Churchill, Sir Winston (1874-1965) Five Volumes:

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Churchill, Sir Winston (1874-1965) Five Volumes:My African Journey, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908, first edition, illustrated, in publisher's pictorial red cloth, stamped with an image of Churchill beside a slain rhinoceros, in a plastic jacket, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.
London to Lady Smith via Pretoria, New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900, first American edition, illustrated, bound in publisher's red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board, spine sunned, board surfaces lightly rubbed, in a plastic jacket, 4 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.
Ian Hamilton's March, London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900, first edition, with portrait frontispiece, maps, and plans, in red publisher's binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board, and black end papers; binding somewhat bumped, scratched, spine sunned, in a plastic jacket, 7 1/2 x 5 in.
Savrola, New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900, octavo, half-title, twelve leaves of publisher's advertisements after the text, in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt on front board and spine, endcaps rubbed, bookplate removed from inside cover leaving adhesive behind, leaning slightly; 7 1/2 x 5 in.
[and] Liberalism and the Social Problem, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909, in publisher's red cloth, blind stamp that reads "Presentation Copy" on title page.
Estimate $800-1,000


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