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WHILE ENGLAND SLEPT

-First American Edition in Dust Jacket-

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By: Winston S. Churchill

1938 | $1,500.00

This is a very good copy of the First American edition in the dramatic dust jacket, which is unclipped, bright and clean on the front and rear faces but faded somewhat along the spine. There is a 1/2-inch sliver of loss at the upper corner of the front face and a nick on the spine, […]

WHILE ENGLAND SLEPT

-First American Edition (Third Impression)

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By: Winston S. Churchill

1938 | $250.00

This is a virtually mint copy of the Third Impression of the First American edition, without dust jacket. As-new, save for very faint creasing along the spine, three dots of foxing to the fore-edge. Discreetly ink-stamped: “Editorial Copy” on the rear free endpaper.

ARMS AND THE COVENANT

-First English Edition without Dust Jacket-

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By: Winston S. Churchill

1938 | $950.00

This is a virtually mint copy of the First English edition, without dust jacket. The cloth is 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 light […]

ARMS AND THE COVENANT

-English Wartime "Cheap" Edition in Variant Dust Jacket-

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By: Winston S. Churchill

1940 | $2,500.00

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 […]

ARMS AND THE COVENANT

-English Wartime "Cheap" Edition in Variant Dust Jacket-

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By: Winston S. Churchill

1940 | $2,000.00

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, […]