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ARMS AND THE COVENANT

-First English Edition without Dust Jacket-

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By: Winston S. Churchill

1938 | $850.00

This is an extremely beautiful copy of the First English edition, without dust jacket. The cloth is uniquely unfaded, particularly along the fade-prone spine. The contents are fine, with light, scattered foxing to the fore-edge only. A discreet sticker from The [London] Times Book Club is affixed to the rear pastedown, else fine. Quite lovely.

WHILE ENGLAND SLEPT

-First American Edition in a Third Impression Dust Jacket-

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By: Winston S. Churchill

1938 | $1,000.00

This is a very good copy of the First American edition, wrapped in an unclipped dust jacket that was produced for the Third Impression of this book in 1940, with excerpts from American reviews added to the front flap. Interestingly, front and rear flaps from the correct First Edition dust jacket are also laid-into the […]

ARMS AND THE COVENANT

-English Wartime "Cheap" Edition in Variant Dust Jacket-

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By: Winston S. Churchill

1940 | $2,500.00

Unsold copies of the first printing of ARMS AND THE COVENANT were re-issued as this so-called “Cheap Edition” by Harrap in June 1940. The books were untouched, the only new feature was a new dust jacket, printed a vivid yellow with deep red type. This is a very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket […]

ARMS AND THE COVENANT

-English Wartime "Cheap" Edition in Variant Dust Jacket-

Product image: ARMS AND THE COVENANT

By: Winston S. Churchill

1940 | $2,000.00

Unsold copies of the first printing of ARMS AND THE COVENANT were re-issued as this so-called “Cheap Edition” by Churchill’s publisher Harrap in June 1940, a month after he became Prime Minister. The only new feature was a new dust jacket, printed a vivid yellow with deep red type. This is a very good copy, […]