CHURCHILL, Winston S.

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Lord Randolph Churchill. First edition, one of only two known complete copies in dust jackets: a legendary prize for Churchill collectors.Richard Langworth illustrated this copy in his guide to collecting Churchill - "I have encountered only one complete jacketed set, which would be an extreme rarity for which the owner could name any price" (p. 71). A second copy later surfaced, acquired by leading Churchill dealer Mark Weber; we sold it in 2017 following his death, and it remains with the private buyer. One final copy has the dust jacket on only the second volume - Ronald I. Cohen described this in his exhaustive Churchill bibliography but omitted a description of the first volume's jacket, which he was unable to locate.In the 1880s, Lord Randolph served as Chancellor, Leader of the Commons, and Secretary for India; Winston's biography "remains the most detailed written up to the end of the twentieth century. Winston believed that he owed everything to his father" (ODNB).

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