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MY EARLY LIFE. A Roving Commission
by CHURCHILL. WINSTON. S
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About This Item
Thornton Butterworth Limited. London. 1930. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 2nd state, with 12 titles by Churchill listed on the half title. Illustrated throughout with maps and portraits. A clean and bright copy, Finely bound in recent full red morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated with Rampant Lion device, all in gilt. Single gilt decorative border on boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy. Churchill's autobiographical writings on his younger years.
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- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9919
- Title
- MY EARLY LIFE. A Roving Commission
- Author
- CHURCHILL. WINSTON. S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thornton Butterworth Limited. London. 1930
- Weight
- 0.00
- Bookseller catalogs
- Winston Churchill; Fine bindings;
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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