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Sir Winston Churchill (association) Walking cane Silver mounted Malacca walking cane, the mount probably Indian or Chinese colonial, c.845mm, second half of the nineteenth century, mount worn, lacking metal ferrule According to family tradition, Churchill presented this cane to Arthur Beech, a hammer-man employed at Portsmouth Dockyard. Beech approached Churchill on a visit to the dockyard in 1941, telling him he had been wounded and captured during the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign — a military disaster for which Churchill himself bore considerable responsibility — and asked the Prime Minister for his cigar. Churchill not only gave him his cigar but also gave him this cane with the words "That's for your cheek". The dockyard meeting was captured on camera.

View 1 of Lot 16: Walking cane, reputed to have once belonged to Sir Winston Churchill

walking cane, reputed to have once belonged to sir winston churchill

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Fine%2520bindings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Finely bound</a> collection the <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first British Edition</a> of Churchill's speeches.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 12 volumes.</li><li>Winston Churchill (English).</li><li>Collection of His Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Secret Session Speeches, Victory, The Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite, In the Balance, Stemming the Tide, The Unwritten Alliance.</li><li>London:&nbsp;Cassell,&nbsp;1941–1961.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Full modern navy crushed morocco with gilt, raised bands, lion emblems, teg. A few volumes with very light spotting, otherwise fine.</li></ul> A finely-bound collection of Churchill's separately published World War II and Post-War speeches, including his rare last book. The war speeches, published between 1941 and 1946, "constitute a contemporary history of the war with is as lively as it is authoritative...they may be said to be the last word upon the war" (Randolph Churchill). The post-war speeches trace his calls for European Unity during the beginning of the Cold War era. Finally, this set contains the rare first and only printing of the last book printed in his lifetime, The Unwritten Alliance.

Collection of His Speeches | First British Editions

Finely bound set of first editions of The Life of Winston Churchill; the first two volumes are by Randolph S. Churchill, continued after his death in 1968 by Martin Gilbert, a researcher for Randolph Churchill who was then appointed official biographer.<ul><li>Randolph Churchill (English).</li><li>Continued by Martin Gilbert (English).&nbsp;</li><li>London: Heinemann, 1966–88.</li><li>Includes a color frontispiece to volume VIII, illustrated with numerous maps, half-tone illustrations and fold-out plates.</li><li>Bound in fine full dark blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, gilt signature of Churchill to front cover, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt, by Sangorski &amp; Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf.</li></ul>

The Life of Winston Churchill

American First Edition of Churchill's A History of the English Speaking Peoples in presentation bindings.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4.</li><li>Winston Churchill (English).</li><li>Volume I: The Birth of Britain; Volume II: The New World; Volume III: The&nbsp;Age of Revolution; Volume IV: The Great Democracies.</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Dodd, Mead,&nbsp;1956; 1956; 1957; 1958.</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Bound in publisher’s presentation binding of full blue morocco, upper covers with red morocco onlay stamped gilt lion rampant, spines lettered in gilt, each with 2 ornaments of red and gilt morocco onlays, turn-ins with double gilt fillets, top edges gilt, by the Kingsport Press.</li></ul>

A History of the English Speaking Peoples

Inscribed UK first editions, and first printings of the Life Of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=winston%20churchill&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Winston S. Churchill</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 8 volumes.</li><li>Randolph S. Churchill (English).</li><li>Martin Gilbert (English).</li><li>Life Of Winston S. Churchill [youth 1874-1900, Young Statesman 1901-1914, Volume III 1914-1916, Volume IV 1917-1922, Volume V 1922-1939, Finest Hour 1939-1941, Road To Victory 1941-1945, Never Despair 1945-1965.</li><li>London:&nbsp;Heinemann,&nbsp;1966-1988.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Volumes 1 and 2 signed by Randolph Churchill, Volumes 3-8 signed by Martin Gilbert.</li><li>Volume 1 is inscribed stating "Inscribed by" signed by Randolph S. Churchill on half-title page.</li><li>Volume 2 is inscribed stating "Bobby from" signed Randolph on half-title page, dated "6 Sep 67 -".</li><li>Volumes, 3, 7, and 8 are signed flat by Martin Gilbert on title pages.</li><li>Volumes 4 and 5 are signed flat by Martin Gilbert on front end-page.</li><li>Volume 6 is inscribed stating "Inscribed by the author, to R. G. McLeod with all good wishes -" signed Martin Gilbert on front end-page, dated "15th July 1983". Volume 1 contains a frontispiece black and white photo captioned "Second Lieutenant Winston S. Churchill 4th Hussars 1895" and a thin paper family tree between page 608 and rear end-page.</li><li>Volume 2 contains a frontispiece with a black and white photo captioned "Winston Spencer Churchill in 1904".</li><li>Volume 3 contains a frontispiece with a black and white photo captioned "Churchill in April 1916, when Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.</li><li>Volume 4 contains a frontispiece black and white photo captioned "Churchill at Lille, 28 October 1918".</li><li>Volume 5 contains a frontispiece black and white photo captioned "Churchill in 1938".</li><li>Volume 1 has a dark blue spine with white, light blue, and red lettering.</li><li>Volume 2 has a dark green spine with white, light blue, and red lettering.</li><li>Volume 3 has a purple spine with white, grey, ad brown lettering.</li><li>Volume 4 has a brick red spine with white, blue-grey, and gold lettering.</li><li>Volume 5 has a dark green spine with white, light grey, and brown-orange lettering.</li><li>Volumes 6, 7, and 8 have a black spine with white lettering.</li><li>Dust jackets are all wrapped in mylar coverings.</li></ul>

Life Of Winston S. Churchill

Finely bound first-edition set of Churchill's biography, the first two are by Randolph S. Churchill, continued after his death in 1968 by Martin Gilbert, a researcher for Randolph Churchill who was then appointed official biographer.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 8.</li><li>Randolph S. Churchill (English).</li><li>Completed by Martin Gilbert (English).</li><li>London: Heinemann, 1966–88.</li><li>Includes a color frontispiece to volume VIII, illustrated with numerous maps, half-tone illustrations, and foldout plates.</li><li>Bound in half red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, gilt lion to center panels, top edges gilt.</li></ul>

The World Crisis 1911-1914, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Winston+Churchill&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Winston Churchill</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 5 volumes in 6.</li><li>Winston Churchill (British).</li><li>London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931.</li><li>Octavos.</li><li>Volume V 'Inscribed by/ Winston S. Churchill/ June 21 1929.'</li><li>Staggered publication from 1923 - 1931.</li><li>Vols I, IV &amp; V with the errata slip.</li><li>Illustrated throughout with portraits, maps and plans, some folding.</li><li>Publisher's navy blue cloth, blind embossed panels to upper boards, gilt lettering to spine.</li></ul> A superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War. It is still regarded as a defining work of twentieth-century history, reconstructing the action on the Western and Eastern Fronts, the wars at sea and in the air and the advent of tanks and U-boats. Churchill describes the Lusitania's sinking, the heroics of the Battle of Jutland, Verdun's 'soul-stirring frenzy', the bloodshed of Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele, as well as the USA's entry into the conflict. It confirmed the author's reputation as a brilliant historian.

The World Crisis 1911-1914 | Signed First Edition

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