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THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

-First English Hardcover Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1910 | Register to View Price

This is an extravagantly rare copy of the first hardcover edition in superb condition. The hardcover (“cased”) edition “consisted of only 100 copies, bound on 20 December 1909, two weeks before the softcover edition was bound,” according to bibliograper Ronald Cohen. “It is, at least, very clear,” writes Cohen, “that only a few such copies […]

THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

-Leatherbound First English Hardcover Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1910 | Register to View Price

This copy of the rare first hardcover edition has been handsomely rebound in three-quarter red morroco leather over red linen covered boards, the spine elaborately lettered and gilt-tooled in six compartments with raised bands, the upper edge gilded, with lushly marbled endpapers. In his Churchill bibliography, Ronald Cohen reveals that this hardcover (“cased”) edition consisted […]

THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

-First English Softcover Editions (First & Second States)-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1910 | Register to View Price

Very good copies of both the First and Second States of the First English edition (per Cohen). The First State has the misnumbered page 71 (numbered I) and the Appendix and Index at rear. The Second State has page 71 numbered correctly and a Second Appendix replacing the Index at rear. Printed on cheap, acidic […]

THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

-First English Softcover Edition (First State) the Rare “Yorkshire Observer” Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1910 | Register to View Price

Bibliographer Ronald Cohen notes five issues of THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS in First Edition that bore the promotional imprints of regional British newspapers on their soft covers. This is “The Yorkshire Observer” issue. It is the First State with the misnumbered page 71 (numbered I) and the Appendix and Index at rear. This example has survived […]

THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

-First English Softcover Edition (Second State) The Undocumented “Northern Echo” Issue-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1910 | Register to View Price

Bibliographer Ronald Cohen notes five distinct issues of the Softcover Edition that bore the promotional imprints of individual regional British newspapers. This copy of the Second State (with page 71 and a Second Appendix replacing the Index at rear) is emblazoned: “The Northern Echo Edition” (of Darlington, UK), a sixth issue not recorded by Cohen. […]

THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

-First English Softcover Edition (Second State)-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1910 | $950.00

This is a good copy of the Second State of the First English edition (per Cohen), with page 71 numbered correctly and a Second Appendix replacing the Index at rear. These softcover volumes were printed on cheap, acidic paper that deteriorated quickly, and this copy reflects that. The covers, front and rear, are intact, with […]

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THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS together with THE PEOPLE’S INSURANCE & THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET

-First English Editions of this Rare Trilogy-

By: Winston S. Churchill and David Lloyd George

1910-1911 | Register to View Price

THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS was actually part of a trilogy of Liberal Party campaign treatises, along with THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET and THE PEOPLE’S INSURANCE (published in 1911), both authored by Churchill’s running mate, David Lloyd George. All three were published in virtually identical softcover formats by Hodder & Stoughton, printed on cheap, acidic paper that deteriorated […]