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Hillsdale College Press, 2006-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Houghton Mifflin, 1969-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover is slightly scuffed.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 675pp. Letters, notes and other documents covering Churchill's experiences from 1901-1907. DJ lightly stained with small tear at spine.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good(-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. pp 677 - 1,373. Letters, notes and other documents covering Churchill's experiences from 1907-1911. DJ lightly stained with small tear at spine.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good(-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1966. 1st Edition. Paperback. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life, comprising eight mammoth main text volumes. The British and U.S. first editions of the eight main text volumes were published between 1966 and 1988. This is a proof copy of the first volume of the official biography, spanning the years 1874 to 1900, from Churchill's birth, to his early career as a soldier and war correspondent, to his return to England from an American lecture tour in order to embark on his storied political career. This copy is in very good+ condition. It is bound in unmarked tan wraps. The half-title reads: "PROOF COPY This proof copy has been prepared for Mrs. Jackson." The name Mrs. Jackson is handwritten in ink. The card covers are in sound condition with light soiling and just a lttle wear at edges. There are no tears or losses. The contents… Read More

Heinemann,, [1967]. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt backs, red tops, both near fine copies in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Companion Part 1: 1874-1896; Companion Part 2: 1896-1900.

Heinemann,, [1969]. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt backs, red tops, all very good, bright, clean copies in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly browned at edges and with one short closed tear. Companion Part 1 1901-1907; Companion Part 2 1907-1911; Companion Part 3 1911-1914.

London: Heinemann, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Heinemann, 1967 to 1988 (all first editions, with the exception of Volume 3, a second impression in the same year as the first edition). Octavo, eight volumes, approximately 10,000 pages in all, plus numerous plates. Red cloth with top edges dyed red (or papered boards with plain top edges on Volumes 6 and 8); some cloth-bound volumes slightly flecked, with the top-edge dye a little faded in places; Volume 6 has an 'Illustrated London News' review clipping mounted on the front free endpaper, and a small light stain to the leading edge, with minimal cockling to the top corner-tip of the first 30 leaves; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent set with the dustwrappers (three of them price-clipped, the first three slightly chipped, with slightly bubbled laminate and a few short tears, and all but Volumes 6 and 8 the uniform edition version). Specific details of the individual volumes are as follows. Volume 1:… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1966-1967. First edition of the first installment in Randolph S. Churchill's official biography of his father, Winston S. Churchill; complete with first editions of both parts of its companion volume. Octavo, 3 volumes, original publisher's cloth, top edges red, illustrated with photographs, frontispiece portrait of Winston S. Churchill as second lieutenant, 4th Hussars, 1895. Each volume is near fine in a fine dust jacket. Tape remnants to the front and rear endpapers. Jacket design by Tom Simmonds. A monumental work spanning over twenty volumes, the official biography of Winston S. Churchill was authored and edited by several individuals, primarily Churchill's son, Randolph Churchill and later his official biographer, Martin Gilbert. The first two volumes were written by Churchill's son, Randolph Churchill, who also edited the two companions to volume one. Following Randolph's work, historian Martin Gilbert took on the role of official biographer. Gilbert… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1967-1969. A monumental work spanning over twenty volumes, the official biography of Winston S. Churchill was authored and edited by several individuals, primarily Churchill's son, Randolph Churchill and later his official biographer, Martin Gilbert. The first two volumes were written by Churchill's son, Randolph Churchill, who also edited the two companions to volume one. Following Randolph's work, historian Martin Gilbert took on the role of official biographer. Gilbert supervised the posthumous publication of three companions to volume two, which were published under Randolph Churchill's name, as Randolph had compiled much of the material during his lifetime. Later, in 2008, Gilbert announced that the Hillsdale Press would be responsible for publishing the remaining companion volumes. The first of these was released in 2014, marking the seventeenth installment of "The Churchill Documents" series. Subsequent volumes were posthumously published by… Read More

Heinemann,, [1966-88]. 8 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 7 portrait frontispieces, titles in red and black, very numerous plates, and many maps and genealogical tables (a number folding); red cloth, gilt backs, red tops (a few tops unevenly faded as usual), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (wrapper of first volume chipped at headband). ALL WRAPPERS ARE THE PREFERRED SOLID COLOUR ISSUES OF THE UNIFORM EDITION. The set comprises: Vol. I: Youth 1874-1900 (1966); Vol. II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 (1967); Vol. III: 1914-1916 (1971); Vol. IV: 1917-1922 (1975); Vol. V: 1922-1939 (1976); Vol. VI: Finest Hour 1939-1941 (1983); Vol. VII: Road to Victory 1941-1945 (1986); Vol. VIII: Never Despair 1945-1965 (1988). Arguably the most important official biography of the twentieth century. The first two volumes were compiled by Winston's son Randolph; following his death in 1968 the torch passed to (later Sir) Martin Gilbert who passed the majority of his career… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, Heinemann, 1966 to 1988 (all first editions). Large octavo, 21 volumes (eight volumes of biography, and 13 companion volumes), complete as issued, with all plates as called for. Variously cloth and papered boards; trifling signs of use and age (including some light flecking and rubbing); an excellent set with the excellent dustwrappers occasionally a little sunned and rubbed, with a few short tears). Volumes 4 and 8 of the Biography are not from the Uniform Edition. The biography proper comprises eight volumes, as follows. Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1900 (1966). Volume 2: Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (1967). Volume 3: The Challenge of War, 1914-1916 (1971). Volume 4: 1917-1922 (1975). Volume 5: 1922-1939 (1976). Volume 6: Finest Hour, 1939-1941 (1983). Volume 7: Road to Victory, 1941-1945 (1986). Volume 8: Never Despair, 1945-1965 (1988). The companion series comprises thirteen volumes, as follows. Companion Volume I, Part 1:… Read More