Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$3.86 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Firmly bound, maroon cloth boards. Small creases, scuffing and marks on cover and spine. Foxing on some pages inside. No jacket.
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$4.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. History of the English Speaking Peoples. London : Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1956.
Price: US$6.29 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7.73 + shipping
Description: VG/Good. DJ is grubby - with speckling notably to rear panel, sunning to panel over the spine, and some watermarks. there is a long split to the top edge of the dj over the spine, with a missing notch. rubs to most edges. its one good feature, ( apart from not being price-clipped!) is that it has preserved the boards beneath very well - bright gilt detailing showing clearly. ffpes and textblock edges have evident foxing. no inscriptions or marginalia. good clean copy internally - but a rather sad DJ. priced to reflect same.Large octavo 332pp
Seller: lobstabooks, leiston, United Kingdom
Price: US$7.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition first printing large octavo hardback. x + 344 pages. Maps and genealogical tables. Very Good condition (slight foxing on outer page block) in Very Good unclipped dust jacket (slight chipping at top and bottom of spine) No inscriptions.
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Price: US$10.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: slight wear to covers and cover edges, otherwise book clean and tight. Due to the weight of the book extra will apply to any quoted postage for international shipping. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
Price: US$10.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 344pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Some foxing apparent to extrems., & external edges. In protected VG d/w. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall
Seller: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, United Kingdom
Price: US$10.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Well bound in red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Lightly bumped at spine ends. Text pages are all clean, although there is a gift inscription to a blank ep. Dust jacket is complete but has suffered some loss at spine foot and is a little tarnished. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging.
Seller: James Hulme Books, Stourbridge, United Kingdom
Price: US$11.53 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xi + 344 pages incl index. Light grey background dustjacket with moderate wear and small tears to edges and corners, spine lightly browned. NOT price-clipped. Very clean burgandy-red hardback binding with light wear to spine-end and boards' corners. Liight yellowing and foxing to page-edges o/w pages very clean.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$11.59 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title, author lettering and volume detail to the spine, top edge pink. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xi] 344 printed pages of text with maps and genealogical tables. Ink message to the front free end paper, surface damp mark to the rear board, not affecting the contents. Good condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tears and small chips to the top of the spine, not price clipped 30s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 35 other books by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHURCHILL, Winston L. S.
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$11.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 344 pages + xi pages. Clean dustjacket with light wear to edges and corners - however spine is browned and there is a nick to centre of spine and there is some foxing all over. Clean maroon-red hardback binding which has some damp spotting to bottom quarter to front board and mark to back board. Light wear to spine-ends and light to boards' corners. Page-edges lightly browned and foxed, preliminary pages and last pages have some foxing, pages smell moderately musty o/w pages clean.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Copy in red cloth on boards with gilt title on spine. Light rubbing to head/foot of spine. Corners bumped. Free of inscriptions. Clean text.
Seller: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wrapper rubbed and marked, boards lightly marked, prelims foxed, light foxing to some pages, otherwise clean throughout. Good.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wrapper lightly rubbed and marked, spine lightly sunned, boards lightly marked, prelims lightly foxed, light foxing to some pages, otherwise, clean throughout. Good.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wrapper chipped rubbed and marked with a small closed tear to the bottom of the front, spine lightly sunned, boards lightly marked, prelims lightly foxed, light foxing to some pages, otherwise, clean throughout. Good.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wrapper chipped rubbed and marked, with a large open tear to the heel of the sunned spine, boards lightly marked, prelims foxed, light foxing to some pages, otherwise clean throughout. Good.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$13.44 + shipping
Description: hard cover, dust jacket, red cloth, xi +344pp including index, maps and genealogical tables, jacket is slightly darkened on spine and back, now in a removable clear plastic sleeve, all in very good clean and bright conditiion. No ISBN Second volume of 4
Seller: Book Fossicker, Clunes, VIC, Australia
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing Stated, 1956. A Nice Copy, Tight, With Even Color To Boards, G583-Gilt Bright, No Marks
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.17 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, softening of spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tear to rear dust flap, nicks and chips ro corners and rubbing to upper edge. 416pp. Volume One of Churchill's epic history of Britain and its 'offshoots'. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.75 x 6.25 inches
Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edge wear and bumping to corners, light foxing.
Seller: Ash Grove Heirloom Books, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xii,344pp, 6 maps and tables, moderate to heavy foxing, otherwise sound, no inscriptions, red cloth, slightly marked, Good condition in browned and frayed dustwrapper
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$20.35 + shipping
Description: 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xxi, 416pp. With marked and chipped dust jacket. G: in good condition. Previous owner inscription to fep. Inner hinge cracking
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$21.13 + shipping
Description: 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xi, 344pp. With dust jacket. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. VG: in very good condition. Slight foxing
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$23.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Copy in red cloth on boards in Good unclipped D/J. Jacket chipped around edges with small portions missing at head/foot of spine and on upper edge of lower jacket cover. Boards rubbed at head/foot of spine. Previous owners inscription on FFE. Light foxing to front and rear end papers and along folio fore-edges. Clean and flat contents
Seller: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$23.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Copy in red cloth on boards in Fair unclipped D/J. Jacket chipped around edges with small portion missing at head of spine. Boards rubbed at head/foot of spine. Spine is lightly sunned. Light foxing to front and rear end papers. Clean and flat contents
Seller: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$23.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback. First Edition. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Shelf wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Previous wowners name and address to inside cover. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Renaissance and Reformation. The Civil War. The Restoration. 344 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.)
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$24.25 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: (416 p.) : ill., maps. Subject: Great Britain - History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Churchill, Winston S.. A History Of The English-Speaking Peoples.. London, Cassell, -1970., 1956.
Price: US$32.21 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Volumes l (2nd Ed. 1956), ll (1st Ed. 1956), and lll (3rd Ed. 2nd Imp. 1970), H/B red cloth NF in VG unclipped d/ws, some edgewear mainly on spines and chipping. An account of English history commencing with 'The Birth of Britain,' through 'The New World' to 'The Age of Revolution.
Seller: Little Owl Books, Norwich, NORFO, United Kingdom
Churchill, Winston. The birth of Britain.. London: Cassell., 1956.
Price: US$33.15 + shipping
Description: 1st publ. Gr.-8°. XXI, 416 S., Leinen (Schutzumschlag mit leichten Randläsuren und leicht angestaubt; sonst gut erhalten) (=A history of the English-speaking peoples; 1) Sprache: englisch.
Seller: Bücher Eule, Bern, Switzerland
Churchill, Winston. The new world.. London: Cassell., 1956.
Price: US$33.15 + shipping
Description: 1st publ. Gr.-8°. XI, 344 S., Leinen (private Widmung auf Vorsatz; Schutzumschlag mit leichten Randläsuren; sonst gut erhalten) (=A history of the English-speaking peoples; 2) Sprache: englisch.
Seller: Bücher Eule, Bern, Switzerland
Price: US$33.58 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in red cloth w/gold spine titles, red topstain. About Fine/No DJ. Lightly frayed heel, else Fine and unmarked. xviii, 416pp inc. Index; illustrated in maps.
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, first edition. This book is in good condition - edge wear to boards; small bookseller's stamp on ffep; foxing to all edges; extensive foxing on first and last pages and some throughout. The dust jacket is in good condition - price-clipped; edge wear with a couple of small (quarter inch or less) closed tears; extensive foxing. Photographs available on request.
Seller: Secondhand Books 'n' Things, Ross Creek, VIC, Australia
Price: US$33.93 + shipping
Description: 24cm, first edition, xxi,332p., 19 maps and tables, index, wine cloth with gilt titles, a very good copy in very good jacket (bh).
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$33.93 + shipping
Description: 24cm, first edition, xi,344p., 5 maps and tables, index, wine cloth with gilt titles, a near fine copy in very good jacket (bh).
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$36.34 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: (416 p.) : ill., maps. Subject: Great Britain - History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Description: A lovely copy of the first volume of Churchill's work on Britain and its former colonies. The first of four volumes on British history by Winston Churchill. Churchill offers a survey of British history from Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55BC to the War of the Roses in the sixteenth century in the first volume of the former Prime Minister's work on Britain and its former colonies. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a little rubbing to the front board. Lightly bumped to the head and tail of the spine, with a small closed tear to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. First Edition.wear to dj ends of spine A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Volume II. The New World. Red cloth with gilt lettering. These are the years of the Tudors and Stuarts, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, King Charles and Cromwell, as the Island nation of England flexes her muscles against the might of Spain and feudal Europe. While torn by struggles at home, we see through Sir Winston Churchill's stirring prose how England takes upon her confident shoulders the mastery of the sea and the colonization of the New World of America beyond the seas. The New World is the second volume of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Sir Winston Churchill's dramatic story of Britain, her Empires, and America, from the earliest time to the twentieth century. 344 pp. Plastic protective covering around D/J. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.)
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.67 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled dw (with some loss), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages; 344 p. : illus. ; 23cm. Subjects: Great Britain - History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$38.67 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: (vii, 345 p.) : ill. Includes indexes. Subjects: Great Britain - History. English-speaking - countries - History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$43.60 + shipping
Description: 1st edition / 1st printing hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo. xxxi + 416pp., maps, index, No dust jacket & neat owner's stamp but a nice copy of the first printing. Uncommon
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good jacket. 1st Printing
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: ABSOLUTELY SPLENDID RED CLOTH BOARDS WITH VIVID GOLD GILT STAMPED LETTERING ON SPINE. VERY TIGHT BINDING. EX LIBRIS BOOK LABEL ON ffep. VERY LIGHTLY FOXED ON PAGE EDGES & A FEW OTHER PAGES CLEAN INSIDES. 416 pp. ILLUS WITH MAPS. D/J HAS A FEW CHIPS AND TINY TEARS. STATED FIRST PUBLICATION. VOL 2. RATES NEAR FINE COND. FIRST CANADIAN EDITION. D/J IS NEAR GOOD AND MISSING CLOSE TO HALF OF SPINE COVER, 433 pp. SLIGHTLY OVERSIZE FOR SHIPPING, PLS CONTACT SELLER IN ORDER TO GET CORRECT SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE ORDERING. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good in like dust jackets. Foxed. Some underlining. Name neatly penned to each free front endpaper.
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled dw (with some loss), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages; 344 p. : illus. ; 23cm. Subjects: Great Britain - History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: (vii, 345 p.) : ill. Includes indexes. Subjects: Great Britain - History. English-speaking - countries - History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$57.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume 2 - The New World. Book IV - Renaissance and Reformation; Book V - The Civil War; Book VI - The Restoration. 5 Maps and Genealogical Table. 344 pages. Dark red cloth, gilt titles on spine. Colour pictorial DJ. VG+/VG+.
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$57.97 + shipping
Description: Please email for further details. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
Price: US$66.29 + shipping
Description: Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remain preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; vii, 345 p. : ill. Notes; Includes indexes. Contents; pt. IV. Renaissance and Reformation -- pt. V. The Civil War -- pt. VI. The Restoration. Subjects; Great Britain History. English-speaking countries History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$71.82 + shipping
Description: Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scattered foxing throughout. Physical description; 2 v : maps, tables ; 25 cm. Subjects; Great Britain History. Churchill, Winston S. (Winston Spencer) 1874-1965; history. Britain; history. Britian; description and travel. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$74.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Cassell & Company, 1956. 1st edition. Volume 2. Sm 4to. xi,344pp. Maps. Near Very Good book. Boards slightly bowed; minor edgewear. Minor bump to lower corner of textblock. Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.74 + shipping
Description: 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 638pp; 603pp; 716pp; 812pp; 592pp; 648pp. Illustrated with maps. With clear dust jackets. Heavy set - extra shipping needed for overseas. G: in good condition. Spines faded
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$77.30 + shipping
Description: Very Good in Dust Jackets ranging from Very Good volumes in Very Good (-) to Good (+) Dust Jackets. Lacks DJ for Volume 2. DJ to Volume 1 lacks spine. DJs protected by high-grade removable clear cover. Not price-clipped; clean, with no owner's markings. Oversize; Postage & Packing may cost extra.
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Price: US$77.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Four Volumes. Wrappers are a little chipped and sunned, Volume 2's wrapper is price clipped. Volume 4's wrapper has some chips and closed tears to head and heel of spine. Boards are clean. Foxing to fore edges. Clean throughout all. Very good.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$82.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remain preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; vii, 345 p. : ill. Notes; Includes indexes. Contents; pt. IV. Renaissance and Reformation -- pt. V. The Civil War -- pt. VI. The Restoration. Subjects; Great Britain History. English-speaking countries History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Description: Please email for further details. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
Winston Churchill. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Cassell and Company LTD, London, 1956.
Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition, first impression, of the second volume in Winston Churchill's impressive history of England. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.Volume I only, being Volume II of a total of four volumes.'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' is Churchill's history detailing the life of Britain and its former colonies throughout the world.Churchill covers from Caesar's invasions of Britain, up to the end of the Second Boer War.Illustrated with the occasional full-paged map.Written by Winston Churchill. Though this work was well received, his best known historical work is 'The Second World War'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Light spots to the fore edge. Dustwrapper with minor edgewear and minor marks and discolouration. Pages are bright and clean, with just a few scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scattered foxing throughout. Physical description; 2 v : maps, tables ; 25 cm. Subjects; Great Britain History. Churchill, Winston S. (Winston Spencer) 1874-1965; history. Britain; history. Britian; description and travel. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$93.92 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; (viii, 345 pages) : illustrations, maps. Subjects; Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603. English-speaking countries History. Great Britain Politics and government 1603-1714. Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vol. II : THE NEW WORLD . First Printing . Wear to dust jacket at top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover . Hinges are tight . Book is internally clean , no marks . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .
Seller: The History Place, Palestine, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Description: The luncheon was in honour of the publication of Churchill's `History of the English-Speaking Peoples' and his formal admission to honorary fellowship of the College on 23 April 1956. Single sheet, gate-folded - slightly dusty else in nice condition.
Seller: Peter Grogan, London, United Kingdom
Winston S Churchill. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: 4-Volume Set. Cassell & Co, 1956.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st London ed. published between 1956 & 1958. In deep red cloth bindings with gilt spine titles and each with unclipped DJ (in protective plastic wrapper). Each has neat prev owner inscription to preliminary page. Minor use only. **Heavy set - extra shipping charges will be required**
Seller: Book Bar Wales, Wrexham, United Kingdom
Churchill,Winston. A History of The English Speaking Peoples (Four Volumes). Cassell, London, 1956.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1956-1958 All First Edition 1st Impressions.Very Good Condition in Very good Dust-Jackets apart from Volume II which has a 3cm chip to ythe wrapper at the base of spine and we would grade this wrappwer as 'Good Only' as it has several small closed tears to it's extremities as well.A History of the English Speaking Peoples Bound in burgundy cloth with bright gilt lettering to the spines top edges of the leaves are now a faded stained pink as issued.Volume One is entitled 'The Birth of Britain',volume two 'The New World',volume three 'The Age of Revolution' and volume four 'The Great Democracies.Vols 1&2 both have previous owner's names to the front endpapers the other 2 volumes have no names or inscriptions.Therer is general rubbing and wear to the outer edges of the dust-jackets.There is some foxing present to the page edges and also to the front endpapers and pre-lims.No volume is price clipped.All Volumes are First Editions 1st Impressions.A decent set of this highly sought after work.All the dust-jacket come well protected in removable cover sleeves.First Editions 1st Impressions.1956-1958
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tall 8vos, red cloth; dj of vol. 2 chipped and repaired at spine, other djs edgewoorn [ Woods A136(a) ]. Chruchill was one of only two historians aawarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First editions of Volumes II and IV of Churchill's important history of Great Britain. In two volumes.The first editions, first impressions, of these works.Volumes II and IV of a total of four volumes.Volume II in the original unclipped dustwrapper, Volume IV in the original price-clipped dustwrapper.'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' is Churchill's history detailing the life of Britain and its former colonies throughout the world.Churchill covers from Caesar's invasions of Britain, up to the end of the Second Boer War.Illustrated with the occasional full-paged map throughout the volumes.Written by Winston Churchill. Though this work was well received, his best known historical work is 'The Second World War'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, Volume II in the original unclipped dustwrapper, Volume IV in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines. Volume IV with discolouration to the boards. A few minor marks to the boards of Volume II. Light spots to the fore edges. Dustwrappers with minor edgewear, heavier to Volume II. Dustwrapper for Volume II with repairs to the reverse, and spots to the wraps. Price label to the front flyleaf of Volume IV. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$104.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A History of the English Speaking Peoples (4 volumes) by Winston S. Churchill. ALL ARE FIRST BRITISH EDITIONS. Publisher: Cassell & Co. London. All are in good condition with some rubbing, bumping, creasing and marks to boards, name to end-paper and last paste down, light tanning and minor marks, foxing to end-papers and page edges. Vol I. The Birth Of Britain, 1956. Creasing to spine, heavy foxing to end-papers. Vol II. The New World, 1956. Vol III. The Age Of Revolution, 1957. heavy foxing to end-papers. Vol IV. The Great Democracies, 1958. Small bumps to front board.
Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand
Price: US$104.96 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 416 pages. Subjects; Britain; history. English literature; 20th century. England; history. Wales; history. Scotland; history. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; (viii, 345 pages) : illustrations, maps. Subjects; Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603. English-speaking countries History. Great Britain Politics and government 1603-1714. Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$113.37 + shipping
Description: Complete set of first editions in unclipped dust jackets. Vol 1 Good only, others in better condition. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spines; wear to bottom edge of of boards & spine of Vol.1; top fore-corner of front end papers clipped on Vol.1; minor splash mark on fore-edges of vol. 1; faint foxing on fore-edges of other vols. Minor shelf wear to jacket edges with fractional loss at head & foot of spines; jackets covered with removable clear film. Bindings tight; This is a heavy set, additional postage may be required outside UK. Used - Good. Good set of 4 hardbacks in dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tight binding. Red coverboards with gilt lettering. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket price-clipped on Vol. III. Rear jacket flap on Vol. II is partially detached and has a 1.5" tear. Light shelfwear to edges of jackets. The red top-stain on the text block is faded. Some yellowing on rear endpapers of Vol. III. Illustrated with maps. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). Total of 1,414 paginated pages.
Seller: Bibliodditiques, IOBA, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Price: US$122.38 + shipping
Description: Smart set in VGC, all with same personal bookplate on front pastedown; red cloth with gilt lettering on spines; top edges pink; bindings tights, vols 2-4 have the pictorial image from original jackets neatly tipped in on ffeps. This is a heavy set, over 3kgs packed, additional postage may be required outside UK. Used - Very Good. VG hardbacks (no dust jackets)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$122.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete 4 volume set. All but volume 1 are FIRST EDITION. Vol. 1 is a second edition, published in May 1956, only one month later than the first edition. The jackets have wear mainly at top and base of spine with Vols. 2 & 4 being the most affected as shown in pictures. Vol. 1 & 3 are not price clipped. All are in clear, removable protective covers. Minor wear to red cloth boards of all books at corners and at top & base of spines. All books have tight bindings and are unmarked throughout. Pale brown spotting on the page edges of Vols. 1, 2 & 4. The interiors of all books are bright and clean and unmarked with no inscriptions but there is light brown spotting on endpapers in all books but for Volume 3 which is in particularly good condition. TITLES: Vol 1: THE BIRTH OF BRITAIN. 416 pages with index. Vol. 2: THE NEW WORLD. 344 pages with index. Vol. 3: THE AGE OF REVOLUTION. 332 pages with index. Vol. 4: THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES. 322 pages with index & b/w maps. WEIGHT: 3196 grams unpackaged. Immediate, well packaged despatch. POSTAGE: No extra charge for delivery via courier service within the UK. Reasonable international rates.
Seller: Haldon Books, EXETER, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$122.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: All four volumes are first printings. All four volumes have light foxing to the closed page edges, prelims and jackets. Tape repair to the jacket of vol 2. All four dust jackets have very shallow chipping. Gift inscriptions to the last three volumes. Vol 1 1956 416pp. Vol 2 1956 344pp. Vol 3 1957 332pp. Vol 4 1958 322pp. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs 3.3 kg and can be checked for its postage cost to your location at NZ Post Ratefinder We do not make a profit from postage
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Price: US$124.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 416 pages. Subjects; Britain; history. English literature; 20th century. England; history. Wales; history. Scotland; history. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. **"This is number 36 of one hundred copies which were carried from the Old World to the New World in Mayflower II "** (cf. engraved bookplate on front pastedown). A near fine copy in original gilt lettered dark red cloth, but with top edge staining faded to pale pink; pictorial (Queen Elizabeth) grey dust jacket lightly browned at spine and board edges, otherwise fine; bookplate browning owing to poor glue used. A most unusual association piece!
Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$205.43 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: All four volumes are first printings. All four volumes have the book plate of a Peter Fleischl to the front Paste downs. Each volume is stamped by the retailer from Napier NZ on the fep. A;; four volumes have light foxing to the closed page edges, prelims and jackets. All four dust jackets have very shalloe chipping and tiny closed tears and are not clipped. Vol 1 1956 416pp. Vol 2 1956 344pp. Vol 3 1957 332pp. Vol 4 1958 322pp. 3.3kg for outside nz.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Price: US$206.12 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Publisher's file copy. Second edition. Large 8vo. pp. xxi, [i], 416. Maps. Original publisher's crimson cloth lettered gilt on spine. Cream pictorial dust jacket lettered black on spine and upper cover. Extensive handwritten list of various editions published up until 9/9/77 on both recto and verso of front free endpaper, a further handwritten list on the page with the printer's imprint of editions published up until July 1976. A few pen and pencil corrections in the text including the publishing details which have been altered to just 'Cassell, London.' Two printed sheets of paper loosely inserted one provides publication details of different editions, the other has a handwritten note accompanying the publication details stating it refers to, 'Volumes 1 & 3 paperback reprint Nov. 77.' 'Editorial' stamped on top edge. VOLUME II: The New World. London, Cassell & Company Ltd., March 1957. Publisher's file copy. Second edition. Large 8vo. pp. xi, [i], 344. Maps. Original publisher's crimson cloth lettered gilt on spine. Similar lists to Volume I of corrections and previous editions on recto and verso of front free endpaper and the printers' imprint page. Occasional corrections in pen and pencil in the text. Handwritten signed letter from Frank T. Smallwood, 12 Tooting Bec Gardens, S.W.16 1RB to the Editorial Secretary loosely inserted dated 25 September, 1971 and consisting of about 100 words in which he points out two errata in the text. 'Editorial' stamped on front free endpaper and top edge. Torn grey pictorial dust jacket lettered in black on spine and upper cover loosely inserted. VOLUME III: The Age of Revolution.London, Cassell & Company Ltd., 1957. Publisher's file copy. First edition. Large 8vo. pp. xi, [i], 332. Maps. Original publisher's crimson cloth lettered gilt on spine. Similar lists to previous volumes of corrections and previous editions on recto and verso of front free endpaper and the printers' imprint page. Occasional corrections in pen and pencil in the text. 'Editorial' stamped on front free endpaper and top edge. Torn pink pictorial dust jacket lettered in black on spine and upper cover loosely inserted. VOLUME IV. Two copies. The Great Democracies. London, Cassell & Company Ltd., 1958. Publisher's file copies. First editions. Large 8vo. pp. xi, [i], 322. Maps. Original publisher's crimson cloth lettered gilt on spines. First copy: Similar lists to previous volumes of corrections on front free endpaper. Occasional corrections in pen and pencil in the text. 'Editorial' stamped on front free endpaper and top edge. Torn blue pictorial dust jacket lettered in black on spine and upper cover loosely inserted. Second copy identical with no inscriptions whatsoever and in a very good dust jacket. 'Editorial' stamped on front free endpaper and on all edges. Various letters loosely inserted relating to corrections noted in Volume IV: Two typed signed letters from Alan Hodge of 'History Today' to Kenneth Parker of Cassell & Co dated November 7, 1958 and 16th June, 1960, in the first which consists of about 90 words Hodge returns Life's 2pp., recto only of a carbon copy list of corrections and in the second which consists of about 50 words he provides 8pp., recto only of typed corrections. A typed signed letter from Dr. J. W. Shackle. 5 Bracknell Gardens, London, N.W.5. to Cassell & Co. loosely inserted dated 8.9.59 and consisting of about 200 words in which he points out a solecism in Volume IV saying, 'It gives one a pleasant feeling of superiority to find that even great men can make mistakes, though I was a little surprised to catch out our great master of English, Sir Winston Churchill, in a solecism.' Two handwritten signed letters from the historian and academic M. G. Brock to Kenneth Parker (the first letter addresses him as Harker) loosely inserted written on headed notepaper from Corpus Christi College, Oxford dated 7 Apr. 1961 and 19 Apr. 1961 the first consisting of about 215 words and the second consisting of about 68 words. Both refer to a list of corrections he has made while reading the work closely prior to using it as a text book. He says it is a 'grand book , & would like to do anything I can for any 2nd or paper back edition that may appear.' He adds that he has sent his list to Asa Briggs some time ago. Typed signed letter with additional handwritten note from Richard Humble of BPC Publishing Limited to Kenneth Parker dated 14th June, 1971 and consisting of about 100 words concerning a couple of errors in the text. Copies of three letters between Frederick Woods and Cassell & Co regarding an unfounded error loosely inserted and some other material. Wear to dust jackets in all but one volume (see above), publisher's corrections and lists of previous editions in all but one volume (see above). Very good. Some wear to dust jackets, otherwise very good.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$212.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st editions. 1956, 1957 & 1958. Vol I : xxi + (3) + 416pp. Vol II : 1956 xi + (1) + 344 + (2)pp. Vol III : 1st edition 1957 xi + (1) + 332pp + (6). Vol IV : 1st edition 1958 xi + (1) + 322pp. 4to. Numerous maps. Original red cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. White eps. Colour pictorial dw, black lettering, colour illustration on front, Volumes I, II & III not price clipped, 30s net. Volumes II,III & IV dull fox marks to front covers else very clean and unmarked. Contents : very clean, tight and unfoxed. A fine bright set. F-/F-
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$215.45 + shipping
Description: Good cloth set in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 4 v : maps, tables ; 25 cm. Contents; v. 1. The birth of Britain.--v. 2. The New World.--v. 3. The age of revolution.--v. 4. The great democracies. Subjects; Churchill, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Great Britain History. 4 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$244.00 + shipping
Description: Good cloth set in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 4 v : maps, tables ; 25 cm. Contents; v. 1. The birth of Britain.--v. 2. The New World.--v. 3. The age of revolution.--v. 4. The great democracies. Subjects; Churchill, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Great Britain History. 4 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$248.60 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 4 vols. Includes indexes. Subjects: Great Britain - History. English-speaking countries - History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition, first printing (contemporaneous with the Cassell first edition). Four volumes. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and maps. Publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt titles and borders to the upper board and spine. Red leather title labels. Blue top-stain. Issued without dustwrappers. A very good set, the bindings tight and square, with rubbing and bumping to the spine ends, corners and board edges. The cloth on all four volumes is rubbed and scuffed in places, with first volume with a few light marks to the upper board, the second volume with rubbing and dulling to the gilt on the spine. The contents, with some light spotting to the prelims of the fourth volume and toning to the closed text block, are otherwise clean and free from inscriptions or stamps. [Cohen A267.2; Woods A138d]. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 4 vols. Includes indexes. Subjects: Great Britain - History. English-speaking countries - History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$287.27 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copies in good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrappers, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: History of the English speaking peoples. Physical description: 4 vol. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Vol. 1. The birth of Britain ; vol. 2. The new world ; vol. 3. The age of revolution ; vol. 4. The great democracies. Notes: Includes indexes. Subjects: English-speaking countries, Commonwealth ; History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 4 vols. 8vo, 3/4 crimson morocco, t.e.g. Front board to Vol. I neatly reattached; light rubbing to extremities.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Octavos, 4 volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jackets. Dust jackets wrapped in mylar, prices uncut: '30s NET.' Spines are various colors with color illustrations and black lettering. Mild shelfwear to dust jackets with minor creasing to spines. Slight tearing to top and bottom edges of dust jackets. Tanning to dust jackets. Volume one has mild tanning and foxing to dust jacket with mild creasing to top left of back cover. Slight chipping to head of spine and top front fore-edge and slight soiling to title caption on front cover. Volume two has minor soiling to front cover, upper half of back cover, and along hinge between back cover and spine. Mild chipping to back cover, along hinge between back cover and spine, and back fore-edges. Bumping to lower front fore-edge. Volume three has minor soiling to front cover with slight soiling to spine and back flap of dust jacket. Mild rubbing to back cover. Slight stray pen and pencil marks to back cover and head of spine. Slight chipping to head of spine and rear fore-edges. Volume four has mild soiling along top edge and right side of front cover of dust jacket and slight soiling to back cover. Slight scratching and minor rubbing to back cover. Slight stray pen and pencil marks to spine and back cover. Top edges of textblock dyed purple. Age-toning to textblocks. Slight writing in pencil to rear pastedowns. Volume one has moderate foxing to side and bottom edges and endpages. Minor foxing to main textblock. Slight writing in pencil to first free edge. Volume two has mild fading and foxing with possible slight water damage to top edge of textblock. Slight soiling to bottom edge of textblock and to edges of pages 128 and 129. Volume four has moderate fading and soiling to top edge of textblock. Inscribed and dated to previous owner on first free edge of volume three. Shelved above True Crime. Churchill started work on "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" in 1937 but it took him over two decades to fully complete because WWII and being Prime Minister took precedence. The set is made up of the following: Volume One--The Birth of Britain (1956), Volume Two--The New World (1956), Volume Three: The Age of Revolution (1957), Volume Four: The Great Democracies (1958). 1371795. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$303.84 + shipping
Description: First edition. Large vo. Four Volumes published 1956-1958. Vol. 1. The Birth of Britain. Vo.l. 11. The New World. Vol. 111. The Age of Revolution. Vol. 1V. The Great Democracies. All complete in price-clipt very good dustwrappers with slight chipping on top and base of Vol. 1V. Bound in original red buckram with red top-edges. Light foxing in places, and name of previous owner. Otherwise a very good clean set written by one of Britain's greatest statesmen. Extra Postage required.
Seller: Sillan Books, Cootehill, CAVAN, Ireland
Price: US$315.62 + shipping
Description: First editions, first printings. Complete in four volumes. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to spines, in the illustrated dustwrappers. A near fine set, the bindings square and firm, the contents clean throughout and entirely lacking the spotting frequently blighting these volumes. The nicked and rubbed dustwrappers, with a few closed tears mainly to the upper spines of the first two volumes are except for minor soiling and a touch of fading to the spines of the first two volumes very good indeed. All except for the first volume remain unclipped and priced 30s. net to front flaps. A very presentable set of first editions. "For his new work, [.], Sir Winston Churchill has taken as his subject this great element in world history: The English-Speaking Peoples [.], the greatest number of human beings sharing a common language in the world today". (Woods A138a; Cohen A267.1a) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$322.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copies in good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrappers, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: History of the English speaking peoples. Physical description: 4 vol. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Vol. 1. The birth of Britain ; vol. 2. The new world ; vol. 3. The age of revolution ; vol. 4. The great democracies. Notes: Includes indexes. Subjects: English-speaking countries, Commonwealth ; History. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Editions. 4 volumes. Hardcovers with gilt-lettered spine in pictorial price clipped dustjackets, which have minor wear, and small areas of loss. Lettering on final two volumes dulled. Some foxing to fore-edges and endpapers, as well as the prelims of volumes 1 and 2. Very good, internally clean copies of Churchill's history of Britain. Churchill was awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for "for his mastery of historical and biographical description.' Large 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Description: A comprehensive four volume set of Winston Churchill's renowned History of the English Speaking Peoples, with maps throughout. A History of the English Speaking Peoples, written by Winston Churchill.A History of the English Speaking Peoples is a four volume history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world. The volumes cover the period from Caesar's invasions of Britain in 55 BC to the end of the Second Boer War in 1902.Volume I, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, The Birth of Britain was published in 1956 and covers the Norman Invasion, William the Conqueror and The End of the Feudal Age and is illustrated with ten maps and genealogical tables. This is a second edition copy published a month after the first edition in May 1956.Volume II, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, The New World was first published in 1956 and covers the Renaissance and Reformation, The Civil War and The Restoration and has five maps and genealogical tables. This is a first edition copy from 1956.Volume III, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, The Age of Revolution, covers the periods between 1688 to 1815 and considers England's advance to world power, the first British Empire and Napoleon. With nineteen maps and genealogical tables. This is a first edition copy published in 1957.Volume IV, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, The Great Democracies, covers recovery and reform, the Great Republic and the Victorian Age. With thirteen maps. This is a first edition copy published in 1958.Collated, complete.All four copies are in the original unclipped dust wrappers. All four vols are in the publisher's original binding. Externally, smart. Some light marks to the front boards of vol.ii and iii. Vol. i has a previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper dated January 1957. Internally, all are firmly bound. There is some spotting to first few pages of vol. ii, vol. iii and iv but pages remain bright. All are in the original unclipped dust wrappers which are all faded to the spine. Some chipping to the heads and tails of vol. iv, ii and i. Some light spotting to the wraps of vol. ii and iii. With some marks to the reverse of vol. i dust wrapper. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first two volumes of a four volume set, beautifully rebound, by Zaehnsdorf. Full blue leather, gilt, sunned, (ii) gilt worn off on front, scratches to front and head. All edges gilt. Interior crisp and clean. (i) xxi, 416, (ii)xi, 344pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$325.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cassell and Company, London, 1956-1958. All Volumes I-IV first editions with unclipped price dust jackets (30 shillings each). Volume I "The Birth of Britain" 416pp.: Volume II "The New World" 306pp.; Volume III "The Age of Revolution" 332pp.; Volume IV "The Great Democracies" 322p. Books measure 16 x 24.5 cm each and 14cm when grouped together. Some wear on edges of D/J but are now in plastic protective see-through covers. Shipping weight 3.100 kg.
Seller: finestfinds.ch, Geneva, Switzerland
Price: US$335.90 + shipping
Description: In four volumes. Totalling more than 1,400 pages, maps (several full page), genealogical tables, indices; all med. 8vo; gilt lettered red cloth, slightly marked; price-clipped dust wrappers for Volumes II-IV, worn and browned, edges split and chipped; gift inscription on upper free endpaper of Volumes I-III, plus a bookseller's sticker Volume II (and at foot of pastedown Volume IV), leaves lightly browned, light foxing throughout, small creased split from bottom edge into margin of one leaf Volume II, a few top fore-corners of leaves slightly bruised Volume III; Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1956-1958. First editions. Cohen A267.1(I-IV).a, Woods 138(a). *Lacking the dust wrapper for Volume I.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Winston Churchill. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell & Co., 1956.
Price: US$345.90 + shipping
Description: ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 3.9kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day service, tracked, duties unpaid. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9¾" x 6" (3.9 kg); Contains: Top edge dyed Red; Four Volumes: 1: The Birth of Britain, 1956 ((xxi) 416); 2: The New World, 1956 ((xi) 344); 3: The Age of Revolution, 1957 ((xi) 332); 4: The Great Democracies, 1958 ((xi) 322; Contains: Maps; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197890|| Condition: Good+ in Good+ Dust Wrappers. Matt paper dust wrappers have significant edgewear, some loss to the head of the spines, lightly spotted at the leading edges and more so to the verso. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the bindings with mottling to the lower corners. A little age-toning to the edges of the text blocks. The contents complete, clean and tight. A decent set nonetheless.
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Description: Four volume set, complete. All First Editions, with the exception of Volume I (second edition). All in very good condition with very good unclipped dust-jackets. Volume I has a small piece missing from the front cover. Original red cloth, clean and bright; page edges spotted in some vols; newspaper clippings inserted in IV. A decent set of Churchill's classic work. The Birth of Britain; The New World; The Age of Revolution; The Great Democracies.
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
Price: US$359.09 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Foxing to edges and prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; Vol. 1: 416 pages : Vol. 2: 344 pages : Vol. 3: 332 pages : Vol. 4: 322 pages. 25 cm. Notes; Vol. 1: The Birth of Britain : Vol. 2: The New World : Vol. 3: The Age of Revolution : Vol. 4: The Great Democracies. Subjects; Winston S. Churchill. Democracy. Politics. British politics. 20th century politics. Civilization. History. Economic and political history. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ALL FIRST LONDON EDITIONS. 4 volumes. Bound in the publisher's original gilt lettered red cloth, with the dust jackets not price clipped, all dust jackets in protective mylar sleeves, no foxing to edges of pages, no previous ownership marking, inscriptions or bookplates, VERY GOOD with VERY GOOD dust jackets.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : Vol.1: 3rd edition April 1957; vols. 2-4: 1st edit, Publisher?s red cloth with dust jacket, spine with gilt lettering. , The set covers the history of the British Empire and the United States. The volumes are entitled: ?The Birth of Britain?, ?The New World?, ?The Age of Revolution" and "The Great Democracies". The last two focus on the war of independence and the civil war respectively. , Size : 8vo. (154x241mm). , Volume : 4, References : Cohen A267.1 (I-IV). , Pp. Vol1 : Half-title, blank, title, printer?s advertisement, acknowledgements, blank, preface vii-xvii, blank, contents xix-xxi, blank, 1-395, blank, index 397-416; vol2 : Half-title, blank, title, printer?s advertisement, acknowledgements, blank, preface, blank, contents ix-xi, blank, 1-325, blank, index 327-344; vol 3 : Half-title, blank, title, printer?s advertisement, acknowledgements, blank, preface (2), contents ix-xi, blank, 1-312, index 313-332 vol4 : Half-title, blank, title, printer?s advertisement, acknowledgements, blank, preface (2), contents ix-xi, blank, 1-304, index 305-322.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: contemporary red cloth, title in gilt on flat spine, paper dust jacket with title in black ink on upper board and spine, upper and lower boards of the dust jackets with coloured illustrations. , Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 ? 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was instead a member of the Liberal Party. Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending liberal democracy from the spread of fascism. Also praised as a social reformer and writer, among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in Literature. Conversely, his imperialist views and comments on race, as well as his sanctioning of human rights abuses in the suppression of anti-imperialist movements seeking independence from the British Empire, have generated considerable controversy., Size : 8vo., , It is a four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by Winston Churchill, covering the period from Caesar's invasions of Britain (55 BC) to the end of the Second Boer War (1902). The four volumes are The Birth of Britain, The New World, The Age of Revolution, The Great Democracies., Volume : In four volumes. , Previous owner?s handwritten note on the verso. , References : Ref. Woods A138(a)
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$380.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Editions. 1956, 1956, 1957, and 1958. Complete in Four Volumes. Volume I - The Birth of Britain. Volume II - The New World. Volume III - The Age of Revolution. Volume IV - The Great Democracies. Size octavo, 416, 344, 332, and 322 pages. Index in each volume. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt titles to each spine, top page edge red, with the dust jackets. Book conditions very good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed in each volume, a few spots to end-papers in each volume else contents are very clean throughout, red top page edges have faded a bit. Dust jacket conditions very good, corners slightly rubbed, spine ends slightly chipped, spines slightly sunned, not price clipped, small tear without loss to top edge of dust jacket on Volume II. A very attractive set of these four volumes, all first editions. The wonderful Sir Winston Churchill tried to warn us of the problems to come that we were making for ourselves, our ruling classes continue to make us weaker and weaker. He would be turning in his grave to see what our politicians and media are doing to this once great nation of ours. Time for us "plebs" [as they like to call us] to rise up and stand up for what Mr Churchill and we believe in. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Foxing to edges and prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; Vol. 1: 416 pages : Vol. 2: 344 pages : Vol. 3: 332 pages : Vol. 4: 322 pages. 25 cm. Notes; Vol. 1: The Birth of Britain : Vol. 2: The New World : Vol. 3: The Age of Revolution : Vol. 4: The Great Democracies. Subjects; Winston S. Churchill. Democracy. Politics. British politics. 20th century politics. Civilization. History. Economic and political history. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$418.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITIONS, first printings. Four volumes, octavo (25 x 17 x 13cm), pp.xxii; 416; pp.xii; 344; [2]; pp.xii; 332; [4]; pp.xii; 322. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spines. Pictorial dust-jackets, all with correct printed price of 30s. net. All volumes internally pristine with no inscriptions and with no signs of the spotting that often vexes this publication. Some slight toning to edges, top edge stain a little faded towards the front of the volumes but still bright. Contemporary newspaper reviews affixed to endpapers and final two pages of volume II. Bindings are fine. Dust-jackets all moderately toned to spines, some light handling to extremities with a few small closed tears, a few scuffs and marks, mostly to the spine panel of volume I. An attractive clean set. Very good.
Seller: Benedict Wilson Books, Tonbridge, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$483.10 + shipping
Description: First editions, first impressions. Churchill's great history met with acclaim and proved an international best-seller, further vindicating his receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. A masterpiece of readable, popular history, it remains in print today. Churchill began his history during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s but did not complete it until the latter half of the 1950s, after his final retirement as prime minister. He presented a single intertwined narrative of the histories of Britain, the United States, and the empire's dominions. It was history as manifesto, setting out a vision of the English-speaking nations as bound by a common history and purpose; through stressing their shared heritage and destiny, Churchill, by birth half English and half American, believed he could cement the bonds between them. He consequently gave considerable attention to the key events of American history, especially the War of Independence and the Civil War. Cohen A267.1(I)-(IV).a. 4 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges red. With dust jackets. Illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. Contemporary gift inscription "from G.V.A. 10th May 1956" to front free endpaper of vol. I. Spotting to book edges; jackets price-clipped (save vol. IV with overprice sticker), tape repair to closed tears on spine panel of vol. I, light wear at extremities: a very good set in good jackets.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very good plus/near-fine four volume first edition set, all in original very good dust jackets. 1956-1958. Binding is excellent with no tears or loose pages. Red cloth boards with gilt-stamped spines. Each volume states "first published" and the year. Each volume is about 400 pp. Octavo. Volume I: The BIrth of Britain: Clean and bright. Red painted top edge. Dust jacket has a tear on the front cover and wear to jacket at crown, and loss at top edge of rear panel of jacket.Volume II: The New World: Clean and bright. Red painted top edge. Dust jacket showing a 1.5" tear at top spine edge; pencil marking on jacket at spine.Volume III: The Age of Revolution: Hevay foxing to page edges and interior of book. Dust Jacket is price clipped, foxed on interior and has a crease on the spine of jacket. Jacket has minor loss at foot and tear at rear edge near crown. Volume IV: The Great Democracies: Clean and bright. Red painted top edge. Previous owner's name on first free endpaper. Minor loss to jacket at foot and crown, minor rubbing to foot on front corner. A history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, covering the period from Caesar's invasions of Britain (55 BC) to the beginning of the First World War (1914).
Seller: Uncommon Works, Gridley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed Very good. Edges lightly bumped and volume three has a couple of tiny closed tears on top edge. In dust jacket protectors
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.. A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES. Cassell and Company, London, 1956.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: FOUR VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Top edges stained red. Spines lettered in gilt. Very light wear to bases of spines. Dust jacket are all nearly fine, a minor chip base of spine of Volume 2 only. Very clean copies without any spotting of fore-edges and preliminary pages, frequently seen in this set. Volume 1, "The Birth of Britain" was published in 1956, xxi, 416pp; Volume 2, "The New World", puiblished in 1956, xi, 344pp; Volume 3, "The Age of Revolution", published in 1957, xi, 332pp; Volume 4, "The Great Democracies" published in 1958, xi, 332pp. A very nice set of this major work by Churchill. See Woods A139(a). Size: Royal Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Description: A set of first edition, first printings published by Cassell between 1956-1958. London: Cassell and Company, 1956-8. [English History]. Octavo (25 x 17 x 15cm), pp.[2]; xxii; 416; pp.[2]; xii; 344; [2]; pp.[2]; xii; 332; [6]; pp.[2]; xii; 322. With occasional in-text maps and plans. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, top edges red, pictorial dust-jackets priced at 30s. Some foxing, jackets are in lovely clean condition - a very good set. Volume 1 has an inscription. Some light chipping to the spine tips and corners. This is the author's last great work, only available some twenty years after he wrote the first draft, which then lay dormant whilst he attended to National and Parliamentary matters. In his preface he remarks that the book 'slumbered peacefully', until 1956, 'when things had quietened down'. Reading reports of the last decade of his life, one is struck by the central interest this history represented in his final years, and how rapidly he sank into decline and depression after the final volume was published.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$644.13 + shipping
Description: Advance proof copies of Churchill's great history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States. The proof copies are similar to the eventual published versions. The major differences are that none are indexed, the table of contents of volumes one and four do not give page numbers, the preface in volume one is blank, and some changes are made to the acknowledgements. The publication dates and prices are correctly given on the front wrappers. Cohen A267.1(I)-(IV) [for first published editions; Cohen generally does not detail proof copies, though here mentions that David Ascoli, one of the directors of Cassell, distributed proof copies of vol. III in May 1957 and vol. IV in January 1958]. 4 volumes, octavo. Original wrappers, printed in black. A little light toning and spotting, patch of soiling to front joint of vol. I. A very good set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$684.00 + shipping
Description: Very nice copies. Beautiful set all in first printings. Vol 1 & 2 in 1956, Vol 3 in 1957 and Vol 4 in 1958. Bound in beautiful red (leather?) that is supple and rich. All with red topstain that has sunned a bit. Vol 1 has some foxing to fore-edge pages. Unmarked, tight and square. In strong black slipcase that is fresh and bright. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$708.54 + shipping
Description: The Chartwell Edition, the first fully illustrated edition of Churchill's best-selling history of Britain, its empire, and the United States; the second edition overall. It was published near-simultaneously with the Cassell first edition, but in a larger format, on superior paper, handsomely bound, and with an extensive suite of half-tone plates in addition to the maps and plans of the Cassell edition. Churchill began his history during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s but did not complete it until the latter 1950s, after his final retirement as prime minister. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the "special relationship", the shared heritage and destiny of Britain and the United States. Consequently, he gave considerable attention to the key events of American history, especially the War of Independence and the Civil War. The work received immediate international acclaim, further vindicating Churchill's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. A masterpiece of readable, popular history, it remains in print today. Cohen A267.2. 4 volumes, large octavo. Original blue cloth, gilt-panelled spines with tall red labels, front covers lettered and ruled in gilt, top edges blue. Prolifically illustrated with plates, diagrams, and tables. Title pages ruled in red. Postcard illustrating Chartwell, and related bookmark, loosely inserted in vol. I. Light sunning and rubbing to cloth, tiny scuff to spine labels, nick to spine head of vol. III, foxing to edges, contents clean. A very good set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$764.50 + shipping
Description: 4 volumes. First edition of each volume. With numerous maps throughout. 8vo, publisher's original crimson cloth lettered in gilt on the spines, in bright, original pictorial dustjackets. xxi, 395; xi, 325; xi, 312; xi, 304. Index in each volume. A very clean and very bright set, the books handsome and fine but for the most trivial evidence of age, the jackets bright and fresh occasionally with some very minor evidence of age or use. AN IMPORTANT SET OF FIRST EDITIONS. By the beginning of World War II, Churchill had already penned half a million words of this manuscript. Lying dormant through almost six years of war followed by an even longer period in which Churchill wrote his war memoirs, this work finally was brought to fruition in 1956. The first two volumes of this set were published in April and November 1956 respectively, the third in October 1957, and the last in March 1958. Whereas the first two volumes sold briskly, the final two were less successful and were not reprinted for years. Sir Winston Churchill ranks among the greatest men of history. He was born in 1874, a descendent of the great Duke of Marlborough. After an education at Harrow and Sandhurst he entered the army in 1895 and embarked on one of the most varied and distinguished careers of the century. He acted as a correspondent for the Morning Post during the Boer War and his dramatic escape from prison in Pretoria brought him to public attention. He embarked on his political career in 1900 by entering Parliament. While there he held many major offices of state: Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War, First Lord of the Admiralty in which he oversaw naval operations for the First World War, Colonial Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and eventually in 1940, Prime Minister. The latter office he would hold throughout World War Two and again from 1951 to 1955. He was a prolific writer, always submerged in simultaneous multi-facted projects. He finished both A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES and his other great multi-volume work THE SECOND WORLD WAR during the same period as he was perfecting his style of painting and writing PAINTING AS A PASTIME. His death in 1965 sent the whole world into mourning and his funeral was on of the most moving public events of the century.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$837.37 + shipping
Description: First editions, first impressions, of Churchill's great history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States. The work met with acclaim and proved an international best-seller, further vindicating Churchill's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. A masterpiece of readable, popular history, it remains in print today. Churchill began his history during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s but did not complete it until the latter half of the 1950s, after his final retirement as prime minister. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the "special relationship", the shared heritage and destiny of Britain and the United States. Consequently, he gave considerable attention to the key events of American history, especially the War of Independence and the Civil War. Cohen A267.1(I)-(IV).a. 4 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges red. With dust jackets. Illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. Jackets a little soiled and toned with a few short closed tears at extremities, prices intact: fine copies in very good jackets.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$874.50 + shipping
Description: 4 volumes. First edition of each volume. With numerous maps throughout. 8vo, publisher's original crimson cloth lettered in gilt on the spines, in bright, original pictorial dustjackets. xxi, 395; xi, 325; xi, 312; xi, 304. Index in each volume. A very clean and very bright set, the books handsome and fine but for the most trivial evidence of age, the jackets bright and fresh occasionally with some very minor rubbing along the edges and folds. AN IMPORTANT SET OF FIRST EDITIONS. By the beginning of World War II, Churchill had already penned half a million words of this manuscript. Lying dormant through almost six years of war followed by an even longer period in which Churchill wrote his war memoirs, this work finally was brought to fruition in 1956. The first two volumes of this set were published in April and November 1956 respectively, the third in October 1957, and the last in March 1958. Whereas the first two volumes sold briskly, the final two were less successful and were not reprinted for years. Sir Winston Churchill ranks among the greatest men of history. He was born in 1874, a descendent of the great Duke of Marlborough. After an education at Harrow and Sandhurst he entered the army in 1895 and embarked on one of the most varied and distinguished careers of the century. He acted as a correspondent for the Morning Post during the Boer War and his dramatic escape from prison in Pretoria brought him to public attention. He embarked on his political career in 1900 by entering Parliament. While there he held many major offices of state: Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War, First Lord of the Admiralty in which he oversaw naval operations for the First World War, Colonial Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and eventually in 1940, Prime Minister. The latter office he would hold throughout World War Two and again from 1951 to 1955. He was a prolific writer, always submerged in simultaneous multi-facted projects. He finished both A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES and his other great multi-volume work THE SECOND WORLD WAR during the same period as he was perfecting his style of painting and writing PAINTING AS A PASTIME. His death in 1965 sent the whole world into mourning and his funeral was on of the most moving public events of the century.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$874.50 + shipping
Description: 4 volumes. First edition of each volume. With numerous maps throughout. 8vo, publisher's original crimson cloth lettered in gilt on the spines, in bright, original pictorial dustjackets. xxi, 395; xi, 325; xi, 312; xi, 304. Index in each volume. A very clean and very bright set, the books handsome and fine, the jackets bright and fresh, an excellent set. AN IMPORTANT SET OF FIRST EDITIONS. By the beginning of World War II, Churchill had already penned half a million words of this manuscript. Lying dormant through almost six years of war followed by an even longer period in which Churchill wrote his war memoirs, this work finally was brought to fruition in 1956. The first two volumes of this set were published in April and November 1956 respectively, the third in October 1957, and the last in March 1958. Whereas the first two volumes sold briskly, the final two were less successful and were not reprinted for years. Sir Winston Churchill ranks among the greatest men of history. He was born in 1874, a descendent of the great Duke of Marlborough. After an education at Harrow and Sandhurst he entered the army in 1895 and embarked on one of the most varied and distinguished careers of the century. He acted as a correspondent for the Morning Post during the Boer War and his dramatic escape from prison in Pretoria brought him to public attention. He embarked on his political career in 1900 by entering Parliament. While there he held many major offices of state: Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War, First Lord of the Admiralty in which he oversaw naval operations for the First World War, Colonial Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and eventually in 1940, Prime Minister. The latter office he would hold throughout World War Two and again from 1951 to 1955. He was a prolific writer, always submerged in simultaneous multi-facted projects. He finished both A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES and his other great multi-volume work THE SECOND WORLD WAR during the same period as he was perfecting his style of painting and writing PAINTING AS A PASTIME. His death in 1965 sent the whole world into mourning and his funeral was on of the most moving public events of the century.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$966.20 + shipping
Description: First editions, first impressions. Churchill's great history met with acclaim and proved an international best-seller, further vindicating his receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. A masterpiece of readable, popular history, it remains in print today. Churchill began his history during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s but did not complete it until the latter half of the 1950s, after his final retirement as prime minister. He presented a single intertwined narrative of the histories of Britain, the United States, and the Empire's dominions. It was history as manifesto, setting out a vision of the English-speaking nations as bound by a common history and purpose; through stressing their shared heritage and destiny, Churchill, by birth half English and half American, believed he could cement the bonds between them. He consequently gave considerable attention to the key events of American history, especially the War of Independence and the Civil War. Cohen A267.1(I)-(IV).a. 4 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges red. With dust jackets. Illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. Short closed tear to front fold of vol. I, a hint of rubbing, sunning, and soiling to unclipped jackets but still unusually fresh. A fine set in near-fine jackets.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a very good First English edition set, in unclipped dust jackets that are exceptionally fresh, bright and unfaded. Volume I dust jacket has an infinitesimal chip at the center of the front face and some light edgewear to the spine head only. The contents of all volumes are fine, with the faintest scattered foxing along the fore-edges of Volumes I and III, and uniformly faded topstains. An extremely attractive set. First English Edition Set (Cohen A267.1[I-IV].a) (Woods A138a). 8vo (440 pages, 350 pages, 352 pages & 346 pages. Illustrated with maps and tables.)
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This gorgeously printed menu served as a program for the publishing party celebrating A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES - Volume One on St. George's Day [April 23] 1956. Churchill himself was present and spoke, as well as ceremonially laying the foundation stone for the new headquarters of his publisher Cassell at 7 Red Lion Square. Both Desmond and Newman Flower, Churchill's longtime Cassell publishers and editors, also spoke, and Yorkshire Pudding was served, with "Crinoline Lady and Peaches" for dessert. The wines for each course were superb, and Hine cognac, Churchill's favorite, was poured; a 1914 vintage. The menu is in virtually mint condition, a single folded sheet of lush, beveled paper. There are a couple of food stains on the blank verso. If they could only talk, or at least be reconstituted.
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1481.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4 volumes. First editions 1956 to 1958. An attractive set. Recently bound in full dark red morocco, with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. Top edge gilt. Some spotting to the foredge, mainly to volume one affecting some of the front end papers. Otherwise clean and bright with no ownership marks. Illustrated with black and white maps. None of the usual foxing, Woods A138(a). Large 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1545.92 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1956, First Editions, Four Volumes. Half leather bindings, bright gilt titles and decoration to the spines. First Printings of all four books in this four volume set with "First Published" to the reverse of each title page with no further impression noted, maps and genealogical tables. "Churchill s last great work was published nearly 20 years after he penned its first draft in the late 1930s, just after wrapping up [the biography of] Marlborough. This enabled him to utilize the literary team he had assembled for the biography, to which he added dozens of outlines he had solicited from scholars. In its final form the original single volume evolved to four, each of which was published simultaneously in Britain, the USA and Canada a first for Churchill s works" Vol. I xxi, [i], 416pp including the index. Vol. II xi, [i], 344pp including the index. Vol. III xi, [i], 332pp including the index. Vol. IV xi, [i], 322pp including the index. Approximately 9 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition bright gilt titles, raised bands with gilt decoration to the compartments. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition half red leather with marbled boards. Page edges very good condition top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges very lightly tanned with some foxing. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition strong. Paste downs very good condition plain. End papers very good condition plain. Title good condition lightly tanned with minor foxing in all volumes apart from Vol. II. Pages good condition with maps and genealogical tables in every volume, some foxing to the early pages, the majority clean and bright. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1956 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Description: Advance proof copies of Churchill's great history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States, retaining the scarce proof jackets - volume one was not issued in one - and with presentation slips/letters from the publisher in the latter three volumes. This set is from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen. The proof copies are similar to the eventual published versions. The major differences are that none are indexed, the table of contents of volumes one and four do not give page numbers, the preface in volume one is blank, and some changes are made to the acknowledgements. The publication dates and prices are correctly given on the front wrappers. The jackets are identical to the published versions. In his bibliography, Cohen mentions that David Ascoli, one of the directors of Cassell, distributed proof copies of volume three in May 1957 and volume IV in January 1958. Here, volumes two to four have presentation slips/letters from Ascoli (volume two: slip with publication details and "with the compliments of David Ascoli"; volume three: signed letter dated May 1957 ; volume four: signed letter dated 1 January 1958). Ascoli's letter in the fourth volume concludes "let the pigmies [sic] fire their critical darts. This work will endure, long after their shrill little squeaks have died away, a fitting monument to one of the wisest, the most chivalrous and the most honoured sons of all the English-Speaking Peoples". Provenance: Ronald Cohen, with his ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpapers. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Cohen A267.1(I)-(IV).a. 4 volumes, octavo. Proof copies in the original printed card wrappers, vols. II, III, and IV in original dust jackets. Vol. I spine a little sunned with minor crease; jackets with light creasing and nicking at extremities (naturally, as they are larger than the book blocks), slight ring stain to front panel of vol. II; fine copies in near-fine jackets.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITIONS. Four Volumes. Complete. 8vo. (9.8 x 6.4 inches). Finely bound in recent full red morocco. Spines with raised bands, the compartments ruled lettered and decorated with Rampant lion device, all in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. All edges gilt. A fine, clean and bright set of Churchill's hugely popular historical work.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1815.00 + shipping
Description: First editions; 4 volumes, staggered publication from 1956-58, 8vo (246 x 165 mm each); illustrated with maps and charts; modern half red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, housed in a leather-entry slip-case, a fine and very handsome set. A rousing account of the early history of Britain, the work describes the great men and women of the past and their impact on the development of the legal and political institutions of the English. Indeed, Churchill celebrates the creation of the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system and the kings, queens, and leading nobles who helped create English democracy. Following Marlborough's victory at Blenheim in 1704 and ending with Wellington's defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, Churchill recounts Britain's rise to world leadership over the course of the eighteenth century. This last volume spans the period between 1815 and 1901. It draws to a close when the British Empire is at its peak - with a staggering one-fifth of the human race presided over by the then, longest reigning monarch in British history, Queen Victoria. As with the other volumes it is a history not only of the English-speaking peoples, but also of the world that they inhabit. Churchill traces the footsteps of these inhabitants, whether it is to Canada and South Africa, Australia and New Zealand or across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States. He charts the rise of Germany and the unification of Italy, and examines the situation in the Balkans in 1878 - all of which had a deep and lasting impact on the geography of the European continent today. Churchill commenced work on this in the 1930s when he was basically unemployed but didn't complete it until 1958, by which time, enhanced by the Second World War, he firmly believed in Britain's 'Special Relationship with the U.S. at the time and in consequence, that country's history is diligently covered. Woods A45.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1932.39 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Four volumes. Illustrated with maps and diagrams throughout. Handsomely bound in half red morocco over red cloth boards. Five raised bands, decorated compartments and titles in gilt to the spines. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A fine set, the bindings square and firm, without wear or fading. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. (Woods A138a; Cohen A267.1a). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ALL FIRST LONDON EDITIONS. 4 volumes, 9-5/8" x 6-1/2", illustrated. Bound in1/2 red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, gilt Rampart Lions in spine panels, by Atkinson, head and foot of spines fine, inner and outer hinges fine, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, gift inscription, or bookplate, overall A FINE SET.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ALL FIRST LONDON EDITIONS. 4 volumes, 9-9/16" x 6-9/16", illustrated. Bound in fine 1/2 black morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, top edges gilt, by J. May-London, head and foot of spines fine, inner and outer hinges fine, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, gift inscription, or bookplate, overall A FINE SET.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ALL FIRST LONDON EDITIONS. 4 volumes, 9-7/16" x 6-1/2", illustrated. Bound in fine full maroon/brown morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, spine panels and front covers gilt with Rampart Lions, head and foot of spines fine, inner and outer hinges fine, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, gift inscription, or bookplate, overall A FINE SET.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$2254.46 + shipping
Description: First editions, first impressions, of volumes II-IV, fourth edition of vol. I. Churchill began his history of the British Empire and the United States during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s, but did not complete it until after his retirement in the late 1950s. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States. Consequently he gave considerable attention to the key events of American history: around a quarter of the third volume, The Age of Revolution, is dedicated to the War of Independence, and a full third of the final volume, The Great Democracies, contains a detailed study of the American Civil War. Cohen A267.1(I) - (IV); Woods A138(a). 4 volumes, octavo (236 x 150 mm). Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Several maps and genealogical tables to text. Spines a touch faded, mild partial toning to endpapers, contents clean. An excellent set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First British editions of each of the four volumes of this set. Octavo, four volumes finely bound in rich brown three-quarter morocco and cloth. Topedge gilt, raised bands, gilt titles, decoration and ruling to spines. Sumptuous set.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
CHURCHILL, Winston. A History of The English-Speaking Peoples. Cassell, London, 1956.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4 volumes. Illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. Thick 8vos, beautifully rebound in 3/4 crimson morocco; spine panels with gilt-stamped lion emblems, raised bands. London: Cassell, (1956-1958). First Edition. Fine. A fine set of Churchill's classic history. I: The Birth of Britain. II: Renaissance and Reformation. III: The Age of Revolution. IV: The Great Democracies.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings of all four books in this four volume set with "First Published" statements on each copyright page. A magnificent copy. This matching set is elegantly bound with leather spines, raised bands and gold lettering. The bindings are tight, with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. A spectacular set of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This First English edition set is a signed binding by the legendary London-based Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (author of THE ART OF BOOKBINDING) in full cognac-colored oasis leather. The endpapers are marbled and elaborately gilt tooled, all edges are gilded, the spines are gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. The contents are fine and unfoxed, the spines are modestly sunned. The books were very slightly trimmed for binding. A historic piece of work. First English Edition Set (Cohen A267.1[I-IV].a) (Woods A138a). 8vo (440 pages, 350 pages, 352 pages & 346 pages. Illustrated with maps and tables.)
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This First English edition set exquisitely rebound by Bayntun of Bath (for the late-Kroch and Brentano's bookstore of Chicago) in full navy-blue morocco leather, has Churchill's signature in gilt across each face. The endpapers are marbled, all edges are gilded, the spines elaborately gilt-tooled, lettered and dated in six compartments with raised bands. The contents are fine and unfoxed, the lower binding edges are just a trifle roughed. The set was slightly trimmed for binding. A dazzling piece of work. First English Edition Set (Cohen A267.1[I-IV].a) (Woods A138a). 8vo (440 pages, 350 pages, 352 pages & 346 pages. Illustrated with maps and tables.)
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Churchill, Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Cassell., London, 1956.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings of all four volumes. Vol 1 First Published 1956,Vol 2 First Published 1956, Vol 3 First Published 1957, Vol 4 First Published 1958. A beautiful set bound in leather
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$6750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Very near fine set comprising the four First Edition volumes of Churchills classic history, illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. I: The Birth of Britain. II: Renaissance and Reformation. III: The Age of Revolution. IV: The Great Democracies. This highly sought after set comes in the original pictorial dust jackets, each with a bare minimum of wear, and scarce thus. What makes this set especially collectible is that in Volume I it is boldly signed in ink by Winston S. Churchill.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings SIGNED by Winston Churchill on a letter written by Churchill laid into the first volume. An attractive four volume set bound in fine material. All four books are in great shape with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the books. A lovely set SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$12238.50 + shipping
Description: First editions, first impressions, vol. IV a presentation copy to one of the historical advisers who collaborated on the book, the historian Maurice Shock, inscribed by Churchill on the initial blank "To Mr. Maurice Shock from Winston S. Churchill", the other three volumes with tipped-in printed facsimile presentation slips, as often used by Churchill. Maurice Shock (1926-2018) is credited on the acknowledgements page of the fourth volume: "I desire to record my thanks again to [four other contributors named]. and to Mr Maurice Shock of University College, Oxford, who have since helped in its completion". Shock served in the Intelligence Corps from 1945 to 1948, afterwards taking a place at Balliol College: "Shock graduated with a first in modern Greats and then enrolled as a graduate student at St Antony's College. His promise as a young academic was noted early, not least by Sir Winston Churchill, who invited him to spend a summer in the south of France to help with the writing of his History of the English Speaking Peoples" (ODNB). Churchill wrote to Clementine on 2 October 1956 "Mr. Shock. has done me a very good note on the first Gladstone and Disraeli chapter, and I look forward to receiving another fertile wodge in a fortnight. He is a very nice young man, and I am glad to have had him at the hotel for the week-end" (Gilbert, p. 1212). Throughout the rest of his long career Shock worked in academia, and served as vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester from 1977 to 1987, and as rector of Lincoln College, Oxford from 1987 to 1994. Churchill began his great history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s, but did not complete it until the latter 1950s, after his final retirement as Prime Minister. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the "special relationship", the shared heritage and destiny of Britain and the United States. Consequently he gave considerable attention to the key events of American history, especially the War of Independence and the Civil War. He worked with teams of academics for each volume, who provided the historical research which he then crafted into a narrative in distinctly Churchillian prose. The work met with acclaim and proved an international best-seller, further vindicating Churchill's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. A masterpiece of readable, popular history, it remains in print today. Cohen A267.1(I)-(IV). Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill, vol. VIII, 1988. 4 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges red. With dust jackets. Illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. Top edges sunned, very good clean copies in like jackets, a few nicks and shallow chips at extremities with tape repairs on versos.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$16103.29 + shipping
Description: First editions, first impressions, the first volume inscribed by the author on the half-title, "Winston S. Churchill 20 May 1956", the second and third volumes initialled by the author on the title pages. Volume 2 also has a printed presentation slip on the front free endpaper. Churchill's great history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States met with acclaim and proved an international best-seller, further vindicating Churchill's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. A masterpiece of readable, popular history, it remains in print today. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes. Cohen A267.1(I)-(IV).a. 4 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges red. With dust jackets. Illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. Vol. I fore edge with pen jottings, very light staining to outer margins of same; unclipped jackets with light wear at extremities: very good copes in very good jackets.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$22500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This mixed First English edition presentation set, in dust jackets, is signed in each volume:"Winston S. Churchill" and hand-dated "1959" in ink. The set was presented by Churchill to his close friend and associate Frank Clarke, who famously hosted Winston and Clementine Churchill at his Miami Beach home in January and February 1946, prior to Churchill's March appearance at Fulton College, Missouri to deliver what would come to be known as his "Iron Curtain" speech. Volume I is the Fifth Printing of the First Edition, dated: January 1958 on the publication page. Volume II is the Second Printing of the First Edition, dated: March 1957. Volumes III and IV are both First Printings, dated 1957 and 1958, respectively. The dust jackets are all virtually mint, unclipped, save for Volume II which is very neatly price-clipped. The books are all slightly damp-stained, with cloth-fading along the board edges and scattered foxing to the fore-edges and prelims. The spines of Volume III and IV are very slightly creased, but the bindings are all otherwise square and tight and the contents fine. Quebec-born COLONEL FRANK W. CLARKE was the scion of a family that owned paper mills in Canada. He worked for Winston Churchill on the staff of The British Gazette during the General Strike of 1926, and was a shipowner, whose vessels served in Allied operations throughout World War II as hospital, supply and troop ships. The Churchills notably stayed at his lakeside cabin for two days of rest following the Quebec Conference. A very personal association for Churchill and a marvelous multiple-signed set, even with the slightly later editions. First English Edition Set (Mixed Printings) (Cohen A267.1[I].d[II.b[III-IV].a) (Woods A138a). 8vo (440 pages, 350 pages, 352 pages & 346 pages. Illustrated with maps and tables.)
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.