Churchill at Chartwell Catalogue 2018

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF

WINSTON CHURCHILL IN RARE & IMPORTANT EDITIONS

C H U R C H I L L at C H A R TWE L L 2018 CATALOGUE . No. XXXVIII

FRAMED VINTAGE BRITISH WWII PROPAGANDA POSTER “THE PRIME MINISTER’S MESSAGE: An Appeal To You All For Books” (1944)

WELCOME to our 2018 catalogue of Churchilliana. This year we feature an

extraordinary range of rare and important editions for every title in the Churchill canon, together with a selection of fascinating paper ephemera. As always, our full inventory can be viewed on our website: churchillbooks.com .

— With our best wishes, Chartwell Booksellers

$3,500 #206982

NEW

$45.00 #205999

$28.00 #206010

$30.00 #206338 Signed: $50.00

NEW

Churchill Style

NEW

by Giles Milton

Alone

Churchill, Roosevelt & Company

by Michael Korda

$29.95 #206424

$29.95 #206748 Signed: $50.00

by Lewis E. Lehrman

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NEW

Last Hope Island

Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

by Jonathan Asbury

[10 x 15 inches . Framed 18 x 34 inches]

NEW

Secrets of Churchill’s War Rooms

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by Lynne Olson

The Art of Being Winston Churchill

by Barry Singer $24.95 #18382

THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE

1898

This was Churchill’s first book: true-life military adventures drawn from newspaper despatches filed by the 22-year-old correspondent while serving on India’s Afghanistanbordering Northwest Frontier under Major-General Sir Bindon Blood. Wrenching to read how little has changed in this region since Churchill’s time.

First English Edition (1898)

First Colonial Library Edition (1898)

(Cohen A1.1.a) (Woods A1a) $5,500 #205068

(Cohen A1.2.a) (Woods A1ab) $10,000 #206352

First “Silver Library” Edition (1899) (Cohen A1.3.a) (Woods A1bb.1) $2,500 #17861

SIGNED Nelson’s “Shilling Library” Edition (1916) (Cohen A1.5) (Woods A1c) $9,500 #204684

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“I have postponed my departure for India until next Friday.”

(1898) $11,500 #16320

Second Colonial Library Edition (1899) (Cohen A1.4.a) (Woods A1ab) $5,500 #206348

Bibliographic numbers (in parentheses) are from Frederick Woods’ original Churchill bibliography (Woods), as emended by Richard Langworth in his Connoisseur’s Guide; and from the greatly expanded Churchill bibliography by Ronald Cohen (Cohen).

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EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL TO HIS COUSIN

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1899

THE RIVER WAR

More blood and guts reportage by young Winston, the war correspondent, here in his second book delivering a brilliant history of British involvement in the Sudan and an account of the fierce campaign for its reconquest that Churchill himself participated in and, in many significant ways, disapproved of. Published in two large, lavish and, today, extremely rare volumes. All subsequent editions were significantly abridged.

First English Edition Set (1899)

First English Abridged Edition (1902)

(Cohen A2.1.a) (Woods A2a) $8,500 #203962

(Cohen A2.2) (Woods A2b) $2,000 #14395

“Nelson Shilling Library” Edition

First English Abridged “Cheap” Edition (1933)

First American Abridged “Cheap” Edition (1933)

(Cohen A2.3) (Woods A2c) $4,500 #206384

(Cohen A2.4.a) (Woods A2d) $2,000 #206351

(Cohen A2.5) (Woods A2d) $950 #14316

(1915)

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SAVROLA

1900

The first and only Churchill novel, a statement of personal and political philosophy delivered as a fictional adventure yarn. U.S. publication preceded the British issue, rendering the First American edition the true first.

First American Edition (1900)

First English Edition (1900)

(Cohen A3.1.a) (Woods A3a) $1,950 #203959

(Cohen A3.2.a) (Woods A3ba) $1,150 #206421

“Sevenpenny Library” Edition (1915)

(Cohen A3.6.a) (Woods A3d) $2,000 #206426

First American Edition (Red Binding Variant) (1900)

(Cohen A3.1.c) (Woods A3a) $550 #14504

Second American Edition (1956) (Cohen A3.7) (Woods A3ea) $135 #15591

First Colonial Library Edition (1900)

(Cohen A3.3.a) (Woods A3bb) $4,500 #14230

Second English Paperback Edition (1957)

(Cohen A3.8) (Woods A3f ) $65 #206436

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LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)

1900

The first of two Boer War volumes derived from young Winston’s newspaper despatches as a war correspondent in South Africa, featuring a thrilling account of his escape from the Boers, an escape that helped launch his political career.

First English Edition (1900) (Cohen A4.1.a) (Woods A4a) $500 #206954

First American Edition (1900)

IAN HAMILTON’S MARCH

1900

The culmination of Churchill’s Boer War narrative, including the triumphant liberation of his former POW camp in Pretoria.

First English Edition (1900)

First American Edition (1900)

(Cohen A8.1.a) (Woods A5) $1,000 #17939

(Cohen A8.2) (Woods A5ca) $1,500 #18865

First Canadian Hardcover Edition (1900)

First Canadian Softcover Edition (1900)

(Cohen A4.2.a) (Woods A4ba) $500 #13766

FOR A COMPLETE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ANY ITEM IN THIS CATALOGUE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE:

www.churchillbooks.com First Canadian Edition (1900) (Cohen A4.3.a) (Woods A4bb) $2,500 #14236 6

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(Cohen A8.3) (Woods A5) $3,500 #14433

(Cohen A8.3[?]) (Woods A5cb) $5,000 #14434 C H U R C H I L L AT C H A R T W E L L

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MR. BRODRICK’S ARMY & FOR FREE TRADE

1903/1906

The holy grail of Churchill book-collecting. These two softcover compendiums of Churchill’s early Parliamentary speeches – respectively, opposing plans for expanding England’s peacetime army, and advocating for Free Trade – were published in very limited numbers by Arthur L. Humphreys, General Manager of Hatchard’s, the venerable London bookshop. Both books were identically bound in unprepossessing red printed card wraps that did not age well. The surviving handful of copies (fewer than twenty for each) today constitute the stuff of collectors’ dreams.

MR. BRODRICK’S ARMY Rebound from “The Centenary Edition” (1975) (Cohen AA1) (Woods AA1) $175 #16056

First American Edition “Collector’s Binding” (1977)

Churchill’s impassioned two-volume biography of his maligned father, written in defense of Lord Randolph’s posthumous reputation. It remains a bulwark of any Churchill collection.

First English Edition (1906) (Cohen A18.1) (Woods A9) Please Inquire For Price #14349

First English Edition (1906)

First American Edition (1906)

(Cohen A17.1) (Woods A8a) $1,750 #205605

(Cohen A17.2) (Woods A8aa) $1,500 #47

First American Edition “Collector’s Binding” (1977) (Cohen A18.2.a) (Woods A9) $135 #14599

First American Edition “Library” Binding (1977)

First American Edition “Library” Issue (1977) (Cohen A18.2.b) (Woods A9) $125 #19745

“Times Book Club” Edition (1906)

First English One-Volume Edition (1907)

(Cohen A17.3) (Woods A8ab) $450 #14329

(Cohen A17.4) (Woods A8b) $175 #203746

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1906

FOR FREE TRADE

(Cohen 10.3.a) (Woods A6c) $135 #14238

(Cohen 10.3.b) (Woods A6c) $125 #19481

LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL

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1908

MY AFRICAN JOURNEY

Big game hunting with young Churchill as guide; a travelogue of Britain’s East Africa possessions written by the then-Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. The First English edition is coveted for its handsome cover woodcut of the author posed beside a trophy rhinoceros.

First English Edition (1908)

(1908)

First American Edition (1909)

First Canadian Edition (1909)

(Cohen A27.5) (Woods A12ab) $1,750 #14436

(Cohen A27.7) (Woods A12aa) $5,000 #206158

(1908)

(Cohen A27.2) (Woods A12) $3,500 #14566

“Our Colonial Under-Secretary, Now En Route For East Africa” (1907)

$850 #206065

First Softcover Colonial Edition

(Cohen A27.1) (Woods A12aa) $1,850 #203938

First Hardcover Colonial Edition

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

(Cohen A27.3) (Woods A12) $5,000 #14243

First English Illustrated Softcover Edition (1909) (Cohen A27.8) (Woods A12b) $1,650 #11040

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LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

1909

Churchill’s first widely distributed hardcover collection of political speeches, expressing “radical” liberal views that were quite advanced for his time, prefiguring the modern welfare state that Churchill and David Lloyd George would set in motion.

1910

THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

Six speeches from the 1910 General Election rebuking the Tories for their rejection of “The People’s Budget.” Originally published in simultaneous hardcover and softcover editions, the book is rarely encountered today in either format. In fact, this is probably the third rarest Churchill work.

SIGNED PRESENTATION First English Edition Initial Signed: “WSC” With Blue and Red Pencil Copy Edits and Annotations Throughout

(1909)

(Cohen A29.1.a) (Woods A15a) $10,000 #204628

First English Softcover Edition First State The “Liverpool Post” Issue (1910) (1910) (Cohen A31.7) (Woods A16aa) $7,500 #206201

First English Hardcover Edition (1910) (Cohen A31.1.b) (Woods A16aa) $12,500 #14416

First English Edition

First American Edition

(Cohen A29.1.a) (Woods A15a) $2,000 #206434

(Cohen A29.2) (Woods A15c) $1,750 #206448

PRESENTATION COPY (1909)

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(1910)

First English Softcover Editions First & Second States (1910)

First English Editions of the People’s Trilogy (1910-1911)

(Cohen A31.2.a & b) (Woods A16ab) $8,500 #14418

(Cohen A31.2.a) (Woods A16aa) $7,500 #10425 C H U R C H I L L AT C H A R T W E L L

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THE WORLD CRISIS

1923-31

Churchill’s highly subjective history of the First World War was published in five volumes (six books) written over eight years. Initial volumes were first published in the U.S. (by a matter of days), making the American edition the true first edition. The English edition, however, is preferred for its superior layout and design.

First American Edition (1923-1931)

First English Edition

First English Abridged Edition (1931)

Second American Edition (1963-1964)

First American Abridged Edition (1931)

(Cohen A69.6.a) (Woods A31ba.2) $2,000 #205078

(Cohen A69.16) (Woods A31ae) $850 #15651

(Cohen A69.5.a) (Woods A31ba.1) $3,000 #206561

(Cohen A69.2[I].b/II-V.a) (Woods A31ab) $8,500 #206549

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Arguably Winston Churchill’s most entertaining book, a memoir of youth and wayward school boyhood – in fact, the only volume of personal memoirs that Churchill ever wrote.

Published in the U.S. under the title A Roving Commission, the work is available today in a variety of endlessly reissued editions. True first editions, however, remain quite rare.

“Times Book Club” Edition (1923-1931)

(Cohen A69.1) (Woods A31aa) $11,500 #2210

(1923-1931)

1930

MY EARLY LIFE

(Cohen A69.2[I-V].b ]) (Woods A31abb) $750 #206581

Proof Copy for the First English Edition (1930)

First English Edition (1930)

First American Edition (1930)

(Cohen A91.1.b) (Woods A37a) $1,500 #206555

(Cohen A91.1.b) (Woods A37a) $3,500 #205853

(Cohen A91.2.a)(Woods A37b) $2,500 #14267

First Canadian Edition (1948)

“Times Book Club” Edition (1930)

Second American Edition (1939)

(A91.10.a) (A37fb) $185 #206464

(Not in Cohen) (Woods A37a) $1,500 #206599

(Cohen A91.5.a) (Woods A37c) $350 #200739

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INDIA

1931

This slender compilation of speeches about Gandhi and “Our Duty in India” was simultaneously published in especially handsome hardcover and softcover editions, both much prized.

First English Edition First Printing in Dust Jacket (1931) (Cohen A92.1.a) (Woods A38) $10,000 #206199

(Cohen A92.1.a) (Woods A38) $1,750 #14856

A terrific anthology of Churchill essays and articles from the 1920s and early-1930s on a wide variety of subjects. Issued in the U.S. under the title AMID THESE STORMS.

First English Edition (1932) (Cohen A95.1.a)(Woods A39a) $4,500 #205057

(1931)

First English Softcover Edition First Printing (1931)

First English Softcover Edition Second Printing (1931)

(Cohen A92.1.b) (Woods A38) $5,000 #14857

(Cohen A92.1.c) (Woods A38) $2,000 #14268

(Cohen A92.1.e) (Woods A38) $650 #14275

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1932

First English Edition First Printing (1931)

First English Edition Variant First Printing

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THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

Initial SIGNED PresentationWartime Edition (1942) (Cohen A95.4b) (A39c.3) $3,500 #204636

“Amid These Storms” First American Edition (1932) (Cohen A95.2) (Woods A39b) $2,500 #202821

Odhams Press 4-Volume Reprint Set in Original Mailing Container (1948) (Cohen A9 /95/105/111) (Woods A37/39/43/45) $650 #201854 C H U R C H I L L AT C H A R T W E L L

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MARLBOROUGH HIS LIFE AND TIMES

1933-38

Churchill’s majestic biography of the first Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill; soldier, statesmen, hard-headed Churchillian ancestor. Initially published in England as a lush four-volume set and then as a somewhat less deluxe six-volume set in the U.S.

1937

GREAT CONTEMPORARIES

Penetrating profiles of twenty-one political and literary luminaries. An utter delight to read; beautifully written, brutally opinionated (Hitler comes off just a bit better than G.B. Shaw).

The ensuing “Revised” edition (and most future reprints) added four new profiles: Lord Fisher, Charles Stewart Parnell, Lord Baden-Powell and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

First English Edition (1933-1938)

(Cohen A97.2[I-IV].a) (Woods A40aa) $5,000 #205604

First American Edition in Original Dust Jackets (1933-1938)

First English Edition (1937)

(Cohen A97.4[I-VI].a (Woods A40b) $3,500 #14431

(Cohen A105.1.a) (Woods A43a) $3,250 #203947

First American Edition (1937)

(Cohen A105.2.c) (Woods A43ab) $950 #206672

First English “Revised” Edition (1938)

(Cohen A105.3.a) (Woods A43a) $650 #206939

First American Edition in Final Dust Jackets (1933-1938) (Cohen A97.4[I-VI].a (Woods A40b) $2,000 #13765

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ARMS AND THE COVENANT

1938

Churchill’s initial alarms against Hitler and the Nazis are collected here in 41 incendiary pre-war speeches, 1936-1938, edited by his son, Randolph. Published in the U.S. under the title WHILE ENGLAND SLEPT, the book, according to FDR, sat on his White House nightstand.

1939

STEP BY STEP

A chilling anthology of Churchill’s prescient newspaper pieces for The Evening Standard and Daily Telegraph about the rising Nazi threat, commencing in 1936 with Hitler’s reoccupation of the Rhineland, through the final months before the declaration of war in 1939.

First English Edition (1939)

(Cohen A111.1.b) (Woods A45a) $1,250 #206753

SIGNED First English Edition (1938) (Cohen A 107.1) (Woods A44a) $15,000 #204004

First American Edition

English Wartime “Cheap” Edition

(Cohen A 107.2.a) (Woods A44b) $2,000 #206948

(Cohen A107.3) (Woods A44a) $3,500 #14285

(1938)

(1940)

First American Edition (1939)

(Cohen A111.2) (Woods A45b) $1,500 #206965 20

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THE WAR SPEECHES

1941-46

VINTAGE WWII POSTERS

Seven individual compilation volumes were published yearly, beginning in 1941: INTO BATTLE (1938-1940 speeches); THE UNRELENTING STRUGGLE (1940-1941); THE END OF THE BEGINNING (1942); ONWARDS TO VICTORY (1943); THE DAWN OF LIBERATION (1944); VICTORY (1945); and SECRET SESSION SPEECHES (Various Dates).

First English Edition Presentation Set (1941-1946) (Cohen A142-A227) (Woods A66- A114) $5,000 #205645

(1942) [16 x 20 inches] $1,500 #206983

The “Definitive” Edition

First American Edition Set

(Cohen A263.1[I-III].a) (Woods A136a) $1,750 #200477

(Cohen A142-A227) (Woods A66- A114) $1,650 #202077

(1951-1952)

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(1941-1946)

(1945) [10 x 14 3/4 inches] $1,500 #206984 C H U R C H I L L AT C H A R T W E L L

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1948-53

THE SECOND WORLD WAR The best-selling six-volume history that helped gain Churchill a Nobel Prize for literature.

Published first in the U.S., the ensuing English edition contained numerous corrections and even a few additional maps. It is therefore considered more definitive.

First American Edition (1948-1953) (Cohen A240.3[I-VI]) (Woods A123aa) $2,500 #202973

SIGNED First English Edition (1948-1953) (Cohen A240.4[I-VI].a) (Woods A123ba) $7,500 #203993 24

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The Rare “Presentation Edition” (1948-1953) (Cohen A240.4[I-VI].a) (Woods A123ba) $9,500 #206409

First Chartwell Edition “Deluxe” Binding (1955)

First Chartwell Edition “Standard” Binding (1955)

(Cohen A240.7.a) (Woods A123d) $2,500 #206624

(Cohen A240.7.b) (Woods A123d) $2,000 #11838 C H U R C H I L L AT C H A R T W E L L

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THE POSTWAR SPEECHES

1948-61

Five postwar speech compilation volumes were published, beginning with THE SINEWS OF PEACE in 1948 (late-1945-1946 speeches, including the legendary Fulton, Missouri, “Iron Curtain” speech); EUROPE UNITE in 1950 (1947-48); IN THE BALANCE in 1951 (1949-50); STEMMING THE TIDE in 1953 (1951-52); and THE UNWRITTEN ALLIANCE in 1961, the final collection of Churchill speeches, covering the years 1953-1959. This book appeared in England only and is perhaps the rarest of the postwar speech volumes.

1948

PAINTING AS A PASTIME

Churchill’s marvelous essay celebrating his favorite hobby first appeared in the Strand magazine over two issues, in December 1921 and January 1922. It was then anthologized in Churchill’s THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES before being published on its own as this delightful little book, which has since been endlessly reissued in a variety of editions.

First English Edition Set (1948-1961) (Cohen A241-A273) (Woods A124- A142) $1,850 #19967

First American Edition Set (1948-1953)

(Cohen A241-A264) (Woods A124-A137) $850 #15385

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SIGNED First American Edition (1950)

SIGNED First English Edition (Third Impression) (1949)

(Cohen A242.3) (Woods A125b) $8,500 #203936

(Cohen A 242.1.c) (Woods A125a) $6,500 #203935

“The Unwritten Alliance” Pre-Publication Proof Copy (1961)

Levenger Press Reprint SIGNED by Lady Mary Soames

First English Edition

(Cohen A273 (Woods A142a) $2,000 #14571

(Cohen A242) (Woods A125) $850 #11569

(2002)

(1948)

(Cohen A 242.1.a) (Woods A125a) $175 #206227 C H U R C H I L L AT C H A R T W E L L

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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

1956-58

Churchill’s sweeping four-volume history of England, her colonies, and the language that he so venerated and ennobled in his own writings. The original English edition was handsomely printed, the American edition was less so. Subsequent reissues and abridgements abound.

SIGNED First English Edition

Publisher’s Presentation First American Edition

(Cohen A267.1[I-IV].a) (Woods A138a) $9,500 #204006

(Cohen A267.3[I-IV].a) (Woods A138ab) $1,500 #206969

Leatherbound First English Edition (1956-1958)

First Chartwell Edition

(Cohen A267.1[I-IV].a) (Woods A138a) $4,500 #204575

(Cohen A267.2) (Woods 138d) $1,250 #18155

(1956-1958)

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FRAMED KARSH PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH “The Angry Lion” (1941) $15,000 #206963

(1956-1958)

(1956-1958)

Original Gelatin Silver Print Signed by the Photographer With presentation letter from Karsh’s wife, Estrellita, dated 1969.

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RARE BRITISH WWII PROPAGANDA POSTER “Let Us Go Forward Together” in Arabic (1941)

$3,500 #206985

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