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Churchill, Winston

An extensive group of first editions

Lot includes: The Story of the Malakand Field Force... London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. 8vo. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 6 maps, illustrations, 32-page publisher’s catalogue at end; tissue guard browned, as usual, minor toning. Publisher's green cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered, black endpapers; spine lightly sunned. First edition of Churchill's first book. Woods A1 — The River War; An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, numerous plans and maps, some of which folding; minor toning. Original full blue/black cloth, covers and spines lettered and pictorially stamped in gilt, black endpapers; some rubbing to extremities, upper joints just starting, ownership signatures to front free endpapers. First edition of Churchill's second book. Woods A2. — Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. 8vo. Half-title, 2-page publisher’s advertisements at end; minor and scattered foxing. Publisher's full green cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered, black endpapers; minor rubbing to corners. First edition of Churchill's only attempt at full-length fiction. Woods A3b. Provenance: Reginald Knight (gift inscription to front free endpaper); Victor Martin (bookplate to front pastedown) — London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longmans, Green, & Co. Ltd., 1900. 8vo. Three folding maps, 32-page publisher’s catalogue at end; minor toning. Publisher's cream cloth, upper cover pictorially printed in red and black, spine lettered in red and gilt, black endpapers; some sunning and soiling, some foxing to fore-edge. First edition. Woods A4. — Ian Hamilton's March. London: Longmans, Green, & Co. Ltd., 1900. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of General Ian Hamilton, 1 folding map printed in colors, 32-page publisher’s catalogue at end. Publisher's red cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered, black endpapers; minor rubbing to extremities, minor foxing to edges and endleaves. First edition of this continuation of London to Ladysmith. Woods A5. — Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan & Co., 1906. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, photographic frontispieces with tissue guards; minor and scattered foxing. Publisher's burgundy cloth, covers and spines gilt-lettered; minor rubbing to extremities. First edition. Woods A8a. — My African Journey. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. 8vo. Half-title, photographic frontispiece, 61 photographic reproductions, 3 maps, 18-page publisher’s catalogue at end; minor toning. Original red cloth, covers pictorially printed in back and blue, spine gilt-lettered; spine sunned, some browning to endleaves. First edition. Woods A12. — Liberalism and the Social Problem. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. 8vo. Half-title; minor toning. Publisher's red cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered; one or two stray spots, restoration to head and tail of spine. Housed in custom clamshell case. First edition. Woods A15. — My Early Life: A Roving Commission. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1930. 8vo. Photographic frontispiece, illustrated throughout, folding map; minor toning. Publisher's magenta cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered; spine sunned, minor foxing to lower edge, early inscription to front free endpaper. First edition. Woods A37(a). — India. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1931. 8vo. Original orange wrappers printed in black; some foxing to edges, some rubbing with fractional loss at head and tail of spine, minor creasing. Housed in custom clamshell case First edition of a fragile title. Woods A38. — Thoughts and Adventures. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1932. 8vo. Half-title, photographic frontispiece, in-text illustrations; minor toning, one or two stray spots. Publisher's khaki cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered; rubbing to extremities. Lacking jacket, as usual. First edition. Woods A39(a). — Marlborough: His Life and Times. Toronto: The Ryerson Press: [1933, 1934, 1936]; and London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1938. 4 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated throughout with portraits, maps, and plans; minor toning. Publisher's purple cloth, spines gilt-lettered, Vols. I-III topstained black, Vol. IV top edge gilt, typed note signed by Winston Churchill ("W. Churchill") pasted to front pastedown of Vol. I; some sunning to spines, minor rubbing to extremities, some closed splits to heads and tails of spines, edges toned. Mixed first Canadian and English editions, with a note from Churchill to Professor Poultney Bigelow. — Great Contemporaries. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. 8vo. Half-title, 21 portrait photographic reproductions; minor toning. Publisher's blue cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered, topstained black; spines sunned, one or two spots. Original orange jacket printed in black; spine panel sunned, some soiling, some restoration to upper margins of jacket. First edition. Woods A34(a). — Step by Step. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1939. 8vo. Half-title, two maps, one of which folding; foxing to folding map. Publisher's green cloth, spine gilt-lettered; edges foxed. Original cream jacket printed in black and purple; soiled and foxed, tape repair to lower spine panel. First edition. Woods A45. — Painting as a Pastime. London: Oldham Press limited, and Ernest Benn Limited, 1948. 8vo. Half-title, frontispiece, color reproductions of Churchill's work. Publisher's gray cloth, cover and spine gilt-lettered; uneven fading to cloth. Original jacket; some wear and spotting. First edition. Woods A125. — A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell and Co., 1956-1958. 4 volumes, 8vo. Numerous maps and tables. Original red cloth, spines gilt-lettered, topstained red; very minor rubbing to extremities, some minor spotting to fore-edges and endleaves. Original jackets; a few closed tears, some of which repaired, some minor soiling. First editions. Woods A138(a). 

Group lots not subject to return. 

A group of 16 first editions — some of Churchill's earliest and most significant works.