Winston Churchill | Savrola, 1950, limited edition, sheep, slipcase

Winston Churchill

Savrola. Roman traduit de l'Anglais par Judith Paley, illustré par André Collot. De Bois Gravéz en couleurs et en noir. Monaco: À la voile latine, 1950

4to, colour frontispiece, in-text colour woodcut illustrations by André Collot, paper watermarked "Lafuma", original light brown sheep, spine with raised bands in six compartments, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, original slipcase, some offsetting from illustrations onto facing leaves, spine slightly sunned, slipcase worn at extremities and beginning to split

The most elaborate edition of Churchill's only novel, this illustrated French translation was limited to 1,000 copies, and richly illustrated.