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1966138300London: Heinemann 1966-94. Monumental biography First editions first impressions. A complete set comprising eight volumes of the Life plus 13 supplementary volumes which form a unique and extensive source of previously unpublished Churchill material. 21 vols octavo. With black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Original red cloth titles to spines gilt. All with dust jackets. A few vols with spotting to edges one volume with cloth a little marked; a few jackets lightly toned and with minor creasing at extremities one jacket price-clipped one jacket with tiny patch of tape repair on verso. An excellent set. hardcover
1967952P46London; New York: Heinemann; Houghton Mifflin Company 1967-90. First edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated. A set of Winston Churchill's authorised and illustrated biography including volumes signed by Martin Gilbert Clementine Churchill and Randolph Churchill. Nine volumes of Randolph Churchill and Martin Gilbert's impressive biography on Winston Churchill containing Volumes I to V of the biography alongside Volume I Parts I and II and volume II Parts I and II of the companions.This set includes volumes signed by Martin Gilbert Clementine Churchill and Randolph Churchill.These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960 five years before his death he wrote to his son: "I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives".Volume I 'Youth 1874-1900' a 1990 reprint. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-two plates and three folding genealogies. Volume II 'Young Statesman 1901-1914' a 1990 reprint. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two plates.Volume III '1914-1916' a 1990 reprint. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six plates.Volume IV '1916-1922' the 1975 first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two plates.Volume V '1922-1939' the 1976 first edition. Signed by Clementine Churchill to the recto of the front endpaper "With love darling Sylvia from Clemmie". In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two plates.Volume I Companion Part I '1874-1896' the 1967 first edition. Signed by Randolph Churchill to the half-title "Sylvia with love from Randolph 3 July 67". In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Volume I Companion Part II '1896-1900' the 1967 first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Volume II Companion Part I '1901-1907' the 1969 second U.S. printing. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Volume II Companion Part II '1907-1911' the 1969 first edition with Heinemann to the title page but Houghton Mifflin to the tail of the spine. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth bindings Volume I Companion Part II is rebacked in the original dust wrappers all unclipped except for Volume V. Externally generally smart with damp stains to volumes III V Companion I Part I lighter to Volume IV. Light edge wear and handling marks to the dust wrappers. Tidemark to the reverse of the dust wrapper for Volumes III IV and V. Tidemark to the dust wrappers for Companion Volume I Parts I and II. Rubbing to the wraps of Companion Volume II Parts I and II. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with tidemarks to Volumes V IV and III. Good Heinemann; Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
169126London: William Heinemann 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. All 8 Volumes Very Good in Very Good or better dust jackets.; Volume I personalized by Rudolph Churchill Volume III personalized by Martin Gilbert.; Signed by Author. William Heinemann hardcover
8 Main Volumes plus 13 Companion Volumes, together 21 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with titles in red and black, maps and geneaological tables; original cloth, gilt backs, red tops where called for, two or three wrappers with light chafing at edges, a few Companion volumes mildly sunned at backstrips, one Companion volume neatly recased else a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper. The Main Volumes comprise: Vol I: Youth 1874-1900; Vol. II: Young Statesman 1901-1914; Vol. III: 1914-1916; Vol. IV: 1917-1922; Vol. V: 1922-1939; Vol. VI: Finest Hour 1939-1941; Vol. VII: Road to Victory 1941-1945; Vol. VIII: Never Despair 1945-1965. The Companion Volumes comprise Volume I Part 1: 1874-1896; Volume I Part 2: 1896-1900; Volume II Part 1: 1901-1907; Volume II Part 2: 1907-1911; Volume II Part 3: 1911-1914; Volume III Part 1: August 1914-April 1915; Volume III Part 2: May 1915-December 1916; Volume IV Part 1: January 1917-June 1919; Volume IV Part 2: July 1919-March 1921; Volume IV Part 3: April 1921-November 1922; Volume V Part 1: The Exchequer Years 1922-1929; Volume V Part 2: The Wilderness Years 1929-1935; Volume V Part 3: The Coming of War 1936-1939. The dustwrappers of all Main Volumes are the preferred solid colour format. A BRIGHT, NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPER.
1994mon0003377289The Easton Press 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. . 12 volumes. Full dark red leather with gilt lettering and embellishments. Original owner's bookplate on backs of silk moire ffeps. A nice set minor shelf/reading wear spines look gorgeous on a shelf. Pages/boards clean bindings tight. The Easton Press hardcover
8 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 7 portrait frontispieces, titles in red and black, very numerous plates, and many maps and genealogical tables (a number folding); red cloth, gilt backs, red tops (a few tops unevenly faded as usual), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (wrapper of first volume chipped at headband). ALL WRAPPERS ARE THE PREFERRED SOLID COLOUR ISSUES OF THE UNIFORM EDITION. The set comprises: Vol. I: Youth 1874-1900 (1966); Vol. II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 (1967); Vol. III: 1914-1916 (1971); Vol. IV: 1917-1922 (1975); Vol. V: 1922-1939 (1976); Vol. VI: Finest Hour 1939-1941 (1983); Vol. VII: Road to Victory 1941-1945 (1986); Vol. VIII: Never Despair 1945-1965 (1988). Arguably the most important official biography of the twentieth century. The first two volumes were compiled by Winston's son Randolph; following his death in 1968 the torch passed to (later Sir) Martin Gilbert who passed the majority of his career completing the mammoth task.
86879Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1994. Full Leather. Fine. Complete 12 book set of this comprehensive biography; 8 volumes divided into 12 physical books. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Bound into full maroon leather with gilt design lettering and edges. 5 raised bands to spine black spine labels. Moire endpapers silk ribbon book markers. 9 un-used Easton Press bookplates laid-in. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Massive work. Scuff to the bottom gilt edge of the "Finest Hour" volume. Beautiful set. Easton Press unknown
001213BNorwalk CT: The Easton Press 1994. The Easton Press. Leather Bound. Fine. TWELVE VOLUMES COMPLETE. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Published by The Easton Press 1994. A fine set. Collector's Edition with silk moire end papers. No bookplates no signatures. Bound in full leather. All edges gold gilt. All volumes are tight and square. No bumped corners to books. Spine tips are smooth and round. No rubbing to leather. A very heavy set. The Easton Press unknown
1966933Z19London: William Heinemann 1966-1982. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". None stated. A first edition set comprising of the first four volumes of the official biography on Winston Churchill with ten volumes of the companion volumes with a signed set of letters by the author Martin Gilbert. All first edition first impressions. With three letters featuring correspondences between Martin Gilbert and Peter Metcalfe on the creation of the companion volumes with three being signed by Gilbert and one by Metcalfe. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper to all but three volumes which are clipped. A fourteen volume set comprising of four volumes of the biography complete in eight and ten volumes of the companion volumes complete in thirteen. This set includes: "Volume I: Youth 1874-1900" and "Volume II: Young Statesman 1901-1914" by Rudolph S. Churchill and "Volume III: 1914-1916" and "Volume IV" 1917-1922" by Martin Gilbert. and ten volumes of the companion volumes complete in thirteen with this set including; The "Companion Volume I: Part One and Two" "Companion Volume II: Part One and Two" Companion Volume III: Part Two" only "Companion Volume IV: Part One Two and Three" "Companion Volume V: Part Two and Three' only.Illustrated with monochrome frontispieces and monochrome maps to all and thirty-two pages of monochrome plates and three folding tables to 'Volume I' forty-four monochrome plates to 'Volume II' fifty-five to 'Volume III' and fifty-nine to 'Volume IV'. Collated complete. This set features four volumes of the official biography on the important historical figure Winston Churchill with the first two volumes by Randolph Churchill Churchill's son and the other two by Sir Martin Gilbert. The set also includes ten volumes of the companions featuring the documents. In the publisher's original cloths with the original unclipped dust wrappers to all but three vols which are clipped. Externally only the odd minor mark occasional minor bumping and very minimal scattered damp stains to 'Vol IV' otherwise excellent. Wraps to the biographies are smart with sunning to the spines and closed tears to the extremities heaviest to 'Vol II' and the odd slight mark. Wraps to the companions have slight sunning to the covers and spine minor handling marks and minimal edge wear including the odd very small closed tear. Tidemarks to the verso to 'Vol I part 2' and tape repair to Vol I Part 1'. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with light spotting to the odd fore edges. Near Fine William Heinemann hardcover
1967895T42London: William Heinemann 1967-1983. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A collection of first edition part of the companions to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography as well as three volumes of the biography itself. Twelve volumes. First edition. Three consecutive volumes of the authorised autobiography of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill a British statesman soldier and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom with volumes covering the years 1917 to 1941. With nine volumes of the companion texts issued serving as a definitive biography based on documents reserved exclusively for these works. Written by Randolph Spencer-Churchill an English journalist writer and politician who was the only son of Winston S. Churchill and Martin Gilbert a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College Oxford. This set includes: Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume I Parts 1 and 2 1967. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume II Parts 1 2 and 3 1969. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume IV Parts 1 2 and 3 1977. With thirteen in-text maps to each volume. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume V Part I 1979. Winston S. Churchill Volume IV: 1917-1922 1975. Illustrated with a frontispiece fifty-nine black-and-white photographs on plates and thirteen maps. Winston S. Churchill Volume V: 192201939 1976. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-seven black-and-white photographs on plates. Winston S. Churchill Volume VI: 1939-1941 1983. Illustrated with a frontispiece forty-three black-and-white photographs on plates and twenty-two maps. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers are price-clipped other than Companion Volume IV Parts 1 2 and 3 Companion Volume V Part I Winston S. Churchill Volume V and Winston S. Churchill Volume VI which remain unclipped. Wrappers are also smart with minor wear to the extremities and light sunning to the spines. The odd small mark or crease to the panels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Newspaper clippings pasted to the rear pastedown of Companion Volume IV Part 1. Near Fine William Heinemann hardcover
2002mon0003463865Easton Press 2002. Hardcover. Like New. . 6-volume set complete. Full leather covers with gilt decoration and raised bands silk moire endpapers all edges gilt satin-ribbon bookmarks. A set in near fine condition scratch on the foreedge of Churchill. Easton Press hardcover
1966799A48London: Heinemann 1966-76. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6" . Not Stated . A collection of five excellent first editions of this celebrated biography of Sir Winston Churchill by his son Randolph and Martin Gilbert with seven companion volumes. The first editions of this work. A collection of five consecutive volumes of the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill covering from 1874 to 1939. Written in a collaboration between Sir Winston Churchill's son Randolph who finished the first two volumes and continued by historian Martin Gilbert after Randolph's death. With details on Sir Winston Churchill's childhood and early life and career India the River War and more until the coming of the war in vol. V. Including the companion volumes I II and III in seven parts complete. Each volume comes in its unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with frontispieces to each volume and one hundred and fifty eight full page plates maps and illustrations in text. With three folding genealogical tables to vol. I. Collated complete. In the original publisher's full cloth bindings. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Minor faint damp marking to the boards of companion vol. II part III. The dust wrapper is very smart with minor shelf wear and only occasional minor chipping to the head and tail of the spine with some sunning to the spine mostly unclipped. The dust wrapper to vol. II and companion vol. II part II is price-clipped. With a minor staining mark to the tail of the spine of the dust wrapper of part I of the companion vol. II. With tape reinforcements to the externals of the wraps of vol. II. Minor closed tears to the wraps of vol. III and to the rear wraps of part II of the companion vol. II companion vol. III part I. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. With minor cockling and the odd minor handling mark to the leaves of vol. IV due to minor damp damage. Illustrated with frontispieces to each volume and one hundred and fifty eight full page plates maps and illustrations in text. With three folding genealogical tables to vol. I. Collated complete. Very Good Indeed Heinemann hardcover
1966800F24London: Heinemann 1966-1976 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A collection of five illuminating first editions of this celebrated biography of Sir Winston Churchill accompanied by seven companion volumes. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill each in their first edition. These five volumes cover the years between 1874 and 1939 and are accompanied by seven supplementary companion volumes. All twelve volumes are present in the publisher's original dust wrappers.The first two volumes are by the subject's own son Randolph S. Churchill. Following his death in 1968 the later volumes were completed by Martin Gilbert after having previously been approached by Randolph Churchill to do so.These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960 five years before his death he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives'. Also present are Parts 1 and 2 of the companion to volume I Parts 1 2 and 3 of the companion to volume II and Parts 1 and 2 of the companion to volume III.With numerous photographic plates illustrations and folding tables to each of the five biographical volumes. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings with dust wrappers. With dust wrapper price clipped to one biographical volume and one companion volume and price unclipped to remaining ten volumes. Shelf wear to spine heads and tails with the odd instance of bumping. Fading to cloth of back strip and boards of biography volume I and companion to volume III part 2 with boards otherwise bright and clean. Light discolouration to five of the companion volume dust wrappers and sunning to dust wrapper back strip of biographical volume IV. Edge wear to back strip heads and tails with small closed tears to back strip head and tail of 'Companion Volume III Part 2'. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Heinemann hardcover
1966933T52London: Heinemann 1966-1981. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A collection of first and early editions of part of the companions to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography as well as three volumes of the biography itself. With letters from the authors. Eleven volumes. First edition. With two letters from the authors or written on their behalf addressed to Peter Metcalfe. The first of which is a letter from Michael Wolff on behalf of Randolph S. Churchill dated 3rd February 1966 expressing thanks for sending a letter from Sir Winston Churchill to Mr. James Pond which had been in his possession. The second of which is a letter from Sir Martin Gilbert dated 25th September 2011 containing information on Gilbert's corps details. Three consecutive volumes of the authorised autobiography of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill a British statesman soldier and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom with volumes covering the years 1874 to 1916. With eight volumes of the companion texts issued serving as a definitive biography based on documents reserved exclusively for these works. Written by Randolph Spencer-Churchill an English journalist writer and politician who was the only son of Winston S. Churchill and Martin Gilbert a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College Oxford. This set includes: Winston S. Churchill: Youth 1874-1900 1966. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-two plates eight maps and three folding tables to the rear. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman 1901-1914 1967. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-two plates and two maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Volume III 1914-1916 1971. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-two plates and twenty maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume I Parts 1 and 2 1967. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume II Part 1 1969. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume III Part 2 1972. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume IV Parts 1 2 and 3 1977. With thirteen in-text maps to each volume. Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume V Part 2 1979. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than Winston S. Churchill Companion Volume IV Part 2 which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor sunning to the spines. Large loss to the rear panel and fly leaf of Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed Heinemann hardcover
1966mon0000945379Heinemann 1966-1976. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Heinemann 1966-1976. Five volumes. Bindings firm. Pages clean and bright no markings. Unclipped Dust Jackets. All fold-outs present. Heinemann hardcover
2002324731Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1967801A7London: Heinemann 1967-72. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine. 9" by 6" . None . A collection of three first editions in six parts of the companions to Winston S. Churchill's authorised biography by Randolph Churchill and Martin Gilbert. The first editions of this work. A collection of six consecutive volumes of the companions to the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill covering from 1874 to 1915. Written in a collaboration between Sir Winston Churchill's son Randolph who finished the first two volumes and continued by historian Martin Gilbert after Randolph's death. With details on Sir Winston Churchill's childhood and early life and career India the River War and more until the political crisis of 1915. Each volume comes in its unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some minor damp marking to the boards of vol. II part 2 and vol. III part 1. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Heinemann hardcover
1966023794London: William Heinemann. 7 volume set of 8; lacking vol.8 'Never Despair 1945-1965'. Uniform set. 1st printings 1966-86. 608; 775; 988; 1308; 1167; 1308; 1417pp. Vol.1: Youth 1874-1900; vol.2: Young Statesman 1901-1914; vol.3: 1914-1916; vol.4: 1917-1922; vol.5: 1922-1939; vol.6: Finest Hour 1939-1942; vol.7: Road to Victory 1941-1945. All vols NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE copies light foxing to some page edges vol.5 has tiny ink number on ffep vol.1 jacket has small nick to bottom corner vols.12 jacket have some slight colour bleeding from red cloth to inner side only now preserved in archival jacket protectors . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1966. William Heinemann hardcover
1975801J9London: Heinemann 1975-77. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A near fine first edition copy of Volume VI of Martin Gilbert's celebrated biography of Winston S. Churchill including Part 1 and Part 3 Companion Volumes. Presenting a near fine copy of Volume VI of Martin Gilbert's celebrated extensive biography of Sir Winston S. Churchill. Volume VI covers 1917 to 1922 the post World War I period. Also including Part 1 and Part 3 Companion Volumes to Volume VI. Companion Volume Part 1 includes noted documents letters and other useful sources between the years 1917 and 1919 and Companion Volume Part 3 includes noted documents letters and other useful sources between April 1921 and November 1922. All first editions of these works. These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960 five years before his death he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives'. With numerous photographic plates illustrations and maps. Collated complete. In the publisher"s original red cloth binding. Externally lovely with just minor shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with minor edgewear. Dust wrappers to Part 1 and 3 Companion Volumes are slightly age-toned to the exteriors. Internally all volumes firmly bound. Pages remain bright and clean. Near Fine Heinemann hardcover
1989163366London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Ill fitting front flap.; Signed by author on title page.; 9.9 X 7.3 X 2.2 inches; 832 pages; Signed by Author. Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover
1966945T17London: Heinemann 1966-1976. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. An illustrated set of the first five volume of Winston Churchill's authorized biography detailing his life from birth to the start of the Second World War. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill of the complete eight volume set. Three consecutive volumes of the authorised autobiography of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill a British statesman soldier and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom with volumes covering the years 1874 to 1916. Written by Randolph Spencer-Churchill an English journalist writer and politician who was the only son of Winston S. Churchill and Martin Gilbert a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College Oxford. These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960 five years before his death he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives'. This set includes: Winston S. Churchill: Youth 1874-1900 1966. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-two plates eight maps and three folding tables to the rear. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman 1901-1914 1968. Later printing. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-two plates and two maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Volume III 1914-1916 1977. Later printing. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-two plates and twenty maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Volume IV 1975. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-two plates and thirteen maps. Collated complete. Winston S. Churchill: Volume V 1976. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two plates. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrappers are also very smart with minor wear to the extremities and sunning to the spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine Heinemann hardcover
1983360611Houghton Mifflin 1983. First American. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Volume IV only. Signed twice. Square and tight in clean unblemished navy tan and red cloth with undimmed gilt spine lettering. Corners very gently bumped. Edges very gently toned. Endpapers clean/bright. Pages bright and unmarked. VG- clipped jacket clean with light wear to bottom edge. Head/tail of spine very lightly chipped. .25' semi-crescent shaped closed tear on bottom of front panel by spine edge. Two light creases .5' and 2' beside the mentioned closed tear. Red lettering on spine lightly faded. Limited to 500 copies. Stated First American Edition with full number line. Signed legibly in black ink on Limited Edition page and in blue ink on title page. A handsome collectible copy. In mylar. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1966978H37London: Heinemann 1966-1983. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Various. A five-volume collection of first editions of the official multi-volume biography of Winston Churchill in original cloth and dust wrappers richly illustrated with plates throughout. First editions.In the publisher's original cloth bindings complete with the original dust wrappers all but one of which remain unclipped.Illustrated with numerous photographic plates illustrations and folding tables to each volume. Collated complete. A collection of five early volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill in the publisher's original dust wrappers and each in their first edition.Volume V is absent from this collection. This set includes: Volume I Youth 1874-1900 1966. Volume II Young Statesman 1874-1900 1966. Volume III 1814-1916 1971. Volume IV 1917-1922 1975. Volume VI Finest Hour 1939-1941 1983. With the complete eight volumes published between 1966 and 1988 the first two volumes are by the subject's own son Randolph S. Churchill. Following his death in 1968 the later volumes were completed by Martin Gilbert after having previously been approached by Randolph Churchill to do so. These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960 five years before his death he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives'. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart. Slight rubbing to boards and extremities. Slight spotting and fading to perimeters of boards. Slight rubbing to boards. Dust wrappers smart. "Finest Hour" clipped. and The odd small chip and closed tear to extremities. Slight rubbing and bumping resulting in one or two small creases. Dust wrapper of "Young Statesman" more worn than others with tape repairs to extremities one or two closed tears and slight loss at lower corner o front wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two handling marks and spots heavier to fore edges. Very Good Indeed Heinemann hardcover
1982002966London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1982. First edition. Hardcover. This is the British first edition of Companion Volume V Part 3 of the Official Biography of Sir Winston Churchill. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert is an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life comprising eight mammoth main text volumes and - so far - seventeen accompanying document or "Companion" volumes. The eight main text volumes were originally published between 1966 and 1988. Publication of the Companion volumes was completed in 2019. <br /> <br />This is the rarest most keenly sought and most prohibitive to acquire of the Official Biography Companion volumes. The British first edition saw just a single printing in England and the Volume V Companions were published in smaller quantities than other Companion volumes - meaning that many British first edition Official Biography sets will forever do without. The third is the rarest of the three Volume V Companions. <br /> <br />Here is the British first edition only printing a near fine example in a very good dust jacket. The red cloth binding is square clean and tight with sharp corners bright spine gilt and no concavity to the massive spine. We note light shelf wear to the bottom edge and a hint of wrinkling at the spine ends. The contents are clean and bright with no spotting and no previous ownership marks. The red-stained top edge retains deep unfaded color. The dust jacket is clean bright and complete with no tears or losses and still retains the original front flap price. What prevents our grading the dust jacket higher than "very good" is wrinkling and light creasing to the spine. Note that this wrinkling is barely discernible beneath the removable archival quality clear dust jacket protector. Please note that this large heavy book may require additional postage. <br /> <br />Reference: Zoller A302e3 <br/><br/> William Heinemann Ltd. hardcover
1986163134Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1986. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Ink blot on side text block edge. Light shelf wear on front panel.; Signed by author on title page.; 9.0 X 6.1 X 2.6 inches; Signed by Author. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
