CHURCHILL (WINSTON)


Marlborough. His Life and Times, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES TO LORD ROTHERMERE, inscribed in the first three volumes respectively: "Esmond Harmsworth from Winston S. Churchill/ Oct 1933", "To Esmond from Winston Oct 21. 1934" (the day before publication) and "Esmond Harmsworth from Winston S. Churchill October 1936" (the month of publication), maps and plans (some folding), portraits and facsimiles, publisher's burgundy cloth stamped with gilt Marlborough arms on upper covers, dust-jackets (volume 2 a second impression), spines of first three volumes faded, jackets with some browning and short nicks, 8vo, George G. Harrap, 1933-1938
|PRESENTATION COPIES TO THE NEWSPAPER MAGNATE ESMOND CECIL HARMSWORTH, SECOND VISCOUNT ROTHERMERE. Lord Rothermere (1898–1978) entered politics in 1919, winning a by-election as Conservative candidate for the Isle of Thanet. In 1922 he became heir to his father's newspaper empire, and by the end of the decade he had abandoned politics to concentrate on the business, taking over from his father as chairman of Associated Newspapers, owners of the Daily Mail, a position he held until 1971. Just before his death in 1977, Harmsworth's fine collection of books and art was dispersed along with the contents of his house at Daylesford, near Chipping Norton.Provenance: Lord Rothermere, presentation inscriptions from the author and bookplates.