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My Early Life.: A Roving Commission.
by CHURCHILL, Winston S
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- Hardcover
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Odhams Press Limited,, 1948. Inscribed by Churchill Presentation copy from Churchill, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper to the wife of Frederick Raven, who served as his butler and valet for nine months: "To Mrs Raven from Winston S. Churchill, 1949". My Early Life, Churchill's "witty and elegiac account of his youth" (ODNB), was first published in 1930. In 1946 the copyright in all of his pre-1940 books was sold by Churchill to Odhams for £25,000. The Odhams edition was first published in 1947; this is the second impression of 1948, which was split into the present "deluxe" binding issue with a leather label and red edges, and a standard binding issue with the label painted on and the edges uncoloured. Octavo. Original reddish orange cloth, black leather label to spine, red edges. Housed in a custom red quarter morocco solander box. Frontispiece and 8 plates; maps, plans and illustrations to the text including 1 double-page and 6 full-page. Cloth a little sunned, contents a little spotted: a very good copy. Cohen A91.9.c; Woods A37(a) for the first edition.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163012
- Title
- My Early Life.
- Author
- CHURCHILL, Winston S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Odhams Press Limited,
- Date Published
- 1948
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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