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INTO BATTLE

-The First Volume of Winston Churchill's War Speeches-

By: Winston S. Churchill (Compiled by Randolph Churchill)

…dark rub on the upper edge of the front face, else fine. The book is lovely, virtually mint, save for a discreet former-owner name in ink on the front free…

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

-First American Abridged and Revised Edition (Third Printing)-

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….

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….

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…

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….

THE TREASURER’S REPORT & Other Aspects of Community Singing

-Signed First Edition Inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks-

By: Robert Benchley (Drawings by Gluyas Williams)

…star Douglas Fairbanks’ elaborate crested bookplate is affixed to the second front free endpaper, opposite the title page. Save for some light fraying to the cloth at the spine head…

THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

…light scratches on the rear face. The front free endpaper is excised and there is very faint damp-staining to the front pastedown only. The contents are otherwise fine and unfoxed….

THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-First Keystone Library Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

…of an erased former-owner name in ink visible on the front pastedown and again on the front free endpape, plus an ink gift inscription on the verso of the frontis…

IAN HAMILTON’S MARCH

-First English Edition (Second Printing)-

By: Winston S. Churchill

…affixed to the front pastedown and a former owner name is discreetly inked on the second front free endpaper. The prelims and fore-edges are lightly foxed. The contents are fine….

PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS

By: Ludwig Wittgenstein

A very good copy of the Third Edition, without dust jacket. The contents are fine, with a previous owner’s dated name inked on the front free endpaper. Translated from German…