When I hear contemporary politicians invoke Churchill, I usually feel like I'm watching King Louie, the Orangutan who wants to be a man, sing “I wanna be like you” in the 1967 Disney version of The Jungle Book. “You!” sings King Louie, “I wanna be like you I wanna talk like you Walk like you, too” Yeah. Not so much. If you happen to draw a comparison between King Louis and another loud, big-headed, oddly orange, wanna-be-king with impulse control issues and destructive inclinations, well, that's up to you. I refer you to another Disney movie. Cinderella. If the shoe fits… But I digress. “I'm tired of monkeyin' around!” Sure, there's a lot of ways in which most of those who self-flatteringly invoke Churchill fall short. Intelligence. Eloquence, Historical perspective. Foresight. Principle. Conviction. Courage. General cap... [more Two Pugnacious Personalities]
Blog posts by Marc Kuritz
Marc Kuritz is the proprietor of Churchill Book Collector, specializing in material by and about the iconic twentieth century statesman perhaps less well-known as a prolific and gifted author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Beyond its namesake specialty, CBC offers collectible editions that word a diversity of fertile minds, from T. E. Lawrence to Robert Frost. Marc says many things compelled him into the book trade, but the final push was parenthood: "Unlike children, good books stay where you put them, cultivate humility without humiliating you in public, and are patient while you try to figure them out.
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The New Grant White Shakespeare. The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare. Set Number 4 of the Old Stratford Edition, complete in 18 finely bound volumesby William Shakespeare, with Memoir, Introductions, and Notes by Richard Grant White, Revised, Supplemented, and Annotated by William P. Trent, Benjamin W. Wells, and John B. Henneman
Boston : Little, Brown and Company , 1912
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The World Crisis, full set of six British first edition, first printings, in dust jacketsFirst Editionby Winston S. Churchill
London : Thornton Butterworth Limited , 1923
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...my rotten book" - A 4 June 1925 autograph letter signed from T. E. Lawrence "of Arabia" to American executive, editor, author, and international figure Whitney Hart Shepardson encapsulating Lawrence's compellingly conflicted feelings regarding forthcoming publication of both the Subscriber's Edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom and the abridged version of the work, Revolt in the Desertby Thomas Edward Lawrence
Clouds Hill, Moreton, Dorset 1925
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I feel I can count upon you at any time when a need may arise - A 17 July 1922 autograph signed letter from then-Secretary of State for the Colonies Winston S. Churchill to T. E. Lawrence "of Arabia" accepting Lawrence's resignation from the Colonial Office, accompanied by the original franked envelope addressed and initialed in Churchill's hand, the letter and envelope archivally framed with a limited and numbered intaglio drawing of Lawrence and Churchill by Curtis Hooper, signed and numbered by Churchill's daughter, SarahSignedby Winston S. Churchill
Colonial Office, Downing Street, London 17 July 1922
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The Story of 150 Staging Post and the Airlift to the Yalta Conference February 1945 A truly singular Second World War album belonging to, and compiled by, R.A.F. Group Captain Walter J. Pickard, containing meticulously captioned photographs and mementos of his work flying VIPs during the 1945 Yalta Conference, a number of Secret docuSignedby Compiled by R.A.F. Group Captain Walter J. Pickard, inscribed by Winston S. Churchill and with contributions or signatures of dozens of others
Saki, Crimea, U.S.S.R. : Privately compiled , 1945
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TO THE ELECTORS OF NORTH-WEST MANCHESTER: the extravagantly rare publication of Winston S. Churchill's campaign address from the first election he contested as a Liberal, including the only copy known to us of the accompanying perforated canvassing leaf soliciting supportersFirst Editionby Winston S. Churchill
2, Swan Court, Market Street, Manchester : William Hough & Sons , 1 January 1906
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