Lot 129 , Churchill, Winston L. S., Sir - A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 1st edition, 4 vols, all signed, Lord Hartley Shawcross copy, ex Friston Place, Sussex, 8vo, original cloth with unclipped d/j’s, Cassell & Compa

° Churchill, Winston L. S., Sir - A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 1st edition, 4 vols, all signed, Lord Hartley Shawcross copy, ex Friston Place, Sussex, 8vo, original cloth with unclipped d/j’s, Cassell & Company Ltd; London, 1956-58

£800-1,200

Condition:
Vol. 1 - light foxing prelims.(incl. title), intermittently (and slightly) in text, more markedly index and back e/ps/ (sl. on front ones); no inscriptions or marks of ownership (save Churchill's signature); d/w. - some foxing and spots, v. sl. fraying head of spine, and sm. blemish on spine part; fore-edge spotting. Vol. 2 - foxing etc. as previous, no inscriptions etc. (incl. bkplt.) as previous; d/w. spotting, o/w. good, fore-edge spotting. Vol. 3 - foxing etc. as previous (less in index); no inscriptions etc. as previous; d/w. (mostly lower cover spotting), o/w. good, fore-edge spotting. Vol. 4 - foxing - most prelims. clean, still at end; no inscriptions etc. as previous; d/w - mostly clean (some sl. marks lower cover), o/w. good. nb. Churchill's signature vols. 1 and 2 on half title, vols. 3 and 4 on front blank preceding half title; no vols. have d/ws. price clipped. We took this for sale from Lord Shawcross's daughter; she had inherited it.

Sold for £5,000