Winston S. Churchill - Savrola, Cedric Chivers, 1973, in dust jacket

Description: Savrola Winston S. Churchill Bath: Cedric Chivers, 1973 Condition: Very Good minusJacket Condition: Very Good minus This is an elusive modern reprint of Churchill's third book and only novel. This 1973 edition was published by Cedric Chivers of Portway and Bath and is quite scarce. The striking dust jacket bears a color illustration from the story. The binding is dark red cloth stamped in gilt. Here is a respectable but imperfect jacketed ex-library copy, both volume and dust jacket in very good minus condition. The red cloth binding remains square, clean, and tight with sharp corners and bright spine gilt. We note only minor wrinkling to the spine ends and a small lower front cover blemish. The contents are substantially clean, a “WITHDRAWN” ink stamp on the front pastedown and some scarring on the front free endpaper recto, likely from some removed ex-library material tipped in. Spotting is substantially confined to the page edges. The illustrated dust jacket remains bright, clean, and unclipped with minor wear and only trivial loss to a few points along the top edge. The dust jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover. Savrola was first published in February 1900. A very young Churchill was exuberant about publication at the time. Even though Savrola was his third published book, it was actually the first book he undertook and the second he completed. His “Tale of the Revolution in Laurania” is a melodramatic tale of political intrigue in a fictional Mediterranean state. He would later make deprecating comments about his novel and it is perhaps instructive that he never wrote another. In his 1930 autobiography he wrote, "I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it [Savrola]." However, his mixed feelings about his only novel did not keep Churchill from writing a foreword to a new edition in 1956: "The preface to the first edition in 1900 submitted the book 'with considerable trepidation to the judgment or the clemency of the public.' The intervening fifty-five years have somewhat dulled though certainly not changed my sentiments on this point." It has been argued that, as a literary effort, Savrola gave “dramatic voice to Churchill’s mature philosophical reflections about his fundamental political and ethical principles at the very moment when he settled on them for the rest of his life.” (Powers, Finest Hour #74) Irrespective of Churchill's feelings about his book or the literary merit thereof, the novel certainly provides an interesting insight into the early political perspective and sentiment of the then very young Churchill. Reference: Cohen A3.9, Woods/ICS A3(g), Langworth p.47 Ref #: 006471 CHURCHILL BOOK COLLECTOR We are Churchill Book Collector, a professional bookseller specializing in books and other published works by and about the great twentieth century statesman and acclaimed writer, Sir Winston Churchill. We offer both a singular inventory and approachable expertise. The integrity of our inventory is backed by our membership in the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, rightly called Churchill's long life "remarkable and versatile". Statesman, soldier, war correspondent, ardent social reformer, combative cold warrior, painter - Churchill was many things, but perhaps above all a master wordsmith. We’re here to help Churchill’s words find your shelves. Our extensive inventory features some of the rarest material offered – including fine first editions and inscribed copies – as well as reading copies and works about Churchill’s life and time. While we specialize in Churchill, our inventory also includes noteworthy first and collectible editions by other authors, ranging from Xenophon to T. E. Lawrence, spanning exploration and empire to twentieth century fiction. We are able to help with anything from finding individual books to assembling full collections, working closely with individual collectors to identify and accommodate their preferences and budget. We are also able to commission preservation cases and fine bindings. Please contact us if you have books to sell. We buy, and in some cases consign, fine and collectible individual items, as well as whole collections.

Price: 120 USD

Location: San Diego, California

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