Lot 191
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The End of the Beginning, first edition, signed by the author, publisher's presentation binding, 1943.
Hammer Price: £3,200
Description
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The End of the Beginning, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, plates, silk endpapers, original dark blue morocco, light sunning to spine, rubbing and scuffing to spine and corner tips, [Woods A94], 8vo, 1943.
⁂ A signed copy of Churchill's speeches in the publisher's presentation binding. See previous lot.
Provenance: Sir John Peck, K.C.M.G. (1913-1995). Peck joined the Civil Service in 1936. Appointed Assistant Private Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty. When Churchill became P.M. in May 1940, he was appointed as one of four Private Secretaries, and was the only one to serve him throughout the war. Following the loss of the General Election in 1945, he served Attlee briefly, and then transferred to the Foreign Office in 1946. Latterly he held a number of roles within the Civil Service before his final appointment as British Ambassador to Dublin 1970-73.
Description
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The End of the Beginning, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, plates, silk endpapers, original dark blue morocco, light sunning to spine, rubbing and scuffing to spine and corner tips, [Woods A94], 8vo, 1943.
⁂ A signed copy of Churchill's speeches in the publisher's presentation binding. See previous lot.
Provenance: Sir John Peck, K.C.M.G. (1913-1995). Peck joined the Civil Service in 1936. Appointed Assistant Private Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty. When Churchill became P.M. in May 1940, he was appointed as one of four Private Secretaries, and was the only one to serve him throughout the war. Following the loss of the General Election in 1945, he served Attlee briefly, and then transferred to the Foreign Office in 1946. Latterly he held a number of roles within the Civil Service before his final appointment as British Ambassador to Dublin 1970-73.
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