Thoughts and Adventures

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited. 1932. Edition: First Edition, third impression. , Binding: contemporary green cloth over boards, title in gilt on upper board and flat spine., Notes: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was instead a member of the Liberal Party. Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending liberal democracy from the spread of fascism. Also praised as a social reformer and writer, among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in Literature. Conversely, his imperialist views and comments on race, as well as his sanctioning of human rights abuses in the suppression of anti-imperialist movements seeking independence from the British Empire, have generated considerable controversy., Size: 8vo.,, Illustration: Comprises essays on a vast array of subjects, such as Churchill’s musings on his own career - ‘A Second Choice’, ‘Personal Contacts’, ‘The Battle of Sidney Street’, ‘Election Memories’, ‘The Irish Treaty’, and then correspondingly the tools by which he made himself relax amid those political storms.
Illustrated with a photograph frontispiece of the author, and chapter 2 illustrated with cartoons.
, References: Ref. Richard Langworth, First Edition: Woods A39(a), Category: Book Modern; Book History. A very good copy. Previous owner’s handwriting in ink on the upper free end paper.

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Edition: First Edition, third impression. , Binding: contemporary green cloth over boards, title in gilt on upper board and flat spine., Notes: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was instead a member of the Liberal Party. Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending liberal democracy from the spread of fascism. Also praised as a social reformer and writer, among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in Literature. Conversely, his imperialist views and comments on race, as well as his sanctioning of human rights abuses in the suppression of anti-imperialist movements seeking independence from the British Empire, have generated considerable controversy., Size: 8vo.,, Illustration: Comprises essays on a vast array of subjects, such as Churchill’s musings on his own career - ‘A Second Choice’, ‘Personal Contacts’, ‘The Battle of Sidney Street’, ‘Election Memories’, ‘The Irish Treaty’, and then correspondingly the tools by which he made himself relax amid those political storms.
Illustrated with a photograph frontispiece of the author, and chapter 2 illustrated with cartoons.
, References: Ref. Richard Langworth, First Edition: Woods A39(a), Category: Book Modern; Book History.

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