Winston Churchill from Paul Foster Books

Cassell and Company. London. 1946 - 47. 7 VOLUMES. Complete set of the war speeches. Volumes 6 and 7 are both FIRST EDITION, 1st printings, Volumes 1-5 are early reprints. Volumes 2 to 7 are Illustrated with mono photos. A little foxing to the page edges of the last volume otherwise these are all particularly fine, crisp and clean books… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1900. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.3 inches). Illustrated with four maps, three of them fold out, & four plans in the text. Publishers advert leaf for The River War and Malakand Field Force, and 32pp catalogue, dated 10.99, at the end of the text. Some creasing and a small tear to the… Read more about this item

Thornton Butterworth Limited. London. 1923-31. FIRST EDITION, 1st impressions of all volumes. 6 large 8vo volumes. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). Illustrated throughout with maps, plans and facsimiles of letters and documents. Fine leather bound set in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spines with raised bands. Red Morocco title labels ruled and lettered in gilt. Ruling, lettering and decorations of… Read more about this item

Cassell & Co. ltd. London. 1948-54. FIRST EDITION. First impressions. Six volumes. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.7 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many of them folding. A bright, clean set, which has been finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. The spines with raised bands, twin red Morocco labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Spine compartments… Read more about this item

Cassell and Company. London. 1941-46. FIRST EDITION, 1st impressions. 7 Volumes. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.6 inches). A complete set of first editions and 1st impressions of Churchill's war speeches. A few pages with some light foxing but overall this is a clean and fine set which has been finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. The spines with… Read more about this item

Cassell & Co. Ltd. London. 1948 - 1954. SIX VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS, 1st impressions. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many folding. Some light spotting a few pages, mostly to the fore edges, but overall a very good set. Publishers black cloth with gilt lettering to the spines. Top edges dyed deep red, which has… Read more about this item

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London. 1938. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (9 x 6.3 inches). Publishers blue cloth with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Double blind ruled borders on boards. Some offsetting to half title and title page, from the frontis photograph but the rest of the pages are clean and unmarked. Spine is uniformly a little… Read more about this item

Thornton Butterworth Ltd. London. 1939. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Two maps, one folding. Two pages with very small tears to the bottom of the page, one with a small amount of loss, but well away from the text, otherwise a very good bright copy in the publishers original green cloth binding. Spine lettered in gilt.… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. USA. 1979. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (9.1 x 6.2 inches). Illustrated with 58 mono photos. A fine and clean copy in a fine leather binding of full dark blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, including a previous owner's pair of initials at the bottom. Marbled endpapers. All… Read more about this item

Heinemann. London. 1977. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 3 large 8vo volumes. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). Publishers red cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Fine bright copies in original dustwrappers which have sun fading to the lettering on the spines, as often found with these volumes, making the lettering barely readable, and a few very minor spots.

Cassell. London. 1961. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 6 maps & 31 fascinating mono photographs taken during the war. A fine bright copy of the book in publishers red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Original dustwrapper with just minor signs of handling but overall very good indeed. Originally published as a… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1900. SECOND EDITION, published November 1900, the month after the October first edition. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). xiv, 409pp. Portrait frontis, with tissue guard, and ten maps & plans throughout, including large fold-out colour map at end. A fine clean, bright copy, recently bound in half dark blue morocco. Spine with raised bands, decorated… Read more about this item

Cassell. London. 1961. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated with 6 maps & 31 fascinating mono photographs taken during the war. Fine copy in recent fine leather binding of full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. --- Originally published as a part of Churchill's… Read more about this item

Cassell and Company Ltd. London. 1956-58. FIRST EDITIONS. 1st printings. Four Volumes. Complete. 8vo. (9.8 x 6.4 inches). Finely bound in recent full red morocco. Spines with raised bands, the compartments ruled lettered and decorated with Rampant lion device, all in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. All edges gilt. A fine, clean and bright set of Churchill's hugely popular historical… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1900. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.3 inches). Portrait frontis. Ten maps and plans(one folding). 32pp of publishers adverts dated 10/99 at end of book. Some light spotting to front blank endpaper and half title otherwise this is a tight, bright copy. Black coated endpapers with no cracking at all. Book feels firm… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1900. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.3 inches). Portrait frontis. Ten maps and plans (one folding). 32pp of publishers adverts dated 7/00 at end of book. Previous owners neat ink name written on the blank front free endpaper and some browning to the blank endpapers otherwise this is a tight, bright, and clean… Read more about this item

John Rylands Library. Manchester. UK. 1993 - 1997. THREE VOLUMES. Bound for presentation to Churchill's Daughter Mary Soames. ----- FIRST EDITION of first and third work, second edition of second work. 4to and 8vo. Programme for the Churchill: What the papers say exhibition of 1997, and prospectus for the Rylands Research Institute are both hard bound, complete with colour… Read more about this item

Macmillan & Co.London.,1906. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Illustrated. Damp stain to lower inner corner of last 30 or so leaves in volume one. Some light foxing to some pages. A near very good copy in publishers burgundy cloth, gilt. Spine lightly and uniformly faded. Overall a near very good copy of this early work.: