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Important Winston Churchill typed letter signed as Prime Minister, announcing his resignation from that office, dated 6 April 1955. After suffering a severe stroke in 1953, Churchill’s health quickly began to deteriorate affecting both his speech and ability to walk. Written on official 10 Downing Street stationery, letter to Conservative politician John Harvey reads in part: ”…For some time past I have not felt that at my age it would be right for me to incur such new and indefinite responsibilities I have therefore tendered my resignation to The Queen”. Churchill endorses Anthony Eden as his successor in upholding ”…the causes of Tory democracy which Lord Beaconsfield proclaimed, which Lord Randolph Churchill revived, and which I have tried to serve…[signed] Yours sincerely / Winston S. Churchill”. Two-page letter on two sheets has a hole punched to upper left and measures 7.5” x 9.5”. Lot includes retained copy of Harvey’s reply. Folds and scattered minor stains, else near fine. Sold for $12,500.
Winston Churchill’s Personally Owned and Worn Stetson Hat
Winston Churchill’s own Stetson worn by the Prime Minister during his tour of the United States in 1952. The John B. Stetson hat is 3X beaver. The interior hatband bears Churchill’s name in gilt lettering. Included in the lot is a DVD of Churchill donning the Stetson. Brown size 7 1/8 hat is in near fine condition. With provenance from Profiles in History. Sold for $8,098.
Winston Churchill Signed Limited First Edition of “Marlborough: His Life and Times” — Rare Set Signed by Churchill, One of Only 155 in the Limited Edition, Here in the Original Bindings
Winston Churchill signed limited first edition of “Marlborough: His Life and Times”, a four volume biography of Churchill’s ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, with extensive plates, illustrations and folding maps within. Churchill signs the limited edition page of Volume I, “Winston S. Churchill”, indicating this series as #39 in the limited edition of 155. London: George G. Harrap, 1933-38, with “First Published” on copyright pages. All four volumes are bound in their original orange morocco leather bindings, accented in gilt with five raised bands to spine, top edge gilt, and Churchill’s heraldic coat of arms in gilt to the front of each volume. Each volume measures 6.5″ x 9.75″. Darkening to spines, some light scuffing and foxing, joints starting in Volume I and the rear joint of Volume III. Overall a very good set, rare as signed in a very small limited edition run. Sold for $7,875.
Winston Churchill typed letter signed, dated 11 May 1943, to Cyril Gordon Illingworth, captain of the Queen Mary, thanking him for ”the efficient conduct of our journey”. The English Prime Minister traveled by sea to the U.S. to join FDR in war planning at the Third Washington Conference (code named TRIDENT), held in Washington, D.C. from 12 May to 27 May 1943. The Italian Campaign, air attacks on Nazi Germany and the Pacific War were on the meeting agenda. Churchill was accompanied by Averell Harriman, FDR’s special envoy to Europe. Lot includes a telegram from Harriman to Illingworth. A third telegram is from Hastings Ismay, Churchill’s chief military assistant and staff officer, to Illingworth. Churchill letter, measuring 7.5” x 9.5”, on 10 Downing Street letterhead, is signed, ”Winston S. Churchill”. The Harriman telegram, measuring 8” x 10”, on U.S. Embassy letterhead, is signed, ”W.A. Harriman”. The Ismay telegram, measuring 7” x 8.75”, on blindstamped Office of the War Cabinet letterhead, is signed, ”Hastings Ismay”. Tape residue, else very good plus condition. Sold for $3,691.
Winston Churchill Signed Copy of His Classic Work, “A History of the English Speaking Peoples” — First Editions in Original Dust Jackets
Winston Churchill signed first editions of “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples”. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1956-58. Churchill signs the bookplate on the half-title page of Volume I, “Winston S. Churchill”. Though begun during his “Wilderness Years” of the early 1930s, Churchill completed these volumes after World War II, giving attention to the “special relationship” of the United Kingdom and United States. He writes, “For the second time in the present century the British Empire and the United States have stood together facing the perils of war on the largest scale known among men, and since the cannons ceased to fire and the bombs to burst we have become more conscious of our common duty to the human race.” All four first editions are housed in their original price-clipped dust jackets, all in very good condition or better. Top edges red on all, in original red boards, each measuring 6.5″ x 9.75″ and housed in a 5.5″ x 10″ slipcase. Volume I is near fine, in a very good to near fine dust jacket. Vols. II-IV have been re-backed, preserving original endpapers, with some foxing to interior and dust jackets, and also light staining to the front board of Vol. III. In very good condition, with very good dust jackets, which have some foxing and sunning to spines. Overall a very attractive, well-preserved set, rare as signed. Sold for $3,438.
Winston Churchill Signed “Great Contemporaries” — Uncommon Title Signed by Churchill
Winston Churchill signed copy of his 1937 book “Great Contemporaries.” Signed and inscribed, “To Mr. Alfred B. Strauss from Winston S. Churchill / 1951” on the front free endpaper. Published by Thornton Butterworth Ltd.: London: 1948, later printing. In publisher’s original cloth. Some rubbing to spine and edges, faint toning to signature page, and two sets of staple marks at top and bottom right of signature page, far away from writing. Overall in very good condition. Sold for $3,336.
Winston Churchill Autograph Letter Signed
Wryly humorous autograph letter signed by Winston Churchill, dated 11 March 1908 during Churchill’s service as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, composed on blindstamped stationery of the Colonial Office. A rising star in British politics, Churchill was only 33 when he penned this letter to Reverend J. Wales Cameron, an M.P. affiliated with the University of Edinburgh. Letter reads in part,
“My dear Sir, I am greatly honoured by the invitation which you have forwarded to me to become the liberal candidate for the Lord Rectorship of Edinburgh University. I fear that I am a good many years younger than Rectorial standards would usually seem to require, & that is a disqualification which is only capable of gradual correction. I however gladly accept the honour which your kindness has prompted you to offer me, & am very ready to serve you in any way in my power.” Sold for $2,923.
Winston Churchill Signed Book, ”My Early Life, A Roving Commission”
Winston Churchill book signed, ”My Early Life, A Roving Commission”, published by Odhams Press Limited: London: 1957. First edition, second impression. Churchill’s autobiography, with a focus on his role in the Second Boer War, bears the Prime Minister’s autograph inscription to the fly-leaf, ”To Stanley James Webb / from / Winston S. Churchill / Dec 23. 1930.” Bound in red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Measures 6” x 9” and runs 392pp. Pencil notation to front pastedown, sunning to backstrip, cocking to spine and foxing to leaves and edges. Overall in very good condition. Sold for $2,500.
Winston Churchill Signed Photo, Signed on the Mat — Rare
Rare Winston Churchill signed photo, with Churchill’s signature appearing on the presentation mat in black fountain pen, “Winston S. Churchill”, accented by a quick paraph underneath his signature. Silver gelatin matte photo measures 3.125″ x 4.5″, with entire display measuring 5″ x 7″. With backstamp of Vivienne 20th Century Studios Ltd. of Piccadilly, London on verso. Some foxing to mat, and mild vertical crease along left side, overall very good condition. From the estate of WWII U.S. Army Major Fred E. Pereira. Sold for $2,400.
Winston Churchill signed edition of ”Marlborough: His Life and Times” published by George Harrap & Co. Ltd.: London: 1933. On the brink of World War, Churchill pens the front free endpaper: ”Inscribed by / Winston Churchill / August 1941”. Here, Churchill acts as biographer of his ancestor John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough. The riveting biography is in four volumes, of which three are present in this lot; Volumes I, II, and III. Volume I is from a later printing in 1939. Volume II is a first edition, second printing from October 1934. The third tome is a first edition, first printing from 1936. Each is bound in purple cloth boards with gilt lettering, measuring 6.75” x 9.5”. Original dustjackets accompany; Vol. II wears a Vol. IV dustjacket. Dustjackets III and IV are in good to very good condition; Vol. I dustjacket has significant paper loss to backstrip; fair. Light foxing and toning to leaves and sunning to backstrips. Paper loss to front free endpaper of Vol. I. Partial set is in good to very good condition overall. Sold for $1,477.
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