Painting as a Pastime by Winston Churchill (182 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped, top and bottom of spine bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, inscription to a previous owner on front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. 91 pp burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Book and wrapper clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ. Gift message to endpaper.

Reprint. 1968 reprint with colour illustrations; spine and cover uncreased with fading to spine; protected by clear plastic Penguin book wallet; page fore-edges yellowed; internally, edges of pages yellowed; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG paperback in plastic wallet Used - Very Good. VG paperback in plastic wallet.

hardback, 8vo, 32pp, 18 plates, text pages browning, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, patterned boards, spine browned, otherwise Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The perfect antidote to his 'Black Dog', a depression that blighted his working life, Churchill took to painting with gusto. Picking up a paintbrush for the first time at the age of forty, Winston Churchill found in painting a passion that was to remain his constant companion. This glorious essay exudes his compulsion for a hobby that allowed him peace during his dark days, and richly rewarded a nation with a treasure trove of work. A glorious essay by Winston Churichill about one of his favourite pastimes, painting. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1965. Reprinted. 38 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains colour illustrations. 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.

Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 260.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: NEW.

Condition: Good. Minor shlfwear to covers, with light fading and some small stained areas. Very mild tanning to pages, but content in very good condition and legible throughout.

Hardback. Condition: New. A glorious essay by Winston Churchill about one of his favourite pastimes, painting.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Firmly bound, illustrated card boards. Scuffing on cover and spine. No jacket.

Condition: Good. 1964. Published in Penguin Books. 38 pages. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 38 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover 2169. Contains colour illustrated plates to rear. 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.

Condition: Good. 1965. 37 pages. Orange pictorial paperback. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1964. Published in Penguin Books. 38 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Minor tanning and wear marks to spine and covers.

Condition: Fair. 1964. First Edition Thus. Unpaginated. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Colour illustrated plates at the rear. Pages and binding are presentable with minor defects. Some issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1964. Reprint. 37 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. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paper browning. The picture on our listing is a photograph of the actual book NOT a stock image. [Loc. S3-6].

Condition: Good. 1966. Sixth Impression. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Illustrated plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. 1965. Fifth impression. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour illustration plates. 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1965. 1965 Reprint. 37 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. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In slipcase. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd printing (1965). 38pp + 18 colour plated. VG copy, ink name on half-title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, fourth printing. 32pp, colour plate frontispiece (showing Winston Churchill at his easel) plus 18 colour plate illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on black relief on the spine. All edges sprayed red. Red endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little shelf worn, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name nearly inked on the front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A lengthy essay by Winston Churchill on painting followed by colour plate illustrations of his own works. The essay originally appeared in print in Thoughts and Adventures in 1932; and was first published in book form by Odhams Press in 1948.