Churchill By Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations [Signed by Editor]

Edited by Richard Langworth [Signed by Editor]

ISBN 10: 1586486381 / ISBN 13: 9781586486389

Published by PublicAffairs. New York., 2008

About this Item

Oversized hardcover. Gray paper over boards with black spine, silver lettering on spine. Binding is good and tight. DJ is clean and glossy, wrapped in clear mylar cover. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 2008. 627 pages. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright. This copy includes several print-outs of email exchanges between Chris Sterling and the editor of this book. Signed by editor in black ink on half-title page, inscribed to Chris and dated 11/13. This volume comes from the Churchill collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling was a passionate collector, author, and member of several Churchill Societies. We have several hundred volumes from his collection in other listings as well as in our physical store. Please inquire for a link to the complete catalogue. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that Amazon put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Please email with questions or to request photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Churchill By Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations [Signed by Editor]
• Publisher: PublicAffairs. New York.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586486381
• ISBN 13: 9781586486389
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Churchill

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Synopsis

“Never give in!” Winston Churchill is famous for admonishing: “This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never.” What most people don't know is that when he said this he was addressing not a nation facing the threat of invasion, but a roomful of schoolboys at his old school. A powerful, persuasive speaker and notorious wit, Churchill is one of the twentieth century's most oft-quoted leaders—and one frequently misquoted or quoted out of context. Yet his actual remarks were often much wiser and wittier than reported. Churchill By Himself is the first exhaustive, attributed, and annotated collection of Churchill sayings. Edited by a longtime Churchill scholar and authorized by the Churchill estate, the quotations provide the first wholly accurate record of the esteemed statesman's words.

About the Author

Richard Langworth is the author of A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Winston Churchill and the editor of Finest Hour, the journal of Winston Churchill. He served as president of The Churchill Centre from 1990-99 and has been co-chairman of its Board of Trustees since 2000. A writer of forty books on Churchill and automotive history, he splits his time between Eleuthera, Bahamas, and New Hampshire.