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The Right Honourable Sir Winston S. Churchill. Painting as a Pastime. Odhams/Benn, 1948.

Price: US$19.49 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publisher - Odhams Press/Ernest Benn, London, 1948. 1st ed. in volume form. Essay reprinted from Churchill's book 'Thoughts and Adventures' 1932. Very good condition, light green boards with fading to edges, b/w frontispiece, 32pp, 18 colour plates. Unclipped jacket good condition with chips and tears to all edges.

Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom

CHURCHILL Winston S.. Painting as a pastime. , 1948.

Price: US$38.98 + shipping

Description: London, Odhams press Ltd, s.d. (1948). In/8 reliure toile sous jaquette illustrée, frontispice (photo de la jaquette), 18 illustrations en couleur, 32 pages. Petite déchirure à la jaquette. Texte en anglais. 8vo, cloth under illustrated wrapper, 18 colour plates, 32 p. Small trears on wrapper.

Seller: Philippe Lucas Livres Anciens, Lyon, France

Winston Churchill. Painting as a Pastime. Odhams Press ; Ernest Benn,, London, 1948.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 32 pages, [31] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portrait, plates ; 24 cm. A true first edition; marred only by a small elegant bookplate and some light ghost fading to the cover.

Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.

Churchill, Winston S. (The Right Honourable). PAINTING As A Pastime. Odhams Press Ltd, Ernest Benn Ltd, London, 1948.

Price: US$77.97 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "The zest and inspiration which have made Mr Churchill's speeches famous.are found in every line of this account of his favourite hobby." Text to page 32 followed by 18 Colour Plates of Sir Winston's Paintings. Frontispiece illustrated with a B&W Photograph of Sir Winston sitting at his easel, Painting. Dustjacket has the same picture, with white lettering on brown ground above & below. Pale Grey cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to front & spine. 8 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has a small closed tear at the top (1/2" long) and a few nicks, repaired on the inside with clear tape. Also some edge wear and a little creasing at the bottom (see photo). Clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom

Churchill, Winston (1874-1965). Painting as a pastime. London : Odhams Press, 1948.

Price: US$83.53 + shipping

Description: Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 32 pages : illustrations (some color), portrait, plates ; 24 cm. Subjects: Churchill, Winston Sir 1874-1965. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Churchill, Winston (1874-1965). Painting as a pastime. London : Odhams Press, 1948.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 32 pages : illustrations (some color), portrait, plates ; 24 cm. Subjects: Churchill, Winston Sir 1874-1965. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Churchill, Winston S.. Painting as a Pastime. Odhams, London, 1948.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Very good with lightly bumped edges, slightly faded extremities, and faint soiling Good with bumped and lightly chipped edges. Extremities have light creases and scuffs. In dust jacket protector Pale green cloth with gilt lettering

Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Churchill, Winston S. Painting as a Pastime. Odhams Press 1948, London, 1948.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. 32 [+18 plates] pp. Bound in recent half dark blue morocco over marbled boards, with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In fine condition inside and out. A lovely meditation on the importance of relaxation in the face of stress, and the essentiality of art and creative expression to the human spirit. 18 colour illustrations of Churchill's paintings to the rear; The first edition to be published as a single volume. 8vo.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

Winston S. Churchill. PAINTING AS A PASTIME. Odhams Press Ltd, London, 1948.

Price: US$522.45 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner personalization on FEP. Rubbing, few small open tears along panel edges.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Churchill, Winston S. Painting as a Pastime. Odhams Press 1948, London, 1948.

Price: US$649.77 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. 32 [+18 plates] pp., Recently rebound in a recent full dark red morocco, with gilt lettered spine and raised bands. Clean and bright internally, with 18 colour plates of Churchill's paintings to the rear. The first edition to be published as a single volume, in fine condition. 8vo.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

Churchill, Winston S. Painting as a Pastime. Odhams Press 1948, London, 1948.

Price: US$649.77 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. 32 pp., Recently rebound in a recent full green morocco, with gilt lettered spine and raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Clean and bright internally, with 18 colour plates of Churchill's paintings to the rear. 18 colour illustrations of Churchill's paintings to the rear; the first edition to be published as a single volume. 8vo.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

CHURCHILL, Winston S.. Painting as a Pastime.. London: Odhams Press & Ernest Benn Limited, 1948, 1948.

Price: US$12345.69 + shipping

Description: First edition in book form, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Lord Gorell from Winston S. Churchill 1949". Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell (1884-1963) sat in the House of Lords firstly as a Liberal and from 1925 for Labour. From July 1921 to October 1922 he served as Under-Secretary of State for Air, and though that was the extent of his ministerial career he retained a prominent place in public life in the following decades, sitting on a wide range of government committees and the boards of public bodies, charities, and schools. During the Second World War, he was chairman of the Refugee Children's Movement. "These varied interests notwithstanding, he remained true to his first love, literature, and it is as a literary man that he will be remembered" (The Times obituary, 3 May 1963): he published several works of detective fiction and poetry, and edited Cornhill Magazine from 1933 to 1939. Churchill began painting during the First World War, and remained a keen painter throughout his life, judging "the cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest. a policy of first importance to a public man" (p. 8). Painting as a Pastime was originally published in the Strand Magazine in two parts in December 1921 and January 1922, and was included in Churchill's Thoughts and Adventures in 1932. This marks its first appearance in separate book form. Cohen A242.1.a. Octavo. Original light green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece and 15 plates with 18 colour reproductions of Churchill's paintings. Jacket rubbed and a little worn, unclipped: a fine copy in very good jacket.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom