Churchill Rt Hon Winston M P (23 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION"stated. VERY GOOD Condition . clean, solid,bright.name ep "Ronald Sturm"; RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION; CIVIL WAR; RESTORATION; MAPS & GENEALOGICAL TABLE. ; 433pg pages; Panoramic History.part of series.Gold spine titles on RED title box Black spine strip. GREY CLOTH HARD COVERS .

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION"stated. VERY GOOD Condition . clean, solid,bright.name ep "Ronald Sturm"; ISLAND RACE; MAKING OF NATION;END OF FEUDAL AGE.INDEX.RICHARD II & III.HENRY V.WAR OF ROSES; 521pg pages; Panoramic History.part of series.Gold spine titles on RED title box Black spine strip. GREY CLOTH HARD COVERS .

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

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.

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.

Condition: Good. 1944. 474 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

hard back. Condition: V.g. 1st edition, fourth impression. 366pp, folding map bound in after epilogue at rear; 1map p295, orig. green cloth, gilt lettering,pub. blind stamp lower front board, a little foxing especially preliminaries. A very tight attractive copy in same binding as first impression. Size: 8vo.

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.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Cover: green cloth on boards , gilt titles and faint touches of a little white dustings. Tiny bumping to three boards fore corners. Edges; light few only foxing and couple of small faint smudges. Ffep: head with name/date 1939. Missing one page 271/272. Clean content. Binding is VG. 365p.

[NONE] 1929. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xiv, [2], 502pp. 8vo. Presumed first edition. Maroon cloth, gilt titles stamped to front and spine. There are some markings to the front fixed endpaper and there is an index number penned to the title page. Light wear at the upper edge of the cover. Pages lightly age-toned as may be anticipated. Else is clean, bright, and solid.This is the fourth volume of Churchill's World Crisis. All maps present. The World Crisis - 1918 - !928.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Second Impression. Green cloth on boards with gilt titles and small circular embossed stamp to front bottom fore area. Mild dusting of marks and rubbings. Spine: head & foot with thin wear. Tiny bumping to top boards fore corner tips.edges: light age browning and foxing. Eps: light foxings; Signature to ffep. Frontis: b/w photograph of Winston Churchill sitting beside his painting. Mild foxings to many pages. Binding is VG+. 320p.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Purple cloth on boards with gilt titles and gilt Marlborough crest on front. Faint dusting of a little soiling. Shelf-sunned. Spine: foot with thin bumping and cracks. Tiny bumping to boards bottom fore corners. Edges: gilt top-edge slightly rubbed & scratched; mild foxing and soiling to fore and bottom edge. Eps: signaturre to head ffep; faint sprinkles of foxings. Frontis: illustration of John, Duke of Marlborough. Just a few pages with few only foxings to the margins mostly. B/w illustrations. Binding is VG+. 612p.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Clean purple cloth on boards with gilt titles and gilt Marlborough Crest on front of cover; very light rubbings. Thin light bumping to foot of spine. Edges: gilt top-edge mildly rubbed; moderate foxings to fore and bottom edges. Eps: penciled signature to head ffep; small booksellers sticker to fep foot; light sprinkles of foxings. Frontis: Painting of Marlborough by Sir Godfrey Kueller. Few only pages with few only foxings to the margins. All maps, facsimile copies of letters, et al are clean and present. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 651p.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Publication date (Vol. I): 'first published 1933' plus in the Preface: August 13, 1933, Chartwell, Westerham. Publication date (Vol. II): 'first published 1934' plus in the Preface: August 13, 1934, Chartwell, Westerham. The latter preface also references the task of a final volume. Impressively curated books filled with illustrations (mainly b/w) including plates, facsimiles of letters, plans and maps (including a fold-out map with colouring in vol. II - see image). Condition - comments apply to both volumes unless stated otherwise. External: cerulean blue cloth of boards with slightly darker hue along the spine. Some fading/marking in places, curling at corners, some crushing at head and tail of spine. Internal: the pages are moderately tanned with occasional spotting; more evident on the preliminary and final ones. Slightly more tanning on the first volume. In addition, while the front pastedowns of both books feature some pencil annotations (about versions/editions), those in vol. I are much longer. pp. vol. I: 611/8vo, vol. II: 649/8vo. More information/photos available on request. Please note that, due to the weight of the two volumes, we may well request a payment to cover any extra shipping/postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2409.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Cheap 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. ***Very good in buff-coloured cloth-covered boards with black titles to spine. Edges and corners of boards slightly rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Head and tail of spine rubbed. Contemporaneous gift inscription to front free endpaper: 'To Dad Xmas 1943 from Alastair and Hanna' in blue fountain pen ink. Pages clean. Spine tight. No dustwrapper. All folding maps clean and in very good condition. 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 to rear. 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.

Pamphlet. First and only edition. This 1938 pamphlet captures one of the signal ruptures in the Conservative Party Government over the appeasement policies of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the eve of the Second World War. Specifically, according to the publisher s note, this pamphlet publishes "the outstanding statements on the floor of the House of Commons during February and March, 1938, by the late Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, and the Rt. Hon Winston Churchill gathered together so as to furnish the most reliable authoritative guide to British foreign policy."The pamphlet is 23 pages bound in wire-stitched wraps, printed on thin stock, and measures 8.5 x 5.5 inches (21.59 x 13.97 cm). Condition is very good. The pamphlet is complete, with both original binding staples intact and no loss, tears, or appreciable wear, no spotting, and no previous ownership marks. The chief defects are some soiling and toning to the perimeter of the covers, a small stain to both covers at the spine head, and superficial rust to the binding staples. The pamphlet is protected within a clear, removable, mylar sleeve.The contents begin with Eden s resignation speech in the Commons of 21 February 1928 and go on to feature Chamberlain s speech in the Commons of 24 March, followed by Churchill s own speech of that day. This pamphlet was "No.62" in a series of "Friends of Europe" publications. The stated objects of the publisher were: "1. To encourage effective co-operation for the prevention of war and the establishment of peace" and "2. To provide accurate information about Nazi Germany for use throughout Great Britain, the British Empire, the U.S.A., Europe and wherever the English tongue is known." The rear cover of the pamphlet features an advertisement of twelve additional numbered pamphlets published by the "Friends of Europe".On 20 February 1938, then-British Foreign Secretary (and future Prime Minister) Anthony Eden resigned from the Government of Neville Chamberlain, notionally in opposition to Chamberlain s futile attempts to mollify the expansionist ambitions of Germany and Italy while shirking Britain s preparedness, principles, and security. Of Eden s resignation, Churchill wrote in his WWII memoirs: ".on this night of February 20, 1938. sleep deserted me. There seemed one strong young figure standing up against long, dismal, drawling tides of drift and surrender, of wrong measurements and feeble impulses. he seemed to me at this moment to embody the life-hope of the British nation. Now he was gone." (The Gathering Storm, pp. 257-8)Already a strident critic of Chamberlain s appeasement policies, Churchill would replace Chamberlain as prime minister in May 1940 once war had made undeniably conspicuous the failings of Chamberlain and his policies. Eden returned to his Foreign Secretary post under Churchill s wartime government and eventually succeeded Churchill as prime minister in 1955. Reference: Cohen D70, Woods D(b)51.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Clean navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles and blindstamped title to front of cover. Spine: thin bumping to head & foot. Edges: light age browning and few only foxings. Eps of Vol. I & II ffep wih tidy olde style script inscribed 4.3.27. Eps with age shadowing; dusting of foxing to following eps; some heavier foxing to Index pages. Light foxing to many pages albeit miostly to the very margins edges. All fdlg maps/ charts are clean & present. Part:I & II: 589p 1.5 kgs.

1st Edition. 26 pages. Original paper covers, photo and red and black lettering to title. Ribbon tie. 1946 calendar in red and black at foot of each page. Includes "Into Battle" "The End of the Beginning", etc . Scarce.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles; moderate rubbed wear. Spine: light vertical convex bulges down spine; head & foot with light rubbings & cracks. Edges: moderate foxings and soiling .Eps: age shadowings & few only sprinkles of foxings. Faint foxings to a few pages margins. Binding is As New. 536p.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Third Impression. Clean navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles to spine and blindstamped title to front of cover. Spine: five gilt stars; head & foot with thin bumping and soft rubbings. Edges: light few only foxings, light age tanned colour. Eps: narrow vertical dj shadowing and few only foxings. Clean contents. All fldg maps clean and present. Four pages with a 4cm closed tear to fore-edge. Binding is As New. 474p Dj: moderate browning to spine and to flaps spines. Top and bottom edges with small open tears (sections missing,) tears and chips. Three iny holes to spine. On spine states Maps and Plans.

Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Condition: Very Good. First English Edition (Cohen B65.1). The memoirs of Churchill's close colleague, the Royal Navy's Admiral of the Fleet, published just as Churchill was about to return as First Lord of the Admiralty. This is a very good copy, in an unclipped dust jacket; virtually mint, save for some edge-chipping and closed tears on the front face. The contents are fine. Rare thus. 8vo (373 pages, illustrated with photo frontis, 7 plans & maps, 23 leaves of plates.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A neat and attractive early printing set of the first five volumes in this series. Original matching dark blue cloth hard covers, with gilt titles to spines, and in blind to fronts. Covers are very clean and bright, with moderate handling and shelf-wear, and a little bubbling to cloth at edges, more so on Vol. V. There is some toning to edges and endpapers, with some moderate scattered foxing to text, and an old owner's blind-stamp to bottom of each title-page. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a really sound and handsome set. Illustrated -- all maps, folding and otherwise, and plates present as listed. [printing rundown: Vol. I - 3rd ed. 4th imp.; Vol. II - 2nd ed. 3rd imp.; Vol. III - 4th imp.; Vol. IV - 4th imp.; Vol. V - 1st imp.] Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The second impression of the first edition, also dated November 1932 [ICS A39a. Langworth p. 156]. Original dark green ribbed cloth hard covers, with gilt titles to front and spine, in dust jacket. The publisher had to scramble to meet an immediate demand, Langworth notes: the first impression was 4000 copies, and this second impression numbered 1000 -- the jacket was identical to that of the original issue. The jacket here is toned with only moderate rubbing and edge-wear. Covers are very clean and bright. There is some toning to edges and endpapers, some slight foxing to front and rear leaves, and an old owner's blind-stamp to bottom of title-page. Old Glasgow bookseller's label (Jackson, Wylie & Co.) inside front cover. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a really sound and handsome copy. Portrait frontispiece. Publisher's bookmark laid in. 320pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.