Savrola

London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is Churchill's third book and only novel. A very young Churchill was exuberant about publication at the time. Even though Savrola was his third published book, it was actually the first book he undertook and the second he completed. He would later make deprecating comments about the… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is Churchill's third book and only novel. A very young Churchill was exuberant about publication at the time. Even though Savrola was his third published book, it was actually the first book he undertook and the second he completed. He would later make deprecating comments about… Read more about this item

London: Beacon Books (Odhams Press Ltd.), 1957. Paperback. This is the second paperback edition of Churchill's third published book and only novel (the first paperback edition being published 49 years earlier in 1908). Condition is very good for a paperback of this vintage. The binding is square and tight. The illustrated covers are bright and clean, showing… Read more about this item

London: Cedric Chivers Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Ex-lib. 1973. First edition thus. Illustrated hardback laminated board cover. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 260pp, xvi. .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Sevenpenny Library edition. Hardcover. This is the first state of the 1915 Hodder & Stoughton “Sevenpenny Library Edition” of Churchill's third book and only novel, extremely scarce thus in the strikingly illustrated dust jacket. This is an aesthetically pleasing little book measuring 6.625 inches tall by 4.5 inches wide (17 x… Read more about this item

New York, London, Bombay: Longmans, Green and Company, 1900. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Gilt rule front cover. Armorial book-plate signed in neat old hand, front free endpaper. Spine extremities very lightly frayed. Evidence of old newspaper off-setting rear endpapers. 1" x 1/2" tear top of pages 243-245. The true first edition of Churchill's only novel, preceding the… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1956. Second American Edition (first published NY: 1900), with a new Foreword by Churchill. Octavo; navy blue over red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 241pp. Neat ink ownership signature to front endpaper; some barely perceptible spotting to darker portions of cloth, else a tight, straight, Near Fine copy.… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. First British edition of Churchill's singular attempt at full-length fiction, one of only 1,500 copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles. In near fine condition, names. Housed in a custom slipcase. Churchill's only major work of fiction, Savrola: A Tale of… Read more about this item

London: Longmans Green & Co., 1900. Colonial issue of the first edition, first printing. Hardcover. This well-worn survivor is a rare prize – the first edition, first printing, Colonial issue of Winston Churchill’s only novel, far rarer than its U.S. or British first edition counterparts. Only 1,670 Colonial editions were issued in this illustrated hardcover binding - and this… Read more about this item

Mattituck: American House. NF. N.D.. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 241 pages. ONe of 300 copies in a Limited Edition. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1900. Churchill as novelist First British edition in book form, first impression, second state. Savrola was Churchill's only novel, the first book he undertook to write, and his third publication overall. "Whether they deem it a key indication of Churchill's innermost philosophy and political morality or just a yarn, Savrola continues to exert a… Read more about this item

Bath: Cedric Chivers, 1973. Hardcover. This is an elusive modern reprint of Churchill's third book and only novel. This 1973 edition was published by Cedric Chivers of Portway and Bath and is quite scarce. The striking dust jacket bears a color illustration from the story. The binding is dark red cloth stamped in gilt. Here is a respectable but… Read more about this item

Beacon Books, 1957. Paperback. Acceptable. 1957. First Edition Thus. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding is shaky, dedication page to contents page detached but still present. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to first page. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Paper slightly worn away to spine. Light wear… Read more about this item

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. Churchill's only major work of fiction, Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania describes events in the capital of Laurania, a fictional European state, as unrest against the dictatorial government of president Antonio Molara turns to violent revolution. Savrola is in many respects a traditional example of the "Ruritanian" genre, being… Read more about this item

London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green and Company, 1900. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Forward edge of front cover shows some a bit of rubbing of the green cloth, one small area front joint as well. Original black endpapers, intact. Some light foxong of half-title and title-pages, with occasional foxing through the text, usually peripheral. This novel was… Read more about this item

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus.[Complete and unabridged.] VG. No owner inscrptn and no price removal (2/6) to front cover.Bright,crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (in the style of 'bodice-rippers'/'pulps') illustrated front cover with red,black and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - an approximate 1/5" split at foot of spine/backstrip's front vertical edge but no other… Read more about this item

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus. [Complete and unabridged.Re-published in Britain for the first time since the original edition appeared in 1900.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and the partial price removal of another price adhesive label overlaid on the original [2/6) price to front cover,slightly removing small portion of background yellow design and majority of the red numbered price.Bright,crisp,fairly clean and generally sharp-cornered… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1900. Churchill as novelist First British edition in book form, first impression, first state. Savrola was Churchill's only novel, the first book he undertook to write, and his third publication overall. "Whether they deem it a key indication of Churchill's innermost philosophy and political morality or just a yarn, Savrola continues to exert a… Read more about this item

First printing of this edition. A few holes, chips and creases to dust jacket. Some rubbing and light spotting to boards. Clean and unmarked.

Monaco: a la Voile Latine,, 1950. Perhaps the most elegant Churchill work First Collot edition, first printing, extra-limited issue, number 6 of 12 copies on "vélin d'arches pur chiffon a la forme", containing additional illustrations, and with the suite of separate plates at the rear (out of a total edition of 950 copies). This copy is from the collection… Read more about this item