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THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-Rare Variant Binding of the First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1933 | $4,500.00

This is a gorgeous copy of the variant pale green cloth binding of the First English edition in an unclipped dust jacket. The cloth and gilt lettering are fresh and bright and the contents are fine, virtually mint. Quite rare thus.

THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-Fourth Printing of the First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1933 | $2,000.00

This is a virtually mint copy of the Fourth Printing of the First English edition in the rare dust jacket with the Morning Post quote in red on the cover: “A TONIC FOR The TIMES.” Pristine, save for speckles of fore-edge foxing.

THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-First Keystone Library Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1933 | $850.00

A virtually mint copy of an apparent variant binding state of the First Keystone Library edition (not in Cohen’s bibliography), bound in dark green cloth with the front cover lettering gilt-stamped. The rare dust jacket is present and nearly mint, dimmed ever so faintly along the spine and jacket edges only, else fine. The book […]

THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-First Keystone Library Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1933 | $800.00

A very good copy of the first binding state of the First Keystone Library edition, in the rare dust jacket, which is virtually pristine, dimmed ever so faintly along the spine and jacket edges only, else fine. The green cloth is fresh, the gilt spine titles are very slightly faded, the binding is crisp and […]

THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-First English "Times Book Club" Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1932 | $850.00

This is a very good copy of the rarely-seen [London] “Times Book Club” edition, which was bound from early edition sheets but in a plainer binding of smooth dark green cloth. Miraculously, the Cohen bibliography overlooks this edition. The cloth here is unusually fresh and bright, with a tiny chip at the spine head. The […]

THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-First English Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1932 | $450.00

A good-very good copy of the First English edition, without dust jacket. The cloth is edge-worn, with fractional surface-scraped loss at the spine head and light scratches on the rear face. The front free endpaper is excised and there is very faint damp-staining to the front pastedown only. The contents are otherwise fine and unfoxed.

AMID THESE STORMS

-First American Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1932 | $1,750.00

This is a very good copy of the First American edition, in the rare dust jacket, unclipped and quite bright and fresh. The front face is unfaded, with a closed tear along the upper spine edge, a faint scuff or two and some light creases. The rear face has darkened just a touch more. The […]

AMID THESE STORMS

-First American Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1932 | $650.00

A very good copy of the First American edition, in the rare dust jacket, which is here unclipped but shelfworn and edge-chipped, with significant fading to the spine. There is loss of approximately one inch across the spine head of the jacket and a smaller loss along the lower edge. The front face has fractional […]

AMID THESE STORMS

-First American Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1932 | $850.00

AMID THESE STORMS

-Publisher's Original Paste-Up Proof for the First American Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1932 | Register to View Price

This is the original copy of British publisher Thornton Butterworth’s paste-up proof for THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES, as re-purposed by Scribners for its American edition, to be titled AMID THESE STORMS. The proof consists of Butterworth’s mockup for its original English edition of THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES overlaid with a handwritten Scribner AMID THESE STORMS title page. […]

THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES

-Wartime First Macmillan Edition in Dust Jacket-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1942 | $350.00

This is a very good copy, in an unclipped dust jacket, of the First Printing of the Macmillan wartime reprint edition. The jacket is a bit darkened, particularly along the spine. The binding is virtually mint, the contents fine, with a faint ink gift inscription dated “46” on the front free endpaper and an inked […]

AMID THESE STORMS

-American Library Edition-

By: Winston S. Churchill

1984 | $125.00

A mint copy of this contemporary American edition produced for libraries, without a dust jacket, as issued, still in the publisher’s original shrink-wrap.The text was photo-reproduced from the original First American edition sheets.