Great Contemporaries

First US edition. 8vo in cloth. 299 pp. VG. Light wear; a little heavier at spine ends. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships in a box packed with care.

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd,, 1937. First edition, first impression, a bibliographical enigma: Cohen's "second state", this being the only copy he ever identified, from his personal collection, with his pencilled ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. Cohen's entry in full reads: "I have examined a most unusual copy in which there is a second p. 57, which appears… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, first printing, increasingly scarce thus with a clean, unfaded binding protected by a first printing dust jacket. Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously,… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1942. Early Printing. Early printing from 1942 - first published by Thornton Butterworth in 1937. This book measures approximately 7.75" x 5.5" with 287 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Minor bumping on both ends of spine. Moderate staining to both boards. Front board is bowed. Moderate staining and rippling… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed first U.S. edition, first printing, of Churchill's much praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. Condition is very good in a very good minus… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed first U.S. edition, first printing, of Churchill's much praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. While not quite perfect, this is certainly the best copy… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1937. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, third printing, increasingly scarce thus with a clean, bright binding protected by its third printing dust jacket. Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously,… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1937. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, second printing, increasingly scarce thus with a clean, bright binding protected by its dust jacket. Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. … Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1938. The revised edition with four additional biographies, 8vo, 387pp, 25 portraits including the 4 new ones on Fisher, Baden-Powell, Parnell & Roosevelt, photo illustrations, an undistinguished copy with oxidising to spine lettering and general rubbing about extrems, previous owner's name to ffep o/w G Copy, no DJ. New Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Fontana, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. 317 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons,, 1937. First US edition, first printing, of Churchill's collection of essays on the outstanding figures of his age, including reflections on T. E. Lawrence, Trotsky, and Hitler; "it is, of course, an important part of the canon and belongs in every library" (Langworth, p. 179). This copy is from the collection of Churchill's… Read more about this item

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991-05. Hardcover. Good.

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1940. First revised and expanded edition, second and final printing. Hardcover. This is the second and final printing of the first revised and expanded edition, scarce thus in the original dust jacket. The revised and expanded edition was issued in 1938 soon after the first edition of 1937, adding four new essays (Fisher, Parnell, Baden-Powell,… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1938. First revised and expanded edition. Hardcover. This is the first printing of the first revised and expanded edition of Churchill’s much-praised collection of insightful essays about leading personalities of the day. This edition, published in 1938 soon after the first edition of 1937, added four new essays (Fisher, Parnell, Baden-Powell, and - of great… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1938. First revised and expanded edition. Hardcover. This is the first printing of the first revised and expanded edition of Churchill’s much-praised collection of insightful essays about leading personalities of the day. This book was part of the personal library of Churchill's bibliographer, Ronald Cohen. This edition, published in 1938 soon after the first… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1937. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, second printing, increasingly scarce thus with a clean, bright binding protected by its dust jacket. This copy is from the personal library of Churchill's bibliographer, Ronald Cohen. Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is an unusually clean and bright jacketed copy of the British first edition, first printing. Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. This copy is fine… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the finest jacketed copy we have encountered of the British first edition, first printing. Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. This copy is magnificently… Read more about this item

London : Odhams Press, 1948. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Boards stained. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 309p. : ports. ; 22cm. Subjects: Statesmen -- 20th century -- Biography.

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd,, 1937. Rare pre-publication copy, from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Advance proof copy of Churchill's collection of essays on the outstanding figures of his age, including reflections on T. E. Lawrence, Trotsky, and Hitler. This copy is from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen. The contents of the proof are apparently identical to… Read more about this item