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Folio Society, 2008. 2nd printing. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine), slipcase (Fine). Pp. xxiv + 388, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions).
My Early Life a Roving Commission by Churchill,Winston - 1930
by Churchill,Winston
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My Early Life a Roving Commission
by Churchill,Winston
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London: Thornton Butterworth Limited. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in original pink cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.This copy has one very neat previous ownership name to the front endpaper dated 1930.The work is more than merely an adventure story,it's a portrayal of the halycon period of Edwardian content before the First World War and when Churchill's life was full of adventure and when he had a keen zest for life.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.8vo 392pp First Edition 2nd Impression [1930] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2nd Printing. 1930.
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1930
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- Keywords Churchill
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MY EARLY LIFE A Roving Commission
by CHURCHILL Winston
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My Early Life. A Roving Commission.
by Winston Churchill
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First Edition. Octavo, 11 titles by Churchill listed to the verso of the half title, frontispiece portrait of Lady Randolph Churchill, profusely illustrated throughout with 28 illustrations and maps; of which many are full page plates, folding general map illustrating Churchill's journey during his capture, imprisonment and escape in South Africa/Mozambique during the Boer War. Bound in royal navy, half morocco gilt, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled in six compartments, gilt lettering and gilt 'lion rampant' motifs in compartments, top edge gilt, pp. 392. Published by Thornton Butterworth (London), 1930. Some occasional light spotting and browning, otherwise a fine copy in a beautiful binding.
This title is Winston Churchill's only volume of sustained autobiography, covering his formative years from his birth in 1874 until his election as MP for Oldham in 1900. According to the ODNB: "A witty and elegiac account of his youth shot through with regret at the decline of the social and imperial… Read More
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