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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Thoughts and Adventures. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1932.
8° (220 x 140mm). Half-tone frontispiece portrait. Original green-brown cloth, spine and upper side lettered in gilt, sides and spine stamped in blind; in a custom chemise and black morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Winston S. Churchill (presentation inscription to:) -- Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL TO CHAMBERLAIN: 'To Neville Chamberlain from Winston S. Churchill 1932'. A remarkable association copy linking two of Britain's most important 20th-century prime ministers, and the two key public figures in Britain's handling of Hitler and the century's defining conflict. Thoughts and Adventures collects some of Churchill's best known essays, including his most famous inter-war article 'Shall We All Commit Suicide'. Woods A39(a).
8° (220 x 140mm). Half-tone frontispiece portrait. Original green-brown cloth, spine and upper side lettered in gilt, sides and spine stamped in blind; in a custom chemise and black morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Winston S. Churchill (presentation inscription to:) -- Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL TO CHAMBERLAIN: 'To Neville Chamberlain from Winston S. Churchill 1932'. A remarkable association copy linking two of Britain's most important 20th-century prime ministers, and the two key public figures in Britain's handling of Hitler and the century's defining conflict. Thoughts and Adventures collects some of Churchill's best known essays, including his most famous inter-war article 'Shall We All Commit Suicide'. Woods A39(a).
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