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THE SECOND WORLD WAR: Pirated First Abridged One-Volume Edition

-Probable Taiwanese Issue-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1967 | $200.00

A very good copy of a variant of the Pirated Edition of the First English Abridged edition, as described by the Cohen bibliography. The book and jacket generally conform to the Cohen bibliography description of a “Taiwanese issue photo-reproduced from the Cassell abridgement, with the page size reduced and all mention of the British publisher […]

THE SECOND WORLD WAR: Pirated First Abridged One-Volume Edition

-Probable Taiwanese Issue-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1967 | $200.00

A very good copy of a variant of the Pirated Edition of the First English Abridged edition as per the Cohen bibliography. The book and jacket generally conform to the Cohen description of a “Taiwanese issue photo-reproduced from the Cassell abridgement, with the page size reduced and all mention of the British publisher excised, except […]

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-12-Volume Heron Reprint Variant Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1974 | $550.00

This is a variant binding of one of the more attractive reprint editions of Churchill’s war memoirs. Usually found in brown quarter-morocco leather, this variant is bound in blue leatherette with elaborate gold tooling including Churchill’s facsimile signature on each front cover. Printed in twelve volumes, rather than the original six, the text includes most […]

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-First American Edition Set in Later Dust Jackets-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953 | $850.00

This is a beautiful set of the increasingly hard-to-find, and always tricky to confirm, true First American edition, in exceedingly fresh dust jackets that we can confirm are NOT correct First Edition jackets, but a variety of reprint and/or Book-of-the-Month Club jackets. Still, they look very good. Volumes 2, 4, 5 appear to be BOMC […]

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-First American Edition Set Without Dust Jackets-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953 | $750.00

This is an excellent set of the increasingly hard-to-find, and always tricky to confirm, authentic First American edition, without dust jackets. The books are all in beautiful condition, virtually mint, save for very faint, variable fading to the spines and topstains, with a scattering of white paint (?) sprinkles along the upper fore-edge of Volume […]

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-Leatherbound American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953 | $3,000.00

This is a stunning set of American editions rebound in quarter-burgundy calf over burgundy cloth, the spines gilt lettered and numbered in six compartments with raised bands, each spine ornamented with the Churchill rampant lion, all edges gilded. The books have been trimmed for binding. Else fine.

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-First English Edition Set in Dust Jackets-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953 | $950.00

This is a nominally very good First English edition set in dust jackets that are faded and darkened on the commonly fade-prone spines. There is fractional loss at the spine heads of Volumes II and III and on the front face of Volume IV. Volumes I, IV and VI are price-clipped. The red topstains have […]

MEMOIRS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-First American Abridged Edition (Red Binding Variant)-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1959 | $225.00

A virtually mint copy in an unclipped dust jacket of the First American edition Second Binding variant (according to the Cohen Bibliography) that replicated the red cloth binding of the original six-volume SECOND WORLD WAR First American edition. There are some modest edge creases at the spine head and tail, of the jacket, else fine. […]

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR Leatherbound Presentation Set

-Signed and Inscribed by Winston Churchill to "Pug" Ismay-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953

This remarkable leatherbound Presentation set, is signed and inscribed by Winston Churchill in ink on the front free endpaper to his most important military aide during World War II, Major-General Hastings “Pug” Ismay: “To Ismay from Winston Churchill.” Beneath this inscription, Churchill has penned one of his signature doodles of a “pug” dog. The books […]

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-Signed First American Edition Presentation Set Inscribed to Field Marshal Alexander-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953

This extraordinary First American edition set, in dust jackets, was presented, volume-by-volume, to Field Marshall Alexander by the author, Winston Churchill. The first five volumes contain Alexander’s bookplate on the front pastedowns. Tipped-into Volume I at the front free endpaper is an autograph note from Churchill, inimitable, and all in Churchill’s hand, on 28, Hyde […]

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THE GATHERING STORM

-Signed First American Edition Presentation Copy Inscribed to Winston Churchill's Daughter Mary and her New Husband, Christopher, "From Papa"-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948

Nothing in the realm of Churchillian first editions is more precious than a book inscribed by Winston Churchill to a member of his immediate family. Here is one such prize, a First American edition copy, in dust jacket, of THE GATHERING STORM – the first volume in Churchill’s six-volume memoirs of the Second World War […]

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The Second World War: “THE GRAND ALLIANCE” (Volume III)

-First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1950

This is a very good copy of the First American Edition, in an unclipped dust jacket that has faded somewhat along the spine. The contents are fine.

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The Second World War: “THE HINGE OF FATE” (Volume IV)

-First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1950

This is a very good copy of of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket. The contents are fine.

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The Second World War: CLOSING THE RING (Volume V)

-First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1951

This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket that has faded along the spine. The contents are fine.

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The Second World War: “TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY” (Volume VI)

-First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1953

This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket.

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-Second Chartwell Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1983

As-new set of this sumptuous 1983 reissue, bound in quarter-blue leather with map-imprinted endpapers and a color reproduction of one of Churchill’s Chartwell paintings tipped onto the front cover of each volume. Without dust jackets, as issued. The text is taken from Churchill’s definitive rewrite for the First Chartwell edition of 1955, the individual book […]

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-Leather-Slipcased First American Edition Set in Dust Jackets-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953

This virtually mint First American edition set is in astonishing condition, as fresh as the day it was published, crisp and bright, particularly the fade-prone spines, which are here entirely unfaded. Each pristine volume is preserved intact in individual red half-leather cloth solanders lettered in gilt on the spines. Volume I has a hint of […]

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-The Rare "Presentation" First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953

One-hundred sets of the First English edition were reserved by the publisher, Cassell & Co, for presentation. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full-black pebble-grained morocco, the books are starkly luxurious. This is one set in extraordinarily fine condition; virtually mint, inside and out. A very precious prize in the Churchill canon. Rarely seen.

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-Signed First English Edition Set with Presentation Volume Inscribed to Churchill's Valet-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953

This very good set of First English editions in dust jackets is signed in Volume III in ink on the half-title: “Inscribed for Norman McGowan, Winston S. Churchill, 1951.” NORMAN McGOWAN served as Winston Churchill’s valet from 1949 until retiring in 1952. He subsequently published a memoir, MY YEARS WITH CHURCHILL, in 1958. A First […]

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-Signed Second English Edition Set in Dust Jackets-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948-1953

This unique Second English Edition set has been signed in ink on the half-title of Volume I: “Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill 1957.” Winston Churchill was famously disappointed to discover that the English First Edition of Volume I had been printed by Cassell in a 10-point Bembo typeface, rather than the larger 12-point that Churchill […]

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The Second World War: “THEIR FINEST HOUR” (Volume II)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1949

This is a very good copy of the First English edition, in an unclipped dust jacket.

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The Second World War: “THE GRAND ALLIANCE” (Volume III)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1950

This is a very good copy of the First English Edition, in an unclipped dust jacket. The contents are fine.

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THE HINGE OF FATE

-Signed Leatherbound First English Edition - The Property of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

By: Winston S. Churchill

1951

This handsomely rebound First English edition copy of the HINGE OF FATE (Volume IV in Churchill’s memoirs of the Second World War) was presented by Churchill to the screen star Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., whose elaborate bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown. Churchill signed the book as he only signed to intimates, with his initials: […]

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The Second World War: “TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY” (Volume VI)

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1953

This is a very good copy of the First English edition, in an unclipped dust jacket.

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

-The First Chartwell Edition ("Deluxe Binding")-

1955

This is a virtually mint set of the rarely seen “Deluxe” binding of the “Chartwell Edition,” which was offered by subscription only in early 1955, bound thusly in blue quarter-leather, or in a “Standard binding” of red cloth with leather spine labels. In a note to this edition, dated 1 October 1954, Winston Churchill wrote: […]

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR

[The First Chartwell Edition ("Standard" Binding)]

By: Winston S. Churchill

1955

This is a virtually mint example of the “Standard Binding” of the “Chartwell Edition,” which was offered by subscription only in early 1955, bound in “Deluxe” blue quarter-leather or thusly in fine-grain red cloth with leather bust medallions and leather spine labels. There were no dust jackets, the volumes instead arrived in plain glassine wrappers […]

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR: Abridged One-Volume Edition

With A New Epilogue On The Years 1945 to 1957

By: Winston S. Churchill

1959

This is a very good copy of the First English Abridged edition, in an unclipped dust jacket that is virtually mint, with just a hint of light, scattered foxing to the inner edges. The contents are fine, with an inked-out owner name on the second front free endpaper.

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THE GATHERING STORM (Volume I of “The Second World War”)

-First French Edition Signed by Winston Churchill-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1948

The first volume of Churchill’s MEMOIRS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR in the very fragile First French edition, signed and dated in ink on the front free endpaper: “Winston S. Churchill, 1955.” This was the first of twelve small softcover volumes that comprised the complete French issue. It contains Churchill’s amended Foreword exonerating the French […]

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The Second World War: “THEIR FINEST HOUR” (Volume II)

-First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1949

This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket that has faded and worn along the spine, with fractional loss at the head.