Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, C.H, M.P., Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill by CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965)

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. Cover: blue cloth on board with gilt titles; mild rubbed wear and light dusting of soiling. Edges: old yellowing and faint few only foxing. Greying to head edge. Thin bumping to head & foot of spine. Soft rubbing and tiny bumping to fore corners. Name & 1940 to head ffep. B/w illustration of Winston S. Churchill on frontispiece. Light foxing to many pages albeit mostly to the margins. Binding is very good. 466p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1938. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. Pp. 466, frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board with double rule border in blind, boards lightly marked, spine slightly faded; top edges blue/grey; pencilled ownership inscription on title page, half-title page and lower blank offset and browned, edges of leaves lightly browned; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1938. First edition. Cohen A107; Woods A44(a). *Texts of 41 speeches by Churchill on foreign affairs and national defence, delivered between October 1928 and March 1938, mostly to the House of Commons.

London: George G. Harrap, 1938-1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 466 p. 23 cm. Frontispiece portrait of Churchill. Blue cloth hardcover in mylar-covered rare yellow dustjacket. Jacket has light soiling and small tears. Spine darkened with chip at head. Front flap unclipped. Ink inscription on front free endpaper is that of J. L. Rudd, 345 Island Park Drive, Ottawa, who signed Dec. 9 1940. Discolouration to half-title and rear leaf. Faint offsetting to title. These speeches, published just after he became prime minister, are the precursors to Churchill's great war speeches. Spanning the years 1928 to 1938, the speeches criticize British foreign policy and warn of the upcoming danger of another war. The world will always remember the resolute war leader to whom Britain turned when facing invasion, but many forget the years leading up to World War II when Churchill made impassioned, eloquent and largely unheeded warning speeches about the increasing power of Nazi Germany. Only 5,000 copies of… Read More

London: George G. Harrap, 1938. First edition of this collection of speeches, signed by Churchill's son Randolph, who was the editor of this volume. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Signed on the front free endpaper, "Inscribed by Randolph S. Churchill." In near fine condition.