TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 8 x 10, Chartwell letterhead, January 1, 1938. Letter to his proofreader and editor C. C. Wood relating to the publication of the monumental biography Marlborough. In part: "I am very much obliged to you for the extraordinary expedition with which the whole of the eight chapters have been returned. I send you the enclosed letter to Mr. Harrap, which kindly read and deliver to him. Perhaps you will inform me upon the points mentioned." In very good to fine condition, with scattered light stains, a rusty paperclip impression, and a crease to the upper right corner.
Churchill was commissioned to write a biography of his ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in 1929. He began writing it in earnest in 1932, and ultimately published four volumes between 1933 and 1938. He began the work in an effort to refute earlier criticisms of Marlborough by the historian Thomas Babington Macaulay. This exquisite letter reveals Churchill’s meticulousness and attention to detail as a writer, which would ultimately lead to his receipt of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.’
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