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Thoughts and Adventures.
by CHURCHILL, Winston S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1942. First Macmillan edition, first impression, reprinted for a wartime audience following the first edition, published by Thornton Butterworth in 1932. "The broadest range of Churchill's thought between hard covers, Thoughts and Adventures comprises essays on a wide array of subjects, attesting not only to the breadth of the author's comprehension but of his personal experience" (Langworth, p. 154). This copy is from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen, with his ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Christmas 1942 gift inscription to front free endpaper. Jacket a little stained and rubbed, unclipped: a fine copy in good jacket. Cohen A95.4a. Richard M. Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170425
- Title
- Thoughts and Adventures.
- Author
- CHURCHILL, Winston S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1942
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
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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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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