…handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute….
…handsome hardcover volumes with sewn bindings and ribbon markers, printed on a premium acid-free lightweight opaque paper that exceeds the requirements for permanence set by the American National Standards Institute….
…of the First American edition copy, in an unclipped dust jacket, is signed on the front free endpaper: “Inscribed with the author’s kind regard, Martin Gilbert.” A former owner’s embossed…
…1934. This book is a firsthand account of that event. It is in virtually mint condition and is SIGNED, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper….
A very good, virtually mint copy of this elaborately boxed Advance Publisher’s Uncorrected Proof copy signed by the author in ink on the front free endpaper….
…binding is square and tight. There is a previous owner name inked on the front free endpaper and the prelims only are partially toned across the upper page edges, with…
Inscribed and signed by the author — artist William Nicholson — to Winston Churchill’s brother, Jack, in smeary ink on the front free endpaper: “For Jack C. from William N….
…This is a very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket that is virtually mint. Contents fine, though the rear free endpaper has been removed….
…to the third free endpaper, with a revised “Bibliographical Note” on the verso containing the full reprint date (February, 1901) and a boxed advertisement for Churchill’s four subsequent books. The…
…the base of the spine, which identifies this as a Colonial edition. There is some rubbing to the front spine joint and front face, with a hint of spotting in…
…cloth at the rear joint. The contents are fine and unfoxed with a previous owner’s name (and village in India: “Gorumahisani”) inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper. A…
…fade-prone spine. The book is virtually mint, save for a discreet former-owner name in ink on the front free endpaper and a charming, vintage Foyle’s bookshop sticker on the pastedown….