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Churchill, Winston
This British Bulldog and famous wartime Prime Minister grew up in Blenheim Palace as a Spencer-Churchill. He started out as a journalist, and wrote prodigiously until his death. Determined, outspoken and larger than life, Churchill went through several stages of unpopularity. His time at the Admiralty was not without controversy, and while appeasement was popular between the wars, Churchill wasn't. But cometh the hour, cometh the man, and World War Two was Churchill's finest hour. He was very much a product of his times and background but on geopolitics was rarely wrong. He foresaw the cold war approaching and the 'Iron Curtain' speech at Missouri in March 1946 was prophetic, though his desire for a closer relationship between Britain and America was less well received by Truman who thought correctly that British power was in serious decline.
Churchill was a tremendously talented and complex man, iconic and very human at the same time. Unlike many politicians of today, he cared more about being right than being popular. He was likewise unbothered by convention. Churchill used to conduct meetings during the war with heads of staff (and in the picture here with Dwight D Eisenhower), in his dressing gown. He also had Turnbull and Asser make him what he called 'romper suits', an all in one suit that was easy to put on and had an 'adjustable' waistline. These became known as 'siren suits' as they were supposedly easy to put on if the air raid siren went off. In truth this was not Churchill's motivation for them. He often had been known to go up onto the roof of number ten Downing Street to watch the Blitz rather than down to the bunker underneath the Treasury.
A whole library can be devoted to him and his life and works. The magisterial sixteen volume Gilbert biography is a testament to his full life, lived at the centre of world affairs. We try to have in stock as much of his cannon as we can.
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1948-54 The Second World WarLondon: 1948-54A finely bound first impression set of Winston Churchill's monumental magnum opus, looking into the causes of the Second World War, and the methods behind his victory. -
1950-1956 6vol The Second World WarLondon: 1950-1956A smart complete set of this reprinted edition of Winston Churchill's work on the Second World War. -
1952 The Second World War: Closing the RingLondon: 1952A well presented copy of the fifth volume of Churchill's important work on the Second World War, bound in leather. -
1949-1954 3 Volumes of The Second World WarLondon: 1949-1954Winston Churchill provides his unique insights into the events of the Second World War in this interesting memoir. In the original unclipped dust wrapper -
1948-54 The Second World WarLondon: 1948-54A first edition set of William Churchill's groundbreaking memoirs regarding the Second World War. -
1900 London to Ladysmith via PretoriaLondon: 1900The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. -
1900 London to Ladysmith via PretoriaLondon: 1900The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. -
1900 Ian Hamilton's MarchLondon : 1900A first edition copy of Winston Churchill's account of his experiences during the Second Boer War. -
1951 The Second World War: Volume II, Their Finest HourLondon : 1951An interesting history of the Second World War from the perspective of Winston Churchill. -
1941 The Unknown War The Eastern Front 1914-1917London : 1941The final volume in Churchill's The World Crisis Series. -
1948-49 Winston S Churchill Memoires sur la Deuxieme Guerre MondialeParis: 1948-49A remarkable account of the early years of the Second World War by Winston Churchill, translated into the French language. -
1943 The World Crisis 1911-1918London: 1943An impressively detailed abridged edition of Churchill's study of the First World War and the events leading up to it, illustrated with folding maps and plates. -
1933-1934 2Vol The Great WarLondon: 1933-1934The first two volumes of Winston Churchill's impressive history of the First World War, writing during the inter-war era, and illustrated throughout. -
1959 The Second World War and an Epilogue on the Years 1945 to 1957London: 1959The first abridged single volume edition of Winston Churchill's lengthy Second World War memoirs. In the original dust wrapper, and with the addition of an epilogue detailing his life in the post war years. -
1948 Mr. Churchill in NorwayOslo: 1948A very scarce illustrated account of Winston Churchill's 1948 visit to Norway, with text in both the English and Norwegian languages. -
1900 London to Ladysmith via PretoriaLondon: 1900The first edition of Winston Churchill's volume recounting his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps. -
1900 London to Ladysmith via PretoriaLondon: 1900The first edition of Sir Winston Churchill's firsthand account of his time during the African War. -
1923 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-1931An early edition set of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War. -
1923 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-1931An unusually smart early edition set of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War. -
1923 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-1931A very smart first edition set of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War. -
1923 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-1931A very important association copy of the first edition of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War from the library of World War I Gallipoli commander, Granville Egerton. -
1962 A Churchill Anthology Churchill his Life and Times Painting as a PastimeLondon: 1962-1965A very smart selection of Winston Churchill's works, and a work regarding his life. -
1967 2v Companion W. CHURCHILL I 1874-1900 Randolph 1stLondon : 1967The first companion volume to the official biography of Britain's wartime Prime Minister, in two parts spanning over a quarter of a century. -
1933 26Vol The Great War Photographs Drawings and Maps Original Parts ChurchillLondon : 1933An uncommon collection of these periodicals dealing with the scenes and various fronts associated with the first world war, in the original 26 fortnightly parts.