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CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan, 1906. 2 volumes, 8° (219 x 140mm). Frontispiece in each volume, 16 plates. (Pp. viii and ix of vol. II roughly opened, a few light spots.) Original cloth gilt (light soiling, extremities lightly bumped, inner hinges slightly split). Provenance: Winston Churchill (inscription to:) -- William Bourke Cockran (ex-libris).
CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan, 1906. 2 volumes, 8° (219 x 140mm). Frontispiece in each volume, 16 plates. (Pp. viii and ix of vol. II roughly opened, a few light spots.) Original cloth gilt (light soiling, extremities lightly bumped, inner hinges slightly split). Provenance: Winston Churchill (inscription to:) -- William Bourke Cockran (ex-libris).

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan, 1906. 2 volumes, 8° (219 x 140mm). Frontispiece in each volume, 16 plates. (Pp. viii and ix of vol. II roughly opened, a few light spots.) Original cloth gilt (light soiling, extremities lightly bumped, inner hinges slightly split). Provenance: Winston Churchill (inscription to:) -- William Bourke Cockran (ex-libris).

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION INSCRIBED BY CHURCHILL TO WILLIAM BOURKE COCKRAN. Churchill credited Cockran as his first political mentor and the chief role model for his own success as an orator. Woods A8(a).

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