In the mids it had reached the fourth or fifth printings of a fourth distinct paperback edition. Originally 10s. Publisher: Bantam Books Inc. Trifling value, except for the rare first impression of , but even this is not worth so very much in the original box. Publisher: Book World Company, Taipei n. Four volumes Single-volume edition shown Offprinted from the original four volumes on thin paper, these are generally considered to be pirated volumes. Dust jackets printed light purple, red and black on white stock with a crown design on the top face and a rose design on the spine.
Though rather more handsome than the usual Asian reproductions, no particular value attaches to these volumes. Dust jacket printed red, blue and black on white stock with the Karsh frontispiece photo printed multicolor.
While Churchill was incapable of writing a dull paragraph, I have attempted to keep those chapters and passages which seem to have the greatest literary vigor and beauty. And as this book is designed primarily for American readers, I have given proportionately larger space to the story of the expansion of England, to the Empire, the Commonwealth, and the United States, than Churchill gave them in the four volumes of the History.
Blenheim Edition. School Edition. The contents of each version were identical. Though of incidental value on the secondhand book market, this work deserves to be reprinted; it is the best adaptation of the larger work for children ages ten to fifteen. Shiny navy cloth blocked gilt on spine; dust jacket with color Karsh photo similar to the First American but with reset type. Publisher: Easton Press Inc.
Pagination essentially the same as the Chartwell Edition, but the title page is reset. The Societies provided the Chartwell Edition from which this edition is offprinted. The blue, red and gilt binding and offprinted contents make this a modern version of the fine Chartwell Edition.
Given the recent rise in price of the latter, this may well soon become a bargain alternative. The Easton Edition is a handsome presentation. The plates might be kept for the record, but definitely not be pasted over those lovely moire endpapers. Bound in half maroon cloth and rose paper-covered boards, dust jacket predominately brown. Bound in quarter red cloth on black boards, spine blocked gilt. The dust jacket is printed in gold, red and white with a black and white photo of the author.
Published by Plon: Paris The trade edition has brightly coloured card wrappers. Published by Scherz: Zurich in deep red-brown cloth and colourful dust jackets. Republished by Weltbild: Augsberg in red cloth blocked yellow. Published two volumes each year in dark blue cloth with dust jackets. Published by Mondadori: Rome in cloth, each volume in an individual orange cardboards slipcase.
Published by Cappelens: Oslo a beautiful set in quarter dark green leather and red cloth, spines elaborately blocked with gilt lions, red and black title panels. Multicolour dust jackets. Green cloth or card wrappers, photo of the author on rear boards. Published by Skoglund: Stocholm in wrappers, blue cloth and natural or dark red leather, all with dust jackets. Churchill had explored the Battlefields of Virginia with none other than Douglas Southall Freeman, the great American Civil War historian; and he had toured Gettysburg with a local resident of some experience at war, Dwight Eisenhower.
His fine if brief account of the War Between the States has been admired by historians and students alike. Publisher: Cassell and Co. Also illustrated with maps. Published 23 March at 12s. Two impressions of 10, in March and 5, in April not May as per Woods.
Dust jacket printed black and red on white paper with photograph of two soldiers on top face. Printed on thick, rather pulpy paper, this edition does not hold up well, and is given to yellowing and spotting. Genuinely fine copies in crisp dust jackets are rare. Bound in bluish-green cloth blocked gilt on spine all type reading down ; title in a black panel with gilt border.
Less often seen than the First Edition, but printed on far superior paper and rather more attractively bound, this is a handsome addition to the Churchill library.
Pagination is the same, but the 32 pages of photos on heavy uncoated bright white paper are inserted in a single unnumbered signature between pages Publisher: Corgi Books, London, The size of a paperback but bound in hard illustrated boards with a photo from the original dust jacket and a superimposed photo of Lincoln on an olive background.
Published at 7s. The dust jacket is similar in format to the First Edition but the top board illustration is of Lincoln and his generals. This is a rare item, hardly ever seen.
Pay cheerfully if you are lucky enough to find one. Navy cloth blocked gilt on spine; dust jacket printed purple, red and tan on white stock, without illustrations. Originally published as a large format, coffee table book, elaborately illustrated with much color, this excerpted work saw several forms and was occasionally used as a corporate gift item.
No more fitting setting could be devised for the story of his own people told by the greatest Briton of our age. Dust jacket printed multicolor on a bright green background. The huge press run renders this edition very common and prices of First Editions have not risen significantly. The Swedish American Line variant is interesting, but as reprint it does not sell for much more than ordinary reprints. Woods records that 7, copies were printed for Dodd, Mead, but a second impression also has been reported as well.
The binding is similar in to the original trade edition but the colours of the two halves are almost uniform olive green and the volume bulks thinner because of thinner page stock. Published at 63s. For some items, we can also email digital photographs. All of our items are guaranteed as described and are shipped on approval.
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Next-day or second-day air service is available upon request. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear and tear all round and soiling to the covers. Tanned spine has moderate scuffing to the ends. Published by Cassell and Company, Used - Hardcover Condition: Very good. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Without dust jacket. A very good hardcover first edition over all, generally clean, with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, more at the spine, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white.
Without dust jacket. Well bound and clean pages, with mild foxing to text block edges. Some rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Light wear to boards. Content is generally clean and bright but has some spotting to prelims.
Toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, spotting and creasing. Weight is 2. Spots on covers, bumped corners, cracked interior hinges. Size: 8vo. Published by Cassell and Company Ltd. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with gilt lettering.
Volume IV. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Front free endpaper is missing. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Clipped Jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and panel.
Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning and foxing to text block edges. Light foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers.
Front endpaper is missing with slight dog-eared pages throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to text block edges. Water marks to text block fore edge as well. Boards have fair rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Notable crushing to spine ends as well. Unclipped jacket with light edge wear and visible sunning and rubbing. Jacket is stuck down to boards with a plastic wrapper.
Pictorial dust jacket with black lettering over black cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards.
Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners, with staining and soiling to DJ. Moderate tanning to spine. Yellow dust jacket with black lettering over red cloth. Clean pages. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper.
Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners, with tape repair. Notable foxing, staining and soiling to DJ, with tanning to spine. First edition thus. Illustrated jacket over green cloth with gilt titles to spine.
Includes illustrated plates. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Tell us what you're looking for and once a match is found, we'll inform you by e-mail. Can't remember the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you.
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