My Early Life

London: Odhams Press Limited,, 1948. Inscribed by Churchill Presentation copy from Churchill, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper to the wife of Frederick Raven, who served as his butler and valet for nine months: "To Mrs Raven from Winston S. Churchill, 1949". My Early Life, Churchill's "witty and elegiac account of his youth" (ODNB), was first… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Keystone Library Edition, second impression. A rare copy with the dust jacket. Dust jacket is scuffed top and bottom with small tears, and markings to front. Spine is age tanned. Pink cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine, in very condition, only slight… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing, first state, first binding state. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, first state, first binding state of Winston Churchill's autobiography. Two states of the first edition, first printing are identified, with a list of either 11 or 12 Churchill titles in the boxed list of "Works by the… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing, first state, first binding state. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, first state, first binding state of Winston Churchill's autobiography. Two states of the first edition, first printing are identified, with a list of either 11 or 12 Churchill titles in the boxed list of "Works by the… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1943. Macmillan issue from first edition plates, third printing. Hardcover. This is a Second World War reprint of British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill’s autobiography of his early life, published in 1943, during Churchill’s wartime premiership. Churchill's extremely popular autobiography, covering the years from his birth in 1874 to his first few years… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited,, 1930. Publisher's presentation copy, inscribed on the earliest date such copies are known First edition, first impression, pre-publication presentation copy from the publisher, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To my friend Charles Havell from his friend Thornton Butterworth 14-10-30". The book was published six days later on 20 October. 14 October is the… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1944. Hardcover. This is an uncommonly bright and clean example of the fourth and final wartime reprint of Churchill's extremely popular autobiography, covering the years from his birth in 1874 to his first few years in Parliament. This book was originally published by Thornton Butterworth in 1930. Macmillan acquired the rights to several Churchill… Read more about this item

London: Odhams Press Limited, 1936-1939. Winston Churchill, in addition to his careers of soldier and politician, was a prolific writer under the pen name 'Winston S. Churchill'. After being commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1895, Churchill gained permission to observe the Cuban War of Independence, and sent war reports to The Daily Graphic. He continued his… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1943. Macmillan issue from first edition plates, third printing. Hardcover. This Second World War reprint of Winston Churchill’s autobiography has interesting wartime provenance. Per an elaborate printed grey plate affixed to the front pastedown, this copy was a gift from British industrialist Alexander Duckham to a customer in 1943. The presentation plate reads: “Written… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing, first state, first binding state. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, first state, first binding state of Winston Churchill's autobiography. Two states of the first edition, first printing are identified, with a list of either 11 or 12 Churchill titles in the boxed list of "Works by the… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1940. First edition, sixth and final printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, sixth and final printing, of Churchill's extremely popular autobiography in the quite scarce dust jacket unique to this wartime printing. The front face of this jacket features a striking, red-hued photo of Churchill. The rear face advertises Churchill's Thornton Butterworth works of… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. 372pp/maps. Churchill's early military experiences in school, India and Africa. Clean. Reprint Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Macmillan & Co, 1944. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Reprint. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. The plate on the spine is a little shelf rubbed. Internally, The front and back hinge is cracked, and netting is a little exposed. There is a previous owners inscription on the front end page. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*02/23/2023 [Ak]. … Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited,, 1930. His "elegiac" autobiography, in the famously elusive dust jacket First edition, first impression, in a very presentable example of the extremely rare dust jacket, retaining much of its vibrant colour. A conspicuously attractive copy of Churchill's "witty and elegiac account of his youth shot through with regret at the decline of the social and… Read more about this item

Folio, 1111. Hardcover. Very Good. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Book and slipcase are sealed and therefore considered to be good as new. In original cellophane so date and pagination unknown.

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1930. First English Edition (Fourth Printing) (Cohen A91.1.f) (Woods A37a). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (392 pages, with photo frontispiece, maps, plans, one folding map, 16 tipped-in illustrations). This is a gorgeous copy of the Fourth Printing of the First English edition, which was issued in the year of publication and is… Read more about this item

Fontana, 1972. Paperback. Good. 1972. 382 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.

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1930. First Edition, First Printing, First State. Hardcover. Octavo, 392 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in modern unsigned half red leather with marbled paper boards, paneled spine with gilt lettering and tooling. Light bumping to corners. Small bookplate to front pastedown. text block lightly but consistently foxed. Two small water-drop marks to top edge of… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1940. Keystone Library Issue, third and final printing. Hardcover. This the third and final printing of the Keystone Library issue of Winston Churchill’s extremely popular autobiography, covering the years from his birth in 1874 to his first few years in Parliament. My Early Life was originally published in 1930, sold very well at the… Read more about this item

London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1940. First edition, sixth and final printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, sixth and final printing, of Churchill's extremely popular autobiography in the quite scarce dust jacket unique to this wartime printing. The front face of this jacket features a striking, red-hued photo of Churchill. The rear face advertises Churchill's Thornton Butterworth works of the… Read more about this item