Churchill@Chartwell 2014

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL IN

RARE & UNUSUAL EDITIONS AND OTHER MARVELS OF CHURCHILLIAN EPHEMERA

CHURCHILL CHURCHILLAT ATCHARTWELL CHARTWELL

2014 2014 CATALOGUE CATALOGUE ..N NO O..XXXIV XXXIV

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RUBE GOLDBERG CARTOON ¹<_W )Z\Q[\[ 5MM\º Churchill and Eisenhower 1953 $2,500 #18238

Welcome to our newest catalogue

of Churchilliana. This year, we are venturing beyond First Editions to share with you an array of rare and decidedly unusual editions of Churchill’s thirty-four book-length works. We have further accessorized this biblio-chronology with many “marvels” of Churchillian ephemera, nearly all of them one-of-a-kind, including a number of extraordinary signed pieces.

As always, we continue to offer everything relating to Winston Churchill, including the very latest, newly published books about him.

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his original drawing by the legendary cartoon-contraptionist Rube Goldberg is a marvelous caricature from Goldberg’s long-term stint as a political cartoonist for <PM 6M_ AWZS 2W]ZVIT )UMZQKIV Goldberg won a Pulitzer Prize as a political cartoonist in 1948. Here he views Churchill and Eisenhower, the two old wartime compatriots, through their shared love of painting, as they re-encounter one another, respectively, as Prime Minister of Great Britain (for a second time) and President of \PM =VQ\ML ;\I\M[ NWZ \PM ÅZ[\ \QUM -`MK]\ML QV QVS IVL KPIZKWIT WV QTT][\ZI\QWV board, with extensive printer’s notes in pencil at the bottom, the drawing is in excellent condition; archivally matted (image10 1Á2 x 12 inches) and elegantly framed (21 x 25 inches overall).

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CHURCHILL STYLE THE ART OF BEING WINSTON CHURCHILL

by Barry Singer Foreword by Michael Korda

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SIGNED American Edition $24.95 #18382

NEW

THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY

by Randolph S. Churchill and Martin Gilbert New Reprint Edition $360.00 #201334

At last, a return to print of the eight-volume 7NÅKQIT *QWOZIXPa in this new edition offsetprinted from the original texts, with all of the original illustrations.

CHURCHILL WORLD STAMP CATALOGUE $95.00 #200478

An exhaustive all-color catalogue of every Churchill commemorative postage stamp ever issued. Available in either spiralbound or standard softcover editions.

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THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE

1898

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First English Edition (Cohen A1.1.a) (Woods A1a)

$6,500 #14213

This is a very good copy in the scarce mottled-green cloth binding variant.

The cloth here is impressively fresh and bright, the binding crisp and \QOP\ <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM ÅVM [I^M NWZ very faint scattered foxing limited almost entirely to the fore-edges.

This would be an exceptional example if not for an unfortunate single reddish stain line that runs faintly across the title on the spine and splashes in two small spots on the rear board. That is a shame. <PM JWWS PW_M^MZ Q[ IVa\PQVO J]\ Really a beautiful copy overall.

First Canadian Colonial Library Edition (Cohen A1.2.e) (Woods A1ab)

$5,000 #200455

Churchill bibliographer Ronald Cohen cites only two SVW_V KWXQM[ WN \PM +IVILQIV +WTWVQIT 4QJZIZa MLQ\QWV# both in institutional collections. Here is a third, an expertly ZMJIKSML -` 4QJZIZa copy. Colonial Library volumes were intended for sale in the British colonies, where weather KWVLQ\QWV[ WN\MV _WZM \PM JWWS[ W]\ <PQ[ KWXa Q[ NILML ITWVO \PM [XQVM ITUW[\ \W \PM XWQV\ WN WJTQ^QWV J]\ ZMJIKSing has very effectively preserved what is left. The cloth has LIZSMVML [QOVQÅKIV\Ta _Q\P NIQV\ J]JJTQVO IVL KZMI[QVO <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM ÅVM ITUW[\ MV\QZMTa ]VNW`ML []ZXZQ[QVOly, with all maps present, as well as the frontis tissue guard.

The endpapers are new. The -` 4QJZIZa UIZSQVO[ IZM TQUited to a pair of discreet stamps for the Hamilton Public Library of Ontario on the title page, a couple of tiny date [\IUX[ WV \PM JTIVS ^MZ[W QVKT]LQVO ¹2]VM ! ”) and WVM UWZM [UITT QVS [\IUX WV XIOM >MZa ZIZMTa [MMV M^MV in this compromised state.

First “Silver Library” Edition (1899) (Cohen A1.3.a) (Woods A1bb.1)

$2,500 #17861

:M[XWVLQVO \W V]UMZW][ XZWWÅVO MZZWZ[ QV 5ITISIVL’s ÅZ[\ MLQ\QWV +P]ZKPQTT Y]QKSTa XZMXIZML I VM_ ZM^Q[ML edition that restored the correct text as he originally intended. Issued January 1899 in the publisher, 4WVOUIV[ /ZMMV¼[ TW_ XZQKML ¹;QT^MZ 4QJZIZaº [MZQM[ \PQ[ [MKWVL MLQ\QWV KWV[\Q\]\ML \PM JWWS¼[ LMÅVQ\Q^M ZMVLMZQVO 0MZM Q[ I ^QZ\]ITTa UQV\ KWXa WN \PM ÅZ[\ printing of that edition. The cloth is a robust deep red, the gilt is bright, the binding is crisp and tight, the KWV\MV\[ IZM ÅVM IVL ]VNW`ML )V M`\ZMUMTa JMI]\QN]T M`IUXTM \PM ÅVM[\ _M PI^M [MMV

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1899

THE RIVER WAR

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First English One-Volume Abridged Edition (1902) (Cohen A2.2) (Woods A2b)

$2,500 #14395

Due to the low print of run of 1,000 copies, this abridged edition is actually much rarer than the two-volume First Edition. The text here was thoroughly revised and corrected

by Churchill and reduced in length by approximately one\PQZL# Q\ IT[W KWV\IQV[ IV M`KMTTMV\ VM_ 8ZMNIKM <PM JWWS Q[ QV very good condition, the cloth a deep red on both faces, the OQT\ JZQOP\ \PM JQVLQVO [Y]IZM IVL \QOP\ <PM [XQVM PI[ NILML UWLM[\Ta IVL Q[ Z]NÆML I JQ\ <PMZM IZM I PIVLN]T WN [QUQTIZTa modest, scattered spots of faint discoloration in the cloth, almost entirely limited to the rear board. The front and rear free endpapers have lost their uppermost corner tips and \PMZM Q[ NW`QVO \W \PM XZMTQU[ IVL NWZM MLOM[ -T[M ÅVM

First English Abridged One-Volume “Cheap” Edition (1933) (Cohen A2.4.a) (Woods A2d)

$2,000 #14314

First English Edition (Cohen A2.1.a) (Woods A2a)

$8,500 #13763

This is a very good set; the cloth and spines clean and unfaded, with bright gilt IVL WVTa UQVWZ [K]NÅVO QVKT]LQVO I TQOP\ J]\ VW\QKMIJTM UIZS \W \PM ZMIZ JWIZL WN >WT]UM 1 <PM [XQVM[ IZM UQTLTa Z]NÆML I\ JW\P MVL[ IVL \PMZM IZM PIVL[WUM ^QV\IOM JWWSXTI\M[ INÅ`ML \W \PM NZWV\ XI[\MLW_V[ WN JW\P ^WT]UM[ <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM KTMIV _Q\P \Z]Ta VMOTQOQJTM NW`QVO KWVÅVML \W \PM XZMTQU[ <PM JQVLQVO[ IZM R][\ I JQ\ \MVLMZ _PQKP Q[ UW[\ KWUUWV )V M`KMTTMV\ M`IUXTM WN \PQ[ UIRM[\QK XIQZ XZM[MZ^ML QV I ^MZa handsome purpose-built slipcase of recent vintage.

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1900

SAVROLA

<PM ÅZ[\ IVL WVTa +P]ZKPQTT VW^MT I [\I\MUMV\ WN XMZ[WVIT IVL XWTQ\QKIT XPQTW[WXPa LMTQ^MZML I[ I ÅK\QWVIT IL^MV\]ZM aIZV = ; X]JTQKI\QWV XZMKMLML \PM *ZQ\Q[P Q[[]M ZMVLMZQVO \PM )UMZQKIV ÅZ[\ MLQ\QWV \PM \Z]M ÅZ[\ First American Edition (Cohen A3.1.a) (Woods A3a)

$2,000 #13759

<PQ[ Q[ I ^MZa OWWL KWXa WN \PM \Z]M ÅZ[\ MLQ\QWV <PM JT]M KTW\P and gilt lettering are both fresh and bright, the contents are ÅVM MV\QZMTa ]VNW`ML <PM [XQVM XWQV\[ IZM TQOP\Ta Z]JJML I\ the head and tail, as are the cover corners, front and rear. The title page is creased at the upper corner from having once been folded, and page 5 has been a bit roughly cut, but this is W\PMZ_Q[M I ÅVM M`IUXTM

SIGNED First English Edition (Second Printing)

First English Illustrated Edition (1908) (Cohen A3.5) (Woods A3c)

$750 #14231

This is the extremely rare illustrated softcover edition in M`KMX\QWVIT KWVLQ\QWV 8ZWL]KML QV \PM [\aTM WN I ^QV\IOM ¹X]TXº [WUM_PI\ ISQV \W I >QK\WZQIV MZI KWUQK JWWS Q\ _I[ Q[[]ML Ja 6M_VM[ QV \PM X]JTQ[PMZ¼[ ¹;Q`XMVVa 6W^MT[ 1TT][\ZI\MLº [MZQM[ A fragile item, much scarcer than the First English or American editions, the volume was printed on cheap paper that browned _Q\P IOM JW]VL QV [TQKS XIXMZ _ZIX[ XZQV\ML ZML IVL JT]M _Q\P two full-page illustrated interior plates on coated paper (hence the designation First Illustrated Edition). This is a beautiful copy, far IJW^M I^MZIOM <PM KW^MZ[ _PQKP IZM XZWVM \W IOM LIZSMVQVO IZM PMZM I JZQOP\ _PQ\M [I^M NWZ I [UITT ZML QVS UIZS QV[QLM \PM TM\\MZ ¹7º WN \PM \Q\TM <PM [XQVM _PQKP PI[ LIZSMVML [WUM_PI\ UWZM is intact, and only beginning to separate along the rear hinge. The contents are browned, as per usual, but unfoxed and complete. )JW]\ I[ ÅVM I KWXa I[ UIa JM NW]VL 6

(Cohen A3.2.c) (Woods A3ba)

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$11,500 #200300

PQ[ _MTT _WZV KWXa Q[ ;1/6-, IVL LI\ML QV QVS" ¹?QV[\WV ; +P]ZKPQTT ! ” beneath Churchill’s printed name on the Prefatory Note page. Signed copies of ;I^ZWTI are virtually unheard of. According to Richard Langworth, writing in his +WVVWQ[[M]Z¼[ /]QLM, ¹;I^ZWTI is one of the least inscribed titles in the entire canon.” No more than four examples have come to auction over the past 40 years. <PM TMOMVLIZa 5WZ\TISM KI\ITWO]M KWV\IQVML I [QVOTM [QOVML KWXa WN ;I^ZWTI, and it too was a Second Printing of the First English edition. <PI\ [IQL \PM [QOVI\]ZM PMZM PI[ [QOVQÅKIV\Ta NILML 1\ Q[ OMV]QVM PW_M^MZ# IV I]\PMV\QK +P]ZKPQTT [QOVI\]ZM WN \PM XMZQWL _Q\PW]\ Y]M[\QWV <PM JWWS¼[ KTW\P JWIZL[ IZM Z]JJML IVL J]UXML ITWVO \PM MLOM[ J]\ reasonably fresh on both faces and the gilt titles on the front face remain bright. The spine is JILTa NZIaML I\ \PM PMIL IVL ITWVO JW\P RWQV\[ \PM KTW\P Q[ _WZV IVL \PM [XQVM \aXM Y]Q\M NILML <PM NZWV\ QVVMZ PQVOM Q[ JMOQVVQVO \W OQ^M <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM PW_M^MZ ÅVM KTMIV IVL ^QZ\]ITTa ]VNW`ML [I^M NWZ \PM XI[\MLW_V[ IVL NZMM MVLXIXMZ[ 7^MZITT I ÆI_ML aM\ M`\ZIWZLQVIZQTa ZIZM ^WT]UM PMZM XZM[MZ^ML QV IV MTIJWZI\M X]ZXW[M J]QT\ J]ZO]VLa Y]IZ\MZ TMI\PMZ KTW\P [WTIVLMZ 7

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LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

1900

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IAN HAMILTON’S MARCH <PM K]TUQVI\QWV WN +P]ZKPQTT¼[ *WMZ ?IZ VIZZI\Q^M QVKT]LQVO \PM \ZQ]UXPIV\ TQJMZI\QWV WN PQ[ NWZUMZ 87? KIUX QV 8ZM\WZQI First English Edition (Cohen A8.1.a) (Woods A5)

$1,250 #14237

This is a very good copy; the cloth fresh, the gilt titles and the spine cloth lightly faded but not worn. The binding is tight and the corners are [PIZX <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM ÅVM _Q\P I NWZUMZ W_VMZ VIUM QV QVS WV \PM NZWV\ NZMM MVLXIXMZ IVL \PM half-title oddly trimmed of an upper half-inch, not affecting the printed title itself.

First English Edition (Cohen A4.1.a) (Woods A4a)

$1,350 #13760

This is a very good copy, with bright cover art and a spine that Q[ VMQ\PMZ NZIaML VWZ _WZV <PM ZMIZ JWIZL Q[ R][\ I \W]KP [K]NNML IVL ^MZa UQTLTa LIZSMVML IVL \PM TW_MZ KWZVMZ[ NZWV\ and rear, are beginning to turn. The fore-edges exhibit very [KI\\MZML TQOP\ NW`QVO MT[M ÅVM <PM \Q\TM XIOM NWTLQVO UIX Q[ KWUXTM\M J]\ I JQ\ _ZQVSTML _Q\P \QVa \MIZ[ VW\ INNMK\QVO \PM map image) at the outer edges, where it once was misfolded.

The folding map at page 366 is very lightly foxed and has JMMV UQ[NWTLML <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM W\PMZ_Q[M ÅVM IVL ]VNW`ML Overall, a lovely copy of a very perishable volume.

1900

First Canadian Softcover Edition (Cohen A8.3[?]) (Woods A5cb)

$5,000 #14434

First American Edition Set (Cohen A4.2.a ) (Woods A4ba) (Cohen A8.2) (Woods A5ca)

$1,000 #201808

Here is Churchill’s complete Boer War narrative in matched First American editions. The cloth and gilt of both volumes are bright on the front faces and faded along the spines. The contents IZM ÅVM IVL ]VNW`ML _Q\P ITT UIX[ XZM[MV\# VWVM UQ[NWTLML <PMZM Q[ I ^MZa LQ[KZMM\ ^QV\IOM JWWSseller’s plate on the front free endpaper of 4WVLWV \W 4ILa[UQ\P MT[M ÅVM )V M`KMTTMV\ [M\ W^MZITT

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This edition does not appear in Woods or in the Cohen bibliography, though Langworth does include it in his +WVVWQ[[M]Z¼[ /]QLM 4QSM \PM +IVILQIV MLQ\QWV WN 4ILa[UQ\P, it was produced from American edition sheets. It is bound with I ^MZa I\\ZIK\Q^M KZW[[ML ÆIO LM[QOV \PI\ Q[ []XMZQWZ \W \PM XTIQVTa JW]VL -VOTQ[P IVL )UMZQKIV ÅZ[\ MLQ\QWV[ IVL M^MV slightly different from the Canadian clothbound edition cover design, with a facsimile Churchill signature added. Though the spine here is loosening and the binding and covers, as one may imagine, are extremely fragile, this is a very good copy overall, clean and wholly intact, with a short, closed tear to the upper left corner of the prelims, not affecting any text. In fact, this may very well be the lone copy in wrappers that exists. It is the copy Langworth referenced for his /]QLM entry.

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MR. BRODRICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ARMY

1903

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1906

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Reprint Rebound from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Centenary Editionâ&#x20AC;?

(1973)

(Cohen AA1) (Woods AA1)

$750 #200714

Bound from sheets printed for Volume VII of the 1973 š+MV\MVIZa -LQ\QWVÂş WN +P]ZKPQTTÂź[ KWTTMK\ML _WZS[ \PQ[ handsome blue cloth edition with leather spine and frontis labels contains the complete texts of 5Z *ZWLZQKSÂź[ )ZUa, .WZ .ZMM <ZILM, <PM 8MWXTMÂź[ :QOP\[, 4QJMZITQ[U IVL \PM ;WKQIT 8ZWJTMU and 1VLQI <PM š+MV\MVIZa -LQ\QWVÂş was published on the occasion of what would have been Churchillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100th birthday as a deluxe reprinting of M^MZa JWWS TMVO\P \Q\TM QV I TMI\PMZJW]VL TQUQ\ML MLQ\QWV of 3,000. Only 1,750 of the intended sets however, were ever actually completed. The remaining unbound sheets _MZM []J[MY]MV\Ta TWKI\ML IVL ZMJW]VL QV I ^IZQM\a WN [UITTMZ TQUQ\ML MLQ\QWV[ TQSM \PQ[ WVM ) TW^MTa _Ia \W own (and even read) these rarities.

Leatherbound First Edition (Cohen A18.2.a) (Woods A9)

Another Version (1973) (Cohen AA1) (Woods AA1)

$750 #201836

Bound in green cloth with a gilded top and gilt lettering.

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1906

LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL

+P]ZKPQTT¼[ QUXI[[QWVML \_W ^WT]UM JQWOZIXPa _ZQ\\MV QV LMNMV[M WN PQ[ UITQOVML NI\PMZ¼[ XW[\P]UW][ ZMX]\I\QWV ;]J[MY]MV\Ta Q[[]ML QV IV ]VIJZQLOML WVM ^WT]UM MLQ\QWV ) J]T_IZS WN IVa +P]ZKPQTT KWTTMK\QWV First English Edition (Cohen A17.1) (Woods A8a)

$850 #200483

This is a very handsome set. The JQVLQVO[ IZM [Y]IZM IVL \QOP\ \PM OQT\ titles are bright, the cloth is a rich red that has mellowed somewhat along the spines.

The contents are virtually unfoxed, _Q\P WZVI\M ^QV\IOM JWWSXTI\M[ WV \PM front pastedowns of both volumes.

The front right corner of the half-title in Volume I has been fractionally torn.

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(Cohen A17.3) (Woods A8ab)

$450 #18659

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First American Edition

First Thus (1889)

(Cohen A17.2) (Woods A8aa)

$350 #200634

$1,750 #14240

?QV[\WV +P]ZKPQTT¼[ OZMI\M[\ QVÆ]MVKM as an orator was his father. Here is an opportunity to read why. Published four years after Lord Randolph’s passing, this is an extraordinarily fresh two-volume collection; the bindings crisp, the cloth and gilt lettering bright, \PM KWV\MV\[ ÅVM \PW]OP [WUM_PI\ foxed. Rare thus.

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SIGNED First English Edition Presentation Copy to Winston Churchill of the First Churchill Biography

First Hardcover Colonial Edition (Cohen A27.2) (Woods A12)

$2,250 #14566

Harsher climate conditions in the colonies generally resulted in low survival rates for these volumes. This copy is in better than average condition under the circumstances. The cloth is fairly bright, with some moisture spots on the front face, the spine is NILML \PW]OP \PM OQT\ TM\\MZQVO Q[ TMOQJTM QVKT]LQVO \PM I[\MZQ[S I\ \PM JI[M WN \PM [XQVM _PQKP QLMV\QĂ&#x2026;M[ \PQ[ I[ I +WTWVQIT edition. There is scattered foxing throughout, but the contents are intact and all maps, photos and protective tissues are present. The frontis tissue is torn and there are short tears in a handful of the illustrations. The front and rear pastedowns JMIZ IV W_VMZ[PQX [\IUX \PI\ ZMIL[" š0QUI\IVOQ.â&#x20AC;? A survivor.

First English â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cheapâ&#x20AC;? Illustrated Edition (1909) (Cohen A27.8) (Woods A12b)

$1,650 #11040

This is the extremely rare and fragile early English illustrated softcover edition in unusually fresh condition. Produced in the [\aTM WN I ^QV\IOM šX]TXº I SQVL WN >QK\WZQIV IOM KWUQK JWWS Q\ _I[ XZQV\ML WV KPMIX XIXMZ \PI\ JZW_VML Y]QKSTa IVL JW]VL QV [TQKSML XIXMZ _ZIX[ _Q\P I N]TT KWTWZ KW^MZ QTT][\ZI\QWV <PM KW^MZ[ NZWV\ IVL ZMIZ [W XZWVM \W IOM LIZSMVQVO IZM PMZM bright; virtually mint, save for a tiny chip near the lower front KWZVMZ <PM [XQVM [W XZWVM \W KZIKSQVO IVL TW[[ Q[ KWUXTM\M with fractional chips at the head and tail. The contents are browned, as per usual, but unfoxed, and crisp. Preserved in a purpose-built burgundy cloth slipcase.

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The People’s Trilogy (including The People’s Budget & The People’s Insurance) First English Softcover Editions (Cohen A31.2.a) (Woods A16aa)

$7,500 #10425

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SIGNED First English Edition Set (Cohen A69.2) (Woods A31ab)

$8,500 #200354

First American Edition [The Property of Pamela Harriman] (Cohen A69.1) (Woods A31aa)

$3,500 #200503

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WINSTON CHURCHILL WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES

1924

$750 #201821

1925

$245 #14774 Black & White gelatin print (7 1Á2 x 91Á2 inches)

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“London. The Pilgrims of England rendered a farewell dinner to Frank Kellogg, retiring American Ambassador to England, at the Hotel Victoria. Photo shows, left to right, Amb. Kellogg, Lord Desborough, The Prince of Wales and Winston Churchill, at the table.”

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1930

MY EARLY LIFE

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Rare Variant First English Hardcover Edition (Cohen A92.1.b) (Woods A38)

$5,000 #14857

First English Edition in Fine Leather Binding (Cohen A91.1.a) (Woods A37a.1)

$3,500 #9996

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First Keystone Library Edition (1933) (Cohen 95.3.a) (Woods A39ab)

$450 #8329

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HIS LIFE AND TIMES

1933-38

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GREAT CONTEMPORARIES

1937

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Salesman’s Sample Copy of the First English Edition (Cohen A105.1.a) (Woods A43a)

$20,000 #14373

$2,500 #14407

7VM WN \PM RM_MT[ WN \PM +P]ZKPQTT KIVWV \PQ[ ,MT]`M -LQ\QWV _I[ Q[[]ML QV I TQUQ\I\QWV WN SIGNED TMI\PMZJW]VL [M\[# WVM WN WVTa \_W XZM X]JTQKI\QWV TMI\PMZJW]VL +P]ZKPQTT ÅZ[\ MLQ\QWV[ M^MZ XZWL]KML \PM W\PMZ JMQVO \PM ¹8ZM[MV\I\QWVº JQVLQVO WN TPM ;MKWVL ?WZTL ?IZ).

0IVL[WUMTa JW]VL QV N]TT LIZS WZIVOM 6QOMZ Ja 4MQOP\WV ;\ZISMZ \PM JWWS[ IZM MIKP gilt-stamped with the Marlborough crest on the upper board, gilt-lettered on the spine in six compartments with raised bands, the top edges gilt, the endpapers marbled. This handsome example (number of Q[ QV ^MZa OWWL KWVLQ\QWV _Q\P R][\ I PQV\ WN LIZSMVQVO \W \PM TMI\PMZ ) NWZUMZ W_VMZ¼[ MTIJWZI\M JWWSXTI\M Q[ INÅ`ML \W \PM XI[\MLW_V[ QV MIKP ^WT]UM <PM original cardboard slipcases are not present.

<PQ[ Q[ I WVM WN I SQVL WLLQ\a XZWJIJTa I [ITM[UIV¼[ [IUXTM KWXa WN \PM .QZ[\ -VOTQ[P MLQ\QWV <PM \M`\ Q[ \PI\ WN \PM .QZ[\ -LQ\QWV _Q\PW]\ \PM TI\MZ ILLML NW]Z XZWÅTM[# \PM JQVLQVO KWVNWZU[ \W +P]ZKPQTT JQJTQWOZIXPMZ :WVITL +WPMV¼[ LM[KZQX\QWV WN \PM 4WVLWV <QUM[ *WWS +T]J Q[[]M NWZ \PM TI\MZ ¹:M^Q[MLº MLQ\QWV [UWW\P VI^a KTW\P KZ]LMTa JTWKSML /ZMI\ +WV\MU XWZIZQM[ [hyphenated] on the spine, with the author’s full name, and *]\\MZ_WZ\P at the foot of the spine). <PMZM Q[ VW <QUM[ *WWS +T]J [\IUX WV \PM ZMIZ XI[\MLW_V PW_M^MZ <PM L][\ RIKSM\ ZM[MUJTM[ \PI\ WN \PM .QZ[\ -VOTQ[P MLQ\QWV J]\ Q\ PI[ JMMV \ZQUUML \W Å\ \PM [PWZ\MZ LQUMV[QWV[ WN \PQ[ ^WT]UM <PM RIKSM\ Q[ QV M`KMTTMV\ KWVLQ\QWV I ZQKP JZQOP\ WZIVOM _Q\P ^QZ\]ITTa VW KPQXXQVO WZ NILQVO <PM JWWS Q\[MTN Q[ UQV\ <PMZM Q[ VW\ IVW\PMZ TQSM Q\

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ARMS AND THE COVENANT

1938

+P]ZKPQTTÂź[ QVQ\QIT ITIZU[ IOIQV[\ 0Q\TMZ IVL \PM 6IbQ[ IZM KWTTMK\ML PMZM QV NWZ\a WVM ILIUIV\ XZM _IZ [XMMKPM[ ! ! MLQ\ML Ja PQ[ [WV :IVLWTXP 8]JTQ[PML QV \PM = ; ]VLMZ \PM \Q\TM WHILE ENGLAND SLEPT. First English Edition (Cohen A107.1) (Woods A44a)

$2,500 #18003

) ^MZa OWWL KWXa QV \PM ^MZa ZIZM L][\ RIKSM\ _PQKP Q[ [WUM_PI\ [PMTN_WZV IVL I \ZQĂ&#x2020;M NW`ML IVL MLOM KPQXXML _Q\P Z]JJQVO ITWVO \PM IOM LIZSMVML [XQVM and fractional losses at the spine head and tail, as well as the upper right corner tip of the front face. There Q[ I KTW[ML \MIZ ITWVO \PM NZWV\ ]XXMZ RIKSM\ PQVOM IVL [WUM NIQV\ [\IQV[ <PM JWWS Q[ QV ^QZ\]ITTa UQV\ condition, the blue cloth fresh and unfaded, even along the notoriously problematic spine, with the familiar \WVQVO \W \PM PITN \Q\TM NZWU \PM L][\ RIKSM\ Ă&#x2020;IX IVL ^MZa TQOP\ [KI\\MZML NW`QVO \W \PM XZMTQU[ MT[M Ă&#x2026;VM

TOBACCO CARD š°[\QTT WVM WN \PM UW[\ ^Q^QL XMZ[WVITQ\QM[ QV XWTQ\QK[ IT\PW]OP PM Q[ [Q`\a \_W º 1937 $150 #4322

This bust-length, sepia-toned card of Churchill is No. 11 in a series of š-UXQZM 8MZ[WVITQ\QM[â&#x20AC;? issued in 1937. It contains a one-paragraph bio printed on the verso. In very good condition (2 5Ă 8 x 13Ă 8 inches).

WHILE ENGLAND SLEPT English Wartime â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cheapâ&#x20AC;? Edition (1940) (Cohen A107.3) (Woods A44a)

$2,250 #14285

=V[WTL KWXQM[ WN \PM Ă&#x2026;Z[\ IVL WVTa XZQV\QVO WN )ZU[ IVL \PM +W^MVIV\ _MZM ZM Q[[]ML QV \PQ[ š+PMIX -LQ\QWVÂş Ja Harrap in June 1940. The only distinguishing feature _I[ \PM L][\ RIKSM\ XZQV\ML I ^Q^QL aMTTW_ _Q\P LMMX ZML type, present here unclipped, bright on the front face, IOM LIZSMVML IVL MLOM KPQXXML WV \PM ZMIZ NIKM IVL toned across a spine that was at one time misfolded. The JWWS Q\[MTN Q[ ^QZ\]ITTa UQV\ \PM KTW\P I ZQKP IVL ]VNILML LIZS JT]M QVKT]LQVO \PM VW\WZQW][Ta NILM XZWVM [XQVM \PM JQVLQVO Q[ \QOP\ \PM KWZVMZ[ [Y]IZM <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM Ă&#x2026;VM IVL ]VNW`ML _Q\P I \QVa JWWS[PWX [\QKSMZ WV \PM NZWV\ pastedown and the usual toning to the half-title from the frontis photo. Rare thus.

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First American Edition (Cohen A 107.2.a) (Woods A44b)

$1,500 #14518

This is a very good copy of the scarce First American edition of )ZU[ IVL \PM +W^MVIV\, in the very rare dust RIKSM\ _PQKP Q[ ]VKTQXXML J]\ TQOP\Ta Z]JJML ITWVO the spine and edge-chipped, with fractional losses at the head and tail wrapping around to the upper edges of the rear and front face. There are also light creases along the lower edge of the front face. The JWWS Q[ QUUIK]TI\M IVL \PM KWV\MV\[ Ă&#x2026;VM

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1939

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TYPED LETTER SIGNED

+PQTTQVO IV\PWTWOa WN +P]ZKPQTTÂź[ XZM[KQMV\ VM_[XIXMZ XQMKM[ NWZ \PM Evening Standard IVL Daily Telegraph IJW]\ \PM ZQ[QVO 6IbQ \PZMI\ KWUUMVKQVO QV ! _Q\P 0Q\TMZÂź[ ZMWKK]XI\QWV WN \PM :PQVMTIVL \PZW]OP \PM Ă&#x2026;VIT UWV\P[ JMNWZM \PM LMKTIZI\QWV WN _IZ QV ! !

š1 \PQVS aW] OZMI\Ta M`IOOMZI\M \PM UQTQ\IZa [\ZMVO\P WN JW\P :][[QI IVL /MZUIVa º 1939 $5,500 #14530

STRAND MAGAZINE â&#x20AC;&#x153;THE RT. HON. ANTHONY EDEN, P.C.â&#x20AC;?

A fascinating, almost inexplicable TM\\MZ LQNĂ&#x2026;K]T\ \W ZMKWVKQTM _Q\P Churchillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary stature as a pre-war Cassandra of the Nazi threat.

On +PIZ\_MTT notepaper (5 x 8 inches), dated 5Ia ! !: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dear Sir [in Churchillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand], â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thank you for sending me your book, which I have looked into with some attention. I think you greatly exaggerate the military strength of both Russia and Germany, particularly the former.

Sincerely, [again, in Churchillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand] W. Churchill.â&#x20AC;? There are small

stains at the upper and lower right corners, as well as a tiny chip in the upper right.

August 1939 (Cohen C643) (Woods C171)

$145 #17495

First English Edition (Cohen A111.1.a) (Woods A45a)

$500 #201590

<PQ[ Q[ I ^MZa OWWL KWXa _Q\PW]\ L][\ RIKSM\ The cloth is a rich green, the gilt spine type is bright, the binding is tight, the corners [PIZX <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM Ă&#x2026;VM IVL ]VNW`ML

+P]ZKPQTTÂź[ XZWĂ&#x2026;TM WN PQ[ [WWV \W JM Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, _I[ X]JTQ[PML R][\ WVM UWV\P JMNWZM +P]ZKPQTTÂź[ ZM\]ZV \W KIJQVM\ WNĂ&#x2026;KM I[ First Lord of the Admiralty. This is a very good copy of the original ;\ZIVL 5IOIbQVM, crisp and fresh. This article _I[ []J[MY]MV\Ta QVKT]LML QV <PM +WTTMK\ML -[[Ia[" >WT]UM 111.

<PM JWWS ZMNMZZML \W PMZM Q[ <PM 5QTQ\IZa ;\ZMVO\P WN \PM 8W_MZ[, by Max ?MZVMZ I S I )4-@)6,-: ;+01.:16 ! ! I [MTN \I]OP\ UQTQ\IZa IVITa[\ _PW MIZTa WV NWZM[I_ \PM \PZMI\ WN I UIRWZ _WZTL _IZ IVL turned his energies to estimating the military strength and preparedness of \PM TQSMTa XZW\IOWVQ[\[ *WZV )TMS[IVLZ ;PNZQO QV 3PIZSW^ =SZIQVM ;KPQNZQV _I[ I 5MV[PQ^QS M`QTML [WWV IN\MZ \PM *WT[PM^QS ^QK\WZa QV \PM ZM^WT]\QWV 1\ IXXMIZ[ \PI\ PM Ă&#x2026;Z[\ _MV\ \W 8ITM[\QVM IVL NZWU \PMZM \W /MZUIVa _PMZM PM [M\\TML ?PMV \PM 6IbQ[ I[[]UML XW_MZ ;KPQNZQV Ă&#x2020;ML \W .ZIVKM <PMZM PM Y]QKSTa LQ[KW^MZML PW_ QOVWZIV\ \PM .ZMVKP UQTQ\IZa I]\PWZQ\QM[ _MZM WN \PM /MZUIV XZMXIZI\QWV[ NWZ _IZ ;KPQNZQV _I[ [W QVLQOVIV\ PM _ZW\M PQ[ Ă&#x2026;Z[\ JWWS <PM 5QTQ\IZa ;\ZMVO\P WN \PM 8W_MZ[. (His original title was: <W_IZL[ <PM ;MKWVL ?WZTL ?IZ ?PMV \PM 6IbQ[ QV^ILML .ZIVKM ;KPQNZQV Ă&#x2020;ML \W \PM = ; _PMZM PM _ZW\M ]VLMZ \PM VIUM 5I` ?MZVMZ ,M[XQ\M +P]ZKPQTTÂź[ I[[M[[UMV\ WN PQ[ _WZS ?MZVMZ JMKIUM I PQOPTa ZMOIZLML KWT]UVQ[\ IVL \PM I]\PWZ WN UIVa I[\]\M QN KWV\ZW^MZ[QIT JWWS[ IJW]\ \PM military course of the war. A copy of <PM 5QTQ\IZa ;\ZMVO\P WN \PM 8W_MZ[ is included here.

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THE WAR SPEECHES

1941-46

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THE PRIME MINISTER

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IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ยน6M^MZ QV \PM ร MTL WN P]UIV KWVร QK\ _I[ [W U]KP W_ML Ja [W UIVa \W [W NM_ ยบ August 20, 1940 (Cohen A131.1) (Woods A60a)

$1,000 #201805

First English Edition Set Complete in Seven Volumes with Dust Jackets (Cohen A142-A227) (Woods A66-A114)

$2,500 #18747

<PQ[ Q[ I ^MZa OWWL KWUXTM\M [M\ WN .QZ[\ -VOTQ[P MLQ\QWV[ [Q` QV ]VKTQXXML L][\ RIKSM\[ <PM JWWS[ IZM ITT NZM[P KTMIV \QOP\ IVL JZQOP\ \PM L][\ RIKSM\[ IZM TW^MTa _Q\P ^MZa UWLM[\ _MIZ The set is preserved in a handsome, purpose-built slipcase of burgundy cloth.

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his handsomely produced government pamphlet-printing of Churchillโ s TMOMVLIZa [XMMKP LMTQ^MZML QV \PM _ISM WN \PM ยน*I\\TM WN *ZQ\IQVยบ PI[ JMKWUM Y]Q\M [KIZKM 0MZM Q[ I ^MZa OWWL KWXa _Q\P KW^MZ[ \PI\ IZM KWUXTM\M J]\ NW`ML front and rear. The contents are not foxed. The staples have rusted, as per usual, but remain attached. A far better than average copy, beautifully preserved in a half-leather green cloth, suede-lined solander with gilt spine titles.

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1948-53

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SIGNED WORLD WAR II PHOTOGRAPH Signed and Dated for General of the Army H.H. (“Hap”) Arnold 1942 $15,000 #201547 (10 x 10 inches)

First American Edition

First English Edition

(Cohen A240.1[I-VI]) (Woods A123aa) $1,250 #200682

(Cohen A240.4[I-VI].a) (Woods A123ba) $950 #201674

First Canadian Edition

(Cohen A240.2 [ I-VI ]) (Woods A123aa) $850 #19816

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PQ[ [\ZQSQVO OMTI\QV [QT^MZ XZQV\ WN +P]ZKPQTT QV \PM +IJQVM\ :WWU I\ 6]UJMZ was presented to General of the Army H.H. (”Hap”) Arnold with New Year’s greetings from Winston Churchill at the Arcadia conference in Washington during Churchill’s Christmas 1941 visit to Roosevelt’s White House (which lasted \PZW]OP UQL 2IV]IZa ! <PM XPW\WOZIXP Q[ ;1/6-, IVL LI\ML ¹2IV ! ” by Churchill near the lower left corner. It comes by direct descent from the Arnold family.

0-6:A 0 ¹0)8º ):674, ! _I[ KWUUIVLMZ WN \PM )ZUa )QZ .WZKM[ QV ?WZTL ?IZ 11 IVL \PM WVTa IQZ KWUUIVLMZ M^MZ \W I\\IQV \PM Å^M [\IZ ZIVS WN OMVMZIT WN \PM IZUQM[ 0M IVL ?QV[\WV +P]ZKPQTT ÅZ[\ UM\ QV *ZQ\IQV MIZTa QV ! _PMV )ZVWTL ^Q[Q\ML WV I XMZ[WVIT mission from President Roosevelt. Their relationship continued at each of the Big Three conferences, which Arnold attended accompanying both Roosevelt and Truman. Arnold appears throughout Churchill’s Second World War memoirs, beginning in Volume II. After a lengthy career as an Army aviator and commander that spanned the two World Wars, he retired from active service in 1945.

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PAINTING AS A PASTIME

1948

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+P]ZKPQTT¼[ UIZ^MTW][ M[[Ia KMTMJZI\QVO PQ[ NI^WZQ\M PWJJa ÅZ[\ IXXMIZML QV \PM Strand UIOIbQVM W^MZ \_W Q[[]M[ QV ,MKMUJMZ ! IVL 2IV]IZa ! 1\ _I[ \PMV IV\PWTWOQbML QV +P]ZKPQTT¼[ THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES JMNWZM JMQVO X]JTQ[PML WV Q\[ W_V I[ \PQ[ LMTQOP\N]T TQ\\TM JWWS _PQKP PI[ [QVKM JMMV MVLTM[[Ta ZMQ[[]ML QV I ^IZQM\a WN -VOTQ[P IVL )UMZQKIV MLQ\QWV[

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SIGNED First English Edition in Dust Jacket (Cohen A 242.1.a) (Woods A125a)

$15,000 #17496 1951 $10,000 #16073

;1/6-, IVL 1V[KZQJML _Q\P ]V][]ITTa QVNWZUIT QV\QUIKa WV \PM NZWV\ NZMM MVLXIXMZ" ¹<W +TIZM _Q\P TW^M NZWU ?QV[\WV ! ! º <PM ]VKTQXXML L][\ RIKSM\ Q[ TQOP\Ta MLOM KPQXXML _Q\P NZIK\QWVIT TW[[ I\ \PM ]XXMZ MLOM WN \PM ZMIZ XIVMT <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM ÅVM IVL ]VNW`ML 8ZM[MZ^ML QV I handsome vintage half-blue leather clamshell solander, gilt-lettered and ornamented on the spine in six compartments with gilt-tooled raised bands.

) UIZ^MTW][ M`IUXTM WN QVQUQ\IJTM +P]ZKPQTTQIV XPZI[MUISQVO I\ Q\[ JM[\ KZIN\ML QV I TM\\MZ LI\ML 2]VM ! \W )TNZML * ;\ZI][[ WN 6M_ AWZS +Q\a WV 0aLM 8IZS /I\M letterhead (71Á4 x 9 1Á2 inches): “Dear Mr. Strauss, How very kind of you to have sent me some more PUNCH Double Coronas. These are most agreeable cigars, and I hope you will accept my warm thanks for your friendly thought. Let me once more retaliate, as only an author can, by sending you another of my books, which I trust you may like to have.

Yours very truly, Winston S. Churchill.”

+4):- +WV[]MTW .ZM_MV ;0-:1,)6 ! _I[ ?QV[\WV +P]ZKPQTT¼[ ÅZ[\ KW][QV IVL WVM WN PQ[ favorite relations; the daughter of Lady Randolph’s sister, Clara Jerome. A celebrated sculptress and travel writer, she shared avidly in Churchill’s discovery of himself as a painter and maintained a warm relationship with him even after her support for the Russian Revolution divided them politically. Her busts of her cousin Winston can be found at Blenheim Palace, Harrow School and, of course, at Chartwell.

4IQL QV\W \PM JWWS Q[ I \aXML TM\\MZ WV 0aLM 8IZS /I\M notepaper, signed by Churchill’s princiXIT XZQ^I\M [MKZM\IZa 2W ;\]ZLMM" ¹,MIZ 5Z[ ;PMZQLIV 5Z +P]ZKPQTT PI[ QV[KZQJML I KWXa WN PQ[ JWWS 8IQV\QVO I[ I 8I[\QUM _PQKP PM [MVL[ aW] _Q\P PQ[ OWWL _Q[PM[ 0M PI[ IT[W [QOVML \PM XPW\WOZIXP WN aW]Z J][\ WN PQU _PQKP aW] TMN\ JMPQVL I\ +PIZ\_MTT NWZ \PI\ X]ZXW[M \PM W\PMZ LIa ” 36

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The letter is in very good condition, here matted and gorgeously framed with a delightful 1953 photograph of Churchill seated beside his dog Rufus in a car outside of No.10 [UWSQVO I JQO ,W]JTM +WZWVI KQOIZ 1Á4 x 20 inches overall).

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THE POSTWAR SPEECHES

1948-61

.Q^M XW[\_IZ [XMMKP KWUXQTI\QWV ^WT]UM[ _MZM X]JTQ[PML JMOQVVQVO _Q\P THE SINEWS OF PEACE QV ! TI\M ! ! [XMMKPM[ QVKT]LQVO \PM TMOMVLIZa .]T\WV 5Q[[W]ZQ ยน1ZWV +]Z\IQVยบ [XMMKP # EUROPE UNITE QV ! ! # IN THE BALANCE QV ! ! ! # STEMMING THE TIDE QV ! ! # IVL THE UNWRITTEN ALLIANCE QV ! \PM ร VIT KWTTMK\QWV WN +P]ZKPQTT [XMMKPM[ KW^MZQVO \PM aMIZ[ ! ! ! <PQ[ JWWS IXXMIZML QV -VOTIVL WVTa IVL Q[ XMZPIX[ \PM ZIZM[\ WN \PM XW[\_IZ [XMMKP ^WT]UM[

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

1956-58

;_MMXQVO NW]Z ^WT]UM PQ[\WZa WN -VOTIVL PMZ KWTWVQM[ IVL \PM TIVO]IOM \PI\ +P]ZKPQTT [W ^MVMZI\ML IVL MVVWJTML QV PQ[ W_V _ZQ\QVO[ <PM WZQOQVIT -VOTQ[P MLQ\QWV _I[ PIVL[WUMTa XZQV\ML \PM )UMZQKIV MLQ\QWV _I[ TM[[ [W ;]J[MY]MV\ ZMQ[[]M[ IVL IJZQLOMUMV\[ IJW]VL First English โ Chartwellโ Edition (Cohen A267.2) (Woods A138d)

$650 #18155

Published simultaneously with the First English edition but [WTL Ja []J[KZQX\QWV WVTa \PQ[ KWV[\Q\]\ML \PM ร Z[\ QTT][\ZI\ML edition of Churchillโ s mammoth history. The four volumes are richly bound in blue cloth with red leather spine labels.

The text, printed on high grade paper, is, of course, proN][MTa QTT][\ZI\ML _Q\P JTIKS IVL _PQ\M XPW\WOZIXP[ <PQ[ Q[ I very good example, with crisp leather labels and bright gilt, TIKSQVO \PM WZQOQVIT XTI[\QKQVM L][\ _ZIXXMZ[ <PM KWV\MV\[ are clean, tight, and unfoxed.

First English Edition Set (Cohen A241-A273) (Woods A124-A142) $1,650 #19967 <PQ[ Q[ I ^MZa OWWL [M\ QV L][\ RIKSM\[ \PI\ M`PQJQ\ ^MZa NIQV\ _MIZ MT[M ร VM

Taiwanese Pirated One-Volume Edition (1964) (Cohen A267.11) (Woods A138a)

$225 #201600

First American Edition Set (Cohen A241-A264) (Woods A124-A137) $850 #15385 ) ^MZa OWWL [M\ QV \PM ZIZM WZQOQVIT L][\ RIKSM\[

A fascinating anomaly, this one-volume unabridged edition was illicitly produced by Taiwanese publishers in 1964 by photo-reproducing the complete texts from the four-volume Cassell (Sixth) edition and then binding the pages in reduced NWZU QV\W I [QVOTM ^WT]UM <PM L][\ RIKSM\ I XWWZ Y]ITQ\a ZMXZWL]K\QWV WN \PM WZQOQVIT +I[[MT RIKSM\ NWZ >WT]UM 1 Q[ QV very good condition, edge-chipped and a bit faded but intact IVL Y]Q\M NZM[P <PM KWV\MV\[ IZM ร VM _Q\P RIKSM\ ร IX \WVQVO \W \PM NZWV\ IVL ZMIZ NZMM MVLXIXMZ[ =VQY]M \P][ IVL I XIZ\QK]TIZTa PIVLa _Ia \W ZMIL \PQ[ UI[\MZ_WZS

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MONTE CARLO MENU CARD SIGNED by The Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Winston and Clementine Churchill 1949 $15,000 #200571

On New Year’s Eve 1949, Winston and Clementine Churchill hosted a dinner QV 8IZQ[ NWZ \PM ,]SM IVL ,]KPM[[ WN ?QVL[WZ <PM OZW]X \PMV \WWS \PM night train to Monte Carlo, with the +P]ZKPQTT[ \ISQVO ]X ZM[QLMVKM I\ \PM 0W\MT LM 8IZQ[ _PMZM \PMa _MZM RWQVML by their daughter Sarah (and her new beau, Antony Beauchamp). Very shortly thereafter, the Churchills and the Windsors dined at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club, where they all SIGNED this New Year’s Eve menu card in pencil.

The signatures, from top down, read: ¹? +P]ZKPQTT º ¹+TMUMV\QVM ; +P]ZKPQTT,” ¹;IZIP 7TQ^MZ” [Sarah Churchill’s married VIUME ¹?M[\UQV[\MZº C+P]ZKPQTT¼[ TQNMTWVO KP]U <PM ,]SM WN ?M[\UQV[\MZE ¹?ITTQ[ ?QVL[WZ º ¹)VVM ? ?M[\UQV[\MZº C\PM ,]SM¼[ NW]Z\P _QNME IVL ¹-L_IZL ,]SM WN ?QVL[WZ.” The once-folded card contains the Restaurant Du Sporting Club’s full dinner menu for ¹6W]^MT )V ! ! !.”

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ALFRED EISENSTAEDT PHOTOGRAPH

1951 (Printed 1994 ) $2,500 #201791

Limited edition photograph by the legendary 41.- 5IOIbQVM photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt shot in Liverpool during the 1951 General Election that returned Churchill to the Prime Ministership. Number 3 of 250 prints made in 1994 from the original negative and SIGNED by Eisenstaedt. The photograph (9 1Ă 4 x 12 1Ă 2 inches) Q[ UI\\ML IVL ^MZa [\ZQSQVOTa NZIUML 1Ă 4 x 19 1Ă 2 inches).

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