MY EARLY LIFE: A Roving Commission -First English Edition-
Winston S. Churchill
Published by Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1930
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Hardcover (with Dust Jacket)
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Arguably,Winston Churchill's most entertaining book, a memoir of youth and wayward school boyhood -- in fact, the only volume of personal memoirs that Churchill ever wrote. Published in the U.S. under the title, A ROVING COMMISSION. This is a very good copy of the First Printing of the First English edition in the First State Binding (per Cohen) with the three-line cover title block and a half-title list of Churchill works that omits Volume I of THE WORLD CRISIS.Bound in rough pink cloth, this copy is unevenly faded but retains a good deal of vivid color on the front and rear faces. The notoriously fade-prone spine is only moderately faded here, well-rounded and healthy without any fraying. The binding is crisp, the contents are fine and unfoxed, with two leaves (pages 9-11) roughly separated. There is a vintage ink gift inscription hand-dated "Xmas 1930" on the front free endpaper.Overall, a very nice example. 8vo (392 pages, with photo frontispiece, maps, plans, one folding map, 16 tipped-in illustrations) (Cohen A91.1.b) (Woods A37a). Seller Inventory # 142533
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Title: MY EARLY LIFE: A Roving Commission -First ...
Publisher: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London
Publication Date: 1930
Binding: Hardcover (with Dust Jacket)
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
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MY EARLY LIFE: A Roving Commission -First English Edition (Third Printing) -
Published by
Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1930
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Arguably,Winston Churchill's most entertaining book, a memoir of youth and wayward school boyhood -- in fact, the only volume of personal memoirs that Churchill ever wrote. Published in the U.S. under the title, A ROVING COMMISSION. This is a beautiful copy of the Third Printing of the First English edition, which was issued in the year of publication and is identical to the first printing. Bound in smooth pink cloth, this copy retains all of its original vivid pink luster on the front and rear faces, with the notoriously fade-prone spine very modestly faded and not worn or frayed. The binding is square and the contents fine. There is a former-owner name and a Dublin address in ink on the front pastedown, and the name is again inked on the Author's Preface page. Else fine.A handsome example, preserved in an interesting, professionally rendered, card wrapper that appears to preserve fragments of the original dust jacket. 8vo (392 pages, with photo frontispiece, maps, plans, one folding map, 16 tipped-in illustrations) (Cohen A91.1.e) (Woods A37a). Seller Inventory # 143302
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MY EARLY LIFE: A Roving Commission -First English Edition (Second Printing) -
Published by
Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1930
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Arguably,Winston Churchill's most entertaining book, a memoir of youth and wayward school boyhood -- in fact, the only volume of personal memoirs that Churchill ever wrote. Published in the U.S. under the title, A ROVING COMMISSION. This is a beautiful copy of the Second Printing of the First English edition, which was issued in the very month of publication and is identical to the first printing. Bound in rough pink cloth, this copy retains most of its original vivid pink luster on the front and rear faces, with the notoriously fade-prone spine modestly faded but not worn or frayed. The binding is square and the contents fine. There is a tiny vintage Times Book Club sticker on the rear pastedown.A handsome example of a near-first First. 8vo (392 pages, with photo frontispiece, maps, plans, one folding map, 16 tipped-in illustrations) (Cohen A91.1.d) (Woods A37a). Seller Inventory # 143306
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MY EARLY LIFE: A Roving Commission -First English Edition in Dust Jacket-
Published by
Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1930
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Arguably,Winston Churchill's most entertaining book, a memoir of youth and wayward school boyhood -- in fact, the only volume of personal memoirs that Churchill ever wrote. Published in the U.S. under the title, A ROVING COMMISSION. The rarest of the rare: A First English edition in the original dust jacket.The very fragile jacket is intact and retains brilliant pink color on the front and rear faces. The spine color has faded out almost completely but the spine type has not; it remains vivid. There is horizontal loss approximately 2 1/2-inches in length and 1-inch in width along the left upper edge of the front face and jagged vertical loss approximately 1-inch wide and deep at the spine head. The jacket is otherwise in exceptionally good condition, with edge-chips and closed tears that do not detract.The book itself is in beautiful condition, bound in smooth pink cloth that retains most of its glorious original color, with only nominal fading to the fade-prone spine. The binding is the Second State of the First Printing (per Cohen), with the variant five-line title block on the cover and the cancel-half-title listing the first volume of THE WORLD CRISIS that was missing on First State half-title page. The binding is crisp and tight, the corners are razor sharp and the contents are fine and unfoxed.A prize, to be sure. 8vo (392 pages, with photo frontispiece, maps, plans, one folding map, 16 tipped-in illustrations) (Cohen A91.1.b) (Woods A37a). Seller Inventory # 141766
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