Search Results: marlborough his life and times by churchill sir winston

Two volumes. Full vellum boards with gilt coat of arms and rule to front boards, as well as gilt particulars to spine. Housed in dark green slipcases with gilt coat of arms to front. All edges gilt; green silk ribbons; marbled endpapers. Volume 1 slightly discolored; darker than volume 2 (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean.6 3/4 x 10 inches each

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., , c,1947.. In very good condition.. Edition: This edition in two Books., Binding: contemporary full burgundy cloth over board, title in gilt on flat spine, upper board decorated with Duke of Marlborough's arms in gilt., Notes: Marlborough His Life and Times is a panegyric biography written by Winston Churchill about John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Churchill was a lineal descendant of the duke. Churchill had conceived the idea of writing the book by 1929, when the conservative defeat in the general election meant that he was no longer a government minister, giving him both spare time and the loss of his ministerial salary. His first act in preparing the book was to employ Maurice Ashley part-time for a salary of £300 per year to carry out research about Marlborough. Ashley later produced his own biography of Marlborough, in 1939. Churchill, with other assistants, worked on and published a number of different historical books while work on Marlborough was… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1947. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition complete in two volumes of this biographical work on John Churchill, written by Sir Winston Churchill. Complete in two volumes. Originally published in four volumes between 1933 and 1938, this is the first thus complete in two volumes. Book one contains the original volumes one and two, and book two contains the original volumes three and four. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, eight facsimiles of documents, and fifteen maps. Volume two is illustrated with three facsimiles of letters, and seventy-six maps, three of which are folding. Volume three is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, two facsimiles of letters, and thirty-six maps and plans, three of which are folding. Volume four is illustrated with four folding maps and many in-text facsimiles and plans. Collated complete. A panegyric biography of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, an… Read More

London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1933-1938. [Biography/History] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions. Four volumes, octavos (24 x 17 x 22cm), pp.[4] 612; pp.651 [1]; pp.[2] 608 [2]; pp.671 [1]. With 325 illustrations, including a frontispiece to each volume, black and white plates, folding maps and battle plans, and facsimile documents. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin navy labels, further gilt decoration to spines, and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt, others lightly trimmed. Crisp, clean copies presented in attractive new leather bindings. The monumental biography of Winston's ancestor Sir John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, and Britain's greatest military strategist. As Restoration England's most talented General, he served under five Stuart and Hanoverian monarchs in campaigns such as the Franco-Dutch War, the Monmouth Rebellion, and the Glorious Revolution.

London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1934-1938. [Biography/History] VINTAGE LEATHER-BOUND SET. Four volumes, octavo (24 x 17 x 22cm), pp.[4]; 612; pp.651; [1]; pp.[2]; 608; [2]; pp.671; [1]. With 325 illustrations, including a frontispiece to each volume, black and white plates, folding maps and battle plans, and facsimile documents. Handsomely bound in publisher's mid-blue half morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration to spines, buckram sides, top edges gilt, grey endpapers. First and final leaves with some offset toning from endpapers else contents are clean, bindings pleasantly aged with some very light wear only. A most attractive set, unusual to find in an old leather binding. Bound circa 1938, the set comprises books available at the time of binding; Vol 1 'Revised' ed.; Vol 2 'Reprinted' (i.e. Second Impression); Vols. 3 and 4 are First Printings.