INTO BATTLE, THE UNRELENTING STRUGGLE, THE END OF THE BEGINNING, ONWARDS TO VICTORY, DAWN OF LIBERATION ( The War Speeches) by Churchill, Winston S - 1941 -1945

London, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. London, 1941 (the first volume, first edition) and Melbourne, 1942 to 1947 [Volumes 2-6, all first Australian editions]. Octavo; six volumes; cloth; occasional light flecks and bumps; top edge of Volume 5 foxed; Volume 2 lacks the leaf of (two) plates facing page 152; an excellent run with dustwrappers on all but the first volume (the last four a little chipped, the second one also a little marked and with minor loss to the front panel).

London: Cassell and Company, 1943-50.. Mixed editions. Nine volumes. 8vo. Seven volumes of the war speeches in publisher's blue cloth, the post-war volume in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, three volumes with early inscriptions, dust jackets, early Singapore bookseller's stamp to the front free endpaper of "Victory". Volume I with a frontispiece portrait, volumes II-VI each with a frontispiece and 4 plates, volume VII with 16 plates. Wear to all of the jackets with degrees of loss to the last five volumes, that of "Europe Unite" with some old reinforcements on the verso, some spotting, else a decent set. A complete set of Churchill's war speeches with the first two volumes of his post-war speeches. Volumes I-III are 12th (1947), 3rd and 2nd (both 1943) editions respectively, thereafter all are first editions.

Cassell,, [1941-46]. 7 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with portrait frontispieces and numerous plates, tops and fore-edges lightly spotted, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of first volume; blue cloth, gilt backs, a bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), some wrappers chipped at heads and tails of backstrips. The set comprises: Into Battle (reprint); The Unrelenting Struggle (reprint); The End of the Beginning (reprint); Onwards to Victory (fkirst edition); The Dawn of Liberation (first edition); Victory (first edition); Secret Session Speeches (first edition). Randolph Churchill edited the first volume, Charles Eade the subsequent six volumes. Although published as a series and uniform in size, complete sets are seldom offered for sale (especially in dustwrappers as here). Woods A66a, A89, A94, A101, A107, A111, A114 respectively (recording the first editions).

London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1941. First edition, first printings. Hardcover. Here is a full jacketed set of British first edition, first printings of Churchill's seven war speeches volumes. Few books are as emblematic of Churchill’s literary and leadership gifts as his war speeches volumes. Between 1941 and 1946, Churchill's war speeches were published in seven individual volumes. The British first editions are visually striking, but were printed on cheap wartime paper, bound in coarse cloth, and wrapped in bright, fragile dust jackets. They proved highly susceptible to spotting, soiling, and fading, so the passage of time has been hard on most surviving first editions. Assembling jacketed first printing sets has been challenging. This full first edition, first printing set features very good volumes in good plus or better dust jackets. The blue cloth bindings remain square, tight, and respectably clean, with only a few trivial blemishes, minor shelf wear to extremities, a few corner bumps,… Read More

London: Cassell & Company Ltd,, 1942-46. The lion's roar First editions, first impressions, first states throughout, of the full set of the leader's wartime speeches, published in stages while the war was still ongoing. After the war a final volume, Secret Session Speeches, was published (1946). Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes. 6 volumes, octavo. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. With dust jackets. Frontispieces in first 5 volumes along with other photographs. Ownership signature to front pastedown of vol. I. Endpapers and edges foxed; jackets chipped and rubbed, vol. IV with tape reinforcement on verso, vols. I and III price clipped. A very good set in good jackets. Cohen A142.1.b (second state, no priority); 172.1.a (first state. no priority), 183.1.a, 194.1.a, A214.1a; 223.1.a (first state, no priority).

London, Cassell & Co. Ltd. All 1st edition: 1941-1946 [ALL FIRST EDITIONS]. Seven Volumes bound in Three. Hardback, Size 8 x 5.5 inches. Bound in half calf red leather over red cloth boards. with raised bands, bright gilt-titling and intricate tooling (armourial lions) within the compartments. And gilt top edges. Original bound and Sold by Henry Sotheran London In very good conditions. Lovely smart leather bindings. Volume three has small faint mark centre of spine, near rear hinge. No penned inscriptions. Inside a few very light foxing spots, else very clean, bright and tight throughout. A very clean and tight 1st edition Churchill set in fine leather binding. Photographic plates. Into Battle is the first issue which misses the 3rd September 1939 speech (the first day of Britain's war).

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd 1941 to 1946. 8vo. First Editions. 7 volumes, 1941 to 1946. Bound in a recent half maroon morocco with over red boards, raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration of rampant lions in compartments; top edges gilt. Some scattered foxing, else a fine clean set. A few lines pencil underlined in Into Battle, with a comment in the margin. Into Battle is the first issue. Photographic plates. Collection of Churchill's speeches made throughout the Second World War. . Fine. Half Morocco. First Editions. 1941.

London: Cassell and Company, Limited 1941 - 1946. 8vo. First Editions. 7 volumes. 1941 to 1946. Bound in a recent full scarlet morocco with raised bands, gilt lettering, borders and devices to spines; all edges gilt. All in fine condition. Into Battle is the first issue which misses the 3rd September 1939 speech (the first day of Britain's war). Photographic plates. Collection of Churchill's speeches made throughout the Second World War. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. First Editions. 1941.

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1941 - 1946. 8vo. First Editions. 7 volumes. 1941 to 1946. Bound in a recent half navy blue morocco over blue boards, with raised bands, gilt lettering and rampant lion devices to spines; top edges gilt. Some scattered minor foxing, else a fine clean set. Into Battle is the first issue which misses the 3rd September 1939 speech (the first day of Britain's war). Photographic plates. Collection of Churchill's speeches made throughout the Second World War. . Fine. Half Morocco. First Editions. 1941.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941-46.

Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.

Doubleday & Co., 1949. Used-very good. Hard Bound

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 500. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Wrap-around pictorial dust jacket, deep blue cloth covered boards with the college insignia stamped in gilt on the top board. Includes pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, and a foreword by The Honourable Michael J. Beloff, President of Trinity College. The book is a history of the venerable college from its inception. There are black and white photographs throughout. The appendices contain; drawings of the college grounds, list ofTwentieth-century Fellows, list of member of the college in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and index. This is a near fine copy inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.

The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".

Random House, 1993. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Advance Reader's Edition. Fine copy.

The 1857 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Richard the First of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All eighteen B&W engravings (nine plates) are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with obvious water damage that shows through the endpapers. Fraying on top spine and front jacket. Small writing on front endpaper. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.

Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.

The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Alfred of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All nine B&W engravings are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with wear on heel and top. Small markings on FFEP. A few pages have deckled bottom edges. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.

Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."

Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).