The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill.

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

Item Number: 139573

London: Library of Imperial History, n.d. [1976].

The Centenary edition of the collected essays of Sir Winston Churchill; being the first collected edition of his essays, not available in any other form. Octavo, four volumes in the publisher’s half blue morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spines, gilt coat of arms to the front panels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, ribbons bound in. Number 301 of a limited edition. In fine condition.

Produced as a supplement to the Centenary Limited Edition of The First Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill, The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill bring together in book form Churchill's entire journalistic output. "These articles are spread over more than half a century and, unlike his books which have always been readily obtainable, have hitherto been unavailable to no one, bar a handful of research scholars. It is well known that my grandfather earned his living by his pen, not only with his 50 volumes of history, biography, and speeches, but also by writing for newspapers. What he wrote in the press many will have forgotten and the majority never knew. These lively and varied articles and essays illuminate another facet of his character" (Winston S. Churchill, Foreword).