Winston Churchill from Adrian Harrington Rare Books

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1939. [Politics / Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.366. With two maps, one of which is folding and printed with colour accents. Elegantly hand-bound in half green oasis morocco leather, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, twin red labels, rampant lion motif, original cloth covers preserved in at rear. Contents… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1959. [Military History] FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 1033 [5]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Biro, priced at 35s. Some spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Jacket gently toned to spine, with some minor wear to extremities. Very good. A condensed… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1931. [History and Politics] FIRST EDITION, first impression in soft covers. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.141 [3]. With advertisement for the Indian Empire Society at rear. Publisher's orange soft covers titled in black, priced at 1s. Purple 'Hotel Suisse & Majestic, Montreux' stamp to title page. Light toning and rubbing to covers, with a brown… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. [Military History] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[2] xiv; 409 [39]. With a black and white frontispiece, nine in-text maps and plans, and a folding map at rear. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Black-coated endpapers. Toning to edges and endpapers, with some heavy spotting to… Read more about this item

London: Longman's and Co., 1898. [Military History] FIRST EDITION, first impression, with first state advertisements. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 336 [32]. Publisher's catalogue dated 12/97. With a black and white frontispiece and six maps and plans, including a folding map of the NW frontier of India. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Hinges split… Read more about this item

London: The Reprint Society, 1944. [Autobiography] VINTAGE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.392. With occasional black and white plates, maps, and plans. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to a dark brown label on the spine. Top edge dark brown. With the black and orange dust-jacket, not priced. A crisp, clean copy, slightly toned to edges. Jacket toned to… Read more about this item

Baynard Press, 1940. [Second World War] FIRST PRINTING. Slim pamphlet (25 x 16cm), pp.16. Grey card covers titled in dark red. Contents clean, covers a little spotted, discreet archival strip to inside joint. A near fine example of this monumental speech. A Statement of War Aims; this is the historic address given by Churchill to the Commons, which summarises… Read more about this item

Baynard Press, August 1940. [Second World War] FIRST PRINTING. Slim pamphlet (25 x 16cm) pp.16. Grey card covers titled in dark red, bound with two staples. A touch of light spotting internally, with a black ink spot to lower fore-edge and back cover. Covers show moderate toning and spotting, with quite heavy oxidation to staples. Splits to spine fold;… Read more about this item

London: Odham Press Limited and Ernest Benn Limited, 1948. [Churchill] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.32; [32]. 18 unpaginated colour plates to rear. Publisher's light green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, dust-jacket with printed price of 10s 6d. Ownership inscription to front endpaper in black ink. Some spotting to endpapers and textblock edges.… Read more about this item

London: Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.661-664, with several blanks bound in as fillers. Taken from The Harmsworth Magazine, January 1899, with 3 illustrations by Henry Austin. Elegantly bound by Bayntun-Riviere, in half red morocco, gilt titles, marching buckram sides, marbled eps., t.e.g. A fine copy in a handsome leather binding. This… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Elegantly hand-bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt 'lion rampant' motif to spine, matching red cloth over boards, t.e.g. Slightly thumbed to fore-edge,… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8] 536; pp.557 [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589 [1]; pp.474 [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spines. Crisp, clean copies showing some toning and spotting to edges and preliminaries of volumes… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1939. [Politics / Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.366. With two maps; one folding at rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Contents exceptionally clean and fresh with no foxing or toning, one or two tiny marks within, edges of text block are fresh, stylish ink ownership to free endpaper.… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Internally crisp and clean, presented in an attractive recent leather binding.… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Co., 1948-1954. [Military history] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Elegantly bound in green half morocco, with gilt titles and lion-rampant tooling to spines, red labels, raised bands, and… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape / Coward McGann & Geoghegan, 1980. [Second World War] FIRST EDITIONS, UK & US issues. Small quartos (26 x 20cm), pp.224. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jackets; UK by Frank Wootton US by Roy Nockolds. Contents clean, no inscriptions, UK jacket is… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Co., 1948-1954. [Military history] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Elegantly bound in burgundy half morocco, with gilt titles and lion-rampant tooling to spines, raised bands, and matching cloth… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1933-1938. [Biography/History] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions. Four volumes, octavos (24 x 17 x 22cm), pp.[4] 612; pp.651 [1]; pp.[2] 608 [2]; pp.671 [1]. With 325 illustrations, including a frontispiece to each volume, black and white plates, folding maps and battle plans, and facsimile documents. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised… Read more about this item

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1942. [War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.91; [6]. Publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine and upper board, dust-jacket with printed price 12s 6d to flap. 29 illustrations by Peregrine. Top edge red. A copy in a dust-jacket is scarce. Internally clean and crisp. Toning to dust-jacket spine. Wear to… Read more about this item

London: Park Lane Press for St Michael, Marks & Spencer, 1979. [Illustrated Biography] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.192. Heavily illustrated in both colour and black and white, with accompanying text. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Light general wear to extremities, otherwise near fine. … Read more about this item