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Macmillan & Co, January 1906. Hardcover. Used - Good. Spine worn at top and bottom from handling. Pages yellowing with age. Shelf wear along bottom edge of pages. Spine semi tight.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: The Library of Imperial History, 1974. Hardcover. This is Winston Churchill's first biographic work, the subject of which is his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. This lovely edition was produced in very limited numbers using sheets from the 1974 Collected Works that were never bound by the original publisher. This edition contains the full, unabridged text of the 1906 first edition with the added benefit of the author's new Foreword from the 1952 Odhams edition. The result is the superb contents of the Collected Works - printed on 500-year archival paper with gilt top edge - in a heavy, red buckram binding with the Churchill Arms on the front cover. The contents are bound with red and gold head and tail bands and gray endpapers. The binding is far more practical and durable than the vellum in which most Collected Works volumes were originally bound. This copy is in as new condition, the binding and contents pristine with no wear, defects, or previous ownership marks. Winston ChurchillÂ’s… Read More

London: Macmillan and Company Limited, 1907. Hardcover. This is the 1907 first one-volume unabridged edition of Winston ChurchillÂ’s biography of his father. This copy is more noteworthy for provenance than for intrinsic collectible value. The only previous owner mark in the book is inked in three lines on the front free endpaper recto: “Margaret Moss | Cowichan Station | B.C.” This book belonged to Margaret Johnstone Moss (1871-1937) of Cowichan Station, British Columbia. Margaret is noteworthy both for her accomplishments and for the fact that her history is substantially known – atypical for a woman of her time. During the Boer War Margaret was selected by the British Colonial office to work among the women and children in the concentration camps in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and was later put in charge of educational services there. It was likely here that Margaret met Major Claude Moss, then serving as the deputy assistant adjutant general of the Orange River Colony. They married Dec. 24,… Read More

New York: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1906. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first U.S. edition, only printing, of Winston ChurchillÂ’s 1906 biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. This U.S. edition is visually similar but aesthetically superior to its British counterpart, the volumes featuring gilt top page edges and a ribbed cloth binding with gilt and blind rules and the Marlborough Arms in gilt within a double blind ruled front cover panel. This set is in good minus overall condition, sound, complete, and unrestored but showing age and experience. The cloth bindings retain strong red hue and bright spine and front cover gilt, but show moderate overall scuffing, fraying at points to the extremities, and some wrinkling and concavity to the spine cloth, particularly that of Volume I. The contents are notably bright and clean for the edition with no spotting, strong top edge gilt, and clean fore and bottom edges. The same previous owner name, date of “1920”, and… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co, 1906. First. Very Good. Lord Randolph Churchill was a two-part biography written by Winston Churchill of his father, a prominent Victorian politician It was first published in 1906 It received much critical acclaim However, filial devotion caused him to soften some of his father's less attractive aspects Theodore Roosevelt, who had known Lord Randolph, reviewed the book as "a clever, tactful and rather cheap and vulgar life of that clever, tactful and rather cheap and vulgar egotist" Some historians suggest Churchill used the book in part to vindicate his own career and in particular to justify crossing the floor 2 vols xvi, [2], 564; viii, [2], 531 pp Illustrated with photogravure portraits, facsimiles, etc 23x155 cm (9x6"), bound in red cloth lettered in gilt, gilt armorial shield on front covers Spines faded with a few marks and a touch of fraying, some light soiling to covers; front hinge of Volume 2 cracked but bindings sound, occasional foxing, most pages uncut,… Read More

LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, Macmillan, 1906, first edition, 2 volumes, one inner hinge tender, some light staining to sections of the spine of volume one, else just about a vg set.

London, New York: Macmillan and Company, 1906. TWO VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Spines and front covers lettered in gilt. Gilt family crest bottom of front covers. Spines just a bit faded. Small spot midportion of Volume 1 spine. Small bookseller ticket bottom of front pastedown of Volume 1 (Henry Sotheran, Ltd). Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard both volumes. Moderately-heavy foxing preliminaries, title-pages, and through text block, usually peripheral. 564-531pp. Woods A8(a).. First English Edition. Wine Cloth. Moderate General Wear/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. First American. Hardcover. Very Good. plates. Thick 8vos, red cloth, unopened, untrimmed fore-edges, teg, edgeworn; ex libris Donald William Cole, of Dallas - with two quite different bookplates. The future prime minister's account of his father. Precedes the one-volume edition. Plates.

London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, only printing of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a lifelong mated pair bearing Lord Randolph's pasted-in signature. The two-volume work concentrates on Lord Randolph's career in Parliament after 1880. Winston Churchill's father died in January 1895 at age 45 following the spectacular collapse of both his health and political career. His son Winston was 20 years old. When he first contemplated writing his father's biography Winston Churchill was an itinerant soldier and war correspondent who had yet to write his first book. The son still dwelt very much in his father's shadow, both emotionally and in terms of the political career to which he already aspired. By the time the work was published in 1906, the young Winston Churchill already had half a dozen books to his credit and half a decade in Parliament. By 1906 Churchill had already left his father's… Read More

London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. Churchill's first biographic work concentrates on Lord Randolph's career in Parliament after 1880. Lord Randolph died in January 1895 at age 45 following the spectacular collapse of both his health and political career. His son Winston was 20 years old. When he first contemplated writing his father's biography Winston Churchill was still an itinerant soldier and war correspondent who had yet to write his first book. The son still dwelt very much in his father's shadow, both emotionally and in terms of the political career to which he already aspired. By the time the work was published in 1906, the young Winston Churchill already had half a dozen books to his credit and half a decade in Parliament. By 1906 Churchill had already left his father's political party, prevailed in the same political battle that had terminated his father's career, and was just two years from his first Cabinet post. Churchill was criticized… Read More

New York: Macmillan & Co., 1906. First American Edition Set (Cohen A17.2) (Woods A8aa). Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (586 pages and 546 pages, illustrated, with tissue protected photo frontispieces.). This is a very good First American edition set. Generally regarded as aesthetically superior to the English edition, the red cloth here retains strong color, though the spines have very faintly darkened, with the Volume I spine just a bit concave and lightly fraying at the head and tail. The gilt titles and gilded top edges are bright. There is a neatly repaired front hinge break in Volume II. Both volumes have a date inked on their front free endpapers, the contents of both are otherwise fine, clean and unfoxed.

New York: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1906. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first U.S. edition, only printing, of Winston ChurchillÂ’s 1906 biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. This U.S. edition is visually similar but aesthetically superior to its British counterpart, the volumes featuring gilt top page edges and a ribbed cloth binding with gilt and blind rules and the Marlborough Arms in gilt within a double blind ruled front cover panel. This set is very good condition, sound, complete, and unusually bright and clean despite some minor wear and flaws. The cloth bindings retain strikingly bright red hue and gilt, with no color shift between the covers and spines. The bindings show only minor scuffs and blemishes and light wear to extremities. The Volume I binding is a bit shaken at the front hinge, but still firmly intact. The contents are notably bright and clean, with no spotting and strong top edge gilt. The untrimmed fore and bottom edges are clean, showing… Read More

London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The first edition, only printing, is aesthetically pleasing, featuring deep red cloth, untrimmed page edges, gilt stamping, and the family coat of arms on the front covers. However, the red cloth binding of this edition proved quite susceptible to fading and wear and the contents to heavy spotting. First edition sets are not especially uncommon, but collector worthy sets are scarce. Here is a quite respectable set in very good condition. The red cloth bindings remain square and tight with negligible color shift between the covers and spine. Wear is modest, mostly confined to hinges and extremities with minor bumps to the upper Volume I corners and light scuffing to the boards. Shelf presentation is quite good, the red color well-preserved, soiling confined to a faint stain affecting the “CHU” in the Volume I title. The… Read More

London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The first edition, only printing, is aesthetically pleasing, featuring deep red cloth, untrimmed page edges, gilt stamping, and the family coat of arms on the front covers. However, the red cloth binding of this edition proved quite susceptible to fading and wear and the contents to heavy spotting. First edition sets are not especially uncommon, but collector worthy sets are scarce. Here is a very good set, not fine but nonetheless less affected by the usual flaws than most sets we encounter.   The red cloth bindings remain respectably tight and clean. Wear and scuffing are modest and the spines show only light, uniform toning. Hence shelf presentation is quite good for the edition. The contents of both volumes are bright. Each front pastedown bears the same decorative bookplate, corroborating that this is a lifelong mated… Read More

New York: Macmillan & Co., 1906. First American Edition Set (Cohen A17.2) (Woods A8aa). Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (586 pages and 546 pages, illustrated, with tissue protected photo frontispieces.). This is a very good example of the First American edition set, which was produced in slightly more deluxe fashion than the English edition, with a finer red cloth and gilded top edges. The red cloth here retains deep, rich color and the gilt titles and tops are bright. The spines are well-rounded, with just a hint of fraying at the spine heads. There are three noticeable surface scratches along the spine edge of Volume I and two faint dents in the upper edge of the front board. The front hinge of Volume I is just beginning to give. The contents of both volumes are otherwise fine, clean and unfoxed. A truly lovely set.

London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The first edition, only printing, is aesthetically pleasing, featuring deep red cloth, untrimmed page edges, gilt stamping, and the family coat of arms in gilt on the front covers. However, the red cloth binding of this edition proved quite susceptible to fading and wear and the contents to heavy spotting. First edition sets are not especially uncommon, but collector worthy sets are scarce. This set is in very good condition. The red cloth bindings remain square, tight, and bright. There is modest shelf wear to extremities as well as modest scuffs and blemishes, a bump to the upper front corner of Volume II, and some abrasion to the lower Volume I rear corner. Shelf presentation is quite respectable for the edition, with no appreciable color shift between the covers and spine and bright spine gilt. The contents remain… Read More

New York and London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1906. First editions of Winston S. Churchill's biography of his father. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth bound, gilt titles to the spine, engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Randolph Churchill after a photograph by Mackintosh to Volume I, engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Randolph Churchill after a photograph by Russell and Sons to Volume II, illustrated. In very good condition, bookplate. A nice example.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1906. First English Edition Set (Cohen A17.1) (Woods A8a). Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (584 pages and 544 pages, illustrated, with tissue protected photo frontispieces.). This is a very good First English edition set in lovely condition, with bindings that are square and tight, gilt titles that are bright, and cloth that remains a deep red. The corners are sharp, if just a touch turned on Volume II, and there are two pronounced scratches to the Volume II rear board. The spines are only nominally faded, with a short tear in the cloth at the spine head of Volume II. The contents are fine, with barely a spot or two of foxing in each volume. The set is elegantly preserved in full-burgundy leather clamshell boxes

London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a superior, unread and exceptionally clean first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The first edition, only printing, is aesthetically pleasing, featuring deep red cloth, untrimmed page edges, gilt stamping, and the family coat of arms in gilt on the front covers. However, the red cloth binding of this edition proved quite susceptible to fading and wear and the contents to heavy spotting. First edition sets are not especially uncommon, but collector worthy sets are elusive. Sets of this caliber are quite scarce indeed. This set is compellingly clean and bright inside and out, near fine and about as good as we ever encounter. The contents of each volume are immaculate, improbably bright, clean, and crisp. We find no spotting, no previous ownership marks, and no age-toning. Clearly, both volumes are unread, as both volumes have as-yet uncut signatures throughout. The… Read More