CHURCHILL, Winston S. Great Contemporaries . London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937.
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Great Contemporaries . London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. 8° (209 x 135mm). Half-title, 21 half-tone plates. (Small and light waterstain in lower margin of half-title and all plates, small circular stain in lower margin of p.191.) Blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, single gilt fillet border on sides, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Provenance : Sir Edward Howard Marsh (1872-1953) -- bequeathed to his protégé and biographer Chistopher Hassall (1912-1963) (letter of provenance by Betram Rota). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM CHURCHILL TO SIR EDWARD MARSH, inscribed on half-title: 'To Eddie from Winston October 1937'. During the years Churchill was in office, Sir Edward Marsh, or Eddie Marsh, was Churchill's private secretary and right hand. Woods A43(a).
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Great Contemporaries . London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937.
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Great Contemporaries . London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. 8° (209 x 135mm). Half-title, 21 half-tone plates. (Small and light waterstain in lower margin of half-title and all plates, small circular stain in lower margin of p.191.) Blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, single gilt fillet border on sides, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Provenance : Sir Edward Howard Marsh (1872-1953) -- bequeathed to his protégé and biographer Chistopher Hassall (1912-1963) (letter of provenance by Betram Rota). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM CHURCHILL TO SIR EDWARD MARSH, inscribed on half-title: 'To Eddie from Winston October 1937'. During the years Churchill was in office, Sir Edward Marsh, or Eddie Marsh, was Churchill's private secretary and right hand. Woods A43(a).
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