Great Contemporaries -
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
1937 - Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London - First Edition
Finely bound collection of Winston Churchill's classic series of twenty-one essays on major world figures of the day including Lawrence of Arabia, George Bernard Shaw, Trotsky, Hindenburg, Marshall Foch, Joseph Chamberlain, King George V, and Adolf Hitler.
Illustrated with twenty-one black and white photographic portraits. References: Woods, Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill A43a. Langworth, A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill 178.
Octavo (binding size 21.8x14.5cm), pp. [2] 335 [3]. Elegantly bound in recent three quarter dark blue morocco over matching cloth, spine with traditional raised bands, lettered and 'lions rampant' tooled in gilt, top edge gilt. Condition: Fine in fine binding. Ref: 111956 Price: HK$ 7,500
Illustrated with twenty-one black and white photographic portraits. References: Woods, Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill A43a. Langworth, A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill 178.
Octavo (binding size 21.8x14.5cm), pp. [2] 335 [3]. Elegantly bound in recent three quarter dark blue morocco over matching cloth, spine with traditional raised bands, lettered and 'lions rampant' tooled in gilt, top edge gilt. Condition: Fine in fine binding. Ref: 111956 Price: HK$ 7,500