Search Results: The First Churchill the Life Of John, 1st Duke O… by George Malcolm Thomson

Secker and Warburg London 1979 Fine/fine (no significant faults with book or dj) Octavo 338pp illustrated.

USA: WILLIAM MORROW, 1980. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER. NEAR FINE/GOOD. William Morrow, USA, 1980, hardcover, 1st edition, 1st printing, near fine book in a good jacket with normal shelf wear, clipped jacket, previous owner name on FEP else unmarked, not remaindered, bookclub or library

William Morrow & Co.. First U. S. Edition is stated on the copyright page with the full number sequence of 1-10 present. Pages are clean, tight and bright. The dust jacket's original price is still present. . Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 1980.

London: Secker & Warburg. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine very lightly faded. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 338 pages. Biography of John Churchill the 1st Duke of Marlborough and the hero of the battle of Blenheim . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London England: Secker & Warburg. Fine/Very Good. 1979. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 043652046X Hardback Hardback. First Edition. The First Churchill. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. John, Duke of Marlborough, was the first Churchill to achieve fame and fortune. His father had been ruined fighting for Charles I, and the ason's prospects looked meagre. But through the favour of a rich and amorous lady he was, with his great good looks, launched as courtier and soldier. In both roles he mingled dissimulation with audacity while preserving an inpenetrable mask of urbanity. He cuckoleded Charles II, betrayed James II and became the distrusted association of William III. He prospered greatly. But he had to wait for supreme glory until he was fifty. Then on the battlefield of Blenheim he and Prince Eugene of Savoyr inflicted a shattering defeat on the French. France's hegemony was shaken. Britain was recorgnised for the first… Read More

London England: Secker & Warburg. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1979. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 043652046X Hardback Hardback. First Edition. The First Churchill. Previous owners name and date to inside cover. John, Duke of Marlborough, was the first Churchill to achieve fame and fortune. His father had been ruined fighting for Charles I, and the ason's prospects looked meagre. But through the favour of a rich and amorous lady he was, with his great good looks, launched as courtier and soldier. In both roles he mingled dissimulation with audacity while preserving an inpenetrable mask of urbanity. He cuckoleded Charles II, betrayed James II and became the distrusted association of William III. He prospered greatly. But he had to wait for supreme glory until he was fifty. Then on the battlefield of Blenheim he and Prince Eugene of Savoyr inflicted a shattering defeat on the French. France's hegemony was shaken. Britain was recorgnised… Read More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. dust jacket xi + 338pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, How he broke the power of France and established England as a major military power

London: Secker & Warburg. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. xi, 337pp; illustrations, red boards a tad flecked, old price to front endpaper.; 240 x 155mm .

London, United Kingdom: Secker & Warburg, 1979. Red bds with crisp gilt title (not bumped or worn) pp 337 with 24 illus and 7 maps, tight and pristine interior printed on quality india paper, blue eps have gift inscription o/w state is unread. Original wrapper shows details of Donauworth tapestry held at Blenheim Palace, not worn or price clipped. An excellent copy. Overweight.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. 1st edition. Fine. octavo. dust jacket xi + 338pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, How he broke the power of France and established England as a major military power