Ch Winston (57 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reissued. Good condition paperback pictorial laminated cover no DJ. 330 pages yellowing good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names. Churchill. 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. 'Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and the Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say - "This was their finest hour".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three quarter blue leather covers with gold bands on edges with blue cloth, by Bayntun Binders in Bath. Gold lettering on spine and gold gilt upper page ends are bright. Spine has raised bands with decorative gold highlights. Spine and hinges are sunned. Light wear and chipping on spine ends. Blue cloth covers are in fine condition. Marbled inside front and back covers are in fine condition. Light yellowing to text due to age. Text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Light yellowing to front and bottom page ends. Churchill's reflections on himself, his dislikes, on war, on politics and more. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hard cover, With Preface & Notes by Randolph S. Churchill, M.P.

Condition: Good. 1941. 2nd Edition. 313 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Third Edition. xxi + 416 pages incl index. No dustjacket. Burgandy-red coloured boards, light/ moderate wear at spine-ends and boards' corners - some flecking to back board. Light yellowing and foxing to page-edges, light foxing to preliminaries and index page, ink name o/w pages clean and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition hardback green boards no DJ. 143 pages good and clean with clear print. Many black and white plates i.e. Portrait of Winston (frontispiece), The Churchill Arch, Visiting the coastal defences in 1940, Stepping ashore on the east bank of the Rhine March 1945, Winston Churchill giving his V-sign during the war and much much more.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First published in 1932, this is a first edition, first impression of the new edition, published 2015. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of decorated covers and spine, no jacket as issued, slight lean, no inscriptions, price on back cover (£12.99), internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy. 192pp. With her medical studies cut short by the 1914 German invasion, her house burned down and her father arrested as a suspected 'sharpshooter', it was perhaps unsurprising that the multi lingual Marthe Mckenna (nee Cnockaert, codename 'Laura') was recruited by British Intelligence. At the time she worked as a nurse tending the wounds of occupying soldiers, and as a waitress in her parents' café in the Belgian border town of Roulers. 'I Was a Spy!' is McKenna's vivid narrative of these breath taking adventures as she, aided by a gallant band of loyal locals, goes undercover to sabotage enemy phone lines, report suspicious activity or train movements, and even instigate an aerial attack on a planned visit by the Kaiser. This account goes on to explain how, in 1916, the young nurse was caught by the Germans placing dynamite in a disused sewer tunnel underneath an ammunition dump. She was sentenced to the firing squad and only survived due to the Iron Cross honour received as a result of her earlier medical service . Marthe Mckenna (1892-1966), was later mentioned by Douglas Haig in British Despatches and was awarded the French and Belgian Orders of the Legion of Honour for her espionage work. Marthe and her husband Jock McKenna moved to Manchester during World War II and, despite her retirement, she was listed in 'The Black Book' of prominent subjects to be arrested by the Nazis in the case of a successful invasion of Britain. The McKennas later returned to Marthe's family home in Westrozebeke, and no further books were forthcoming after the McKennas' marriage ended around 1951. Marthe was portrayed by Madeleine Carroll in Victor Saville's 1933 film 'I Was a Spy' based on her memoirs.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. K.S. Woerner (cover art) (illustrator). unknown. The book's dust jacket shows considerable wear, with noticeable tears and chipping along the edges, reflecting its age and historical value. The hardcover itself is in better condition, with the spine and binding remaining intact. The pages are slightly yellowed, consistent with a publication from 1941, but they remain clean and free of inscriptions or library markings, making this a desirable copy for collectors. Worn with significant tears and chipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Nonth Edition. Good condition hardback greenish boards stained by damp looking marks. No DJ. 313 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names, no inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards with marks. Content has even toning, stains to the front endpapers and writing on the ffep. Fair DJ has chips/tears and stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Putnam, 1941. Hardcover. Book Condition:Good.Dust jacket condition: No dust Jacket. 1st Edition.Dark blue cloth boards with maroon boxes with silver lettering. Some rubbing, Pages clean. Very minimal owner markings. Great copy.

[NONE] 1965. (hardcover) Near fine. 32 + paintings. 8vo. This Cornerstone Library edition is a complete and unabridged reprint of the original hardcover edition published in 1950 by The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Frontispiece. Churchill's essay "Painting as a Pastime', and 18 full colour plate illustrations of paintings by him. No jacket, as issued. Pages lightly age toned; a near-fine copy.

Hard Back/Hard Covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 12 1/4 inches tall and 9 1/2 inches wide. xi + 312 pages. No dustjacket. Clean green/dark-green binding. Some wear to spine-ends and corners of boards. Pages very clean. Profusely illustrated in colour. Size: 12 1/4" tall by 9 1/2" Wide.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Abridged and Revised Edition. With an additional chapter on The Battle of the Marne. According to the dust jacket's fly leaf - Mr. Winston Churchill writes: 'I have re-cast the whole work so as to present a continuous, narrative from beginning to end and to keep a truer proportion throughout as between memoirs and history. For this purpose, I have added a chapter on the Battle of the Marne.' Just under 50 maps and plans - some fold-out (see images). Condition (dj): intact but some damage at head and tail of the spine, closed tears; plus clear tanning and marking (images). Condition (book): appealing navy blue (appropriately) cloth boards, with gilt titles along the spine, are in a very sound state. Some minor fading in places. Top and fore edges have some mild spotting/marking. The binding is generally tight other than between the half-title page and front endpaper - where a little of the book's binding is visible (image). Most of the pages are tanned, with occasional spotting, but this may reflect more the type of paper used in a time of conflict than the passage of time. Finally, one of the folding out maps (The Western Front) has a small section missing (again - see image). pp. 831. 8vo (crown octavo). This is an abridged and revised edition. After the 3rd Impression, printed October 1937, the copyright was transferred to MacMillan & Co. Ltd, 1941. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request a payment to cover any extra shipping & postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2617. (This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Edgewear/shelfwear, covers sl. worn and sl. spotted. Hinges intact, strong and tight. Maps, index. 866 pp. Faint soiling to page edges. This is a very bulky and heavy book, may require extra postage.

cloth / linnen hardcover. Condition: good / goed. 1ste / 1st. Kleine gebruiksspoortjes / rug verkleurd. 362 pagina's, fotopagina's ongenummerd. Circa 1936. Foto's van beschreven personen. Graaf van Rosebery, keizer Wilhelm II, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Chamberlain, sir John French, John Morley, Hindenburg, Boris Savinkov, Herbert Henry Asquith, Lawrence van Arabië, Frederick Edwin Smith - eerste graaf van Birkenhead, maarschalk Foch, Leon Trotsky, Alfonso XIII, Douglas Haig, Adolf Hitler, George Nathaniël, Philiph Snowden, Clemenceau, Koning Geroge V. Size: A5 formaat.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. Complete with numerous illustrations, maps, and plans. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. annotated edition. 142 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three quarter blue leather covers with gold bands on edges with blue cloth, by Bayntun Binders in Bath. Lettering on spine and gold gilt upper page ends are bright. Spine has raised bands with decorative gold highlights. Spine and hinges are sunned. Light wear and chipping on spine ends. Blue cloth covers are in fine condition. Marbled inside front and back covers are in fine condition. Light yellowing to text due to age. Text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Light yellowing to front and bottom page ends. Speeches by Winston Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. Frontispiece b&w photo of Churchill is in fine condition. A volume of Churchill's speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defence. "All except the first were delivered in the last six years, and all but two in the House of Commons." Part I is titled Germany Disarmed. Part II Germany Rearming. Part III is Germany Armed. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition - first printing - published in 1946 as stated on the printer's page. This seventh and final volume of Churchill's war speeches was published just after the Second World War had come to a close a few months earlier. Illustrated with sixteen black and white plates in the centre of the book. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, and gilt lining to the front board. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked, just slightly creased at the top of the spine and at the top corner tips. The boards are quite thin, and the top corner crease has affected some of the pages, but not very noticeably (please see scans). No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally also very good with no previous ownership marks. There is none of the usual off-setting to the endpapers, just some light foxing, but this doesn't affect the interior pages. The interior of the book is extremely clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which is almost complete, but which has some loss at the bottom of the spine (affecting the lettering) and a little loss at the top of the spine and top edge of the back panel. There is also some general rubbing and creasing to the edges, but no serious creases or tears. Spine unfaded. Back panel slightly marked and stained (please see scans). The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, but has the printed price of 6/- net next to the blacked-out original publisher's printed price of 7s. 6d. net on the front flap. ***96 printed pages. 220mm x 145mm. ***'There were occasions during the war when Parliament went into Secret Session to receive information from the Prime Minister which it was considered vital to keep from the enemy. The speeches--unrecorded and unpublished at the time--in which Mr. Churchill imparted these weighty State secrets, are now published in their entirety. --- Of especial interest to all who see this book will be the facsimile of the notes from which Mr. Churchill delivered one of these speeches, of which no typed or printed record now exists. This volume forms an essential companion to the collected war speeches of Mr. Winston Churchill; it is in itself an unique historical record.' (Quote taken from the back panel of the dustwrapper) ***A first printing of the true first edition - published in 1946. Of interest to collectors of Winston Churchill related works. First and early printings in the original dustwrappers are very hard to come by now. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition - second printing - published in November, 1942 - stated on the printer's page as the Second Edition. This second volume of Churchill's war speeches was published at the height of the conflict in June, 1942, with this second printing appearing a few months later. The complete set of speeches wasn't fully published until 1946, with the publication of the final (seventh) volume "Secret Session Speeches". Illustrated with five black and white plates including a frontispiece portrait photographs of Churchill. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked, just slightly creased at the top of the spine. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally also very good with no previous ownership marks. There is none of the usual off-setting to the endpapers, and also none of the usual foxing to the interior pages. The interior of the book is extremely clean. No creases or tears. The paper stock is notably thinner than Volume 1 which shows how wartime paper shortages were kicking in by late 1942. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which is almost complete, but which has slight loss at the head of the spine (not affecting the lettering) and a triangular chip at the bottom edge of the back panel. There is also some general rubbing and creasing to the edges, but no serious creases or tears (please see scans). Spine colour remarkably unfaded. Back panel somewhat grubby (being a white background). The dustwrapper has been neatly square price-clipped on the front flap. ***349 printed pages. 220mm x 145mm. ***'This volume contains the chief speeches of the Prime Minister from November, 1940, to the end of 1941, thus containing the series begun in "Into Battle." Once again the House of Cassell considers itself honoured by being charged with the publication of the Prime Minister's utterances.' (Quote taken from the back panel of the dustwrapper) ***An early second printing of the true first edition - published only a few months after the original first printing. Of interest to collectors of Winston Churchill related works. Early printings in the wartime dustwrappers are very hard to come by now. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Third cheap edition, published during the second World War in 1940. The book was first published in 1899, with a second revised edition in 1902. The first cheap edition appeared in 1933, with a second edition also in 1933, followed by this edition in 1940. Illustrated with twenty-two maps and plans, including fold-out maps, all of which are present as called for. ***Near fine in dark-grey cloth-covered boards with black titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Edges and corners of boards just slightly rubbed. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean - just slightly darkened at the top edge. Internally also near fine, with a contemporaneous gift inscription to front free endpaper: 'To Dad Xmas 1943 from Alastair and Hanna' in blue fountain pen ink. Pages clean. No internal foxing. No creases or tears. All folding maps clean and in very good to near fine condition. No dustwrapper. ***xii prelim pages including contents and a three-page introduction by Winston Churchill - plus a two-page extract from the preface of the first edition to the fore, also by Winston Churchill - plus 381 pages including Appendix A & B and Index at the back of the book. 222mm x 142mm. ***'Contents: The Rebellion of the Mahdi; The Fate of the Envoy; The Dervish Empire; The Years of Preparation; The Beginning of the War; Firket; The Recovery of the Dongola Province; The Desert Railway; Abu Hamed; Berber; Reconnaissance; The Battle of the Atbara; The Grand Advance; The Operations of the First of September; The Battle of Omburman; The Fall of the City; 'The Fashoda Incident'; On the Blue Nile; The End of the Khalifa; Appendix A: Composition of the Staff during the River War; Appendix B: Text of the Soudan Agreement of the 19th of January, 1899, and of the Declaration of the 21st of March, 1899. ***Third cheap edition, published during the Second World War, with all twenty-two folding maps and text maps present, as called for. Of interest to collectors of books by Winston Churchill and military historians. Originally published in 1899, "The River War" recounts Churchill's experiences and reflections concerning British involvement in the Sudan, including Churchill's participation in "the last great British cavalry charge". In 1933, a so-called 'Second Cheap Edition' was made from plates of the 1902 edition, with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author, in which he explained that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." There were ultimately five printings of this edition published, the last appearing in 1951. The 1940 wartime published edition is now uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

brossura. Condition: Poor. Copertina uso tela rigida, con titolo dorato al dorso. Tagli e pagine ingialliti. Volume secondo. 510 Mediocre (Poor) . Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The first two volumes of the five volume set - each of the five volumes being published separately. Vol. 1 is a third edition, fifth impression published in 1930; Vol. II is a first edition, third impression published in 1923. Each volume illustrated with numerous maps and plans, including fold-out maps, all of which are present as called for. ***Very good in navy-blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, and blind-stamped titles to the front board. The boards are clean, just showing some marks and rubbing to the edges commensurate with age and handling over the years. Corners of boards slightly rubbed and creased. Head and tail of spines slightly creased, but no serious bumps or creases. No reading lean to the bindings. Spines tight. Page block edges lightly foxed and marked - mainly to Vol. I. Internally also very good, with previous ownership name to both volumes in pencil on the front pastedowns - and with an attractive armorial bookplate: 'Sir Benjamin Sands Johnson' on the front pastedown of Vol. II. Sir Benjamin Sands Johnson of Abbot's Lea, Woolton, Liverpool served as the High Sheriff of Lancashire. There are also mauve-stamped 'Sussex University Library' stamps to each of the printer's pages, but no other obvious library marks. Internally the pages in both volumes are relatively clean, with some foxing but only affecting the first and last few pages in each volume (please see scans). No creases or tears. All folding maps clean and in near fine condition. No dustwrappers. ***Vol. I - 536 pages including Appendices and Index at the back of the book. Vol. II - 557 pages including Appendices and Index at the back of the book. 235mm x 160mm. ***Very good examples of the first two volumes of "The World Crisis" by Winston S. Churchill, with all folding maps and text maps present, as called for. Of interest to collectors of books by Winston Churchill and military historians. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three quarter blue leather covers with gold bands on edges with blue cloth, by Bayntun Binders in Bath. Gold lettering on spine and gold gilt upper page ends are bright. Spine has raised bands with decorative gold highlights. Spine and hinges are sunned. Light wear and chipping on spine ends. Blue cloth covers are in fine condition. Marbled inside front and back covers are in fine condition. Light yellowing to text due to age. Text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Light soiling to front page ends. "Essays on Great Men of Churchill's age written by him at intervals during the last eight years. They throw from various angles, a light upon the main course of the events through which he has lived." There are accompanying portraits of the men. They include Joseph Chamberlain, Hindenburg, Lawrence of Arabia, Philip Snowden, King George V and many more. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Maroon cloth over boards, gold spine and cover titles, 578 pages, light fading to spine, dent to top of rear cover, darkened page tips, a few pencil notations, Name and address written on front free endpaper, content bright, clean and readable, with tight binding.Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three quarter blue leather covers with gold bands on edges with blue cloth, by Bayntun Binders in Bath. Gold lettering on spine and gold gilt upper page ends are bright. Spine has raised bands with decorative gold highlights. Spine and hinges are sunned. Light wear and chipping on spine ends. Blue cloth covers are in fine condition. Marbled inside front and back covers are in fine condition. Light yellowing to text and front and bottom page ends due to age. Text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Painting As A Pastime in the back of the book displays color reproductions of 18 of Churchill's paintings. Includes a frontispiece of Churchill at his easel. All in fine condition. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.