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1945007168London: Punch 1945. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles author of Churchill in Punch Unicorn Publishing Group 2022. His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog describe and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. <br /> <br />This cartoon titled "THE CAVALIERS." appeared thus at the top of page 1 of the 3 January 1945 issue of Punch - the first issue of 1945. The artist is Bernard Partridge. The cartoon rather sunnily features the wartime Allied triumvirate of Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph Stalin and Winston S. Churchill as three musketeers. By the end of the year the war would be won Roosevelt dead and Churchill voted out of office and the victory already fracturing into what would become the Cold War with only Stalin remaining at the helm of his nation. <br /> <br />Punch or The London Charivari began featuring Churchill cartoons in 1900 when his political career was just beginning. That political career would last two thirds of a century see him occupy Cabinet office during each of the first six decades of the twentieth century carry him twice to the premiership and further still into the annals of history as a preeminent statesman. And throughout that time Punch satirized Churchill in cartoons more than 600 of them the work of more than 50 different artists. <br /> <br />It was a near-perfect relationship between satirists and subject. That Churchill was distinctive in both persona and physical appearance helped make him easy to caricature. To his persona and appearance he added myriad additional satirical temptations not just props like his cigars siren suits V-sign and hats but also a variety of ancillary avocations and vocations like polo painting brick-laying and writing. All these were skewered as well. <br /> <br />Some Punch cartoons were laudatory some critical and many humorous like the man himself. Nearly always Churchill was distinctly recognizable a larger-than-life character whose presence caricature served only to magnify. <br/><br/> Punch unknown
1994Q-0312111568St. Martin's Press 1994-10-15. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! St. Martin's Press hardcover
1908007074London: Punch 1908. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles author of Churchill in Punch Unicorn Publishing Group 2022. His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog describe and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. <br /> <br />This cartoon titled "THE CABINET CHERUBS appeared thus on p.134 of the 22 April 1908 issue of Punch. The artist is Bernard Partridge. The cartoon is captioned "After Reynolds". The cartoon depicts the young members of the new Asquith Cabinet - the first of many Cabinets to which Churchill would be appointed. The image is modeled after Joshua Reynolds's painting "A Cherub Head in Different Views" currently at the Tate Britain Acc. No. N00182. The figures are clockwise from lower left Reginald McKenna Winston Churchill Lloyd George Viscount Morley and Sir Edward Grey. <br /> <br />Punch or The London Charivari began featuring Churchill cartoons in 1900 when his political career was just beginning. That political career would last two thirds of a century see him occupy Cabinet office during each of the first six decades of the twentieth century carry him twice to the premiership and further still into the annals of history as a preeminent statesman. And throughout that time Punch satirized Churchill in cartoons more than 600 of them the work of more than 50 different artists. <br /> <br />It was a near-perfect relationship between satirists and subject. That Churchill was distinctive in both persona and physical appearance helped make him easy to caricature. To his persona and appearance he added myriad additional satirical temptations not just props like his cigars siren suits V-sign and hats but also a variety of ancillary avocations and vocations like polo painting brick-laying and writing. All these were skewered as well. <br /> <br />Some Punch cartoons were laudatory some critical and many humorous like the man himself. Nearly always Churchill was distinctly recognizable a larger-than-life character whose presence caricature served only to magnify. <br/><br/> Punch unknown
1958032630London: Chatto & Windus 1958. 254p. original blue cloth lightly sunfaded on the spine. Chatto & Windus unknown books
19768999849Greenwood Press 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN:0837186625 Greenwood Press hardcover
19768610877Praeger Publishers Inc 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item200grams ISBN:0837186625 Praeger Publishers Inc hardcover
19102283824Grant Richards Ltd 1910. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. No jacket board corners lightly bumped. 1910 Hard Cover. xvi 288 pp. With 100 illustrations from photographs. A history of aerial craft. CONTENTS: Part I--Balloons; Part II--Airships; Part III--Heavier-Than-Air Machines Kites Gliders and Aeroplanes. Grant Richards, Ltd hardcover books
1955014807New York: Random House 1955. 1st Printing. ix 307p. slightly chipped dj. Random House unknown books
1953871T4London: Faber and Faber Limited 1953. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". V. H. Drummond. A smart first edition of this instructive tale from Eric Partridge with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated throughout. An instructive and entertaining work on the art of story-telling with reference to the "Shaggy Dog" story its origin and the ways in which it has developed and changed over time. Written by Eric Partridge a New Zealand-British lexicographer of English slang. Illustrated by Violet Hilda Drummond a British children's author and illustrator. Previously held in the library of Nicholas Wall an English judge President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine Faber and Faber Limited hardcover
196352268London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo pp. 182; pencil checkmarks in the margins and with more extensive pencil notes on the rear endpapers almost certainly the notes of his sometimes collaborator and professor of English at the University of Minnesota John W. Clark who is also one of the five dedicatees of this book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Partridge "John from Eric iocundum in amicitiam 28 January 1963." Also with the price on the dust jacket crossed out by Partridge. Fine copy in the dust jacket. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch unknown books
196323243NY: Oxford University Press 1963. Hardcover. Very good. 177pp index. Page edges foxed otherwise very good in a slightly darkened jacket. Prelims foxed otherwise internally very good. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
196344232New York: Oxford University Press 1963. First American edition 8vo pp. 182; of The Language Library series edited by Eric Partridge; small tear at lower edge of half title else near fine in original grey cloth with gilt-lettered cloth in pink dust jacket spine a bit faded. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
196351547London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. very good . 182p octavo. A very good copy in grey cloth boards upper corners bumped. Inscribed by author to fellow editor/author John Tyree Fain on first free end paper. Extensive underlining and notes in pencil throughout appear to be from Fain. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover
196352268London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo pp. 182; pencil checkmarks in the margins and with more extensive pencil notes on the rear endpapers almost certainly the notes of his sometimes collaborator and professor of English at the University of Minnesota John W. Clark who is also one of the five dedicatees of this book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Partridge "John from Eric iocundum in amicitiam 28 January 1963." Also with the price on the dust jacket crossed out by Partridge. Fine copy in the dust jacket. Andre Deutsch unknown
19769878430University Of Virginia Press 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:0813906199 University Of Virginia Press hardcover
191719-1122Philadelphia: The Penn Pub. Co. 1917. 1917 356pp illus. red cloth w/ gilt lettering & w/ pastedown to front cover includes a tipped in letter from the author dated 1946 slight sun fading to spine slight shelfwear to cover light soiling ot pg edges previous owner's note to rear free ep & rear flyleaf has been removed no djcontents clean. Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket. The Penn Pub. Co. Hardcover
1928007150London: Punch 1928. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles author of Churchill in Punch Unicorn Publishing Group 2022. His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog describe and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. <br /> <br />This cartoon titled "ST. WINSTON AND THE BRITISH LION." appeared thus on p.435 of the 18 April 1928 issue of Punch. The artist is Bernard Partridge. The cartoon is captioned "MR. PUNCH PRESENTS THE ABOVE CARTOON IN CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF ALBRECHT DURER." In the cartoon as the British Lion rests watchfully at Churchill's feet Churchill - then Chancellor of the Exchequer - works diligently on the budget. Of note are the knives and scissors and the hour glass showing time running out. Albrecht Durer 1471-1548 like Churchill a Renaissance man was a German printer and printmaker known to da Vinci and Raphael. <br /> <br />When this cartoon was published Churchill was a dozen years and an unrecognizable world away from his wartime premiership - a premiership that saw him become indelibly associated with the British Lion ubiquitous in British heraldry for the better part of a thousand years. The association with Churchills rumbling oratory and implacably steadfast wartime leadership was perhaps inevitable. The iconic photographic portrait of Churchill taken on 30 December 1941 by Yousef Karsh among the most famous photographic images of the twentieth century - came to be known as The Roaring Lion. Years later in remarks on his 80th birthday in 1954 Churchill would remark on his legacy: It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lions heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. <br /> <br />Punch or The London Charivari began featuring Churchill cartoons in 1900 when his political career was just beginning. That political career would last two thirds of a century see him occupy Cabinet office during each of the first six decades of the twentieth century carry him twice to the premiership and further still into the annals of history as a preeminent statesman. And throughout that time Punch satirized Churchill in cartoons more than 600 of them the work of more than 50 different artists. <br /> <br />It was a near-perfect relationship between satirists and subject. That Churchill was distinctive in both persona and physical appearance helped make him easy to caricature. To his persona and appearance he added myriad additional satirical temptations not just props like his cigars siren suits V-sign and hats but also a variety of ancillary avocations and vocations like polo painting brick-laying and writing. All these were skewered as well. <br /> <br />Some Punch cartoons were laudatory some critical and many humorous like the man himself. Nearly always Churchill was distinctly recognizable a larger-than-life character whose presence caricature served only to magnify. <br/><br/> Punch unknown
1939627931939. PARTRIDGE Eric. An Original Issue of "THE SPECTATOR" together with the story of the famous periodical and its founders Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. CA: Grabhorn Press/Book Club of CA 1939. 4to. beige cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards paper label. Fine with just a hint of sun one small patch of rubbing at the rear board. unknown books
19411515601941. Souvenir typescript of the the United States' "Declaration of War on Germany December 11 1941" signed by eleven World War II generals. One page typed. Boldly signed with their rank beneath by eleven generals in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force who participated in World War II. In fine condition with mail folds. The piece measures 8.5 inches by 11 inches. United States Army: Alfred M. Gruenther 1899-1983 U.S. Army General. Nicknamed - The Brain' Gruenther was instrumental in planning the Allied invasions of North Africa in 1942 and Italy in 1943. Ralph C. Smith 1893-1998 U.S. Army Major General signed as "Ralph C. Smith / Maj Gen. US ARMY. RET." Smith commanded forces in the Pacific Theater and was tasked with the defense of the Hawaiian Islands. Maxwell D. Taylor 1901-1987 U.S. Army General. Taylor served with distinction in Sicily Italy Normandy and the Netherlands and was the commander of the 101st Airborne Division - The Screaming Eagles.' James Van Fleet 1892-1992 U.S. Army General. Van Fleet's leadership during the Utah Beach landings on D-Day earned him a Distinguished Service Cross. James M. Gavin 1907-1990 U.S. Army Lieutenant General. Gavin trained paratroopers of gliders and parachutes all over the European Theater. Matthew B. Ridgway 1895-1993 U.S. Army General. Ridgway commanded the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II and later led U.N. forces in Korea reversing the tide against Chinese offensives. United States Air Force: Ira C. Eaker 1896-1987 U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General. Eaker successfully advocated for precision daylight bombing of industrial and military targets in Germany in conjunction with Royal Air Force night raiding. Elwood - Pete' Quesada 1904-1993 U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General. Quesada perfected methods of obtaining real-time information for combined air-ground missions including the use of pilot air controllers in tanks and the use of early warning radar. Earle E. - Pat' Partridge 1900-1990 U.S. Air Force General signed as "E.E. Partridge / General U.S. Air Force ret." Partridge oversaw Air Force actions in the Pacific Theater notably in Okinawa. Dean C. Strother 1908-2000 U.S. Air Force General. Strother was sent on missions in the Pacific Theater in Italy and to the Soviet Union to assist the Soviets on the Eastern Front. Lauris Norstad 1907-1988 U.S. Air Force General. Norstad was a key planner of Allied air strategy in World War II and later served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe during the early Cold War. The United States declared war against Germany on December 11 1941 just hours after receiving Germany's declaration of war on the United States. Pub. L 77-331 originally signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Vice President Henry Wallace and House Speaker Sam Rayburn had been passed unanimously in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Of course this war declaration set the stage for the signers' illustrious military careers during World War II. unknown
193152261London: Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press 1931. 8vo pp. vii 1 383; original red cloth spine lettered in gilt; 2 ink stains on fore-edge extending slightly into the margins else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. The first through third editions of this popular volume were each limited to 1000 copies. <br/><br/> Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
193050393London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press 1930. 8vo pp. vii 1 222 2; orange cloth title gilt direct on spine top edge stained green; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
193052262London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press 1930. 8vo pp. vii i; 222 2; original red cloth gilt-lettered spine; spine a bit soiled and covers slightly spotted; all else very good. <br/><br/> Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
193042173London: Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press 1930. First edition limited to 1000 copies 8vo pp. vii 1 200 1; original orange cloth some soiling gilt-lettered spine; spine faded preliminaries a bit foxed else very good. The first of Eric Partridge's slang dictionaries. <br/><br/> Eric Partridge Ltd. at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
1931WRCLIT84756London: Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press 1931. vi2383pp. Large thick octavo. Gilt lettered light orange cloth. Slight fading to the cloth but a very good copy in somewhat worn frayed and faded dust jacket. Third edition revised "and very much enlarged." The first edition appeared in 1930 and each of the three editions consisted of 1000 copies. The binding bears the spine imprint "Milford" at the toe but OCLC/Worldcat does not record copies actually published under the Humphrey Milford imprint. Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press hardcover books
1930450134London : E. Partridge ltd. at the Scholartis press 1930. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: vii 222 p. 22 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. World War 1914-1918 Songs and music. War-songs English. World War 1914-1918 Language New words slang etc. English language Slang ; Dictionaries. London : E. Partridge ltd., at the Scholartis press hardcover