CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). A group of 5 works and letter referencing Churchill during the Second Boer War, comprising:

Savrola A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. Contemporary green morocco gilt, stamp-signed by Bayntun. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Churchill's only novel. Woods A3(b). -- Ian Hamilton's March. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. With frontispiece and folding map. FIRST EDITION. Woods A5. -- My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. 3 maps and 47 photographic plates including frontispiece. (Heavy vertical crease to front board, small stains, spine darkened). FIRST EDITION. Woods A12. -- Marlborough His Life and Times. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933-1938. 4 volumes. (Some discoloration to cloth). FIRST TRADE EDITION. Woods A40(a). -- EADE, Charles (1903-1964), compiler. Victory War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1946. In unrestored and unclipped dust jacket (fading as typical, light creasing). FIRST EDITION with page 177 misprinted as 77. Woods A112. -- Together, 5 works in 8 volumes, 8vo, all in publisher's bindings except where noted, all in very good to fine condition except where noted.

[With:] EATON, William Arnold (1870-?). Autograph letter signed ("Eaton"). Durban, Natal, South Africa, 22 March 1900. 4 pages, 8vo, on Durban Club letterhead, light creasing. Captain Eaton served in South Africa 1900-1902, and in this letter to his mother, he mentions Churchill who had returned to South Africa in January to take Pretoria and relieve the Siege of Ladysmith: "Churchill has promised me in this case to get me some job with the troops at the front, he is joining to ask Lord Dundonald to take me temporary as his staff as an extra...galloper."

[Also with:] The Sinews of Peace. N.p., 1995. Reprint of Churchill's speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 5 March 1946.