Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft
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December 12, 02:30 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft
Sir Winston Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan & Co., 1906
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 2 volumes, 8vo (216 x 132mm.), photographic frontispieces, later dark blue three-quarter morocco, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, light scattered foxing, scattered foxing to preliminaries, end leaves browned at extremities
Winston Churchill's impassioned two-volume biography written in defence of his maligned father's posthumous reputation is a bulwark of any Churchill collection.
LITERATURE:
Cohen A17.1; Woods A8a