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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-First English Edition Set in Dust Jackets-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1956-1958 | $1,500.00

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 center of the front face and some light edgewear to the spine head only. The contents of all volumes are fine, with the faintest scattered […]

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-First English Edition Set in Fine Leather Binding-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1956-1958 | $4,500.00

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 each face. The endpapers are marbled, all edges are gilded, the spines elaborately gilt-tooled, lettered and dated in six compartments with raised bands. The contents […]

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-First English Edition Set in Fine Leather Binding by “Zaensdorf”-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1956-1958 | $4,500.00

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 marbled and elaborately gilt tooled, all edges are gilded, the spines are gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. The contents are fine and unfoxed, […]

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-The Chartwell Edition-

1956-1958 | $1,250.00

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 in blue cloth with red leather spine labels. The text is, of course, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. This a very good set, […]

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-The Chartwell Edition-

1956-1958 | $950.00

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. Here is a very good set. The four volumes are richly bound in blue cloth with red leather spine labels. The text is, of course, profusely illustrated with black and white […]

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES

-First Canadian Edition Set in Dust Jackets-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1956-1958 | $950.00

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 are in uniformly fine condition. The slipcase does show its age. A former owner’s name stamp appears discreetly on the front and rear pastedowns of […]

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-Taiwanese Pirated One-Volume Unabridged Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1964 | $225.00

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 form into a single volume. The dust jacket (a poor quality reproduction of the original Cassel jacket for Volume I), is in […]

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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-Signed First English Edition Presentation Set Inscribed to Churchill’s Private Secretary-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1956-1958 | Register to View Price

This First English edition Presentation set, in dust jackets, is signed and inscribed on the title page of Volume One for Churchill’s personal secretary: “To Gillian Maturin from Winston S. Churchill.” GILLIAN MATURIN (1931-1985) was one of Churchill’s postwar secretaries, a New Zealander who commenced working for him just after his retirement as Prime MInister […]

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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-First English Edition Presentation Set to G.M. Trevelyan-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1956-1958 | Register to View Price

This First English edition set, in unclipped dust jackets, belonged to the noted historian and Oxford academic G.M. Trevelyan. It contains pre-printed, holograph-styled presentation notes from Winston Churchill tipped onto the front free endpapers of the first three volumes and a typed signed presentation note dated “6 December, 1956” on 28 Hyde Park Gate notepaper […]