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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES
-First Canadian Edition Set in Dust Jackets-
This is a very good example of the First Canadian Edition in unclipped dust jackets, as issued in a red cardboard slipcase with photo frontis. The books and dust jackets…
LIFE: “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples” (Volume I, Pt. III “The Birth of Britain”)
-Magazine Article-
The pre-publication serialization of Churchill’s A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES. [Pages 64-66, 68-73, 77-78, 80, 83-86, 91 (17 pages)] This is an original copy in very good condition….
LIFE: “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples” (Volume II, Pt. IV “An Age of Unrest”)
-Magazine Article-
The pre-publication serialization of Churchill’s A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES. [Pages 58-60, 62-68, 70, 73-76 (15 pages)] This is an original copy in very good condition….
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-First English Edition Set in Fine Leather Binding-
This First English edition set exquisitely rebound by Bayntun of Bath (for the late-Kroch and Brentano’s bookstore of Chicago) in full navy-blue morocco leather, has Churchill’s signature in gilt across…
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-First English Edition Set in Fine Leather Binding by “Zaensdorf”-
This First English edition set is a signed binding by the legendary London-based Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (author of THE ART OF BOOKBINDING) in full cognac-colored oasis leather. The endpapers are…
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-The Chartwell Edition-
Published simultaneously with the First English edition but sold by subscription only, this Chartwell Edition constituted the first illustrated edition of Churchill’s monumental history. The four volumes are richly bound…
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-First English Edition Set in Dust Jackets-
This is a very good First English edition set, in unclipped dust jackets that are exceptionally fresh, bright and unfaded. Volume I dust jacket has an infinitesimal chip at the…
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-Presentation Set Signed in All Four Volumes-
This mixed First English edition presentation set, in dust jackets, is signed in each volume: “Winston S. Churchill” and hand-dated “1959” in ink. The set was presented by Churchill to…
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-Taiwanese Pirated One-Volume Unabridged Edition in Dust Jacket-
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…
SPEAKING WITH HANDS
Photographs From The Buhl Collection
A unique collection of photographs that revolves around the expressiveness of hands. This is a very good copy, in dust jacket….
LIFE: “Sir Winston’s Hideaway”
-Magazine Article-
“Churchill paints in Sicily while reading his HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES.” [Page 47 (2 pages)] An original copy in very good condition….
ORIGINAL CHURCHILL PUBLISHING PARTY MENU
"A Luncheon in the Great Hall of Surgeons of England in Honour of Sir Winston Churchill to Celebrate the Publication of the First Volume of his A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES"
This gorgeously printed menu served as a program for the publishing party celebrating A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES – Volume One on St. George’s Day [April 23] 1956. Churchill…