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Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1951. First edition, only printing. Wraps. This interesting item is a substantial, scarce, and attractive booklet commemorating the conferring of an honorary doctorate by Copenhagen University upon Winston S. Churchill, including his 10 October 1950 acceptance speech. While in Denmark, Churchill also received that country's highest humanitarian award. This is not only the first volume appearance of Churchill's acceptance address in English, but is also the only known appearance of Churchill's five-paragraph autobiographical note terminating with his facsimile signature and stating “At present I am writing my story of the Second World War, four volumes of which have been published.” The address was previously published in Danish in Taler i Danmark (Cohen A248) and later collected in the Complete Speeches (Vol. VIII, pp. 8094-6). The text is printed in both English and Danish. The booklet measures 10.25 x 7.125 inches (26 x 18 cm) perfect bound in ivory card… Read More

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. First edition. Full leather. This first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped is finely bound in full oxblood calf. The binding features raised spine bands, double gilt-rule framed and gilt-tooled compartments, twin black spine title and author labels, gilt rule-bordered covers, red and green silk head and tailbands, and marbled endpapers. Condition of the binding is near fine – square, tight, clean, the calf unfaded and supple with only trivial superficial scuffs. The contents are suited to the binding, notably clean with the color folding map present and intact at the title page and the publisher’s advertisements following the text retained when the volume was bound. The contents appear to be a mixed issue of the first edition. The text appears consonant with first issue; in line 11 of p.40, “business” is uncorrected. However, the advertisements following the text are dated 5G-7.86. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish author… Read More