LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL -First English Edition Set Signed and Inscribed in the Month of Publication-

Winston S. Churchill

Published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1906

First English Edition. Winston Churchill's impassioned two-volume biography written in defense of his maligned father's posthumous reputation. It was subsequently issued in an unabridged one-volume edition. A bulwark of any Churchill collection. This is a very good First English edition set signed and inscribed in ink on the first free endpaper of Volume I to: "F. Smith from Winston S. Churchill, 13 Jan. 1906" (the month of publication). Laid-into the book is a presentation slip on embossed Chancellor of the Exchequer notepaper, with a written presentation in ink, in Churchill's hand: "For Lord Colwyn." The Colwyn bookplate appears on the front pastedowns of both volumes.Frederick Henry Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn (1859-1946) was a manufacturer, investor and banking executive from Churchill's constituency of Manchester; an influential Liberal figure in Manchester politics at a time when Winston Churchill was a recent new member of the Liberal party. In fact, January 1906 ? the month of Lord Randolph Churchill's publication ? also was the month of the great Liberal landslide of 1906 that carried Churchill to his first election victory as a Liberal in ManchesterThe cloth of both volumes is fresh, the gilt titles bright, the corners sharp, if lightly rubbed, the spines moderately faded and rubbed, with short tears at the head and upper joint edge of Volume I. The binding is square and tight. The contents are fine but foxed lightly throughout. The red cloth has bled some red onto the rear endpapers of Volume I. The rear hinge of Volume II is beginning to give. Else fine. 8vo (584 pages and 544 pages, illustrated, with tissue protected photo frontispieces) (Cohen A17.1) (Woods A8a). Seller Inventory # 142044

Bibliographic Details

Title: LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL -First English ...
Publisher: Macmillan & Co., London
Publication Date: 1906
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed
Edition: First Edition.