News From the Front

MOVING CHURCHILL #11: OUR FAREWELL EVENT – Thank You

Thank you for joining us for our Farewell Event here at Park Avenue Plaza on May 14, preparatory to our move this summer. The proceedings were recorded live for the International Churchill Society podcast, “The End of the Beginning,” featuring a champagne conversation with our proprietor Barry Singer and I.C.S. Executive Director, Dr. Adam Howard. There was much to discuss…

MOVING CHURCHILL #10: Our Farewell Event & You’re Invited

Join us THURSDAY, MAY 14 for a champagne conversation with our proprietor Barry Singer, and Dr. Adam Howard, Executive Director of the International Churchill Society, which is graciously co-hosting this evening. Come toast Chartwell Booksellers at Park Avenue Plaza one final time before we move on, after June 30.

MOVING CHURCHILL #9: Last Day News

It’s official. Chartwell Booksellers’ last day at our longtime Park Avenue Plaza location will be this coming June 30. After that, we will be packing up our books (while continuing to fulfill orders) and moving to… well, we can’t yet confirm the address.
Do come visit us now if you’d like to say goodbye to the lovely space we have called home for 43 unforgettable years.

MOVING CHURCHILL #8: Richard Langworth

The eminent Churchillian, Richard Langworth, had a quixotic relationship with Chartwell Booksellers. One of the finest Churchill scholars of our time, he started out a regular customer in our earliest days of the 1980s. Then, as he assumed full control of the International Churchill Society, he also created his own side-rare book business: Churchillbooks.

MOVING CHURCHILL #7: Thanks For Your Thoughts

The people have spoken.

Thank you for all your thoughtful responses to our ‘What do you think?’ impending-move query. We’ll be getting back to you as our choices narrow further. For now, though, this was really quite clarifying.

Meanwhile, here are more Moving Sale books.

MOVING CHURCHILL #6: What Do You Think?

We turn to you now for some guidance. A few very different potential properties are in our sights for our move. As yet, no clear favorite. Each location presents its own advantages and disadvantages.

We’d like to know what you think.

MOVING CHURCHILL #5: Martin Gilbert Once More

As we continue to look toward our impending move, we look back at Winston Churchill’s official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, once more, and his many book celebrations here at Chartwell Booksellers.

MOVING CHURCHILL #4: Martin Gilbert

On December 12, 1986, Martin Gilbert came to Chartwell Booksellers for the first time. Winston Churchill’s official biographer celebrated with us publication of “The Road to Victory,” the seventh volume in what would ultimately be his 8-volume official Churchill biography. Over the next weeks, we will endeavor to share in our impending-move Sale a variety of works Sir Martin celebrated here.

MOVING CHURCHILL #3: William Manchester

Inescapably, as we look forward to our impending move, our thoughts also tend back to the many grand visitors who have come through these doors over the past 43 years.
This week, we reflect on one of the first.

MOVING CHURCHILL #2

Yes, we are still moving. As we shared with you last week, the impending demolition of our arcade space at Park Avenue Plaza will propel us to new premises before the end of this year. And so, on with our Sale. This week, we focus on books by the Churchill family.

MOVING CHURCHILL

Winston Churchill moved at least 20 times in his grownup lifetime. Chartwell Booksellers, on the other hand, has never moved, occupying the same address for all of our 43-years of life.

Until now…
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CHURCHILL IN FEBRUARY

After a January of atrocities in our country that surely would have shocked Winston Churchill, saddened Winston Churchill and impelled Winston Churchill to take action, we invite you to take solace with us in a new month, and all that Churchill accomplished in February, throughout a life defined by his opposition to dictatorship in any form.