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TIMEBENDS: A Life
-Signed First American Edition-
A virtually mint copy of the First American Edition, in a price-clipped dust jacket, inscribed and signed in ink on the front free endpaper: “To Jacques LeSourd, Arthur Miller.” Jaccques…
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
-Wartime Presentation Copy Signed to Mary Churchill from “Mummie”-
A beautiful book with a very significant gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper: “For my darling Mary from Mummie, Christmas 1943.” MARY CHURCHILL (nee Soames), Winston and…
THE MEMOIRS OF LORD CHANDOS
…a Second Impression copy of the First English edition in an unclipped dust jacket. The contents are fine, with an owner name discreetly in ink on the front free endpaper…..
ISLAND LIFE
-From the Library of Winston Churchill’s brother, Jack Churchill-
This very good First English edition copy was formerly owned by Winston Churchill’s younger brother, Jack Spencer-Churchill, whose bookplate is affixed to the front free endpaper. Subtitled,“The Phenomena and Causes…
THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND DIVISION
1914-1916 (Volume 1)
…There is a previous owner’s bookplate on the front pastedown; the prelims are foxed; there is faint pencil writing on the front free endpaper; the pages are age-toned; contents fine….
THREE YEARS’ WAR
…and at the head and tail of the spine; else fine. A previous owners name and a date are written in ink on the front free endpaper; the interior pages…
THE HOUSE OF KRUPP
…the head and tail of the spine and at the corners, and short tears around the edges. A bookplate is affixed to the front free endpaper. The contents are fine….
LAWRENCE & OPPENHEIMER
…blue pen on the front free endpaper; contents fine. An advertisement for the book clipped from the Washington Post Book World, Oct. 27, 1968, is laid in at the back….
The Official Biography of Winston S. Churchill: SIGNED FIRST ENGLISH EDITION Set [24 volumes]
-Signed by Randolph Churchill, Clementine Churchill and Martin Gilbert-
…(whose bookplates appear on the front pastedowns). Volumes III-V are each signed in ink on the front free endpapers by Clementine Churchill: “Inscribed by Clementine Spencer Churchill.” Volumes VI and…
DELACROIX’S PARIS
-Signed First American Edition-
…Delacroix postcards and tear sheets of magazine ads for his work are loosely laid-in at the front. One, labeled: “La Tour d’Argent en 1971,” is tipped-in on the front free…
MY AFRICAN JOURNEY
-First Hardcover Colonial Edition-
…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…
OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS
…1948 publication. The name of a previous owner, dated March 2, 1968, is inked on the front free endpaper, and a newscutting photo of Capote is laid-in at the rear….