ID 829501
Lot 60 | CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
Great Contemporaries. London: 1937. [With:] – Lord Randolph Churchill. London: 1906. [And:] – Marlborough: His Life and Times. London: 1933.
Presentation and Eden family volumes of Churchill's biographical works. Great Contemporaries is the first edition, published on 4 October 1937, with authorial presentation inscription to Eden dated that month. The other works have the bookplates of Sir Gervase Beckett, Anthony Eden's father-in-law by his first marriage. Woods A439(a); A8(a); A40(a).
Together 7 volumes, octavo. All in publisher's cloth (spines to Marlborough faded, a few tiny splits to headcaps to Lord Randolph Churchill, all vols with extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Great Contemporaries: Winston S. Churchill (authorial presentation inscription on half title, dated October 1937, to:) – Anthony Eden; the other works: Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (1866-1937; armorial bookplates).
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| Artist: | Winston Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965) |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Artist: | Winston Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965) |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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