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Churchill, Winston

A group of first editions, handsomely rebound

Lot includes: Ian Hamilton's March. London: Longmans, Green, & Co. Ltd., 1900. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of General Ian Hamilton, 1 folding map printed in colors, 9 maps and plans, 32-page publisher’s catalogue at rear. Full red morocco, bound by Bayntun Riviere, covers ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second and fourth gilt-lettered, others with gilt lion device, edges gilt, marbled endpapers; minor rubbing to joints. Housed in custom slipcase. First edition. Cohen A8.1.a; Woods A5 —My Early Life: A Roving Commission. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1930. 8vo. Photographic frontispiece, maps, plans, and photographic illustrations; a few stray spots. Full red morocco, bound by Bayntun Riviere, covers ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second and fourth gilt-lettered, others with gilt lion device, edges gilt, marbled endpapers; minor rubbing to joints. Housed in custom slipcase. First edition. Cohen A91.1.b; Woods A37a. — The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1923, 1923, 1927, 1929. 4 works in 5 volumes (without The Eastern Front), large 8vo. Numerous plans and folding maps; a few stray spots; title-page to The World Crisis: 1916-1918 Part I in facsimile. Three-quarter red morocco with red cloth covered boards, bound by Bayntun Riviere, spines with raised bands in six compartments, second, third, and fourth gilt-lettered, first with gilt swan device, top edges gilt, pink endpapers. Housed in custom slipcase. First editions. Cohen A69.2 (I.b, II-IV.a, V.b,VI.a); Woods A31ab. — Eightieth Birthday Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill. Palace House, Beaulieu Hampshire: Heritage Collection, 1955. 4to. Signed by Winston Churchill on the title-page, profusely illustrated with photographic reproductions; occasional and minor toning and fingersoiling. Gill red morocco, spine gilt-lettered. Housed in custom slipcase. Number 368 of 3,000 copies signed by Churchill (but presumably fewer than 3,000 signed). —A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1956-1958. 4 volumes, 8vo. Numerous maps and tables; a few stray spots. Three-quarter red morocco with red cloth covered boards, bound by Bayntun Riviere, spines with raised bands in six compartments, second, third, and fourth gilt-lettered, first with gilt swan device, top edges gilt, pink endpapers; one or two scuffs. Housed in custom slipcase. First editions. Cohen A267.1(I-IV).a; Woods A138a. — The Island Race. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1964. 4to. Numerous full-color plates. Three-quarter red morocco with red cloth covered boards, bound by Bayntun Riviere, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second and third gilt-lettered, others with decoration in gilt, top edges gilt, pink endpapers; some rubbing to cloth. First edition, an illustrated abridgement of A History of the English Speaking Peoples. Cohen 275; Woods A138c.

Group lots not subject to return.

A group of first editions, sumptuously rebound

All of the volume in the present lot, with the exception of Eightieth Birthday Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill, are bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Robert Riviere founded his now-iconic bindery in Bath in 1𒁃829, and in 1894, George Bayntun followed suit. Thus Bayntun-Riviere was born, and is now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in operation.