Pamphlets and Leaflets for 1910 being the Publications for the Year of the Liberal Publication Department. by Churchill, Winston S. & al - 1911

London: the friends of T. E. Lawrence, no date [circa 1936]. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Single page folded (19 x 11cm), with title to front cover and text inside. A couple of tiny marks to rear else fine. A pamphlet describing the actions required to ensure a memorial to Lawrence be erected in St. Paul's Cathedral; that his cottage at Clouds Hill be transferred to the National Trust; and that any monies remaining after these exploits be dedicated to other forms of memorialising Lawrence, including some 'which would be helpful to young people'. This decree of intent is notarised by 'the undersigned friends of Lawrence' who in this case include Churchill, Allenby, Augustus John and George Bernard Shaw, amongst others.

London: Ward, Lock and Co., December 1900 to November 1901. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. In two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.vi; 754; pp.vi; 714. With frequent photogravure illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and dark brown titles and decoration to spines and upper boards. Blue ink ownership inscription to front pastedown of each volume. Upper hinge to volume XIII split and quite loose, with netting showing. Old tape repair to upper hinge of volume XIV. Some gatherings a little loose but bindings holding together well overall. Some light outer wear. Good. Featuring 'An Incident of African History' by Haggard; 'Ancient History', 'A Fatal Obstacle', 'A Life Subscription' and 'More Dolly Dialogues' by Anthony Hope; 'An Unlucky Rehearsal', 'My First Diplomatic Mission', 'My Dreadful Secret', 'Mr Ashley's Failure', 'Shocking Mesalliance', 'The Two Gamblers' and 'A Mad Christmas' by Oppenheim; 'Fields for Future Explorers' by Stanley; 'The Great Tipperary' by Boothby; 'Staggers'… Read More

London: Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1898-1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.viii; 672. With black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's DELUXE BINDING of leather-backed dark green boards with extra gilt decoration to spine, tan endpapers, edges marbled (the standard binding was mid-green cloth. Contents clean, joints slightly rubbed. Near fine. This early tale of adventure is WSC's only short story, and together with the novel 'Savrola' constitutes Churchill's entire fictional oeuvre. The story did not reappear until after the author's death, (June 1965, 'The Argosy'), nearly seven decades after the first publication. This issue also contains the short story 'A Princess In Green and Tan' by Arthur Preston, featuring six illustrations from a young Arthur Rackham, drawn very much in the popular Sidney Paget (Sherlock Holmes) style, familiar to readers of the rival 'Strand Magazine', as well as two stories by Richard Marsh.

London: George Newnes, September 1924 to May 1925. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six parts in their original colour illustrated paper covers, priced at 1s. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[52] 215-318 [53-68]; pp.[64] 319-422 [65-80]; pp.[68] 423-530 [69-84]; pp.[96] 531-670 [97-132]; pp.[68] 319-424 [69-86]; pp.[52] 425-528 [53-68]. With frequent black and white illustrations throughout, and some in colour to Christmas number. Presented in a black quarter morocco clamshell box, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands blue cloth over sides, and a fleece lining. Generally bright, crisp copies, with some light rubbing to covers. Heavier rubbing to Nos. 407 and 408. Some minor loss to spines of volumes 407, 408, 412 and 413. Very good. All six parts of "Q.Q." Detective Stories, as well as 'The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy', 'Clustering Round Young Bingo', 'The Awful Gladness of the Matter', 'The Custody of the Pumpkin' and 'Jane Gets Off the Fairway' by Wodehouse; 'When I was Young' by Churchill; and… Read More

New York: Hearst's International Library Co, 1914. First edition of King Albert's Book, produced to profit the Belgian Fund. Quarto, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of King Albert, with numerous tipped-in color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, and Maxfield Parrish. Contains the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling's The Outlaws. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is lacking the spine. Produced to benefit the Belgian Fund, King Albert's Book contains contributions by numerous princes, diplomats, ecclesiastics, scholars, scientists, men and women of letters, artists, and composers including Winston S. Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, Arthur Rackham, and Claude Debussy.

1910. Rare visitor's log from the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 signed by Winston S. and Clementine Churchill, David Lloyd George, Raymond and Violet Asquith among others. Oblong quarto, bound in full leather with gilt inner dentelles. Signed and dated on the first several pages of the logbook by David Lloyd George, Louis Brennan (the inventor of the gyro monorail which won the exhibition's Grand Prize), Raymond Asquith, Clementine S. Churchill, Violet Asquith, Winston S. Churchill, Brazilian President Hermes de Fonseca, and several others dated May 16, 1910 to February 18, 1911. Accompanied by a collection of original photographs from the exhibition and a Farewell Dinner Program. The Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 was a celebration of Japanese culture and manufacturing designed to cement the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The exhibition was held in White City and attended by more than 8 million guests including Churchill, then Home Secretary, who invited Asquith and other members of the Cabinet. In… Read More