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Augusta, Maine: KJ Printing, n.d.. First edition. Hardcover. This undated and privately printed account of the author’s trip to East Africa is handsomely produced, with endpapers featuring detailed color maps of Uganda and Kenya charting the course of Weston’s journey, and illustrated with 17 color photographs. The binding is heavy blue buckram. Condition is near fine, the binding bright and tight with only trivial wear to extremities, the contents clean with only a previous bookseller sticker to the lower front pastedown.

New York: British Information Services, An Agency of the British Government, 1943. 1st Edition. Paperback. This is a booklet printed by the British government for distribution in the U.S. in 1943. It is in very good condition. The title is "Winston Churchill Prime Minister Some Excerpts from Wartime Speeches". The title page reads: "Published December, 1943, by / British Information Services / An Agency of the British Government / 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, 20, N.Y." It numbers 52 pages (unpaginated). Each page bears a speech excerpt on the left and a photo on the facing page. It is 9 inches tall by 6.75 inches wide. The front cover is printed white and black on a maroon background and features a photo of Churchill standing aboard a ship near a port, smoking a cigar, leaning on a cane, and giving a victory sign with his right hand. The rear cover bears a photo of WSC and Clementine, in the stern of what looks to be a small pleasure boat. There is minor wear along the stapled spine, folds… Leer más

London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1947. First edition, twelfth and final printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, final printing, of the first volume of Winston S. Churchill's famous war speeches. Into Battle contains Churchill’s speeches from May 1938, when Churchill was still out of favor and out of power, to November 1940, six months after Churchill became wartime Prime Minister. 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 “War Economy Standard” 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. In this first war speeches volume the great battle of the twentieth century and Churchill's life begins. There were twelve printings of this edition. This twelfth and final printing was issued in May… Leer más

London: P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd., 1 September 1959. Photograph. This original press photo shows Lady Clementine Churchill wearing an eye patch following an operation for paralysis of the eyelid. This image measures 12 x 9.25 in (30.5 x 23.5 cm) on matte photo paper. Condition is good plus. The paper is trimmed slightly irregularly on the right side and has some edge wear, bruised corners, original crop markings, and some fingerprints and scratches at the top edge that appear to be original to the photo’s developing out. This image features original, hand-applied retouching to Lady Churchill’s face, hair, and clothes. The verso bears double copyright stamps of “P.A.-Reuter Photos Ltd.”, a published stamp of The Daily Telegraph from 1 September 1959, remnants of a typed caption, handwritten printing notations, and a clipping of the caption as it was printed in the newspaper. The original clipping caption reads: “LADY CHURCHILL, wearing a large patch over her right eye, returning to the Queen… Leer más

London: Heinemann & Zsolnay, Ltd., 1943. First French language edition. Paperback. This is the first French language edition of the second volume of Churchill's war speeches. The Unrelenting Struggle was published in England in 1942 with this French edition – La Lutte Sans Relache – following in 1943. The volume contains 72 speeches, broadcasts, and messages to Parliament from November 1940 to the end of 1941, some of the darkest and most uncertain days of the war. As dark and uncertain as these days were for the British, they were arguable worse for the French, whose spectacularly swift capitulation early in the war left their nation under Nazi suzerainty. Owing to the Nazi dominion over France, this first French language edition was published in London. It was issued as an attractive wraps edition, the thin card covers printed in appropriate tricolor blue, red, and white. This copy is in good plus condition, sound and complete and seemingly unread, despite some superficial wear and soiling. The… Leer más

Johannesburg: Constantia, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Elisabeth Eybers (1915-2007) was a South African poet. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1934. In 1943, she became the first Afrikaans woman to win the Hertzog Prize, the most prestigious award in Afrikaans literature. This volume, featuring verse in Afrikaans, is bound in illustrated brown cloth. It is one of a thousand first edition copies. Condition is very good in a very good dust jacket. The binding is clean and bright with trivial corner bumps and a bit of old paper fibre adhering near the head of the spine (corresponding to a moisture stain that shows on the text block and dust jacket). The contents are tight, clean, and free of spotting or inscriptions, but slightly age-toned and with a small moisture stain permeating the top left of the text block. The illustrated dust jacket is bright, clean, and complete, but showing a slightly larger triangular moisture stain than the text block, which extends from the top of the… Leer más

London: Mills & Boon, Limited, 1927. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of an early biography of Churchill that concludes during his service as Chancellor of the Exchequer. It provides an interesting view of Churchill in mid-career. Condition is good. The navy cloth binding is tight with unfaded color and bright gilt on the front cover and spine. The binding shows some wear and scuffing, including bumps to the lower corners, wear to the bottom edges, joints, and spine ends, and a mild forward lean. The contents show mild age-toning. We find no previous ownership marks and trivial spotting appears confined to the prelims. "Certainly no Party of which he is a member - be it a political Party or a dinner-party - ever lacks the spur of his stimulating personality. Age, if he ever grows old - which seems extremely doubtful - must mellow him... He no longer takes himself with such preternatural seriousness as in earlier years, but he is taken far more… Leer más

London: Punch, 1953. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon appeared thus on p.386 of the 25 March 1953 issue of Punch. The artist is Norman Mansbridge. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden had returned from Washington, where he had agreed to consult with America on mutual economic needs and international decisions - always anxious about being undercut by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, whose larger than life presence eclipsed and infringed upon Eden, his interminably-delayed heir apparent. Hence this cartoon, featuring Eden anxious on the stage, fumbling to pull things out of the hat labeled "ANGLO-AMERICAN TALKS", looking over his shoulder at Churchill, who peers and puffs his cigar from… Leer más

Johannesburg: Constantia, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Elisabeth Eybers (1915-2007) was a South African poet. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1934. In 1943, she became the first Afrikaans woman to win the Hertzog Prize, the most prestigious award in Afrikaans literature. This volume, one of a thousand copies of the first edition, is fine in a near-fine dust jacket. The burgundy cloth binding is clean and bright with no wear, square corners, and bright spine gilt. The contents are tight and clean with no spotting or previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is crisp and unfaded with trivial wear at the spine ends and a hint of soiling to the blank rear face.

London?. Pamphlet. This undated, unattributed booklet contains 315 tongue twisters. The cover illustration of a boy and girl wearing “H.M.S.” caps leads us to conclude that this is a British wartime publication intended for children. We surmise that this may be one of the many small format books produced to entertain and comfort children during the air raids of the Blitz. We find no copies in WorldCat or COPAC. Condition of this wire stitched pamphlet measuring 5.5 x 3.75 inch (14 x 11 cm) is very good with clean textured paper covers and bright, clean contents free of spotting and markings. The lower corner is bumped, affecting the contents. We note that the top edge is cut at an angle which appears to be original to the publication.

London: Punch, 1912. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon titled "WINSOME WINNIE.” appeared thus on p.160 of the 28 February 1912 issue of Punch. The artist is Edward Tennyson Reed. At the time, Winston had just lent support to a peace mission to Berlin headed by Minister of War Richard Haldane. The mission failed when Germany demanded that in exchange for building fewer warships, Britain must promise to remain neutral if Germany was in engaged in any war in which it was not the aggressor. The explanation offered for the cartoon is "Winsome Winston since he genially backed up the War Minister's mission of peace to Berlin by describing the German Fleet as a luxury, a sort of extra glass of… Leer más

London: P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd., April 1963. Photograph. This is an original press photograph of Sir Winston S. Churchill taken on 11 April 1963 capturing him waving while smoking a cigar as he leaves his Hyde Park Gate home for a holiday in Monte Carlo. This image measures 10 x 7.625 in (25.4 x 19.4 cm) on glossy photo paper. Condition is very good. The paper is crisp with only some light bruising to the corners and light scuffing visible only under raking light. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd.”, a purple received stamp of The Daily Telegraph from April 1963, and a typed caption. The quite voluble original caption is titled “SIR WINSTON’S PARTING WAVE: EASTER IN MONTE CARLO” and reads: Wave from 88-year-old SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL as, clenching a cigar, he leaves his London home at 28, Hyde Park Gate, S.W., by car for London Airport to-day (Thursday). He was to fly off for a holiday in Monte Carlo, where he will spend Easter. It is Sir Winston’s first holiday… Leer más

London: Punch, 1953. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon captioned "Four separate inquires have been started into the problem of cutting the Army's tail of non-combatants." appeared thus on p.358 of the 18 March 1953 issue of Punch. The artist is unknown. After being Leader of the Opposition since July 1945, Churchill finally returned to the premiership in October 1951. His second and final premiership would end with his retirement on 5 April 1955. In this cartoon, the tail refers to the long line of logistic costs and people that follow the army and support combat operations. In a discussion of this topic, it was pointed out in the House that four separate inquiries into these costs… Leer más

Published for the Trustees of the South African Bird Book Fund by A. A. Balkema, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cuthbert John (Jack) Skead (1912-2006) was a South African ornithologist, although he was originally trained as a sheep and dairy farmer. During his career, he published more than 100 articles and books about birds. This first edition of The Sunbirds of Southern Africa is in fine condition in a near fine dust wrapper, featuring extensive colour and b/w illustrations, as well as a gramophone record affixed at the rear pastedown. The orange cloth binding is immaculate. The contents are likewise with the exception of mild spotting to the top and fore edges. The record appears pristine, with no indication of ever having been previously removed from the sleeve. The dust jacket is bright, clean, and complete, marred only by slight wrinkling at points along the top edge.

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1945. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, first printing, of the fifth volume of Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill's Second World War speeches. Condition is good. The blue cloth binding is tight, clean, and unfaded with bright spine gilt. The front board has a slight outward warp and the binding a slight forward lean. The contents show no previous ownership marks, though there is spotting, primarily confined to the first and final leaves and the text block edges, which also show some age-toning. This volume publishes Churchill’s speeches, broadcasts, messages, statements, and letters made, sent, and issued between 22 February and 31 December 1944. A full and momentous year, 1944 included the Normandy invasion, the largest amphibious operation in history, which re-established the Allied military presence in German-occupied Europe. While much fighting was yet to come and the war was not yet over, as 1944 drew to a close the… Leer más

London: Punch, 1953. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon titled "SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL: That would be carrying goodwill too far." appeared thus on p.584 of the 11 November 1953 issue of Punch. The artist is Michael Cummings (1919-1997), who worked for Punch for more than 30 years. After being Leader of the Opposition since July 1945, Churchill finally returned to the premiership in October 1951 at nearly 77 years old. And as his premiership progressed and his infirmities became manifest, pressure mounted for him to relinquish his leadership. When this cartoon was published, Churchill, just weeks away from his 79th birthday, declared in the House that he thought a General Election was… Leer más

Johannesburg: Constantia, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Elisabeth Eybers (1915-2007) was a South African poet. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1934. In 1943, she became the first Afrikaans woman to win the Hertzog Prize, the most prestigious award in Afrikaans literature. This volume contains verse in Afrikaans, and is bound in illustrated dark red cloth. Condition is fine in a near fine dust jacket. The binding is square, tight, and clean with bright gilt and no visible wear. The contents are tight, clean, and free of spotting. There is a single previous owner's inscription in pencil on the ffep. The illustrated gray dust jacket is crisp, bright, clean, and complete, trivially marred only by two small pencil lines on the front face. One of a thousand copies produced for this first edition.

London: Punch, 1904. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon is titled "So like the father too” and appeared thus on p.409 of the 8 June 1904 issue of Punch. The artist is Edward Tennyson Reed. The cartoon is captioned "'So like the father too - less in face than in figure, in gesture and manner of Speech' (Mr. W-nst-n Ch-rch-ll.)" The artist compares Churchill to his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. In this same issue and on this same page, Punch comments: "When the young Member for OLDHAM addresses House, with hands on hips, head bent forward, right foot stretched forth, memories of days that are no more flood the brain." As a young man, the Harrow-educated cartoonist and caricaturist… Leer más

New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. James Justinian Morier, (born c.1780, Smyrna, Tur. - died March 19, 1849, Brighton, Sussex, Eng.), English diplomat and writer whose fame depends on The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824), a picaresque romance of Persian life that long influenced English ideas of Persia; its Persian translation (1905) led to the development of the modern Persian novel of social criticism. The first of a series of novels written by Morier after he retired, Hajji Baba drew on the knowledge of Persia and its people that he had acquired on the British embassy staff at Tehr n (1809–15)". (Britannica). This volume is near fine in a very good dust jacket. The publisher's illustrated cloth binding is bright and clean with trivial wear confined to the corners. The contents are clean and tight, slightly age-toned toward the page edges, but with no spotting. There is a single previous owner's name inked on the ffep. The dust jacket illustration mirrors that of the binding.… Leer más

London: Punch, 1955. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon appeared thus on p.210 of the 9 February 1955 issue of Punch. The artist is Michael Cummings (1919-1997), who worked for Punch for more than 30 years. In this cartoon, published in the final months of Churchill's second and final premiership, a gathering of British political leaders - Morrison, Attlee, Eden, Churchill, and Butler - look pensive beneath a cloud shaped and labeled as "Formosa". On Formosa (Taiwan), the surviving Chinese Nationalists were confronted by the Red Chinese Army. Punch or The London Charivari began featuring Churchill cartoons in 1900, when his political career was just beginning. That political career… Leer más