Staatsmann (1874-1965). Ms. Brief mit eigenh. Unterschrift und Empfehlungsformel. Chartwell, Westerham, Kent. 4to. 1 p. Gedr. Briefkopf..
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An Arthur Vere Harvey (1906-1994), zu dieser Zeit Führer einer Staffel der Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAAF): „I am very glad to learn that ,Engadine’ is moving. Perhaps I should write again to Air-Commodore Peake, thanking him for what he is doing, which, incidentially, may spur him to greater activity. I will come and dine with the Squadron one Thursday or Saturday in July, and will let you know. By what process do I recover from the Government the 40 allowance for uniform? I was greatly grieved at the loss of Philip.
[…]“ - Dabei: Portraitphotographie von Vere Harvey (1945). - Nach dem Besuch des Framlingham College in Suffolk trat Harvey 1925 in die Royal Air Force ein und leistete dort bis 1930 seinen Militärdienst. Nachdem er von 1930 bis 1935 sowohl Direktor der Far East Aviation Company Ltd als auch der Far East Flying Training School Ltd in Hongkong sowie zwischen 1932 und 1935 im Ehrenrang eines Generalmajors Berater der chinesischen Luftstreitkräfte in Südchina war, wurde er im Rang eines Squadron Leader 1937 Führer einer Staffel der Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAAF). Nach Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde er Kommodore der von ihm 1937 gegründeten No. 615 Squadron der RAF und kommandierte dieses unter anderem bei Gefechtseinsätzen in Frankreich. Während dieser Zeit wurde er 1942 zum Group Captain befördert und zugleich als Commander des Order of the British Empire ausgezeichnet, ehe 1944 seine Beförderung zum Air Commodore erfolgte..
Staatsmann (1874-1965). Speisekarte mit eigenh. Unterschrift. Ferrette (Haut-Rhin). 8vo. 4 pp. Gebräunt und fleckig.
$ 6,417 / 5.500 €
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Gedrucktes Menü des Hôtel de la Cigogne in Ferrette für das Mittagessen am 16. August 1939. Die erste Seite ist mit einem Farbstich von Herouard für den Champagner Piper-Heidsieck illustriert. Auf der zweiten Seite befinden sich die Unterschriften von Winston Churchill und Edward Louis Spears (1886–1974), britischer Offizier und Diplomat, der Churchills persönlicher Vertreter in Frankreich war. Auf der Speisekarte stand knapp zwei Wochen vor Beginn des Weltkriegs u.a. „Truites au bleu et beurre fondu“ und „Poulets de Bresse aux morilles“. Dazu wurde Rieling aus dem Elsass und Piper-Heidsieck Champagner serviert.
British Prime Minister (1874-1965). Vintage black and white photograph signed. No place. 200 : 140 mm.
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Vintage black and white photograph by Walter Stoneman of Winston Churchill at his desk, on original mount, signed "Winston Churchill" on the lower portion underneath the image, photographer's stamp and handwritten annotation on the verso reading "The Lady Wavertree C.B.E., Ngongotaha, N.Z. Christmas 1950", minor creasing to to mount corners.
British Prime Minister (1874-1965). Photographic half-length portrait, signed ("Winston Churchill"). no place, no date. Overall size 11.5 x 8.5"/ 28 x 21.5 cm.
$ 7,584 / 6.500 €
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Photographic half-length portrait, signed ("Winston Churchill"). Gelatin silver print by Walter Stoneman, signed by Churchill in ballpoint ink on the mount, some silvering, matted, framed and glazed.
British Prime Minister (1874-1965). Photographic half-length portrait, signed ("Winston Churchill, 1953"). no place, no date. Overall size: 240 : 260 mm.
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Vintage gelatin silver print by Vivienne, London, signed "Vivienne, London" at lower left, signed by Churchill on the mount, light silvering, some toning and discolouration to mount, framed and glazed.
British Prime Minister (1874-1965). Typed letter signed. London. 8vo. 1 p. Printed address „28 Hyde Park Gate, London“. Trimmed along the lower portion, some browning and discolouration, folding marks.
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To Mr Pepper, reading "I am indeed obliged to you for your letter, and I am glad to record my memory of your staunch belief in Anglo-American friendship and the many ways in which you have sought to further the interests of our two countries. Please accept my warm personal good wishes".
Staatsmann und Literaturnobelpreisträger (1874-1965). Photograph Signed, ‘Winston S. Churchill’. ohne Ort und Datum. 205 : 160 mm.
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Early circa 1915 matte-finish 6.25 x 8.25 portrait of Churchill smiling in a fine head-and-shoulders pose by A. H. Poole of Waterford, signed across the bottom in ink, "Winston S. Churchill." Also bears the pencil signature of the Poole studio. Flush-mounted on bevelled board with studio’s printed note to verso (‘… this photograph is delicately finished by hand…’), and loosely enclosed in Poole’s original printed wrappers. In fine condition. Accompanied by a brief provenance note, indicating that this photograph was signed for Edith Nancy Bennett who drove Churchill, (and Sir Arthur Duckham), during the First World War.
A very rare, early portrait of Churchill; we have been unable to locate another example, either signed or unsigned. The National Library of Ireland holds Poole's archive, including the negative of this photograph which they, or Poole's archive, date to February 1915..
British statesman (1874-1965). Typed letter signed. Chartwell, Westerham. Kent. 8vo. 1 p. Printed stationery. One punch hole to the upper border slightly touching „Westerham“.
$ 4,667 / 4.000 €
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„My dear Desmond [d.i. Desmond Flower Esq.], Your letter of May 4: I should like to consider this proposal when the pressure of business from the Election is over - that is to say, in the early days of June.“ Winston Churchill's letter to Desmond Flower, dated May 4, 1955, reflects a period close to the British parliamentary elections of that year. The 1955 general election resulted in the Conservative Party, led by Churchill, winning the majority of seats. The Conservatives secured 345 seats, allowing Churchill to continue serving as Prime Minister, while the Labour Party won 277 seats.
Therefore, Churchill's reference to the "pressure of business from the Election" likely pertains to the ongoing political activities and responsibilities associated with the electoral campaign..
Staatsmann (1874-1965). Typed letter signed. Whitehall. 25.01.1918. 1½ SS. auf Doppelblatt. 4to.
$ 7,584 / 6.500 €
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As Minister of Munitions, a stern wartime letter to his recalcitrant colleague Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay (1857-1951), on gaining essential military raw material from Spain and Narvik (Norway): "Your letter of the 22nd inst. does nothing to relieve my anxiety. Whether importations of Ore from Northern Spain or from Narvick are considered, it is perfectly clear that shipments are now proceeding at a rate which must lead to a complete breakdown in the Iron and Steel production and so affect every industry concerned in the prosecution of the war.
The Nitrate position is even more serious than the iron and steel, because in this case the whole supply is seaborne, and the entire process of ammunition filling will come to an abrupt arrest. It is, further, very difficult for me to proceed without any idea of what the future has in store. I failed entirely to obtain any answer on this point from your Department. I have to make an enormous series of arrangements for the supply of the Army which depend absolutely upon Raw Material, and we cannot be told even generally within what limits we may expect to be supplied. I have been pressing for information on this vital point for more than three months without receiving anything in return except your invariable courtesy. I really do not know what to do [...] As it is we weem to be moving forward to a complete administrative breakdown [...]". - On stationery with printed letterhead of the Ministry of Munitions; punched holes at top left corner..
Staatsmann (1874-1965). Document signed. O. O. 09.06.1938. 2 SS. auf 2 Bll. Folio.
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Memorandum of agreement between Churchill and his publisher for the rights to publish Churchill's "Europe Since the Russian Revolution". One of the few literary projects that Churchill ever abandoned, his projected work on Europe since the Russian Revolution would surely have been a fascinating addition to the Churchillian canon. This contract with Harrap called for the author to receive the generous amount of £13,500, payable in installments: £1,500 up front; £2,000 on the delivery of the first part of the manuscript; £3,000 on the delivery of the second; and £7,000 on delivery of the third.
These payments would be in lieu of any royalties. The contract calls for the first portion of the manuscript to be delivered by no later than June 1941, with Churchill obligated to return his advance with interest for failure to do so. Since this is precisely what happened, this paragraph is boldly marked thrice in pencil in the margin. - Churchill's demanding obligations as member of the War Cabinet and then as Prime Minister and saviour of Britain in 1940 did not leave Harrap in a forbearing or forgiving mood when Churchill tried to get out of this contract. Indeed, his growing stature made him all the more valuable as a literary commodity. As called for in paragraph 10 of this document, the matter went to arbitration, with Churchill arguing that he had completely lost interest in the subject of Europe since the Russian Revolution. In any case, he was in no position to do anything about it: "I suppose I have not read a dozen books in the last five years." Besides, he added, writing about Russian relations might injure the delicate wartime alliance with Stalin. More than anything else, however, Harrap's hardball tactics annoyed him. When the publisher offered new contracts with much more generous terms, Churchill curtly refused, saying "I do not want to have any further dealings of any kind with them." Realizing he was beat, Harrap unconditionally surrendered on 7 September 1944, saying "it is distasteful to us, whether we are right or not, to litigate this matter with a man to whom every one of us is so much indebted" (cf. Reynolds, In Command of History, pp. 19-20). Churchill gave back the £1,500 advance with interest and went on to publish his war memoirs with Macmillan and Cassell's. - Somewhat dusty and frayed..
British statesman (1874-1965). Typed letter signed. 10 Downing Street. 27.11.1951. 4to. 1½ pp. on 2 ff.
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To Mrs Cowper, written on his re-accession to power in 1951: "I have been preoccupied with national problems since becoming Prime Minister so that it is only just recently that I have been able to consider my personal affairs, and how they affect all the people who have been working for me over the past years [...] I know how efficiently and happily you have looked after my affairs and interests in my constituency over the past years, and I wish you to know how much Mrs Churchill and I have valued your services and your loyalty [...]. - On engraved headed paper bearing the seal of the Prime Minister and blind-stamp of George VI, filing-hole at head.
Staatsmann (1874-1965). Photographie zusammen mit Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), von beiden unterschrieben. [Aachen. 177:239 mm.
$ 5,251 / 4.500 €
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Wie verso angeführt zeigt die Aufnahme "Bundeskanzler Dr. Adenauer im Gespräch mit Winston Churchill anläßlich der Verleihung des Karls-Preises an den britischen Politiker in Aachen am 9. 5. 56".
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Ms. Brief m. e. U.
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Winston Churchill (1874–1965). Typed Letter Signed on 10 Downing Street letterhead, underground war rooms in London, December 21, 1940 (the very day German bombers left Victoria Station in flames), to an American named Mrs. Sears. “Thank you very much for your kind letter. It is encouraging to feel that we have the ever-increasing sympathy and support of the people of the United States, and especially of New England, in this great struggle.” – This letter is historically important for two reasons. One lies in the knowledge that Churchill felt that Britain’s support in the U.S. was increasing, a prime goal of his and something crucial to Britain’s survival. Time would bear out the accuracy of this conclusion. The second lies in the view it provides into Churchill’s soul at this key moment in world history (and the high-water mark of the leadership which won him everlasting renown), evidenced by his classification of the war against Hitler, even at that early date, as “this great struggle.” Although Churchill left a voluminous correspondence, letters written during the Blitz in 1940 are so uncommon that a search of auction records discloses just one other comparable one having been offered over the last 30 years.
Typed letter signed ("Winston").
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To his aunt Leonie Leslie on his first flat and a trip to Paris. Churchill rejoices in being established in his first bachelor quarters, a set of "beautiful rooms" in Mount Street which have been passed on to him by his cousin Sunny (9th Duke of Marlborough); he is now much more comfortable than when living with his mother at Cumberland Place, "but of course I no longer live for nothing". He asks his aunt to help him improve the rooms on her return from Ireland, being himself indifferent to this sort of "material arrangement [...] so long as my table is clear and there is plenty of paper, I do not worry about the rest". He has just returned from Paris with Sunny and his other cousin, Ivor [Guest], and reports unfavourably on the Exposition Universelle, criticising the lack of "cleverness" in the arrangements, comparing large parts of the exhibition to "parts of Whiteley's shop", and in particular finding fault with the inefficiency of the characteristically French trio of ticket seller, ticket puncher and ticket collector at the door of each stall. - Until moving into Mount Street, Churchill had continued to use his mother's house at 35a Cumberland Place as his London home; he was to remain in Mount Street until 1905. The 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle inaugurated a number of Paris's most celebrated buildings, including the Grand and Petit Palais, the Pont Alexandre III and the Gare (now Musée) d'Orsay, as well as the first line of the Paris Metro. - On headed paper; previously laid down (fol. 1 missing lower right corner)
Letter signed.
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To A. W. MacKenzie, acknowledging a letter which evidently faulted him for neglecting the private side of Lord Randolph Churchill in the masterful political biography he had published the previous year; Churchill accepts that the work was "somewhat too severely circumscribed in its social and private side from the fact that it was written by a son", citing a natural hesitancy in treating private matters which are of course of considerable interest to the family but which "may appear trivial to the general public". - Fol. 1 recto marked by Churchill as "private"; on stationery with embossed letterhead "Colonial Office, Downing Street, S. W.".
Autograph memorandum and typed memorandum, both signed with initials.
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The first asking who is responsible for an order that officers are to attend regimental dinners in service uniform, the second pointing out that the order is not always being obeyed, noting that as a regimental dinner is a "private affair", it was "undesirable to make the change to uniform", but that if it was to be done, "there ought to be compliance". - Punch holes, minor soiling, edges slightly frayed; slight ruststains from old paper clip.
Ms. Mitteilung mit eigenh. U.
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Brief m. e. Anrede u. U.
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Winston Churchill (1874–1965), Staatsmann. Ms. Brief mit e. Anrede, Grußzeile und U., Chartwell (Kent), 28. Februar 1939, 1 Seite 8°. – An den britischen Filmproduzenten Reginald Fogwell von der British Empire Film Productions: „I thank you for your letter of February 25, but regret that I am much too occupied at the present time to entertain the proposition you have kindly made to me [...]“. – Auf Briefpapier mit gepr. Briefkopf.
Eigenh. Brief mit U.
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Ms. Brief mit eigenh. Anrede, Grußformel und U.
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