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Registered in England and Wales No: 3609982 Peter Harrington london catalogue 131 Winston Churchill and the Second World War All items from this catalogue are on display at Dover Street mayfair chelsea Peter Harrington Peter Harrington 43 Dover Street 100 Fulham Road London w1s 4ff London sw3 6hs uk 020 3763 3220 uk 020 7591 0220 eu 00 44 20 3763 3220 eu 00 44 20 7591 0220 usa 011 44 20 3763 3220 usa 011 44 20 7591 0220 Dover St opening hours: 10am–7pm Monday–Friday; 10am–6pm Saturday www.peterharrington.co.uk Winston Churchill and the Second World War The books in this catalogue are arranged in two sections. The second section of the catalogue features books from every The first part features the books of Winston Churchill, whose phase of the war. Like any serious conflict, the Second World “unexpected emergence as a national hero in 1940 was the War had its antecedents and aftermath. We have included mate- consequence of an exceptional moment in British history that rial from the Second Sino–Japanese and Spanish Civil wars that transformed even his flaws into virtues: suddenly his egotism, preceded it and the peace time atomic bomb tests that followed. bellicosity, imperious demands, high-flown rhetoric, romantic There is material from every major theatre of the conflict and vision, and cavalier indifference to party were rare and precious some lesser known aspects too. There are human testimonies, assets, while the elements of genius which had been evident such as The Diary of Anne Frank, as well as political and economic for so long shone far more brightly than ever. All his adult life assessments. Churchill had been a master of the English language: now it fell It is indisputable that the origins and form of the conflict were to him to express the general will” (ODNB). in many ways determined by the rise of the Nazi party, the We open the catalogue with the remarkable collection formed embodiment of the twisted ideology of its leader Adolf Hitler. by the late Mark Weber, who traded for many years as The Chur- At the risk of causing offence, we have chosen to include a num- chill Book Specialist, and who kept back for his own private ber of items illustrative of this dark development in European library the best copy of each Churchill title he encountered. The politics, among them an uncommon inscribed copy of the first first item has all the major Churchill first editions in sparkling and limited edition of Mein Kampf presented to the widow of his condition; the second has the last set of the Centenary Limited co-conspirator killed in the Beer Hall Putsch; and a remarkable Edition to be bound, at Mark’s request uniquely in green mo- collection of books salvaged by the head of the Munich Monu- rocco (not the usual white vellum or scarce red morocco). After ments Men from the Führer’s personal offices, several of them that we have a number of exceptional items from every phase extraordinary association copies. of Churchill’s long career, arranged by date of publication, in- An index of the whole catalogue is given at the end. cluding corrected proofs and galleys for The Second World War, his masterly account of the whole conflict. 2 Section 1: Winston Churchill A lifetime’s gathering of the best available copy of each of his major titles 1 CHURCHILL, Winston S. A collection of his first editions of most titles, from his first published book, The Story of the in superb condition. London & New York: various publishers, Malakand Field Force (1898), to My Early Life (1930), his first book of 1898–1976 sustained biography, in the dust jacket, together with superlative Together 22 works in 50 volumes, octavo format, various sizes. All in the examples of his works from the Wilderness Years. There are also original cloth (except The People’s Rights, in original wrappers). With the excellent jacketed sets of his great voluminous titles, notably dust jackets where issued (except The River War). Photographic plates and The World Crisis (1923–31) and Marlborough (1933–8). In almost all maps throughout. Generally in exceptional condition. instances the given copy is the best we have handled. A collection of the all primary texts in the Churchill corpus (ex- These copies were originally collected by Mark Weber (d. 2016), cept for the elusively rare Mr. Brodrick’s Army and For Free Trade) in who during more than 30 years trading as The Churchill Book superb condition throughout, including one of only two known Specialist kept back for his own private collection the best avail- copies of Lord Randolph Churchill (1906) in the dust jacket, and one able copy of each Churchill title as he came across them. The of only three such copies of Liberalism and the Social Problem (1909, result is a once-in-a-generation collecting opportunity. A more one of these being substantially damaged). Further rarities detailed condition report for each book in the collection is avail- include the case-bound issue of India (1930), in the extremely able on request. uncommon dust jacket, a copy of his 1910 pamphlet The Peo- ple’s Rights, in the original wrappers, and genuinely fine copies All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk 3 W 213 H 100 a, b, c, d a) The Story of the Malakand Field Force. London, New York & e) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longmans, Green Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. first edition, and Co, 1900. first edition, first impression. Original home issue, sole printing, first state. Original cloth, cloth, small spot to front board, but an excellent copy. “A a superlative copy: “Truly fine copies are extreme rarities, splendid book both aesthetically and from a literary stand- and even those with routine wear and tear are difficult to point, the Ladysmith is one of the most sought-after titles in find” (Langworth). Cohen A1.1.a. the canon” (Langworth). Cohen A4.1.a. b) The River War. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, f ) Ian Hamilton’s March. London: Longmans, Green, and Co, Green & Co., 1899. first edition, first impression, sec- 1900. first edition, first impression, first issue ond state. 2 vols, original cloth, a remarkably tight and fresh of the sequel to Ladysmith. Original cloth, an exceptionally copy: “the heavy pages put a lot of strain on the binding, and bright copy, entirely unfaded. “A very good copy is a scarcity many copies are found with hinge or gutter breaks” (Lang- and a fine one is truly rare” (Langworth). Cohen A8.1.a. worth). From the library of Scotttish peer and soldier John g) Lord Randolph Churchill. London: Macmillan and Co. Limit- Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl (1840–1917), whose son ed, 1906. first edition, sole impression, first-issue served in the Sudan. Cohen A2.1.b. binding. 2 vols, original cloth, one of only two copies c) Savrola. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. first known in the original dust jackets. An exceptionally fine edition in book form, first printing, of Churchill’s copy of a book “rarely found in pristine condition” (Lang- only novel. Original cloth, an excellent copy. Cohen A3.1.a. worth). After The River War, this is the earliest Churchill title for which dust jackets are recorded. With a fine copy of the d) Savrola. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. first first US edition, sole printing (no jackets known). Cohen uk edition in book form (printed from the American A17.1–2. plates), first impression, first state. Original cloth, a very attractive copy of a book increasingly hard to find in collect- able condition. Cohen A3.2.a. Savrola., Savrola. e,f,g, London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. 4 Peter Harrington 131: Winston Churchill and the Second World War h, i, j, k h) My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. l) My Early Life. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. first edition, first issue, sole printing. Original first edition, first impression, first state of text, sec- cloth, an exceptional copy: the best we have handled. Cohen ond state of binding as usual. Original cloth, a fine copy, A27.1. with the rare dust jacket. “Even fine unjacketed copies are rare, because the plum cloth . is very susceptible to fad- i) Liberalism and the Social Problem.