London: Thornton Butterworth, (1937). Third impression, 8vo, 334, (2) pp. 21 black and white photographic portraits, some foxing. Original gilt titled blue buckram, spine sunned. 21 essays reprinted from various newspapers and magazines; the subjects including Chamberlain, Hindenburg, T.E. Lawrence, Trotsky, Hitler and George V. More
London: Cassell, (1967). Third edition, three volumes, 8vo. Ex-library, with two labels and a stamp to each of the front endpapers from Churchill College, Cambridge, one label and the stamp in each volume cancelled. Buckram, d.w.'s, spine slightly browned, a little loss to the foot of that to volume I...... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 498, (2), 32 catalogue pp. Publisher's beige pictorial cloth with detailing in gilt, black and red, an early ownership inscription to the front flyleaf. 4 maps, of which 3 are folding, plus 4 plans in the text. Darkening to the..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. First edition, two volumes, 8vo, (xviii), 564; (x), 531 pp. 18 plates, including photogravure portraits and facsimiles, some light foxing. Original gilt titled maroon cloth, spines sunned and slightly rubbed with signs of a small label being removed from both. Woods A8(a)... More
London: Cassell and Company, (1956-58). First edition, four volumes, 8vo. Cloth, d.w.'s, price clipped, spines and edges slightly browned with some light wear to heads. Woods, A138(a). More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934-38. Four volumes. Mixed impressions, 4th, 2nd, 1st and 1st impressions respectively. Publisher's variant cloth, gilt lettered to the spines. Numerous maps, plans and facsimiles. Uneven sunning to the cloth, spotting to the top and fore edges, else very good. Woods, A40(a). Langworth..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, second state. 8vo. 392 pp. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, contemporary ownership inscription of an A[?] Wentworth-Day of 61 Pall Mall SW1 to the front pastedown. Frontispiece, 16 plates, including a folding map, and 11 illustrations in..... More
London: Cassell & Co., 1948-54. First editions. Six volumes. 8vo. Recent russet half morocco over matching cloth boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the feet, lion rampant device in gilt to the other compartments, top edges gilt. Numerous maps, some folding. An..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-53. Six volumes. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, publisher's gilt titled black spine panels plus Churchill's signature reproduced in gilt to panels on the upper boards, dust jackets. Some edge wear to the jackets occasionally with neat old repairs to the versos, the red of the jacket..... More
London: Cassell & Co., (1948-54). First edition, 6 volumes, 8vo. Numerous maps, some folding. Inscription to fly leaf in volume I and signature to two others. Cloth, d.w.'s, spines faded with a little wear to ends. Woods A123(b). More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., (1941-46). Seven volumes bound in three, first editions, 8vo. Volume I with a frontispiece portrait, volumes II-VI each with a frontispiece and 4 plates, volume VII with 16 plates. Recently bound in red half morocco, t.e.g., an excellent set. More
London: Cassell and Company, 1943-50. Mixed editions. Nine volumes. 8vo. Seven volumes of the war speeches in publisher's blue cloth, the post-war volume in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, three volumes with early inscriptions, dust jackets, early Singapore bookseller's stamp to the front free endpaper of "Victory"..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1942. Second impression thus. 8vo. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, early owner's name to the front pastedown. Numerous maps, charts and illustrations. Minor rubbing to the extremities, very good. First published as five volumes in six by Thornton Butterworth between 1923 and..... More
London: The Educational Book Company, 1956-58. Chartwell edition, four volumes, 8vo. 52 double sided plates and numerous maps. Original blue buckram, a few marks, red morocco spine labels with a little wear. Published simultaneously to the first edition to subscribers, this is the first illustrated edition. More
[N.p.]: Heron Books [by arrangement with] Cassell & Company Ltd., [c. 1970]. Twelve volumes. 8vo. Publisher's faux brown morocco over glossy boards, the upper cover of each volume with a gilt medallion bust of Churchill, spines with raised bands, gilt to the compartments, original owner's name neatly inscribed to the..... More
Rugby: Crossley and Co. & London: Whittaker and Co. [&] George Bell, 1848. 8vo, (iv), 380 pp. Armorial bookplate of the barrister and Conservative M.P. Stanley Leighton with his inscriptions to the endpapers. Contemporary half calf, extremities a little worn. More
Bambergae et Wirceburgi [Bamberg & Würzburg]: Sumtibus Viduae Tobiae Goebbardt, 1796. 8vo, (viii), 220, xi pp, with the final leaf pasted to the rear wrapper. Uncut in near contemporary paper wrappers, some mostly light wear to edges. More
Oxford: At the University Press, 1843. Large 8vo, (iv), 1364 pp. Marbled endpapers, later inscription to fly leaf verso, Harrow School prize label to the paste down. Contemporary diced calf, a.e.g., gilt spine and borders, spine slightly sunned, light rubbing to joints. More
Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1707. First octavo edition. Six parts bound in three volumes. Contemporary panelled calf, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered red spine labels, the armorial bookplate of a John Bloxham ("Pro Patria") dated 1810 to the front pastedown of each volume with his ownership inscription to..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1826, 1827, 1831. Together thirteen volumes, eight for the "History", three for the "Life" and two for the "Religion and Policy". Large 8vo. A handsome and rather curious uniform 19th century binding of full Russia boards with close matching morocco spine and corners, the transition..... More
London: Printed by H.P. for J. Wilford... and T. Jauncy... 1720. 8vo. (xvi), 381, (1) pp. Eighteenth century panelled calf, rebacked with a paler calf calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, early armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of Patrick Hume, "Earl of Marchmont, Viscount of Blasonberry..... More
London: Printed for C. and G. Kingsley, 1794. Seventh edition "with Considerable Improvements". Small 8vo. viii, 335, (1) pp. Late 20th century brown quarter calf over marbled boards, spine flat with gilt rules, gilt lettered black label,gilt tooling to the other panels. Frontispiece portrait, engraved dedication and 40 plates thus..... More
London: W. Foulsham & Co., 1933. 8vo, (xvi), 429, (1) pp. 48 plates, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original green cloth, very slightly rubbed, a very good set. Originally published in 1916 with 15 fewer illustrations. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1966. First edition, 8vo, (x), 241, (3) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine a little darkened, top edge with some minor tears. More
London: Fisher, Son, & Co., [1840]. Three volumes bound in two, 8vo. Frontispieces, engraved titles and 34 plates, portrait of Earl St. Vincent in volume III not present but with a portrait of Lord Keith, not called for, at the beginning of volume I, plus a folding plan of Boulogne..... More