Winston Churchill, Being an account of the life of the Right Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
by By "Ephesian" (C.E.Bechhofer Roberts)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Mills & Boon, Limited, 1927. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of an early biography of Churchill that concludes during his service as Chancellor of the Exchequer. It provides an interesting view of Churchill in mid-career.
Condition is good. The navy cloth binding is tight with unfaded color and bright gilt on the front cover and spine. The binding shows some wear and scuffing, including bumps to the lower corners, wear to the bottom edges, joints, and spine ends, and a mild forward lean. The contents show mild age-toning. We find no previous ownership marks and trivial spotting appears confined to the prelims.
"Certainly no Party of which he is a member - be it a political Party or a dinner-party - ever lacks the spur of his stimulating personality. Age, if he ever grows old - which seems extremely doubtful - must mellow him... He no longer takes himself with such preternatural seriousness as in earlier years, but he is taken far more seriously by the world."
Published in late September 1927, the book was popular enough for a second edition the same year (really a second printing of the first edition), a third revised edition in 1936, and a fourth revised edition issued by a different publisher in 1940. It is quite interesting that the Churchill of 1927 drew this biographical attention with his "wilderness years" of the 1930s, two premierships, and the better part of four decades of his life still ahead of him. Clearly Churchill was aware of the book: He wrote to the author on Chartwell stationery dated 29 September 1927 (one day before publication of the book): "Although I would rather that nothing of this kind had been published, yet I should like to recognise the great consideration and courtesy with which you have treated me, and to thank you for all the friendly things you say".
Reference: Zoller A11.a
Condition is good. The navy cloth binding is tight with unfaded color and bright gilt on the front cover and spine. The binding shows some wear and scuffing, including bumps to the lower corners, wear to the bottom edges, joints, and spine ends, and a mild forward lean. The contents show mild age-toning. We find no previous ownership marks and trivial spotting appears confined to the prelims.
"Certainly no Party of which he is a member - be it a political Party or a dinner-party - ever lacks the spur of his stimulating personality. Age, if he ever grows old - which seems extremely doubtful - must mellow him... He no longer takes himself with such preternatural seriousness as in earlier years, but he is taken far more seriously by the world."
Published in late September 1927, the book was popular enough for a second edition the same year (really a second printing of the first edition), a third revised edition in 1936, and a fourth revised edition issued by a different publisher in 1940. It is quite interesting that the Churchill of 1927 drew this biographical attention with his "wilderness years" of the 1930s, two premierships, and the better part of four decades of his life still ahead of him. Clearly Churchill was aware of the book: He wrote to the author on Chartwell stationery dated 29 September 1927 (one day before publication of the book): "Although I would rather that nothing of this kind had been published, yet I should like to recognise the great consideration and courtesy with which you have treated me, and to thank you for all the friendly things you say".
Reference: Zoller A11.a
Details
- Bookseller
- Churchill Book Collector (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007347
- Title
- Winston Churchill, Being an account of the life of the Right Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
- Author
- By "Ephesian" (C.E.Bechhofer Roberts)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Mills & Boon, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
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