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We sold some signed copies of Winston Churchill’s A Roving Commission. Please see below:

Winston Churchill Signed Book, ”My Early Life, A Roving Commission”

Winston Churchill book signed, ”My Early Life, A Roving Commission”, published by Odhams Press Limited: London: 1957. First edition, second impression. Churchill’s autobiography, with a focus on his role in the Second Boer War, bears the Prime Minister’s autograph inscription to the fly-leaf, ”To Stanley James Webb / from / Winston S. Churchill / Dec 23. 1930.” Bound in red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Measures 6” x 9” and runs 392pp. Pencil notation to front pastedown, sunning to backstrip, cocking to spine and foxing to leaves and edges. Overall in very good condition. Sold for $2,500.

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Churchill Signed “A Roving Commission” Rare Book

Rare signed copy of “A Roving Commission” by Winston Churchill. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons: 1945. Octavo rare book runs 370pp. Bold inscription on the front free endpaper reads, “To / John [?] / from / Winston Churchill / 1946.” Also includes typed note, composed aboard the R.M.S. Queen Mary, which reads in part, “…with Mr. Churchill’s best wishes…” Best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War, Churchill was also, at various times, a soldier, author, journalist and painter. In 1953 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.” Acknowledged as one of his best works, this tome is a vivid account of the first 25 years of his life. Cloth boards show wear to corners and spine. Slight toning of pages, otherwise very good condition. A deeply revealing portrait of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Sold for $2,500.

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The following are some additional Winston Churchill signed books we sold:

Winston Churchill Signed Copy of His Classic Work, “A History of the English Speaking Peoples” — First Editions in Original Dust Jackets

Winston Churchill signed first editions of “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples”. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1956-58. Churchill signs the bookplate on the half-title page of Volume I, “Winston S. Churchill”. Though begun during his “Wilderness Years” of the early 1930s, Churchill completed these volumes after World War II, giving attention to the “special relationship” of the United Kingdom and United States. He writes, “For the second time in the present century the British Empire and the United States have stood together facing the perils of war on the largest scale known among men, and since the cannons ceased to fire and the bombs to burst we have become more conscious of our common duty to the human race.” All four first editions are housed in their original price-clipped dust jackets, all in very good condition or better. Top edges red on all, in original red boards, each measuring 6.5″ x 9.75″ and housed in a 5.5″ x 10″ slipcase. Volume I is near fine, in a very good to near fine dust jacket. Vols. II-IV have been re-backed, preserving original endpapers, with some foxing to interior and dust jackets, and also light staining to the front board of Vol. III. In very good condition, with very good dust jackets, which have some foxing and sunning to spines. Overall a very attractive, well-preserved set, rare as signed. Sold for $3,438.

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Winston Churchill Signed “History of the English Speaking People”. Click to enlarge.

Winston Churchill Signed “Great Contemporaries” — Uncommon Title Signed by Churchill

Winston Churchill signed copy of his 1937 book “Great Contemporaries.” Signed and inscribed, “To Mr. Alfred B. Strauss from Winston S. Churchill / 1951” on the front free endpaper. Published by Thornton Butterworth Ltd.: London: 1948, later printing. In publisher’s original cloth. Some rubbing to spine and edges, faint toning to signature page, and two sets of staple marks at top and bottom right of signature page, far away from writing. Overall in very good condition. Sold for $3,336.

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Winston Churchill Signed “Great Contemporaries”. Click to enlarge.

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