A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
“All he wanted was toleration, and by the enlightened use of the dispensing power to be the true father of all his people": A History of the English-Speaking Peoples; Signed by Winston S. Churchill
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
$8,200.00
Item Number: 147115
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958.
First British editions, second printing of volume one of this classic set. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Winston Churchill on the half-title page of volume one. Included is a typed letter signed from Anthony Montague Browne, Churchill’s private secretary, dated April 2, 1963, asking Madame de Miramon for a “copy of one of Sir Winston’s books that I can ask him if he will sign it.” Includes a second typed letter signed from Browne sent to Marquis de Miramon in 1965. Each volume is near fine to fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, rare and desirable signed and with noted provenance.
"Churchill’s last great work was published nearly 20 years after he penned its first draft in the late 1930s, just after wrapping up [the biography of] Marlborough. This enabled him to utilize the literary team he had assembled for the biography, to which he added dozens of outlines he had solicited from scholars In its final form the original single volume evolved to four, each of which was published simultaneously in Britain, the USA and Canada— a first for Churchill’s works" (Langworth, 312).
