Churchill, Sir Winston.

8vo, first edition, first state of Churchill's first book,  frontispiece, maps and plans, 32p. catalogue of publisher's advertisements at the end dated 12/97, original moderate yellowish green embossed calico-texture cloth, lettered in gilt, coated black endpapers, upper hinge fragile, some slighty discoloration and wear to edges of binding; [together with:] five later editions of the same work (6)

Cohen A1.1.a; WoodsA1(a)

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Churchill's first book is based on his despatches to the Daily Telegraph and the Pioneer Mail. He "was single-minded and constant in his commitment to the book. He wrote that it 'absorbs my thoughts and occupies me for six hours every day. I believe...I am producing a fine piece of English and a considerable accumulation of valuable facts'..." (Ronald I. Cohen, Biblibiography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill)