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A CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE BOOKS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL: Produced in association with the Churchill Centre...
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by Richard M. Langworth and The Churchill Center
Sales Rank: 2170490
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$74.99
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 320 pages
Published by: Brassey'sEdition: Revised Edition October 1998
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1857532465
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1857532463
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 2.1 pounds
Product Description
This connoisseur's guide to Winston Churchill's books is not a bibliography - it is a compact book which students, scholars, collectors and dealers can refer to when hunting for, or reading, the literature of Winston Churchill. Written by an expert on the books of Churchill, its purpose is to inform people exactly what they are holding in their hands and, of course, how to tell a first edition from a reprint. There is a description of the nature of each book, an appraisal of Churchill's arguments and the way he makes them; excerpts from reviews both contemporary and modern; aesthetic judgements as to the merit of acquiring each edition discussed, from jacketed first editions to paperbacks, and notes on the values of various editions.
Reader Reviews
I'm a member of The Churchill Center, of which Mr Langworth is a director, and for years, I've been an occasional customer of his Churchillbooks business. I've emailed or written him a few times over the years, and so I like to think that -- through my pesky and amateurish questions -- I bear a little tiny bit of the responsibility for the publication of this excellent book. Because now that I have this, I won't have to bother Mr Langworth in person any more. I'm sure he rests more easily knowing this. The 'Connoisseur's Guide' is, without exaggeration, the Book of the Century about the books written by The Man of the (Twentieth) Century. From Sir Winston's rarest and most obscure titles to Book-of-the-Month-Club volumes owned by millions, Mr Langworth has catalogued, evaluated, and given us his excellent personal insights and opinions about them. For each title, including posthumous collections, the Guide gives us a bit of history, excerpts from contemporaneous reviews, and a listing of every known imprint and variant, including translations into other languages. I'm not, either by temperament or financial status, a collector of fine volumes. I just love to read Sir Winston. And I have found this Guide to be every bit as useful to me as I believe it must be for the most high-end of Churchillo-bibliophiles. Mr Langworth is to be commended for the remarkable amount of work that went into compiling this comprehensive Guide. It is a volume that belongs on the shelf of any student of Churchilliana.
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