My Early Life
Fontana, London, 1965, paperback. Fifth impression in red blue and black on white cover with Union flag design. Front cover creased, contents crisp. (ICS A37j). Item #26058 More
Fontana, London, 1965, paperback. Fifth impression in red blue and black on white cover with Union flag design. Front cover creased, contents crisp. (ICS A37j). Item #26058 More
Montreal, Reprint Society of Canada, hardcover. Similar to the English reprint Society issue, but a more tan coloured cloth. This “book club” constitutes the first Canadian edition, and is a modern rarity, actually far scarcer than first editions. Cohen identifies two states, this is the first without l,ogo on the..... Item #24190 More
Odhams Press, London, 1948, hardcover. Postwar reprint, new setting 373 pages, index, photos, maps and plans. Bound in bright red cloth decorated with gilt and black panels. Book is worn wirg a slant to the spine and copndensation marks on the cloth. Dustrwapper is edgeworn with losses at spoine ends..... Item #30172 More
Toronto, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1930, This is the very scarce Canadian first edition. It consists of an unchanged Thornton Butterworth English first, wrapper in a modified dustwrapper that identifies the Canadian publisher and has a price of $4.50 printed on the spine. See Langworth p. 132-3 for details. Book..... Item #50098 More
Thornton Butterworth, London, 1930, The first edition of Churchill’s autobiography. Bound in a pinkish purple cloth that is very prone to wear and fading. 392 pages, index, illustrated with photos maps and drawings. A number of variants are known. There are either 11 or 12 titles listed on the half..... Item #50100 More
Montreal, Reprint Society of Canada, 1948, Similar to the English reprint Society issue, but a more tan coloured cloth. This “book club” constitutes the first Canadian edition, and is a modern rarity, actually far scarcer than first editions. Book is crisp, unworn, deep blue color on top edges, no names..... Item #50112 More
Macmillan, London, 1942, Later printing of the Macmillan edition. Bound in navy cloth stamped in gilt. 392 pages, same setting and illustrations as first edition. Book has several faint stains on covers, gift label on pastedown, gilt bright, contents clean, no DJ. Item #50263 More
Simon & Schuster, NY, 1996, paperback. Trade size paperback, adds a new introduction by William Manchester, likely his last published writing on Churchill. Covers are dark blue and tan, with several photos of Churchill. xxiii + 372 pages. Fine fresh softcover, spine never creased, no names, no markings. (A37n)... Item #35288
ISBN: 0684823454 More
Montreal, Reprint Society of Canada, 1948, Similar to the English reprint Society issue, but a more tan coloured cloth. This “book club” constitutes the first Canadian edition, and is a modern rarity, actually far scarcer than first editions. Woods A37fb, Cohen A91.10.a. Book is a fine crisp copy, no wear..... Item #36649 More
Simon & Schuster, NY, 1996, paperback. Trade size paperback, adds a new introduction by William Manchester, likely his last published writing on Churchill. Covers are dark blue and tan, with several photos of Churchill. xxiii + 372 pages. Very good lightly handled book, no names, no markings in text. (A37n)..... Item #36772
ISBN: 0684823454 More
Mandarin, London, 1990, paperback. A new setting done in 1990 by Leo Cooper, photoreduced for this paperback issue, 385 pages, uniform style as other Mandarin 1990’s paperbacks, 5 x 7.75 inches, this one in striking bright yellow covers Fine fresh clearly unused copy, no craesing in bright unfaded spine, no..... Item #36879
ISBN: 074930202X More
Scribners, NY, 1972, paperback. Trade size paperback, this impression has a new cover design in red and black with a photo of Churchill in uniform from the Boer War in 1900. Books shows some use, cover has slight wrinkle, spots on page edges, binding tight, nio names or markings. (A37h)..... Item #36883
ISBN: 0684717352 More
Odhams Press, London, 1947, hardcover. Postwar reprint, new setting, 373 pages, index, photos, maps and plans. Bound in bright red cloth decorated with gilt and black panels. Book is cklean and tight, with exceptionally bright gilt stamping on spine and cover. sopme minor losses at spine ends, and a closed..... Item #36915 More
Mandarin, London, 1990, paperback. A new setting done in 1990 by Leo Cooper, photoreduced for this paperback issue, 385 pages, uniform style as other Mandarin 1990’s paperbacks, 5 x 7.75 inches, this one in striking bright yellow covers Book is tight, very clean, no names, slight wrinkle to corners of..... Item #36944
ISBN: 074930202X More
Thornton Butterworth, London, 1930, The first edition of Churchill’s autobiography. Bound in a pinkish purple cloth that is very probe to wear and fading. 392 pages, index, illustrated with photos maps and drawings. A number of variants are known. This copy has 12 lines on the half title, is bound..... Item #32316 More
Charnwood (Ulverscroft), Leicester, 1992, hardcover. Large print edition produced from the Leo Cooper edition. Bound in illustrated hard covers, intended for the library market. This copy is ex-library, but no visible markings on spine or covers. Usual stamps and pocket inside. Shows use and binding is loose. (A37p). Item #35422
ISBN: 0708986714 More
NY, Manor Books, 1972, paperback. This mass market size paperback features a cover photo of Simon Ward in the film Young Winston. 372 pages. Clean copy, some cracks on spine. (A37k36835). Item #36835
ISBN: B000FEC9JQ More
Thornton Butterworth, London, 1940, This later impression produced to cash in on the popularity of the new Prime Minister. Bound like the last keystone edition in pale lilac cloth, gilt stamped only on spine. 392 pages, index, illustrated with photos maps and drawings. Book is clean, unworn, spine unfaded, gilt..... Item #50096 More
Scribners, NY, 1951, hardcover. Later printing of the third American edition of Churchill’s autobiography. This edition eliminates the Dorothy Thompson introduction and the index. Bound in grey cloth with gilt titles. 370 pages. Cloth is clean and unworn, gilt on spine a bit dull but clearly readable. Binding firm, contents..... Item #27112 More
Scribners, NY, 1951, hardcover. Later printing of the third American edition of Churchill’s autobiography. This edition eliminates the Dorothy Thompson introduction and the index. Bound in grey cloth with gilt titles. 370 pages. Book is crisp and unworn, a stain dribbles down front cver an inch from edge, contents fine..... Item #28480 More
Scribners, NY, 1944, hardcover. Third printing of the third American edition of Churchill’s autobiography. This edition eliminates the Dorothy Thompson introduction and the index. Bound in bright blue cloth with silver titles. Original cloth clean, slight colour shift on spine, titles still clear. Binding firm, contents clean, some toning to..... Item #29090 More
Scribners, NY, 1930, The first American edition of Churchill’s autobiography. Bound in a smooth red cloth which has proved very prone to fading on the spine. 377 pages, illustrated with photos, maps and drawings. There were two impressions in 1930. Only the first has the A code on the copyright..... Item #50097 More
Scribners, NY, 1941, Third printing of the second American edition with introduction by journalist Dorothy Thompson. Book has good color, a few faint smudges on cover, silver stamping shiny, but slight flaking. Page edges even, unspotted, slightly tanned. Dustjacket is correct blue/orange, unclipped, spine slightly sunned, loss along the fold..... Item #50271 More
Scribner’s, NY, 1944, Third printing of the third American edition of Churchill’s autobiography. This edition eliminates the Dorothy Thompson introduction and the index. Bound in bright blue cloth with silver titles. Book is clean, tight, bright silver stamping, no names, no spots. Dustwrapper is unclipped, still has good red areas..... Item #36608 More
Scribners, NY, 1930, 2nd impsn. The second printing of the first American edition of Churchill’s autobiography, identified by the lack of a “A” code on the copyright page, Bound in a smooth red cloth which has proved very prone to fading on the spine. 377 pages, illustrated with photos, maps..... Item #36549 More