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THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE

-Rebound First Colonial Library Edition-

By: Winston [W.L. Spencer] Churchill

…discreet and quite artful former-owner initial ink inscription on the front free endpaper that reads: “E.S.E, Myore, 1898,” as well as a tiny ink stamp from a Bombay bookseller on…

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

-Later English Edition Set: The Property of Winston Churchill's Nephew, John Spencer Churchill-

By: Winston S. Churchill

This very good later English edition set, in dust jackets, was the property of Winston Churchill’s nephew, John Churchill, whose name is hand-written in ink on the front free endpaper…

LES GENS D’AFFAIRES (ROBERT MACAIRE)

-French Edition-

By: Honoré Daumiere

A very good copy, virtually mint, in the original dust jacket and publisher’s plasticine wrapper. The content are fine, with an ink gift inscription on the front free endpaper….

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF COLONIAL AMERICA

Two-Volume Boxed Set: Volume 1 "Thirteen Colonies," Volume 2 "Colonial Antiques"

By: Marshall B. Davidson and The Editors of American Heritage

A very good set without dust jackets, in the original pictorial slipcase. There is a short ink gift inscription on the front free endpapers of both volumes. Else fine.

THE WORLD CRISIS 1911-1918

-First English "Times Book Club" Abridged One-Volume Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

This a very good copy, without dust jacket, of the rarely-seen First English “Times Book Club” Abridged One-Volume Edition, which is not mentioned in the Cohen bibliography. Aside from the…

THE WORLD CRISIS: The Story of World War I

-Abridged One-Volume Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

…dust jacket, unclipped and intact, with creases and light edge-chipping across the upper edges but fresh overall. The contents are fine, with a vintage bookplate on the front free endpaper….

CHURCHILL’S HOUR

-Signed First English Edition-

By: Michael Dobbs

…and signed by the author on the title page in ink: “We shall never surrender, Michael Dobbs.” There is a former-owner’s seal debossed on the front free endpaper, else fine….

STEMMING THE TIDE

-First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

…and tail. The book is virtually mint and the contents would be fine, save for a large glue shadow from the removal of a bookplate on the front free endpaper…..

JESTERS IN EARNEST

Cartoons by the Czechoslovak Artists Z.K.A. Hoffmeister, A. Pelc, Stephen, W. Trier

By: Foreword by David Low

…dramatic dust jacket, which has fractional losses and tape-repaired closed tears but is overall intact. The contents are fine, with a former-owner’s circular seal blind-stamped on the front free endpaper….

KIM

-International Collectors Library Edition-

By: Rudyard Kipling [Illustrated by Richard M. Powers]

…the front pastedown and a dated inscription is written in green ink on the front free endpaper. Else fine. The original International Collectors Library prospectus for this title is laid-in…

GREAT CONTEMPORARIES

-Later Impression of the First English Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

…save for ink inscriptions on the front free endpaper. Published three months after the First Edition. Laid-in is an original “Home University Library” bookmark mailer from the publisher Thornton Butterworth….

RABBLE IN ARMS

-International Collectors Library Edition-

By: Kenneth Roberts

…in red leatherette, with ribbon marker. The contents are fine, with a previous owner’s bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. The publisher’ original prospectus for this title is laid-in….