From Winston with Love and Kisses

(London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994) 1856194310. 4to; original maroon boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; ribbon marker; pp. 224, incl. index; profusely illustrated with facsimiles and reproductions of contemporary photographs and artwork, with much colour. Dustwrapper's spine panel and a little of upper panel sunned; faint trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. "This is a delightful and illuminating journey through Winston Churchill's early years. Churchill himself is the guide, leading his granddaughter Celia Sandys down avenues previously unexplored. From the separate strands of her grandfather's early writing, his mature recollections of childhood and her own comment, she weaves a fascinating story of the impish, lonely and sickly little boy who by his own tenacious attitude to life survived against all odds to fulfil his earliest dreams and fantasies. Drawing on fresh material from the family archives Celia Sandys makes the first in-depth study of her grandfather's formative years. Lavishly illustrated throughout and reproducing in facsimile many of the young Winston's letters and first artistic efforts, this captivating book brings us the intimate writings of Churchill's youth, which, over a century, have been preserved and largely ignored." .