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Lot #285
Winston Churchill

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Description

TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 5 x 8, Chartwell, Westerham letterhead, August 17, 1956. Letter to author and publisher Desmond Flower, in full: "Thank you so much for sending me the jacket of Volume II. I think it looks very well indeed." In fine condition. Flower was a publisher, book collector, and scholar who headed the Cassell & Co. publishing house, through whom Churchill published most of his writing, including the four-volume A History of the English-Speaking Peoples from 1956-1958. The dust jacket of Vol. II featured the famous 'Armada Portrait' of Queen Elizabeth I.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #583 - Ended May 13, 2020





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