GOOD to FAIR CONDITION
This sale is for a large size vintage FIRST EDITION entitled “Churchill ,” subtitled “A Souvenir of His Life in Pictures ,” by Daily Mail , with a Tribute “Churchill – Man of Destiny ” written by F. G. Prince-White, and packed with numerous vintage photographic illustrations from the Daily Mail archives spanning episodes from many of his 90 years beginning with a photograph of him as a 13-year-old in 1888 through to the early 1960s .
It was published by Associated Newspapers Ltd., of London, and appears to be the 1965 (date of copyright on page 50) FIRST EDITION, a mass-market magazine pull-out newspaper tribute to the great statesman who died in January that year.
The contents include:
· Mighty Milestones – from 1874 to 1963
· Churchill – Man of Destiny, a Tribute by F. G. Prince-White
· 1895 – the Start of a Career
· The Home Secretary in Action
· The First Lord of the Admiralty
· 1913 – Churchill Learns to Fly
· 1914-18 – a Familiar War Time Figure
· 1940 – the Long Year When Britain Faced the War Alone
· He Inspires the Nation
· Churchill Leads the Way to Final Victory
· Sir Winston Churchill K.G.
· 1954 – His 80th Birthday
· His Honours and Awards
· His Publications
· His Foreign Decorations
· His Freedoms
…and more…
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (1874-1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, historian, writer, and artist. He is the only British Prime Minister who has ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature and the second person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
The magazine measures 13.5 inches x 10 inches and has 51 pages (including illustrations).
It is in good used condition for a softback of its age, with bumps/wear and tears to the edges to and near the covers (split to the bottom of the spine of the cover), cup rings on the front cover, a previous owner’s name stamp on the bottom margin of pages 46-47 and no other ink or pencil markings in the magazine.
A good reading copy of this wonderfully illustrated vintage FIRST EDITION.
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