CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Lord Randolph Churchill.
London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1906.
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“ONE OF THE BEST POLITICAL BIOGRAPHIES IN ENGLISH”: FIRST EDITION OF WINSTON S. CHURCHILL'S LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
First editions of Winston S. Churchill's biography of his father. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Randolph Churchill after a photograph by Mackintosh to Volume I, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Randolph Churchill after a photograph by Russell and Sons to Volume II, illustrated. In very good condition, moderate toning throughout. Provenance: from the library of William Arthur, sixth Duke of Portland, armorial bookplates. Loosely inserted is part of the Christie's catalogue for the Duke of Portland's Titchfield Library sale at Welbeck Abbey, March 17, 1954, where it was acquired by Winston Churchill collector Harry Cahn (bookseller note). A nice example with noted provenance.
“Outside Parliament, Churchill devoted much of his time during 1904 and 1905 to compiling a biography of Lord Randolph. He was motivated in part by a desire for an intimate knowledge of his father that had been denied him during Lord Randolph’s lifetime… When the book emerged in 1906, it was widely hailed as one of the best political biographies in English and its prose style is still greatly admired today… Contemporary readers were struck by the frankness and openness of the account, contrasting favorably with the pious acts of homage served up as biography by other sons of famous fathers. It was, after all, a study in failure rather than success. The writing of the biography marked the point at which Churchill at last outgrew his father’s memory” (Grant, 47).
Lord Randolph Churchill.
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