Churchill, Winston | My Early Life, inscribed to Rufus Daniel Isaacs

Churchill, Winston

My Early Life: A Roving Commission. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1930

8vo. Original wine-colored cloth, gilt-lettered and blind stamped; spine sunned, some marks to covers. Collector's chemise and slipcase.

First edition, first state. A presentation copy inscribed by the author to Rufus Daniel Isaacs in the month following publication.

Rufus Daniel Isaacs was the 1st Marquess of Reading, Lord Chief Justice in 1913, Viceroy of India from 1921-26, and the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs in 1931.

REFERENCE:

Woods A37(a); Cohen A91.1.a

PROVENANCE:

Rufus Daniel Isaacs (presentation inscription)—Sotheby's London, 12 December 2002, Lot 70