Collection of 9 books by and about Winston S. Churchill

Description: Greetings! Old Saratoga Books is pleased to offer a stack of books by and about Winston S. Churchill: 1) Winston Spencer Churchill: Servant of Crown and Commonwealth, a Tribute by Various Hands Presented to Him on His Eightieth Birthday, edited by Sir James Marchant, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1954, first edition. 172pp. VG/Good. Jacket sunned, partial printed belly band present. Navy cloth binding. 2) Churchill by His Contemporaries, ed. by Charles Eade, London: Hutchinson, 1953, first edition. 528pp. VG. No jacket, boards rubbed, spine sunned. Photos. A collection of biographical essays by various authors, including Compton Mackenzie, A. P. Herbert, G. Bernard Shaw, A. L. Rowse, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ian Fraser, and Malcolm Muggeridge, among many others. Navy cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt on spine. 3) Portrait of Churchill, by Guy Eden, London: Hutchinson and Co., nd. 144pp. VG. No jacket, pages toned, boards lightly sunned and rubbed, corners rounded. Navy cloth binding. Frontispiece photo of Churchill with binoculars and 14 other photo illustrations. Foreword by Rt. Hon. Brendan Bracken. A post-war character sketch of the Prime Minister, published in the 1950s. 4) History of the English-Speaking Peoples, by Winston Churchill, ed. by Henry Steele Commager, NY: Barnes & Noble, 1995. Softcover. VG. Covers lightly rubbed.A one-volume edition of Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples. xiv, 475 pp. Many photos. 5) The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory, 1874-1932, by William Manchester, NY: Dell, 1984. Softcover. Good. Covers and spine creased, pages toned. 973pp. 6) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, 1958. Softcover. 48pp. Good. Covers soiled and toned. Foreword by Dwight D. Eisenhower. A souvenir catalogue of the first exhibition of the Prime Minister's paintings. The show traveled from the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Detroit Institute of Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Gallery of Toronto and Smithsonian Institution. Many color and black and white plates. Analysis of Churchill's art by Alfred Frankfurter. 7) Young Winston: 1874-1898: A Biography Using Stamps, by Dalton Newfield, International Churchill Society, 1990. VG. Blue printed stapled wraps. Many thumbnail black and white photos of stamps. Whole No 6, Educational Series Number 2. Foreword by Richard M. Langworth. 8) Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, by Martin Gilbert, London: Macmillan, 1981, first edition. 279pp. Good/Good. Dampstain along lower boards and jacket. Index, photos, illustrations. Chronicles the years leading up to World War II in which Churchill's Conservative Party was out of power and his warnings about Nazi Germany were unheeded. 9) Proceedings of the Presentation of the Williamsburg Award by the Trustees of Colonial Williamsburg to the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston S. Churchill At Drapers’ Hall, London, December 7, 1955, Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1957. 48pp. Ex-museum library copy in Good condition. Boards sunned and worn at spine, library stamp on rear pastedown, printed presentation card from Colonial Williamsburg taped to front pastedown. Gray paper-covered boards with color inset illustration and gilt stamping on front boards. Many photos. No international shipping on this lot. Thank you for visiting our auctions. Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. We had an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville and now sell books exclusively online. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).

Price: 50 USD

Location: Selkirk, New York

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