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W. Spencer Churchill 'Savrola'
Estimate:
$600 - $800
Sold
$300
Live Auction
191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 1: Live Auction (Lot 1-94)
Category
Description
W. Spencer Churchill
Savrola
A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. Longman’s Colonial Library, Longmans Green and Co 1900. A rare copy of the first edition first issue of Winston Churchills only novel. ix, 345p, advertisement for The River War and The Story of the Malakand Field Force at end. Bound in the original Longmans Colonial Library design featuring a schooner at sea. A little light spotting with the name in pen C.J.C Powell Jr on page 1. original endpapers binding tight, covers a little scuffed and with tears spine ends of back hinge.
A very good copy of a rare book.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
Savrola
A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. Longman’s Colonial Library, Longmans Green and Co 1900. A rare copy of the first edition first issue of Winston Churchills only novel. ix, 345p, advertisement for The River War and The Story of the Malakand Field Force at end. Bound in the original Longmans Colonial Library design featuring a schooner at sea. A little light spotting with the name in pen C.J.C Powell Jr on page 1. original endpapers binding tight, covers a little scuffed and with tears spine ends of back hinge.
A very good copy of a rare book.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
