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London: Copyright, The Associated Press Ltd., Published by The Daily Telegraph, 14 September 1956. Photograph. This photo shows Sir Winston S. Churchill, a curl of smoke emanating from the tip of his characteristic cigar, shaking hands with a keen-eyed and gesticulating Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery in September 1956. The gelatin silver print is on heavy glossy photo paper and measures 9 x 10.85 in (22.86 x 27.56 cm). The image is crisp. Condition is very good minus with a small creases to the upper right and lower left corners and minor edge wear. There are indications of light touch up work by the Sunday Telegraph Art Department to the heads of both Churchill and Montgomery. Some light scuffs and scratches are visible under raking light. There are two publication dates for this photograph marked by separate ink stamps on the verso, the first for The Daily Telegraph dated “14 Sep 1956” and the second for the Sunday Telegraph dated “19 Aug 1962”. The verso also features two newspaper… Read More

Admiralty House, London, 1940. Letter. This compellingly interesting item features two pieces of correspondence from early in the Second World War. The first is a typed, signed letter from then-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston S. Churchill – just 10 days before he became wartime Prime Minister – to German-Jewish journalist and émigré Alfred J. Fischer declining an appointment to meet. The letter is accompanied by the original Admiralty envelope. The second typed letter is signed by ChurchillÂ’s Private Secretary, John Peck, dated 8 June 1940, on 10 Downing Street stationery, addressing an apparent request to make inquiries into “the case of Mr. Fischer”. Together, these two pieces of early Second World War correspondence are noteworthy for occurring during ChurchillÂ’s ascendance to the premiership, for featuring his signature on his Admiralty stationery in his final days as First Lord, and limning the fraught, perilous fate of German Jews, even those who made it to supposed haven on Allied… Read More

Colonial Office, Downing Street, London, 17 July 1922. Letter. This is Winston ChurchillÂ’s 17 July 1922 autograph signed letter to T. E. Lawrence accepting LawrenceÂ’s resignation from the Colonial Office, accompanied by the original, franked envelope addressed and initialed in ChurchillÂ’s hand. This letter underscores the friendship and collaboration of two titanic twentieth century personalities and their shared work in securing post-First World War peace and political stability in the Middle East. From early 1921 to mid-1922, T. E. Lawrence “of Arabia” worked for then-Secretary of State for the Colonies Winston S. Churchill. Churchill had asked a reticent Lawrence to commit for a year. He gave Churchill more than he had promised, both in time and in achieved outcomes. Then, in July 1922, Churchill reluctantly released Lawrence from service. The autograph letter signed by Churchill fills the entire 8 x 10 inch (20.3 x 25.4 cm) front panel of a single, folded sheet of ChurchillÂ’s “Colonial… Read More

Hyde Park Gate, London, 1948. Letter. This 4 August July 1948 holograph letter is from “indefatigable Churchill literary assistant” Denis Kelly to Desmond Flower of Cassell regarding uncorrected errors in the soon-to be published British first edition of the first volume of The Second World War, The Gathering Storm (published 4 October 1948). The holograph letter is inked entirely in KellyÂ’s hand on the recto of a sheet of Hyde Park Gate stationery. Dated by Kelly “11/8/48” (11 August 1948), it reads: “Dear Flower, IÂ’ve found a number of rather hefty misprints in The Gathering Storm, & will send you a list…” Kelly acknowledges “…that it is too late to do anything about it now…” but suggests a review protocol for Cassell to follow “…before you print a second edition…” Tellingly, Kelly concludes “I havenÂ’t broken the news to W.S.C. yet, but I hope there isn't a second gathering storm about to break!” Pencil annotation at the upper left reads: “Mr. B [indecipherable} saw Mr.… Read More

London: Punch, 1952. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon titled "AND IF THE PATIENT DIES...?" appeared thus on p.613 of the 21 May 1952 issue of Punch. The cartoon is captioned "Both. 'If you take it out, I shall put it back in.'" The artist is Leslie Gilbert Illingworth. Clement Richard Attlee (1883-1967) and Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) served as the Prime Ministers of Great Britain from May 1940 to April 1955, spending the entirely of these 15 years either in Government or in Opposition. Attlee was the socialist Labour leader who famously replaced Churchill as Prime Minister in July 1945 and whom Churchill in turn defeated and replaced in October 1951. Churchill and Attlee were… Read More

London: Punch, 1955. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon appeared thus on p.182 of the 2 February 1955 issue of Punch. The artist is Michael Cummings (1919-1997), who worked for Punch for more than 30 years. The cartoon shows Churchill, the painter, painting over a portrait he loathed. ChurchillÂ’s 80th birthday on 30 November 1954 was a day of national celebration. The marquee event of the day was a televised ceremony in Westminster Hall where Churchill was presented with a portrait by Graham Sutherland, gifted to him jointly by the two Houses of Parliament. Just 10 days before ChurchillÂ’s birthday and the portraitÂ’s official presentation, Clementine went to see the painting. She… Read More

London: Punch, 1954. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon titled "IMPRESSIONS OF PARLIAMENT" appeared thus on p.619 of the 19 May 1954 issue of Punch. The artist is Michael Cummings (1919-1997), who worked for Punch for more than 30 years. This cartoon may have been prompted by Winston Churchill joining the Queen on the Royal Yacht Britannia on 14 May as she sailed up the Thames, with Churchill describing the history of the Thames and London. In this image, Prime Minister Churchill is at the helm, with his notional successor, Eden, in the crow's nest looking ahead. Attlee, Leader of the Opposition, stands finger-wagging before Churchill, ostensibly telling him what to do. Also on board… Read More

London: Punch, 1925. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon titled "THE INFANT HERCULES." appeared thus on p.463 of the 29 April 1925 issue of Punch. The artist is Bernard Partridge. Churchill was Chancellor of the Exchequer and had just submitted Britain's first budget after he had restored Britain to the Gold Standard. The artist plays on several themes. First is Churchill's oft repeated portrayal as an infant or cherub. Second is his temperamental inclination to tackle Herculean public policy challenges. In this image, Churchill as "Infant Hercules" and carrying his budget must wrestle the twin serpents of "TRADE DEPRESSION" and "WASTEFUL SPENDING", the invocation of Hercules an… Read More

London: Punch, 1925. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon titled "THE INTERNATIONAL DERBY.." appeared thus on p.575 of the 27 May 1925 issue of Punch. The artist is Bernard Partridge. The cartoon is captioned "The Horse. 'SIT ME AS LIGHT AS YOU CAN, WINSTON; I'M NOT FEELING VERY WELL TO-DAY.'" Churchill, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, is portrayed as a jockey wearing the Union Jack astride an agitated mount labeled "BRITISH INDUSTRY". Churchill was weighing the tax and financial burdens of industry and the British taxpayer. Punch or The London Charivari began featuring Churchill cartoons in 1900, when his political career was just beginning. That political career would last two thirds… Read More

London: Punch, 1926. This original printed appearance of a Punch cartoon featuring Winston S. Churchill comes from the personal collection of Gary L. Stiles, author of Churchill in Punch (Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022). His book is the first ever effort to definitively catalog, describe, and contextualize all of the many Punch cartoons featuring Churchill. This cartoon titled "AN ITALIAN FEATHER IN HIS CAP." appeared thus on p.115 of the 3 February 1926 issue of Punch. The artist is Leonard Raven-Hill. The image is captioned "The Bird of France (seeing Mr. Churchill adorned with the plumes of the Bersaglieri). 'LET'S HOPE HE WON'T WANT ANY MORE COCK-FEATHERS FOR A BIT.'" On January 27, while uttering bouquets to Mussolini he would later regret, Churchill signed an agreement with the Italian Government to start replaying its war debt to Britain beginning in 1930. The deal was hailed as a success, and the French were worried that they would be required to sign a similar deal. The Bersaglieri was a… Read More

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, Ltd., 1900. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. This is the scarce Canadian first edition of Churchill's fifth book. Ian Hamilton's March was the second of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper dispatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Boer War. During this conflict Churchill was captured by the Boers. His daring escape made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career. There were three English-language editions – British, U.S. and Canadian. The U.S. and Canadian editions were published in November 1900. The Canadian is both the scarcest and most attractive of the three first editions, differing considerably in appearance from its British and U.S. counterparts, with a tan cloth binding illustrated with crossed Union Flag and White Ensign on the front cover and a red fleur-de-lis on the spine. The Canadian first editions seem particularly vulnerable to gutter breaks. They are also prone to severe spine toning. This copy is good,… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, second and final printing, of Churchill's fifth published book. Ian Hamilton's March was the second of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Boer War. The first edition, second printing was produced a month after the first printing and is nearly identical, the main differences being the addition of the words "Second Edition" to the title page and notation of the second printing on the copyright page, a boxed list of the authorÂ’s preceding books on the half-title verso, and four small emendations to the text. This is an extremely nice, very good plus copy. How we wish it were a first printing! The good news is that it costs much less and looks identical on the shelf. The red cloth binding is far better than usually seen - clean and tight with sharp corners, no appreciable soiling, and bright gilt. Spine presentation… Read More

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a signed U.S. first edition, only printing of Winston Churchill's fifth book – his final book chronicling his adventures as an itinerant soldier and war correspondent. The young Churchill almost certainly signed this copy in late 1900 or early 1901 during his first North American Lecture tour before he returned to England to take his first seat in Parliament. Condition of this signed copy is good plus – sound, original, and complete despite some typical wear and defects. The red cloth binding remains square and tight with bright gilt and no appreciable color shift between the covers and spine. Overall scuffing is most pronounced to the extremities, and there is a small, dark stain on the front cover. A single, faint, jagged vertical line – one on both the front and rear covers – seem to indicate that the boards were once a bit creased, but the boards nonetheless remain rigid and straight, with no… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a finely bound British first edition, first printing of ChurchillÂ’s fourth published book. Ian HamiltonÂ’s March is the second of ChurchillÂ’s two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. This book and its preceding companion, London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, are Churchill's final literary effort as an itinerant soldier and war correspondent before embarking on his storied political career. This is a compellingly handsome example of the fine binderÂ’s craft, in full red Morocco by Bayntun-Rivière. The binding features hubbed spines with gilt-ruled compartments, gilt-decorated bands, and gilt-hatched spine ends. The spine features the title, author, and publication date, with a gilt lion rampant in each unprinted compartment. The covers feature gilt rule borders and gilt-decorated edges, the front cover gilt-stamped with ChurchillÂ’s facsimile signature. The contents are… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is an exceptionally bright and tight example of the British first edition, first printing, first issue of Churchill's fifth published book. Ian Hamilton's March is the second of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Boer War. Condition of this copy is better than very good. The red cloth binding is square and tight with sharp corners. Most impressively for the edition, the spine retains rich, unfaded red hue, with no discernible color shift between the covers and spine – quite unusual. We note light shelf wear to extremities, wrinkling at the spine ends, and minimal soiling. The contents are unusually bright with a pleasingly crisp, unread feel. The original black endpapers, frontispiece, tissue guard, and all maps and plans remain intact. We find no previous owners marks. Modest spotting appears Trivial spotting appears confined to the first few… Read More

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is an inscribed U.S. first edition, only printing of Winston Churchill's fifth book, the second of two books based on his despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Boer War. This was the final book from ChurchillÂ’s early career as an itinerant calvary officer and war correspondent. This copy was inscribed by then-twenty-six-year-old Churchill in Chicago on 10 January 1901 during Churchill's first lecture tour of North America. The signature, in black ink in four lines on the upper half-title, reads: "Winston S. Churchill | to | F. Wight Neuman Esq. | 10.1.1901". Such early signatures in first editions of Churchill's early works are quite scarce, even more so for U.S. first editions.    The U.S. first edition saw only a single printing bound in pebble grain red buckram which proved susceptible to blotchy wear and discoloration, particularly on the spine. The number sold is unclear, but seems… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, first printing of Churchill's fifth published book. Ian Hamilton's March was the second of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Boer War. It was during this conflict that Churchill was captured by the Boers. His daring escape made him a celebrity and helped launch his political career. Ian Hamilton's March completes Churchill's coverage of the Boer War, publishing 17 letters to the Morning Post, spanning 31 March through 14 June 1900, including four letters which had never appeared in periodical form. (Cohen, A8.1.a, Vol. I, p.105) The narrative in Ian Hamilton's March includes the liberation of the Pretoria prison camp where Churchill had been held. It was published in England in October, just a few weeks after Churchill's first election to Parliament. Though a companion and sequel to London to Ladysmith, it is… Read More

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the U.S. first edition, only printing, of Winston Churchill's fifth published book, the second and last of his two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. The U.S. first edition saw only a single printing. The precise number sold is unknown, but seems to be fewer than 1,500, considerably fewer than the British first edition, of which more than 5,000 first printing copies were issued. Like the U.S. first edition of London to Ladysmith, the U.S. first edition of Ian Hamilton's March is bound in pebble grain red buckram quite susceptible to blotchy wear and soiling, particularly on the spine. This copy is in very good condition. The red cloth binding remains square, tight, bright and clean with no appreciable color shift between the covers and spine. The chief defect is typical overall scuffing as well as moderate wear to the spine ends and corners. The contents are… Read More

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the U.S. first edition, only printing, of Winston Churchill's fifth published book, the second and last of his two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. The U.S. first edition saw only a single printing. The precise number sold is unknown, but seems to be fewer than 1,500, considerably fewer than the British first edition, of which more than 5,000 first printing copies were issued. Like the U.S. first edition of London to Ladysmith, the U.S. first edition of Ian Hamilton's March is bound in pebble grain red buckram quite susceptible to blotchy wear and soiling, particularly on the spine. This copy is in very good condition. The red cloth binding remains square and clean with sharp corners. Wear and blotchiness are minimal, with appreciable mottling only to the lower front cover, spine ends, and lower front joint. Although the spine and spine gilt are mildly dulled,… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, first printing of Churchill's fifth published book. Ian Hamilton's March was the second of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Boer War. In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British. Churchill, an adventure-seeking young cavalry officer and war correspondent, swiftly found himself in South Africa with the 21st Lancers and an assignment as press correspondent to the Morning Post. Not long thereafter, on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured during a Boer ambush of an armored train. His daring escape less than a month later rendered him a celebrity and helped launch his political career. Churchill's first book of Boer War despatches, London to Ladysmith via Pretoria was published in England in mid-May 1900 and sold well. Ian Hamilton's March… Read More