• The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - front cover
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - rear cover and spine
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - cover corner and page edges
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - front endpapers
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - frontispiece portrait and title page
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - copyright page
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - dedication page with verse
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - list of illustrations
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - list of illustrations continued
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - text page close-up
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - Part I opening page
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - text pages with pencil marks in the margin
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - text pages
  • The Lives of Winston Churchill by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, 1945 Scribner hardcover - photographic plates
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The Lives of Winston Churchill: A Close Up

The Lives of Winston Churchill: A Close Up

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Book Notes: Green cloth boards with moderate wear; rubbing at the edges and corners. Binding is tight. Endpapers and pages toned, with some stains in the text block. No dust jacket. Pencil underlining and marginal marks on some pages; some page numbers circled in pencil. Printing code "A" on the copyright page: Scribner's letter A marks the first printing.

Author(s): John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy
Edition: First Edition

Print: 1st Print

Publication year: 1945

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

Condition: Good
ISBN:

The Lives of Winston Churchill: A Close Up, by John Davenport and Charles J. V. Murphy, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1945. The book credits Life magazine for permission to publish it in book form. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Churchill, cartoons and photographic plates, including Churchill's mother, the young Churchill and Churchill during service at Bangalore in India.

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    (A) Excellent
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    (B) Good
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    (D) Poor
    Contains large tears, several creases, and/or heavy staining.

    (F) As Is
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