CHURCHILL, Winston S.

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Lord Randolph Churchill. First edition, inscribed by the author in the first volume, "To David Thomson and best wishes from Winston S. Churchill 17 Nov 1906", and in the second volume, "Winston S. Churchill. 17 Nov 1906", along with a presentation letter. Signed copies of this title are seldom encountered, and contemporary inscriptions are rarer still.The letter, on Churchill's Colonial Office letterhead, is written by a secretary and signed by Churchill. "Dear Eva, Thank you very much for your kind letter. I have signed your books as you wished and I hope they will reach you safely. I hope you will come and lunch with me here one day and see my new house. I am writing to my mother to ask her to arrange a luncheon when we can meet and have a nice talk". It is in the original envelope, which is initialled by Churchill.David Thomson (1853-1906), a New York lawyer, was married to Eva Purdy Thomson (1860-1917), an American cousin of Churchill. Churchill was hosted by Eva during his first visit to New York in November 1895, and wrote to his mother, "Eva is in great form and talks unceasingly - but has arranged things very well. She has engaged an excellent valet and - as I told you made every sort of arrangement for us" (Churchill, p. 597). A few leaves have the blind stamp of "Nepahwin, Inc" - Nepahwin was Eva and David's estate near New Windsor-on-the-Hudson; other books from their library are similarly stamped.Lord Randolph was a major political figure of the 1880s, serving as

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