The Churchills Catalogue 244 July 2021 ABOUT THIS CATALOGUE Most of the books in this catalogue are from the private library of the late The Hon. David Levine AO RFD QC. Most carry his bookplate or book label, usually affixed to the upper pastedown or upper free endpaper. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Unless otherwise described, all books are in the original cloth or board binding, and are in very good, or better, condition with defects, if any, fully described. Our prices are nett, and quoted in Australian dollars. Traditional trade terms apply. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All orders will be confirmed by email. PAYMENT OPTIONS We accept the major credit cards, PayPal, and direct deposit to the following account: Account name: Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller Pty Ltd BSB: 083 004 Account number: 87497 8296 Should you wish to pay by cheque we may require the funds to be cleared before items are sent. 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IMAGES Additional images of items are available on our website, or by request. Catalogue images are not to scale. Catalogue images are not to scale. Front cover illustration item 16 Last page illustration item 100 Kay Craddock — Antiquarian Bookseller Pty Ltd 156 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia PHONE: +61 3 9654 8506 EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.kaycraddock.com Clementine Churchill: John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough: 1. Hardwick (Joan) 7. Churchill (Winston S.) CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL. The MARLBOROUGH: His life and Private Life of a Public Figure. times. Pp. xviii+366, 16 plates, notes, bibliography, In four volumes, totalling index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered approximately 2,500 pages, with 111 in gilt; dust wrapper, verso lightly foxed; leaves plates (including frontispiece to each a little browned, edges foxed; John Murray, volume), plus facsimiles (some full London, 1997. First edition. $40 page, several folding), maps and plans (some coloured, several folding), errata slip in Volumes I & III, appendices, bibliographies, indices; thick med. 8vo; plum buckram over bevelled 2. Purnell (Sonia) boards, spines lettered in gilt, with the Marlborough crest in gilt on FIRST LADY. The Life and Wars of upper boards, the boards lightly faded and marked, a short split at Clementine Churchill. foot of upper joint in Volume II; t. e.g.; bookseller's sticker at foot Pp. viii+392, 16 coloured and black & of upper pastedown, contemporary gift inscription on upper free white plates, notes, selected bibliography, endpaper, hinge tender at title page in Volume I, some foxing and index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered browning of leaves, including margins of plates and edges, production in silver; dust wrapper; Aurum Press, fold to lower fore-corner of one leaf in Volume I, which also has a London, 2015. First edition. $35 little pencilled marginalia, light abrasion to a preliminary blank in Volume II; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1933–1938. First trade edition. Cohen A97.2(I–IV)a, Woods A40(a). $750 3. Soames (Mary) 8. Wolseley (General Viscount) CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL. THE LIFE OF JOHN CHURCHILL, By her daughter. Pp. xx+556, 32 plates, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH to the double page genealogical chart, notes & accession of Queen Anne. sources, select bibliography, index; med. In two volumes. Pp. [ii]+xviii+388+[ii]+66 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust (publisher's catalogue with index, wrapper; leaves browned, light foxing, verso dated 1894)+xviii+460(last blank)+[2] of half-title and title pages with spots of (erratum, blank), printed in red & black, brown soiling, lower free endpaper creased, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 sepia), lower edges of leaves lightly shelf soiled; 6 maps or plans (1 folding), title page Cassell, London, 1979. First edition. $40 vignettes, 2 headpiece illustrations, index; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, slightly soiled and worn, the spines faded, with a few tiny splits or chips at extremities, Jennie Churchill: corners of boards lightly bruised, the lower board of Volume II slightly 4. Higham (Charles) flecked and damp stained; uncut, partly unopened; hinges cracked DARK LADY. Winston Churchill's Volume I and starting Volume II, a few leaves carelessly opened, Mother and Her World. a couple of small damp stains, occasional faint soiling, scattered Pp. vi+250, 8 plates, appendix, selective light foxing; Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1894. First bibliography, notes on sources, index; med. edition. *From the library of British politician James Tomkinson 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust (1840–1910), who was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1887, and MP wrapper; leaves lightly browned, a few small for Crewe from 1900 until his death (from injuries sustained in a spots of foxing; Virgin Books, London, fall while participating in the House of Commons steeplechase). 2006. First edition. *'The tempestuous With Tomkinson's armorial bookplate on the upper pastedowns, life of Jennie Jerome: heiress, lover, and the author's presentation inscription to him (signed and dated freethinker—and mother of Britain's most 28th April 1894) on the half-title page of Volume I. $450 famous statesman' [wrapper blurb]. $30 5. Leslie (Anita) Lord Randolph Churchill: JENNIE. The Life of Lady Randolph 9. Churchill (Winston Spencer) Churchill. Pp. xiv+370, coloured frontispiece LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. In two volumes. Pp. xviii+564+x+532(last portrait, 16 black & white plates, pictorial blank), 16 plates (2 coloured, some with pastedowns, index; boards a trifle flecked tissue guards), one folding facsimile, and scuffed, with a few tiny bruises to tipped-in facsimile letter from Queen edges; top edges burgundy; dust wrapper, Victoria, appendices, index; tall demy 8vo; faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased; a dark red cloth, lettered and decorated in little light foxing; Hutchinson, London, gilt, with blind ruled borders, the boards 1969. First edition. $40 slightly scuffed, edges rubbed and bruised, 6. Sebba (Anne) upper board of Volume I lightly soiled JENNIE CHURCHILL. Winston's and with several small damp stains, spines American Mother. lightly faded, with a couple of short splits to extremities; uncut; Pp. xvi+398, 16 plates, notes, select free endpapers slightly offset, hinges cracking, Times Book Club bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon sticker at foot of lower pastedowns, a couple of small edge chips or boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, splits, scattered foxing and occasional faint soiling; Macmillan and edges lightly worn and with a large closed Co. Limited, London, 1906. First edition. Cohen A17.1; Woods tear along lower backstrip fold repaired A8(a). *From the library of Joan Haslip (the author of several books, with white paper tape on reverse; edges including biographies of Lady Hester Stanhope and Charles Stewart of leaves slightly foxed; John Murray, Parnell) with her label on upper pastedowns. Later from the Levine London, 2007. First edition. *Signed library. Winston Churchill's biography of his father. $750 by the author on the title page. $30 Kay Craddock — Antiquarian Bookseller Catalogue 244: The Churchills 1 15. Roberts (Brian) 10. Foster (R. F.) RANDOLPH: A Study of Churchill's Son. LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. A Pp. xii+392, 8 plates, bibliography, references, Political Life. index; med. 8vo; blue papered boards, spine Pp. xii+432(last blank), 8 plates, appendices, lettered in gilt, lower edge of the upper index; demy 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered board lightly bumped; dust wrapper, lightly and ruled in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, rubbed and worn; endpapers offset, edges of edges a trifle worn and browned; edges of leaves a little browned; Hamish Hamilton, leaves slightly browned and foxed; Clarendon London, 1984. First edition. $30 Press, Oxford, 1981. First edition. *With relevant news clipping loosely inserted. $35 11. James (Robert Rhodes) Sarah Churchill: LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. 16. A THREAD IN THE TAPESTRY. Pp. 384, 8 plates, select bibliography, index; Pp. 102, 4 coloured and 4 black & white demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in plates, 3 text drawings by David Knight; demy gilt; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, backstrip 8vo; brown papered boards, spine lettered in slightly faded, edges worn with a few small gilt, the boards lightly marked; dust wrapper, creases and chips; bookseller's stamp at foot edges lightly browned; endpapers offset, leaves of upper free endpaper, leaves lightly foxed browned and edges foxed; Andre Deutsch, and browned; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1967. First edition. *A memoir by London, 1959. First edition. $35 Winston Churchill's daughter. $35 Randolph Churchill: 17. THE UNWANTED STATUE 12. Churchill (Winston S.) and other poems. HIS FATHER'S SON. The life of Pp. 96, frontispiece portrait, index of Randolph Churchill. first lines; post 8vo; brown boards, spine Pp. xii+514, 16 plates, bibliography, index; lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a med. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in trifle worn; Leslie Frewin Publishers, gilt; dust wrapper, verso lightly foxed; edges London, 1969. First edition. *Author's of leaves foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, second volume of verse. $25 London, 1996.