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Paperback. Very Good.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A glorious essay by Winston Churichill about one of his favourite pastimes, painting.

Hardback. New. A glorious essay by Winston Churichill about one of his favourite pastimes, painting.

New York: Cornerstone Library. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. Hard Cover. A 1965 American reprint edition of the original 1950 issuance. Well known as a statesman and author, Sir Winston Churchill possessed considerable talent as a painter. This work consists of his 32-page essay on the merits of painting, and with 18 gloss paper plates displaying some of his landscapes and still lifes. --- A slim hardcover booklet in green leaf-patterned paper-covered boards, without a dust jacket. With a black & white photographic frontis portrait of Sir Winston at the easel. --- A well-preserved copy, but the essay portion's leaves have become somewhat tanned. Interior is tightly-bound and unmarked; plates remain bright and colors are vivid.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 32, 18 plates pages .

London: M. Knoedler & Co. Ltd., 1977. Published in aid of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal, with introduction by HRH The Prince of Wales, booklet to accompany the exhibition of a group of paintings by Sir Winston Churchill, all very bright and colourful, pp clean and tidy, soft covers edgeworn and creased, rubbed in places, but contents good.. Staple Binding. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Odham Press Limited and Ernest Benn Limited, 1948. [Churchill] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.32; [32]. 18 unpaginated colour plates to rear. Publisher's light green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, dust-jacket with printed price of 10s 6d. Ownership inscription to front endpaper in black ink. Some spotting to endpapers and textblock edges. Board edges show signs of wear. Internally clean. Dust-jacket has tears along spine and edges, jacket spine worn. Very good.

1962-5. London: Odhams Books Ltd., 1962-1965. 8vo. Three volumes. Full red imitation leather; spines lettered and ornamented in silver on black title labels; upper boards with portrait ornamentation of Churchill in deeper red; housed in the red cloth slipcase; all edges red; red endpapers; pp. [vi], 7-720; [vi], 7-480; [iv], v, 7-32; volumes with illustrated plates throughout, Painting as a Pastime with a collection of 18 plates following the text after Churchill's paintings; light rubbing to slipcase, else fine. First Odhams press editon, in slipcase. Painting as a Pastime is the fourth impression of the work, originally published in 1948, and includes numerous full colour photographs of Churchill's artistry. The Anthology contains selections of his writings and speeches.