Lot Essay
Highlights from the collection include:
The Story of the Malakand Field Force. London, 1898. 8vo, original light green cloth; owner's signature on front flyleaf; text block edges a little foxed. FIRST EDITION. Provenance: signature of Capt. E. W. M. Norie (Middlesex Regiment, Superintendent Army Signalling, H.Q. Staff, Malakand Field Force [mentioned on page 328 note]), with his pencil maginal notations on front flyleaf. Woods A1(a) -- The River War. London, 1899. Large 8vo, original gilt-stamped cloth; bookplates. FIRST EDITION. Bookplates of Clive Behrens. Woods A2(a) -- Savrola. London, 1900. 8vo, original dark green cloth, head of spine a little frayed, some rubbing; scattered foxing. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, with copyright notice. Woods A3(b) -- London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London, 1900. 8vo, original tan colored pictorial cloth, very slight soiling. FIRST EDITION. Woods A4 -- Ian Hamilton's March. London, 1900. 8vo, original red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A5 -- Lord Randolph Churchill. London, 1906. 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A8(a) -- Another copy -- My African Journey. London, 1908. 8vo, half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Churchill on front flyleaf: "from Winston S. Churchill 12 Dec 1912." Woods A12 -- Another copy. 8vo, original pictorial red cloth. FIRST EDITION -- Liberalism and the Social Problem. London, 1909. 8vo, original red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A15 -- The People's Rights. London, [1910]. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, some chipping and tape-repairs. FIRST (PAPERBACK) EDITION, published simultaneously with clothbound edition. Woods A16 -- The World Crisis. London, 1923-31. 6 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth. FIRST EDITION. Volumes III (second impression) and V INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL, respectively. Woods A31(a) -- Another set -- The Great War. London, [1933-34]. 3 volumes, large 8vo, original blue cloth. INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL on the front free endpaper of volume I:"Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill Jan. 24. 1934" -- Another copy in original parts. Together 26 parts, large 8vo, pictorial wrappers -- My Early Life. London, [1930]. 8vo, original plum cloth , backstrip faded and worn. FIRST EDITION, second issue. Woods A37(a) -- Thoughts and Adventures. London, [1932]. 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A39(a) -- Marlborough: His Life and Times. London, [1933-38]. 4 volumes, 8vo, original plum buckram, a few spines faded. FIRST EDITION. Woods A40(a) -- Great Contemporaries. London, [1937]. 8vo, original blue cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A43(a) -- Paget, John. The New "Examen." With a Critical Introduction by...Winston S. Churchill. [Manchester]: The Haworth Press, 1934. Large 8vo, full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 15 of an undetermined number of copies signed by Churchill. Woods B22 -- The Second World War. London, [1948-54]. 6 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; dust jackets. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Woods A123(b) -- And other first English and American editions of works by Churchill.
[With:] Group of Churchill ephemera including: postcards, slides, stamps, commemorative medals (one solid gold, others in silver and bronze), portraits, cartoons, photographs, busts, plaques, jugs and numerous other items.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force. London, 1898. 8vo, original light green cloth; owner's signature on front flyleaf; text block edges a little foxed. FIRST EDITION. Provenance: signature of Capt. E. W. M. Norie (Middlesex Regiment, Superintendent Army Signalling, H.Q. Staff, Malakand Field Force [mentioned on page 328 note]), with his pencil maginal notations on front flyleaf. Woods A1(a) -- The River War. London, 1899. Large 8vo, original gilt-stamped cloth; bookplates. FIRST EDITION. Bookplates of Clive Behrens. Woods A2(a) -- Savrola. London, 1900. 8vo, original dark green cloth, head of spine a little frayed, some rubbing; scattered foxing. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, with copyright notice. Woods A3(b) -- London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London, 1900. 8vo, original tan colored pictorial cloth, very slight soiling. FIRST EDITION. Woods A4 -- Ian Hamilton's March. London, 1900. 8vo, original red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A5 -- Lord Randolph Churchill. London, 1906. 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A8(a) -- Another copy -- My African Journey. London, 1908. 8vo, half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Churchill on front flyleaf: "from Winston S. Churchill 12 Dec 1912." Woods A12 -- Another copy. 8vo, original pictorial red cloth. FIRST EDITION -- Liberalism and the Social Problem. London, 1909. 8vo, original red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A15 -- The People's Rights. London, [1910]. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, some chipping and tape-repairs. FIRST (PAPERBACK) EDITION, published simultaneously with clothbound edition. Woods A16 -- The World Crisis. London, 1923-31. 6 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth. FIRST EDITION. Volumes III (second impression) and V INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL, respectively. Woods A31(a) -- Another set -- The Great War. London, [1933-34]. 3 volumes, large 8vo, original blue cloth. INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL on the front free endpaper of volume I:"Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill Jan. 24. 1934" -- Another copy in original parts. Together 26 parts, large 8vo, pictorial wrappers -- My Early Life. London, [1930]. 8vo, original plum cloth , backstrip faded and worn. FIRST EDITION, second issue. Woods A37(a) -- Thoughts and Adventures. London, [1932]. 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A39(a) -- Marlborough: His Life and Times. London, [1933-38]. 4 volumes, 8vo, original plum buckram, a few spines faded. FIRST EDITION. Woods A40(a) -- Great Contemporaries. London, [1937]. 8vo, original blue cloth. FIRST EDITION. Woods A43(a) -- Paget, John. The New "Examen." With a Critical Introduction by...Winston S. Churchill. [Manchester]: The Haworth Press, 1934. Large 8vo, full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 15 of an undetermined number of copies signed by Churchill. Woods B22 -- The Second World War. London, [1948-54]. 6 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; dust jackets. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Woods A123(b) -- And other first English and American editions of works by Churchill.
[With:] Group of Churchill ephemera including: postcards, slides, stamps, commemorative medals (one solid gold, others in silver and bronze), portraits, cartoons, photographs, busts, plaques, jugs and numerous other items.