
Lot Closed
May 20, 02:08 PM GMT
Estimate
700 - 1,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Winston S. Churchill
Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900
8vo. Publisher’s catalogue at rear. Original full blue cloth, cover ruled in gilt, cover and spine gilt-lettered; minor fraying to head and tail of spine, lower front corner bumped, endpapers renewed.
7 x 7 1/2 inches.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
The first and only Churchill novel, a statement of personal and political philosophy delivered as a dystopian adventure yarn. American publication preceded the English issue by roughly ten days, rendering the American edition the true first edition.
A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS EDITION
REFERENCE:
Cohen A3.1.a; Woods A3a