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George G Harrap & Co 1938. FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 466pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, minor tanning to prelims & terminals)

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. Cover: blue cloth on board with gilt titles; mild rubbed wear and light dusting of soiling. Edges: old yellowing and faint few only foxing. Greying to head edge. Thin bumping to head & foot of spine. Soft rubbing and tiny bumping to fore corners. Name & 1940 to head ffep. B/w illustration of Winston S. Churchill on frontispiece. Light foxing to many pages albeit mostly to the margins. Binding is very good. 466p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1938. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. Pp. 466, frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board with double rule border in blind, boards lightly marked, spine slightly faded; top edges blue/grey; pencilled ownership inscription on title page, half-title page and lower blank offset and browned, edges of leaves lightly browned; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1938. First edition. Cohen A107; Woods A44(a). *Texts of 41 speeches by Churchill on foreign affairs and national defence, delivered between October 1928 and March 1938, mostly to the House of Commons.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1938. First English Edition (Cohen A107.1) (Woods A44a). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (466 pages). This is a very good copy of the First English edition, without dust jacket. The cloth has faded unevenly and somewhat blotchilly. The contents are fine, with frontis photo toning to the half-title, as per usual.

(Kansas City): George G. Harrap ., 1938. Spine lettered in gilt, very lightly sunned. Small bookseller sticker front pastedown (Henry Sotheran). Portrait frontispiece of the author. Half-title page browned. Internally crisp and clean throughout. A series of speeches during the period of 1928-1938 warning of the danger of rearming Germany.466pp. See Woods A44(a). . First English Edition. Blue Cloth. Veery Light Edge Wear Only/No Dust Jacket. Demi Octavo.

London: George G. Harrap & Co.,, 1938. First edition, first impression, the working copy of the compiler, Churchill's son Randolph Churchill, with his bookplate to the front and rear pastedowns and his extensive pencil annotations and frequent excision of passages and leaves. It is probable Randolph was attacking the volume with an eye to producing an abridged edition. Seven leaves are entirely cut out, as are sections of six others; numerous pages are struck out with his pencil. Each speech is preceded by a section of relevant dates giving context. Randolph has ticked certain dates, and in one case sidelined an event and written "not this". If an abridgement was his purpose, no further such edition was published. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Photographic half-tone frontispiece of the author. Spine sunned, contents partly excised and heavily annotated (see note): an extensively-altered familial copy. Cohen A107.1; Woods 44a.

London: George G. Harrap & Co.,, 1938. First edition, first impression, of this important collection of Churchill's speeches on foreign policy, given during his "wilderness years" 1928 to 1938. The speeches warned of the dangers of a re-armed Germany, the threat of Hitler and Mussolini, and the inevitable failure of a policy of appeasement. These warnings were unpopular and largely unheeded, but soon proved remarkably prescient. The collection was also published later that year in America as While England Slept. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Photographic half-tone frontispiece of the author. Light sunning at spine and extremities, half-title toned: a near-fine copy. Cohen A107; Woods 44a.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1938. First English Edition (Cohen A107.1) (Woods A44a). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (466 pages). This is an extremely beautiful copy of the First English edition, without dust jacket. The cloth is uniquely unfaded, particularly along the fade-prone spine. The contents are fine, with light, scattered foxing to the fore-edge only. A discreet sticker from The [London] Times Book Club is affixed to the rear pastedown, else fine. Quite lovely.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. First Edition, only printing. Hardcover. This book is the precursor to Churchill’s great war speeches, the first edition, only printing. This particular copy is increasingly scarce thus, in the first issue dust jacket. The dust jacket has done its job protecting the book beneath, which is near fine - noteworthy for being uncommonly clean inside and out. The binding is not only square, tight, and entirely unfaded, but immaculately clean with sharp corners and virtually no wear. The contents are mildly age-toned, but retain a crisp, unread feel and show no spotting – not even on the fore and bottom edges. The blue topstain retains uniform, dark hue. We note customary browning to the half-title from the pastedown glue and the illustrated bookplate of “B. D. Farquharson” affixed to the front pastedown. Overall, this is among the cleanest copies we have encountered. The first issue dust jacket shows more age and wear than the lovely book it has sheltered.… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. First Edition, only printing. Hardcover. This book is the precursor to Churchill’s great war speeches, the first edition, only printing. This particular copy is increasingly scarce thus, in the first issue dust jacket. Condition is good plus in a good dust jacket. The navy cloth binding is square, clean and tight with only minor shelf wear to extremities. The only sunning corresponds to jacket losses at the upper and lower spine and upper and lower front face, confirming that this book and its dust jacket have always been paired. The contents retain a crisp feel and spotting is minor. Nonetheless, we do note age toning, dog-eared corners at the leaves spanning pages 433-446, and fading as well as a light moisture stain to the top edge of the text block (which does not intrude whatsoever upon the inner margins). The sole previous ownership mark is a tiny bookseller sticker affixed to the lower rear pastedown of “Thorburn & Abbott Ld. Booksellers” of… Read More

London, George G. Harrap & Co.,, 1938. Churchill sounds the alarm First edition, first impression, in the very scarce Australian/New Zealand issue dust jacket, of this important collection of Churchill's speeches on foreign policy, given during his "wilderness years" 1928 to 1938. This copy is from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen. "Copies sold in Australia and New Zealand bore a pasted-on sticker on the spine of the dust jacket indicating the published price there" (Cohen); the jacket flap is here price-clipped (presumably as issued), and has the new price sticker on on the spine panel, here obscured with a mounted slip. The speeches warned of the dangers of a re-armed Germany, the threat of Hitler and Mussolini, and the inevitable failure of a policy of appeasement. These warnings were unpopular and largely unheeded, but soon proved to be remarkably prescient. The collection was also published later that year in America as While England Slept. Provenance: Ronald Cohen, with… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. First Edition, only printing. Hardcover. This book is the precursor to Churchill’s great war speeches, the first edition, only printing. This particular copy is increasingly scarce thus, in the first issue dust jacket. This copy is very good in a very good minus dust jacket. The blue cloth binding is beautifully square, clean, bright, and tight with sharp corners and vivid spine gilt. We note only a hint of sunning at the spine tips. The contents retain a crisp, unread feel. Trivial spotting appears confined to the endpapers, half-title, and the blank frontispiece recto. The sole previous ownership markings are initials and a surname, neatly and diminutively inked on the upper right half-title recto. The fore and bottom edges are clean apart from modest age-toning. The blue-stained top edges are uniformly dulled. This copy would merit “very good plus” or better if not for a missing front free endpaper. This has been neatly but fully removed, so that the… Read More

George G. Harrap, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Wonderful Sangorsk & Sutcliff Binding ( burgundy Morocco fain at spine gold page edges around very tight and unused Raised bands on spine Portrait frontis

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 465. 8vo. Bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Publisher's topstain. Portrait frontispiece. Some general shelfwear, a couple of bumps, spine dry, offsetting to half-title and rear endpaper (often seen in this edition and presumably from binder's glue), ink name, contents otherwise unmarked; very good in the original, unclipped pale blue dustjacket which shows discolouration to the spine, some scuffing, and chips and tears at edges. "Each speech is preceeded by its individual divisional half-title and diary of events". Only 5000 copies of this edition were printed. Woods A44(a).

London: George G. Harrap, 1938-1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 466 p. 23 cm. Frontispiece portrait of Churchill. Blue cloth hardcover in mylar-covered rare yellow dustjacket. Jacket has light soiling and small tears. Spine darkened with chip at head. Front flap unclipped. Ink inscription on front free endpaper is that of J. L. Rudd, 345 Island Park Drive, Ottawa, who signed Dec. 9 1940. Discolouration to half-title and rear leaf. Faint offsetting to title. These speeches, published just after he became prime minister, are the precursors to Churchill's great war speeches. Spanning the years 1928 to 1938, the speeches criticize British foreign policy and warn of the upcoming danger of another war. The world will always remember the resolute war leader to whom Britain turned when facing invasion, but many forget the years leading up to World War II when Churchill made impassioned, eloquent and largely unheeded warning speeches about the increasing power of Nazi Germany. Only 5,000 copies of… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1938. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the precursor to Churchill's great war speeches, the British first edition in the rare yellow dust jacket issued just after Churchill became Prime Minister. The book contains text from 41 Churchill speeches spanning 25 October 1928 to 24 March 1938. These criticize British foreign policy and warn prophetically of the coming danger that would become the Second World War. 5,000 copies were printed of this first and only printing of the first edition. Of these 5,000, at least 3,381 and perhaps more than 4,000 were sold with the pale blue, first state dust jacket. The balance - no more than 1,619 copies and quite likely fewer - were offered at a lower price in June 1940 bearing a striking yellow dust jacket. Because the price was reduced with the yellow dust jacket, this has often been called by bibliographers the "Cheap" issue. Given that Churchill had just become Prime Minister in May 1940, it might be more… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1940. First English “Cheap”Edition (Cohen A107.3) (Woods A44a). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (466 pages, with frontis photo). Unsold copies of the first printing of ARMS AND THE COVENANT were re-issued as this so-called "Cheap Edition” by Churchill's publisher Harrap in June 1940, a month after he became Prime Minister. The only new feature was a new dust jacket, printed a vivid yellow with deep red type. This is a very good copy, with an unclipped dust jacket that is bright on the front face, age-darkened and edge-chipped on the rear face, and toned across a spine that was at one time misfolded. The book itself is virtually mint, the cloth a rich and unfaded dark blue, including the notoriously fade-prone spine. The binding is tight, the corners square. The contents are fine and unfoxed, with a tiny vintage bookshop sticker on the front pastedown and the usual toning to the half-title from the frontis photo. A wartime rarity.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1940. First English Edition (Cohen A107.3) (Woods A44a). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (466 pages). Unsold copies of the first printing of ARMS AND THE COVENANT were re-issued as this so-called "Cheap Edition" by Harrap in June 1940. The books were untouched, the only new feature was a new dust jacket, printed a vivid yellow with deep red type. This is a very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket that remains bright on the front face with light fading to the spine. The book itself is crisp, tight and unfaded. The contents are fine, with a tiny vintage bookshop sticker on the front pastedown and a discreetly inked former-owner’s name hand-dated “July 1940” on the front free endpaper. The fore-edges are foxed and there is the usual flap shadow on the half-title. Else fine.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1938. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the precursor to Churchill's great war speeches, the British first edition in the striking yellow dust jacket issued just after Churchill became Prime Minister. The book contains a collection of speeches spanning the years 1928 to 1938 criticizing British foreign policy, Churchill’s warnings and exhortations both prophetic and largely unheeded. 5,000 copies of this first and only British impression were printed, of which at least 3,381 and perhaps more than 4,000 were sold with the pale blue, first state dust jacket. The balance - no more than 1,619 copies and quite likely fewer - were offered at a lower price in June 1940 featuring a yellow dust jacket. Because the price was reduced with the yellow dust jacket, this has often been called by bibliographers the "Cheap" issue. Given that Churchill had just become Prime Minister in May 1940, it might be more fittingly called the "I Told You So" issue. The… Read More

London, George G. Harrap & Co.,, 1938. Finely bound copy First edition, first impression, very handsomely bound, of this important collection of Churchill's speeches from 1928 to 1938, warning of the dangers of a re-armed Germany. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tools in compartments, raised bands, roll to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Frontispiece portrait. Slight browning to half-title an excellent copy in a fine binding. Cohen A107; Woods 44a