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THE TURN OF THE SCREW
-Wartime Presentation Copy Signed to Mary Churchill from “Mummie”-
…Clementine Churchill’s youngest child, spent Christmas 1943 apart from her family, in London, manning a Hyde Park anti-aircraft battery as an officer in the Auxilliary Territorial Service. Her father had…
CHURCHILL’S COOKBOOK
…booming career as London’s top society caterer to cook for Winston Churchill after his return as First Lord of the Admiralty. She then followed Churchill, as Prime Minister, to No….
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
-First English Edition Set in Fine Leather Binding by "Zaensdorf"-
This First English edition set is a signed binding by the legendary London-based Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (author of THE ART OF BOOKBINDING), who also bound books for Winston Churchill. The…
THE WORLD CRISIS
-First English Edition Set in Dust Jackets-
…endpaper. The contents are fine, with light scattered foxing to the prelims and fore-edges and tanning to the front and rear endpapers, as well as a tiny London “Times Book…
MY AFRICAN JOURNEY
-First American Edition (Second Issue)-
…New York and London” without a date and with the printer, Richard Clay & Sons, imprint on the verso. The reddish-brown cloth here is robust on the front and rear…
Framed ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING of Winston Churchill and his Political Contemporaries of the 1920s including Three Prime Ministers
-"THE BYSTANDER 1000TH NUMBER"
…pencil with Reed’s monogram. It has been handsomely matted and framed. EDWARD TENNYSON REED (1860-1933) was born in Greenwich, London, and educated, like Winston Churchill, at Harrow, as the son…
ENGLISH WEAPONS & WARFARE 449-1660
A good overview and reference; Norman was Master of the Armories at the Tower of London. A very good copy, corners lightly worn, in dust jacket with slight edge wear….
SLEEP IN PEACE TONIGHT: A Novel
-Signed First American Edition-
A crackling historical novel of World War II that tracks President Roosevelt’s trusted emissary, Harry Hopkins, as he arrives in London to meet and assess the new British Prime Minister,…
THE CHURCHILL YEARS 1874-1965
An elaborate coffee table book with excellent large-format black and white photographs. The Foreword is by Lord (“Rab”) Butler, who delivers a fine tribute, despite having been passed over by…
STEP BY STEP
-First English "Times Book Club"Edition (Variant Binding)
This is a very good copy of the rarely-seen [London] “Times Book Club” edition, which came out simultaneously with the First English edition, bound from First Edition sheets, somewhat reduced…
VINTAGE POSTCARD of “THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET”
“East End Siege - Guards lying prone on ground firing at assasins”
…killed three policemen, were now trapped in a house in the East End of London at 100 Sidney Street. Churchill immediately raced to the crime scene himself, while ordering in…
MY AFRICAN JOURNEY
-First American Edition (First Issue)-
This is a very good copy of the rare First American edition, First Issue, according to bibliographer Ronald Cohen, with a title page that states: “Hodder & Stoughton, London.” The…