of The World Crisis, which was originally issued as 26 fortnightly parts. Most sets were later bound in case bindings which were available from the publishers.
Winston Churchill by V. Albjerg
$175 – Zoller 375
Twayne’s “Rulers and Statesmen of the World” Series. This book is Number 22: Winston Churchill by Victor Albjerg. Twayne Publishers, 1973…
The 17th (S.) Battalion Royal Fusiliers 1914-1919
$200 – From Sir Bindon Blood’s Library, General Sir Bindon Blood, G.C.B., Honorary Colonel of the Battalion
An account of the “Royal Fusilier Battalion” in WWI on the Western Front. Winston Churchill served as a war correspondent under Major-General Sir Bindon Blood (1842-1940) and used this experience in his first book “The Malakand Field Force”.
Savrola: Winston Churchill – Scarce Chivers Edn.
$250 – Scarce Chivers Edition
This reprint was published for The Library Association and most copies went to Libraries, resulting in a modern rarity. Dark pink cloth. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. A true collector’s copy.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force – Easton Press
$175 – Easton Press
Churchill’s first published book bound in leather by Easton Press. The binding is in dark green with elaborate gilt decoration. Condition is as new. The book is still in the original shrink wrap hence the reflections in the photos.
Roosevelt & Churchill: The Partnership that Saved the West
$95 – First Edition, Franklin Library
‘The Partnership that Saved the West’ ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL 1939-1941. Fine Copy from the Franklin Library. Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper all edges gilt. The end sheets are moire fabric with a matching silk ribbon page marker.
Their Finest Hour
$150 – First Edition, Franklin Library
Limited Edition of “The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century”. Fine Copy of Churchill’s book from the Franklin Library. Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper all edges gilt. The end sheets are moire fabric with a matching silk ribbon page marker.
By Ships Alone: Churchill and the Dardanelles
$140 – Redburn 367, Zoller 45
Author: Wallin, Jeffrey D. Carolina Academic Press, Durham, 1981. A scarce title from an academic press on this critical period in Churchill’s life.
A Direccao das Operacoes de Guerra No Mar
$200 – Portuguese translation of Churchill Speech: Cohen A45 / Woods A24
A Direccao das Operacoes de Guerra No Mar – The Directorate of War Operations at Sea. Pamphlet is in Portuguese. Contains Churchill’s speech of 15 Feb 1915, plus Asquith’s speech of 1 March 1915.
Maxims And Reflections: Signed by Churchill
$3,500 – Signed by Winston Churchill. Woods D(a)15, Zoller A122
Signed and dated by Churchill in 1948, from the collection of actor Jack Palance with his bookplate loosely inserted.
Maxims And Reflections
$150 – Inscribed by Sarah Churchill. Woods D(a)15, Zoller A122
Maxims and Reflections of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Arranged and provided with an introduction by Colin Coote and selected by him in collaboration with Denzil Batchelor.