Sale 21FL01 | Lot 44

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. My Early Life. A Roving Commission.

Catalogue: Fine Literature
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.  My Early Life. A Roving Commission.

Lot Details

Lot 44
CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. My Early Life. A Roving Commission.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1930. First edition, first issue with eleven titles on the verso of the half-title. Publisher's red cloth, neatly recased and rebacked in red morocco, the endpapers renewed. 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 (22 x 13.5 cm); 392 pp., plates. Some wear to the original covers, the text a trifle foxed, worst at first and last leaves.

A total of 5750 copies were published of this first impression, with three later impressions (so indicated) in the year of publication. Offered with a copy of The Aftermath, first American edition, 1929.


C From the Collection of the late William Safire

Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $409 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $409 (includes buyer's premium)

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Fine Literature

Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 10am EDT