peoples rights von churchill winston (51 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75.

Hardcover. Zustand: New.

Leatherbound. Zustand: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1909 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 174 Language: English Pages: 174.

Hardcover. First American Edition. 191p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Owner's stamp on front free endpaper; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact, but faded on the spine. Originally published in 1909, when Churchill was President of the Board of Trade.

Brown Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nearly Fine. Reset Edition. Dust jackcet lightly sunned. This is a reset edition of the original published in 1909. " A guide for some and an armoury for others" in the general election campaign which followed the rejection of the 1909 budget by the Tory-dominated House of Lords. 191pp. A Woods A16 reprint. Size: Octavo.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Zustand: Muy bien. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Bien. Sir Winston Churchill crossed the political divide to join the Liberal Party in 1904. Conservatives saw him as a traitor to his former political party; liberals, as a strong champion for progressive views. The People's Rights was originally published in 1909, as part of Winston Churchill's campaign efforts in response to the House of Lords' rejection of the Liberal budget. It contains several impassioned speeches delivered by Churchill during a nine-day campaign period offering scathing criticism of the House of Lords' decision and supporting causes such as free trade and liberal tax positions. Ultimately, Churchill's efforts would contribute to a Liberal majority and successful budget passage. In very good internal and external condition. The dust jacket has a small tear on the upper back. Size: 20x13 cms. Ref.: F-12-5.

HardBack. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. JONATHAN CAPE, London. 1970Originally published in 1909 by Hodder Stoughton. A very good copy in brown cloth boards, with a fairly good dust jacket, clean and bright but has some small closed tears to upperlower edges of spine. DJ in a clear protective wrapper.

Jonathan Cape, London. 1970. First Edition. Hardback. DW. Few marks to boards with a little foxing and browning to outer edges o/w a clean bright copy in partially sunned and slightly foxed wrapper.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. None (illustrator). A very smart copy of Churchill's The People's Rights, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A 1970 edition of Churchill's The People's Rights.The People's Rights is a distillation of nine days of speeches Churchill gave whilst on the campaign trail on behalf of the Liberals in 1909. Within the speeches he criticises the House of Lords and championed Free Trade.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is also excellent. Fine. book.

Very good with bumped spine ends and faded top edge Very good. Faded spine and bumped spine ends. Edges are rubbed with a few short tears and chips. In DJ protector Brown hardcover with gilt lettered spine. 8vo.

[History / Politics] FIRST EDITION THUS, with a new introduction by Oxford Research Fellow Cameron Hazlehurst. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.191. Publisher's cloth hardcovers, top edge tinted green, photographic dust-wrapper priced at 30s. Fine in near fine jacket. Winston Churchill's eloquent plea for 'a great policy of social reconstruction and reorganisation'. Woods A16, Langworth p96-100 See also Cohen.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). Sir Winston Churchill discusses people's rights and political affairs in this volume which collects a series of speeches given in Lancashire. The very scarce uncorrected proof to the reset edition of 1970. Sir Winston Churchill's series of speech given at Lancashire, first published in 1909. This edition was reset by Jonathan Cape in 1970, first thus in this format. This is the uncorrected proof, very scarcely found on the market.Containing five speeches by the former Prime Minister which discuss people's rights, budgets, trade, land, welfare, and choice.In the original publisher's paper wraps. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a hint of age toning to the wraps, with some minor sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Lacks rear cover and spine. Front cover, title page, preface, and contents are detached but present. Binding is loose in general. Pages are browned. First several leaves have chips to the lower outer corners, larger to the title page. Front cover has chipping and creasing to the outer corners, light wear to the outer edge. ; Woods A16, first edition, paperback edition, with index. ; 152 pages.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. This is a good copy of the Second State of the First English edition (per Cohen), with page 71 numbered correctly and a Second Appendix replacing the Index at rear. These softcover volumes were printed on cheap, acidic paper that deteriorated quickly, and this copy reflects that. The covers, front and rear, are intact, with virtually no losses, but the spine has lost about one-quarter of its length at the tail, and appears to have been reglued. The covers have also been heavily penciled over in places on both faces. The pages are browned, as per usual, with fractional losses. An extremely perishable rarity in any condition. First English Softcover Edition (Second State) (Cohen A31.2.b) (Woods A16ab).

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. The first edition, first issue of The People's Rights by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill, who was President of the Board of Trade at the time. Speeches selected from his Lancashire and other contemporary speeches. With page 71 mis-numbered "1", one appendix and index at the end. Soft backed publication with publisher's yellow wrappers with photographic portrait of Churchill on the upper cover. Wrapper is soiled and with damage and loss. The front wrapper is detached and torn affecting 2 or 3 letters at the corners. Toned contents as expected with some small tears on the page ends in places. Small hole on the inner margin of the first pages not affecting the text. 8vo 152 pp. Cohen A31.2.a; Woods A16.

Paperback. First edition. This is the first edition of this early collection of Churchill's speeches. The People's Rights was most commonly issued in an exceptionally perishable form, in vividly hued, thin, yellow-orange paper wraps (with a halftone photo of Churchill on the cover) and contents printed on cheap, pulp paper. Consequently, few copies survive, and significant wear, losses, and general deterioration are common to those copies that endure.Given the inherent fragility of the edition, this copy is respectable, intact and unrestored but suffering the usual depredations and minor loss. Second state of the first edition is confirmed by a second Appendix rather than an Index at pages 149-152 and lack of a pagination error at p.71. The illustrated wraps remain attached albeit tenuously, with a split to the upper rear hinge of the rear cover. The covers and spine are dulled and show overall soiling with losses to extremities, the largest being at the lower right corner of the front cover and the lower right and left corners of the rear cover. The spine shows the usual wrinkling and chip losses at the spine ends and hinges. Nonetheless the spine color remains consistent with that of the covers and nearly all of the spine print remains legible. The contents are toned, as is inevitable with the cheap pulp paper, but nonetheless substantially complete, chipping confined to the edges of the text block, affecting only blank margins. We find no previous ownership marks and spotting appears confined to the half title. This copy is protected within a green cloth clamshell case with black and gilt spine label. The case shows superficial scuffing and wear.In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him champion progressive causes and be branded a traitor to his class. In late 1909 when The People's Rights was published, Winston Churchill was a powerful political force and a member of the Cabinet. From December 3-11, 1909 Churchill was on the campaign trail for the Liberals. The People's Rights is a distillation of these nine days of speeches, criticizing the House of Lords (which had rejected the Liberal Government's budget, thus precipitating the campaign) and championing Free Trade, a graduated income tax, luxury tax, and surtaxes on unearned income. Churchill's efforts were not wasted; the election gave the Liberals a slim majority and passage of their budget. The first edition is not only an important work, but also the only edition published in Churchill's lifetime.Reference: Cohen A31.2.b, Woods/ICS A16(aa), Langworth p.97.

[1910], 1st edition. (Paper covers) Good to very good. 152pp. Chrome yellow wrappers printed in green and black. This is the first state of the paper binding with one appendix and the index. The paper is tanned (as expected) with some wear and chipping to the corners, the cover has triangular pieces missing from all outside corners: the top front 80mm x 95mm with a jagged tear, the bottom front 15mm x 40mm, the top back 25mm x 35mm and the bottom back 8mm x 15mm, and the top of the spine has part of the top 20mm chipped away and small chip from the bottom. (History--England, Prime Ministers--England, Speeches).

First edition, second state with two appendices and no index. Octavo. pp vi, [ii], 152. Original orange wrappers. Preserved in a folding box made by Bayntun (Rivière) of three quarter red morocco with raised bands, gilt rules, top edge gilt, red cloth sides, marbled insides.The very fragile covers are nicked, torn and marked, and defective at lower corner of upper panel and at outer side of lower panel. Good. The box is in fine state. Scarce.

Paperback. First edition. This is the first edition, first state of this striking, scarce, and fragile early collection of Churchill's speeches. In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him champion progressive causes and be branded a traitor to his class. In 1910, when The People's Rights was published, Winston Churchill was a powerful political force and a member of the Cabinet.From December 3-11, 1909 Churchill was on the campaign trail on behalf of the Liberals. The People's Rights is a distillation of these nine days of speeches, criticizing the House of Lords (which had rejected the Liberal Government's budget, thus precipitating the campaign) and championing Free Trade, a graduated income tax, luxury tax, and surtaxes on unearned income. Churchill's efforts were not wasted; as a result of the election, the Liberals would achieve a slim majority and passage of their budget.The People's Rights was published in an exceptionally perishable form, in bright yellow-orange paper wraps (with a halftone photo of Churchill on the cover) and printed on cheap, pulp paper. Consequently few copies survive, and wear, losses, and general deterioration are common to those copies that endure. There are two states of this first and only printing. The first state features an Appendix and an Index (at pages 149-152), while the second replaces the Index with a second Appendix. Here is the desirable first edition, first state.Given the inherent fragility of the edition, this copy is in quite respectable condition, about very good minus for the edition with some of the typical aging and wear, but substantially complete nonetheless. The covers remain attached, the front cover firmly, the rear holding despite a 5.5 inch separation at the rear hinge. The color, which understandably often dulls, remains fairly bright on both covers, somewhat toned on the spine. The spine is more complete than many copies we see, with the usual wrinkling from the binding process, but with nearly all of the spine print intact despite modest overall chipping. Both covers show only minor chipping to the edges, with the illustrated front cover notably complete. The contents are browned and brittle as usual. We note no previous ownership marks and light spotting appears confined to the half title. There are modest triangular losses to the lower corners of the half title and title pages and some small edge chips to the Appendix and Index pages.Reference: Cohen A31.2.a, Woods/ICS A16(aa), Langworth p.97.

Paperback. First edition, only printing. This is the first edition, first state of this striking, scarce, and fragile early collection of Churchill's speeches. In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him champion progressive causes and be branded a traitor to his class. In 1910, when The People's Rights was published, Winston Churchill was a powerful political force and a member of the Cabinet.From December 3-11, 1909 Churchill was on the campaign trail on behalf of the Liberals. The People's Rights is a distillation of these nine days of speeches, criticizing the House of Lords (which had rejected the Liberal Government's budget, thus precipitating the campaign) and championing Free Trade, a graduated income tax, luxury tax, and surtaxes on unearned income. Churchill's efforts were not wasted; as a result of the election, the Liberals would achieve a slim majority and passage of their budget.The People's Rights was published in an exceptionally perishable form, in bright yellow-orange paper wraps (with a halftone photo of Churchill on the cover) and printed on cheap, pulp paper. Consequently few copies survive, and wear, losses, and general deterioration is common to those copies that endure. There are two states of this first and only printing. The first state features and Appendix and an Index (at pages 149-152), while the second replaces the Index with a second Appendix.Here is the desirable first edition, first state. Given the inherent fragility of the edition, this copy is in very good condition. The illustrated wraps remain bright and firmly attached. The front cover is notably complete, with only fractional loss to the corners and trivial edge wear. The rear cover shows a .5 x .75 inch loss at the lower left corner but is otherwise complete. The spine shows some loss at the heel to a maximum depth of .75 inch, minor chipping at the head, and an abrasion just above and partially impacting the price. All title, author, and publisher print remains intact and clearly legible. The contents are toned, as inevitable with the cheap pulp paper, but both less toned and less brittle than we often see. First state is confirmed by a single appendix, an index, and p.71 numbered '1'. We find no previous ownership marks. Light spotting appears confined to the half title, title, and final Index pages. The final Index page shows a 2 inch closed tear. An original folded four-page leaflet advertisement and order form titled "Trade List of The Daily Mail Sixpenny Novels" is laid in. Reference: Cohen A31.2.a, Woods/ICS A16(aa), Langworth p.97.

Paperback. First edition, only printing. This is the first edition, first state of this striking, scarce, and fragile early collection of Churchill's speeches. In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him champion progressive causes and be branded a traitor to his class. In 1910, when The People's Rights was published, Winston Churchill was a powerful political force and a member of the Cabinet. From December 3-11, 1909 Churchill was on the campaign trail on behalf of the Liberals. The People's Rights is a distillation of these nine days of speeches, criticizing the House of Lords (which had rejected Liberal Government's budget, thus precipitating the campaign) and championing Free Trade, a graduated income tax, luxury tax, and surtaxes on unearned income. Churchill's efforts were not wasted; as a result of the election, the Liberals would achieve a slim majority and passage of their budget. The People's Rights was published in an exceptionally perishable form, in bright yellow-orange paper wraps (with a halftone photo of Churchill on the cover) and printed on cheap, pulp paper. Consequently few copies survive, and wear, losses, and general deterioration is common to those copies that endure. There are two states of this first and only printing. The first state features and Appendix and an Index (at pages 149-152), while the second replaces the Index with a second Appendix. Here is the desirable first edition, first state. Given the inherent fragility of the edition, this copy is in very good condition - highly complete and unrestored. Notably, the spine remains almost fully intact, with the usual wrinkling, but with all lettering fully preserved and only trivial chipping at the spine ends and hinges. Both covers remain firmly attached and the binding remains square. The striking front cover is complete apart from a .75 x .5 inch loss at the lower corner, claiming only most of the second "N" in London. The rear cover is likewise highly complete, though with wrinkling at both corners. There is a .75 inch closed tear at the lower corner and some tiny closed tears along the edges. Both covers show modest overall soiling but remain bright. The contents are browned as usual, but complete. Bibliographic reference: Cohen A31.2, Woods/ICS A16(aa), Langworth p.97.

Paperback. First edition. This is a collector-worthy copy of the first edition, first state of this early collection of Churchill's speeches, housed in a handsome full green morocco Solander case. The People's Rights was most commonly issued in an exceptionally perishable form, in vividly hued, thin, yellow-orange paper wraps (with a halftone photo of Churchill on the cover) and contents printed on cheap, pulp paper. Consequently, few copies survive, and significant wear, losses, and general deterioration are common to those copies that endure.Given the inherent fragility of the edition, this copy is quite well preserved, being both an exceptionally clean, bright example and substantially complete. This copy is the first state of the first edition, confirmed by an Index rather than a second Appendix at pages 149-152 and a pagination error at p.71. The illustrated wraps retain strikingly vivid color and show no significant soiling. Despite some creasing, both front and rear wraps are attached and largely complete. The front wrap shows a shallow chip at the upper fore edge and fractional loss to the corners. The rear wrap shows modest loss to the fore edge corners and a tiny hole at the upper left center, not affecting any text. The spine is especially good, with only fractional loss at the lower front hinge, unfaded color, and all print both intact and clearly legible. The contents are toned, as inevitable with the cheap pulp paper, but both less toned and less brittle than is typical. We find no previous ownership marks and spotting is confined to the half-title, title page, and the final page of the Index. The dark green goatskin Solander case features raised spine bands, blind-stamped compartments, and twin dark red spine labels gilt-bordered and printed. Condition of the Solander case is fine, with no appreciable wear or defects noted.In 1904, Churchill quit the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals, beginning a dynamic chapter in his political career that saw him champion progressive causes and be branded a traitor to his class. In late 1909 when The People's Rights was published, Winston Churchill was a powerful political force and a member of the Cabinet. From December 3-11, 1909 Churchill was on the campaign trail for the Liberals. The People's Rights is a distillation of these nine days of speeches, criticizing the House of Lords (which had rejected the Liberal Government's budget, thus precipitating the campaign) and championing Free Trade, a graduated income tax, luxury tax, and surtaxes on unearned income. Churchill's efforts were not wasted; the election gave the Liberals a slim majority and passage of their budget. The first edition is not only an important work, but also the only edition published in Churchill's lifetime.Reference: Cohen A31.2.a, Woods/ICS A16(aa), Langworth p.97.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Bibliographer Ronald Cohen notes five distinct issues of the Softcover Edition that bore the promotional imprints of individual regional British newspapers. This is "The Yorkshire Observer" issue. It is the First State with the misnumbered page 71 (numbered I) and the Appendix and Index at rear. This rare example has survived well, given that these softcover volumes were printed on cheap, acidic paper, which deteriorated quickly. The covers, front and rear, and the spine are intact, with creases, a tear, and fractional losses to the front cover, and rear cover loss of approximately one-inch square at the lower left corner. The covers have darkened with age but retain bright color. The pages are browned, as per usual, but the contents are otherwise quite fine, if lightly foxed on the prelims. Preserved in a blue cloth solander with gilt-lettered leather frontis and spine labels. First English Softcover Edition (First State) (Cohen A31.2.a) (Woods A16aa).

First editions, first impressions, of the first and second wrapper issues, from the collection of Churchill's bibliographer Ronald Cohen. Due to the low quality of the materials, and the cheap and clumsy method of production, the book is among the most difficult to acquire for Churchill collectors: Langworth declares it "the third rarest Churchill book after Mr. Brodrick's Army and For Free Trade" (p. 99). Following the rejection by the Conservative-dominated House of Lords of the Liberal government's budget, Prime Minister Asquith dissolved parliament and took the Liberal case to the country, supporting higher taxation on the wealthy to fund an expanded welfare state. Churchill, as President of the Board of Trade, hit the campaign trail with a series of stirring speeches, given from 3 to 11 December 1909. During or shortly after this speech tour Hodder & Stoughton arranged for the speeches to be published as part of a group of books hastily published in the run up to the election. The first edition was issued in both cloth and wrappers. Cohen records documentary evidence that the cloth issue preceded the wrappers issue by a couple of weeks, but the wrappers issue is now much scarcer and more difficult to acquire in collectable condition. The first wrappers issue was followed by a second, which had the index replaced with a second appendix. Five other issues in wrappers, branded with different newspapers, were also subsequently issued. Provenance: Ronald Cohen, with his ownership inscription in pencil on the front free endpapers. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Cohen A31.2.a (first state, with p. 71 mispaginated "1") & A31.3; Woods A16. Richard M. Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998. 2 works, octavo. Original yellow wrappers. Housed together in cloth chemises within custom red quarter morocco box, both with marbled panelling. Wrappers worn and contents toned as usual: good copies.

First edition, first general paper wrappers issue, first state. Due to the low quality of the materials, and the cheap and clumsy method of production, the book is among the most difficult to acquire for Churchill collectors: Cohen states that is "extremely scarce", and Langworth declares it "the third rarest Churchill book after Mr. Brodrick's Army and For Free Trade". Following the rejection by the Conservative-dominated House of Lords of the Liberal government's budget, prime minister Asquith dissolved parliament and took the Liberal case to the country, supporting higher taxation on the wealthy to fund an expanded welfare state. Churchill, as President of the Board of Trade, hit the campaign trail with a series of stirring speeches, given from the 3rd to 11th December 1909. During or shortly after this speech tour, the publisher Hodder & Stoughton, as part of several hastily-published books in the run up to the election, arranged for the speeches to be published, issued in both cloth and wrappers. The election, held between 15 January and 10 February 1910, led to a large drop in seats for the Liberals, who were able to hang on in a minority government despite the Conservative Party receiving a larger vote share. It can be seen as the turning point for the Liberal Party, which began its long decline and eventual eclipse by the Labour Party, an undeniable factor in Churchill later abandoning the party and rejoining the Conservatives. The first edition was issued in both cloth and wrappers. Cohen records documentary evidence that the cloth issue preceded the general wrappers issue by a couple of weeks, but the wrapper issue is now much scarcer and more difficult to acquire in collectable condition. The first state, found in both cloth and wrappers, is distinguished by the misnumbering of p. 71 as "1", without priority of issue. The first general paper wrappers issue was followed by a second, which had the index replaced with a second appendix. Five other issues in wrappers branded with different newspapers were also subsequently issued. Cohen A31.2.a; Langworth pp. 96-100; Wood A16a. Octavo. Original pictorial "vivid orange yellow" (Cohen) wrappers printed in greyish green and black. Housed in a black cloth solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Wrappers a little rubbed and soiled, some chips from the corners, a few minor edge-splits, spine a little sunned and creased, but near complete, no loss of text from the wrappers, text-block typically browned. Despite the apparent catalogue of faults, this is in fact an unusually well-preserved copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. This copy of the rare first hardcover edition has been handsomely rebound in three-quarter red morroco leather over red linen covered boards, the spine elaborately lettered and gilt-tooled in six compartments with raised bands, the upper edge gilded, with lushly marbled endpapers. In his Churchill bibliography, Ronald Cohen reveals that this hardcover ("cased") edition consisted of only 100 copies, bound on 20 December 1909, two weeks before the softcover edition was bound. "It is, at least, very clear," writes Cohen, "that only a few such copies were offered for sale and that they are extremely scarce." This is a beautifully preserved example of the First State, per Cohen (missing pagination for page 71, with an Appendix and Index at rear). The pages have browned, as per usual. The linen boards have very faint bubbling. The contents are otherwise fine. Most certainly, in this hardcover format, the third rarest volume in the Churchill canon. First English Hardcover Edition [1 of 100 copies] (Cohen A31.1.a) (Woods A16aa).

Paperback. This is an exceptionally rare variant binding of the first edition, first issue, first state of this early collection of Churchill's speeches. The People's Rights was most commonly issued in an exceptionally perishable form, in vividly hued, thin, yellow-orange paper wraps (with a halftone photo of Churchill on the cover) and contents printed on cheap, pulp paper. Consequently, few copies survive, and significant wear, losses, and general deterioration are common to those copies that endure.Churchill s bibliographer, Ronald Cohen, informs us that, in addition to the normal wraps copies, some were issued in partnership with various regional newspapers. "There are also no fewer than five local newspaper issues in paper wrappers (of the Daily News, Sheffield Independent, North Mail, Yorkshire Observer and Liverpool Daily Post & Liverpool Mercury)." (Cohen, Vol. I, p.176, A31) All five are quite scarce. Listed first among these by Churchill s Bibliographer is this first issue Daily News binding. On the lower front cover, the publisher s name and price are printed smaller, leaving room between for "The Daily News" printed in elaborate script with "London" printed to the left and "Manchester" printed to the right.The Manchester-based Daily News founded by Charles Dickens in 1846 to voice liberal views - was relevant to Churchill s early political career. Manchester North-West was the first constituency that elected Churchill to Parliament as a Liberal. It was also the briefest constituency of Churchill s long political career. He held the seat for only two years from 1906 to 1908 before being bucked in a by-election when he was first appointed to the Cabinet at the age of 33. The Daily News remained only a bit longer. In 1901 the year Churchill took his first seat in Parliament - Quaker chocolate manufacturer George Cadbury bought the newspaper. Under his ownership, the paper advocated for progressive causes and opposed the Boer War in which Churchill fought and from which he earned both his early fame and his first election to Parliament. Two years after this book was published bearing its name, The Daily News merged with the Morning Leader, with successive mergers in later years.This copy of the first Daily News issue of The People s Rights is notable, not only for extreme rarity, but also for being unusually well preserved for the edition. Moreover, this copy is both first issue and first state of the wrappers issue of the first edition, identified thus by mispagination at p.71 and presence following the text of an Appendix and Index (rather than a second Appendix).Condition is very good indeed for a notoriously fragile, pulp paperback well over a century old. The illustrated front wrap, with print unique to this "Daily News" issue, remains bright, respectably clean, firmly attached, and nearly complete, with only negligible wear and fractional chipping to extremities. The rear cover is likewise bright and firmly attached with only light soiling, though with various diagonal creases at the corners and an irregular, 1.75 x .75 inch (4.45 x 1.91 cm) loss at the lower left corner. The spine shows the usual wrinkling (conforming to the page gatherings beneath) but is both bright, with no color shift between the covers and spine, and substantially complete, with only fractional chipping along the hinges and no appreciable loss at the spine ends. All of the spine print remains clearly legible with the sole exception of the "S" in "STOUGHTON". The contents are toned, as is inevitable with the cheap pulp paper, but nonetheless complete, with none of the common chipping to the page edges. Further, we find no spotting and no previous ownership marks. The book is protected with a removable, clear, mylar cover, and housed in a maroon buckram chemise with ribbon pull nested within a matching maroon buckram slipcase. The stout slipcase shows superficial shelf wear.Reference: Cohen A31.4.a, Woods/ICS A16(aa), Langworth p.97 First edition, first issue, first state, Daily News binding.

First edition, cloth bound issue. Earliest state of the text, with one appendix and an index. 8vo. Original maroon cloth titled in gilt to spine and upper cover. A very good copy indeed with a bump to the upper corner and a little wear to the spine ends, but a generally bright clean copy. Armourial bookplate to front pastedown, page edges browned as usual. A small marginal chip to the final leaf of the index, but otherwise crisp and clean. Housed in custom made cloth box, an excellent copy of a noted rarity. One of the rarest of all Churchill's works, the cloth bound issue is likely to have been issued in only 100 copies. "The publisher records show that 100 sets of sheets were bound on 20 December 1909, four days after the payment to Churchill of a royalty of £100 on account and two weeks before the publication of the paper wrappers issue. It is, as least, very clear that only a few such copies were offered for sale and that they are extremely scarce." - Cohen A collection of speeches delivered in Lancashire in December 1909 in the run up to the 1910 general election. Woods A16 Cohen A31.1.

First edition, first impression, cloth issue. Due to the low quality of the materials, and the cheap and clumsy method of production, the book is among the most difficult to acquire for Churchill collectors: Langworth declares it "the third rarest Churchill book after Mr. Brodrick's Army and For Free Trade" (p. 99). Following the rejection by the Conservative-dominated House of Lords of the Liberal government's budget, Prime Minister Asquith dissolved parliament and took the Liberal case to the country, supporting higher taxation on the wealthy to fund an expanded welfare state. Churchill, as President of the Board of Trade, hit the campaign trail with a series of stirring speeches, given from 3 to 11 December 1909. During or shortly after this speech tour Hodder & Stoughton arranged for the speeches to be published as part of a group of books hastily published in the run up to the election. The first edition was issued in both cloth and wrappers. Cohen records documentary evidence that the cloth issue preceded the general wrappers issue by a couple of weeks. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes. Cohen A31.1.b (second state, with p. 71 correctly paginated) & A31.3; Woods A16. Richard M. Langworth, A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 1998. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown of H. D. Moule, an Indian civil servant who owned many of Churchill's books; neat ownership signature to front free endpaper. Light rubbing, spine slightly sunned, short closed tear to front free endpaper, rear inner hinge split cracked, contents browned as often. A good copy.