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Lot 374
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,375
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Lot Description
CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). Great Contemporaries. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937.
8vo. Photographic plates. Original blue gilt-lettered buckram, top edge stained blue (spine discolored, a few light stains); in unrestored unclipped orange dust jacket with "21s. net" price present (chipping, soiling, a few short tears). Provenance: Hugh Rees (small label).
FIRST EDITION of Churchill's collected biographical essays on such figures as George Bernard Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia, King George V, and Adolf Hitler. Later editions saw inclusions, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, and removals, including Leon Trotsky. Woods A43(a).