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-First English Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937 | $3,250.00

This is a very good copy of the First English edition in the rare and extremely handsome dust jacket, which is a bit age-darkened, with light creases along the lower edge of the front face and some separation at the spine head. The jacket is unclipped but the front flap bears some slight transfer of […]

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-Later Impression of the First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937 | $425.00

This is a very good copy of the Fifth Impression of the First English edition, without dust jacket. The cloth is very faintly spotted, the spine is mildly faded, the contents are fine, with light, scattered foxing to the prelims and fore-edges only

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-First English Edition (Sixth Impression) in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937 | $725.00

This is a very good copy of the Sixth Impression of the First English edition, in an unclipped dust jacket that is fresh and bright, if a trifle darkened with age. The book is virtually mint, the contents fine, save for ink inscriptions on the front free endpaper. Published three months after the First Edition. […]

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-First American Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937 | $450.00

This is a very good copy of the First American edition in a price-clipped dust jacket that is shelfworn, with multiple short tears and creases along the spine and fractional losses across the edges, front and rear, but with good color and overall quality. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with tanning to the pastedowns […]

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-First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937 | $600.00

This is a virtually mint copy of the First American edition, without dust jacket. As-new, save for light toning along the front and rear hinges. Rare thus.

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-First American Edition (Third Impression)in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937 | $650.00

This is a very good copy of the Third Impression of the First American edition, in the correct dust jacket, which is unclipped and wonderfully bright and fresh, with no losses, just a handful of inconsequential rubs and a hint of of edge wear along the spine. The book is virtually mint, inside and out.

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-Wartime English "Revised" Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1940 | $185.00

This is a very good copy of the wartime second printing of the First “Revised” English edition, without dust jacket. The cloth and gilt lettering are bright and fresh on the front face, worn and faded on the spine. The contents are fine with an ink gift inscription on the half-title, dated: “12.4.41.” The front […]

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-Wartime English "Revised Edition (Second Impression)-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1940 | $175.00

This is a very good copy of the Second Impression of the First English “Revised” Edition, without dust jacket, issued in May 1940, the month Churchill became PM. The book is somewhat shelfworn, faded along the spine but bright on the front face. The contents are fine, with a vintage Book Society bookplate on the […]

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-First English "Times Book Club" Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937 | $850.00

This is a very good copy of the rarely-seen [London] “Times Book Club” edition, which was bound from First edition sheets but in a plainer binding of smooth dark blue cloth. The externals here are exemplary, with brilliant blue cloth and bright gilt titles. The contents are fine, with a former owner name inked on […]

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-First Odhams Press Standard Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1947 | $95.00

Odhams Press, England’s top mail order publisher, regularly reprinted after the war four basic Churchill titles (MY EARLY LIFE, THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES, GREAT CONTEMPORARIES and STEP BY STEP) in two different dust jacketed binding styles: “Standard” (bright red cloth blocked gilt and black on the top board and spine, with unstained page edges), and “Deluxe” […]

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-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937

This is a very good copy of the First English edition without dust jacket. The book is extremely fresh, crisp and bright. The binding is square and tight, the corners are sharp, the blue cloth has only mildly faded. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with a slight scrape to an upper edge of the […]

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-First English Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937

This is a very good copy of the First English edition in the rare and extremely handsome dust jacket which is unclipped but somewhat darkened with age along the spine. There are tiny fractional losses to three of four jacket corners, as well as fractional loss at the spine head and edgewear at the tail. […]

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-Signed First English Edition Presentation Copy in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1937

This handsome copy of the First English edition is inscribed and signed in ink, intimately: “To Maxine from Winston, October 1937”(the month of publication). The recipient is MAXINE ELLIOTT (1868-1940), the legendary American actress and British socialite, who remained one of Winston Churchill’s staunchest friends throughout his pre-World War II existence, after also being one […]

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-First English “Revised” Edition (Second Impression)-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1940

This is a very good copy of the Second Impression of the First “Revised” English edition, reprinted in 1940. The very rare dust jacket is unclipped and virtually mint. The book is similarly immaculate, inside and out, save for a tiny chip to the upper right corner of the half-title. Rarely seen thus.