Addresses Delivered...by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill
Ransohoffs, San Francisco, 1940 (Grabhorn Press), The full title is Addresses Delivered in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty to the People of Great Britain, of France, and to the Members of the English House of Commons, by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill This lavish production was printed and bound by the Grabhorn Press on heavy handmade paper in 2 colours on large 10.5 x 15.5 inch pages. Five of Churchill’s speeches from 1940 are published herein, including some of his best known such as “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”, and “the few”. The colophon at rear states that a total of 250 copies were printed. See Langworth p. 244. Cohen A133. This hardbound book by Churchill is missing from nearly all collections. Clean bright copy, cloth sides and canvas spine good colours, spine label undamaged with bright gilt. Rear endpaper has a number of tiny cracks. Bookplate on front pastedown. A superior copy of book that does not age well. (A). Item #24075
Price: $400.00