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CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). A History of the English Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell and Company, [1956-58].
4 volumes, 8vo. Full page maps. (Endpapers lightly spotted.) Original crimson cloth; original pictorial dust jackets (a few insignificant nicks).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, THE FIRST VOLUME INSCRIBED ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION BY CHURCHILL TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT on a separate sheet laid-in to volume one: "With all good wishes, Winston S. Churchill April 23, 1956." Surrounding Churchill's inscription is a written exchange (in pencil) between Mrs. Roosevelt and her secretary, Maureen Corr. At the head of the page, Ms. Corr writes: "How do I address him?" and Mrs. Roosevelt responds: "Dear Sir Winston." She has also written to her secretary: "paste this page in book," a request which was never fulfilled. Ms. Corr writes at the bottom of the page: "Mr. Churchill's book 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' Vol. I. The Birth of Britain." FURTHER INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL on a separate sheet pasted to the front free endpaper in volume four: "with all good wishes Winston S. Churchill."
AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, and presumably one of the first copies inscribed by Churchill. The first two volumes (The Birth of Britain and The New World) were published in April and November 1956 respectively; the third (Age of Revolution) in October 1957, and the final volume (The Great Democracies) in March 1958. The exact date of publication of the first volume was April 23rd, the same day Churchill dated his inscription to Eleanor Roosevelt. Woods A138a. (4)
4 volumes, 8vo. Full page maps. (Endpapers lightly spotted.) Original crimson cloth; original pictorial dust jackets (a few insignificant nicks).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, THE FIRST VOLUME INSCRIBED ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION BY CHURCHILL TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT on a separate sheet laid-in to volume one: "With all good wishes, Winston S. Churchill April 23, 1956." Surrounding Churchill's inscription is a written exchange (in pencil) between Mrs. Roosevelt and her secretary, Maureen Corr. At the head of the page, Ms. Corr writes: "How do I address him?" and Mrs. Roosevelt responds: "Dear Sir Winston." She has also written to her secretary: "paste this page in book," a request which was never fulfilled. Ms. Corr writes at the bottom of the page: "Mr. Churchill's book 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' Vol. I. The Birth of Britain." FURTHER INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL on a separate sheet pasted to the front free endpaper in volume four: "with all good wishes Winston S. Churchill."
AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, and presumably one of the first copies inscribed by Churchill. The first two volumes (The Birth of Britain and The New World) were published in April and November 1956 respectively; the third (Age of Revolution) in October 1957, and the final volume (The Great Democracies) in March 1958. The exact date of publication of the first volume was April 23rd, the same day Churchill dated his inscription to Eleanor Roosevelt. Woods A138a. (4)