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CHURCHILL**, WINSTON S.: : SAVROLA: A tale of the Revolution in Laurania. **

LONDON.BEACON BOOKS,1957.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus. [Complete and unabridged.Re-published in Britain for the first time since the original edtion appeared in 1900.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal (2/6) to front cover.Bright,crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (in the style of 'bodice-rippers'/'pulps') illustrated front cover with red,black and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or loss present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Sporadic,but miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to vertical edges of spine/backstrip and head+foot of same.Top+fore-edges toned/aged but clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with inevitable page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps, p/back,1st edn thus,12-222pp [paginated] includes XXII (22) chapters; plus [unpaginted] a critic's review,title page,a dedication,a prefatory note to the original edition,a contents list/table,and to the rear - as last page - publisher's advert for 3 other titles. A highly collected and prolific author,and an unusual item/ephemera and will be an important and welcome addition to the 'Churchilliana' canon. Although being the third of Churchill's works to be published,'Savrola' was actually the first that he started writing,in the summer of 1897, when he was a 23-year-old officer in the 4th Hussars in India,and the ONLY work of fiction he had published.A significant curiosity among his works - and is therefore unique among his other works,which are generally memoirs and histories.['Savrola' was originally and first published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine, and Churchill later resolved to put it out in in complete form.] However,since both 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force' and 'The River War' dealt with far more topical subjects they took priority on the schedule,and 'Savrola' was not published until the end of 1899.Churchill's writing reputation was far better served by the accounts of the campaigns he had served in.[The book's dedication is in fact to: 'THE OFFICERS OF THE IVth (QUEENS OWN) HUSSARS IN WHOSE COMPANY THE AUTHOR LIVED FOR FOUR HAPPY YEARS.'] Nevertheless,there is no doubt that Churchill poured his maturing political philosophy into the character of his hero Savrola.It has been been argued that this lifts the novel from the 'Ruritanian romance' genre and makes it one of Churchill's most significant literary efforts. A fast-paced thriller of political intrigue against a background of a revolution published a few years before the end of Queen Victoria's reign,when Great Britain ruled a worldwide empire,it subtlety reveals the political awareness and personal views of a young Churchill,decades before he would become one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. 'Savrola' shows that it is possible to obtain penetrating insights into an author's mind from their fiction as well as from their biography. The story concerns the events leading up to,during and after a revolution in the fictional European country of Laurania. Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940-1945 and again from 1951-1955.Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century,Churchill was also an officer in the British Army,a historian,a writer,and an artist.He is the only British Prime Minister in history to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature,and was also the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

CHURCHILL**, WINSTON S.: : SAVROLA: A tale of the Revolution in Laurania.**

LONDON.BEACON BOOKS,1957.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus.[Complete and unabridged.] VG. No owner inscrptn and no price removal (2/6) to front cover.Bright,crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (in the style of 'bodice-rippers'/'pulps') illustrated front cover with red,black and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - an approximate 1/5" split at foot of spine/ backstrip's front vertical edge but no other major nicks,tears or loss present.Inevitable but sporadic,miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to vertical edges of spine/backstrip and head+ foot of same with front lower corner with a small diagonal corner crease.Top+fore-edges toned/aged but clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with inevitable page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,internally text body appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn thus,12-222pp [paginated] includes XXII(22) chapters; plus [unpaginated] a critic's review, title page,a dedication,a prefatory note to the original edition,a contents list/table, and to the rear - as last page - publisher's advert for 3 other titles. A highly collected and prolific author,and an unusual item/ephemera and will be an important and welcome addition to the 'Churchilliana' canon. Although being the third of Churchill's works to be published,'Savrola' was actually the first that he started writing,in the summer of 1897, when he was a 23-year-old officer in the 4th Hussars in India,and the ONLY work of fiction he had published.A significant curiosity among his works - and is therefore unique among his other works,which are generally memoirs and histories.['Savrola' was originally and first published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine,and Churchill later resolved to put it out in in complete form.] However,since both 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force' and 'The River War' dealt with far more topical subjects they took priority on the schedule,and 'Savrola' was not published until the end of 1899.Churchill's writing reputation was far better served by the accounts of the campaigns he had served in.[The book's dedication is in fact to: 'THE OFFICERS OF THE IVth (QUEENS OWN) HUSSARS IN WHOSE COMPANY THE AUTHOR LIVED FOR FOUR HAPPY YEARS.'] Nevertheless,there is no doubt that Churchill poured his maturing political philosophy into the character of his hero Savrola.It has been been argued that this lifts the novel from the 'Ruritanian romance' genre and makes it one of Churchill's most significant literary efforts. A fast-paced thriller of political intrigue against a background of a revolution published a few years before the end of Queen Victoria's reign,when Great Britain ruled a worldwide empire,it subtlety reveals the political awareness and personal views of a young Churchill,decades before he would become one of the most important figures of the twentieth century.'Savrola' shows that it is possible to obtain penetrating insights into an author's mind from their fiction as well as from their biography. The story concerns the events leading up to, during and after a revolution in the fictional European country of Laurania. Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940- 1945 and again from 1951-1955.Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century,Churchill was also an officer in the British Army,a historian,a writer,and an artist.He is the only British Prime Minister in history to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature,and was also the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

CHURCHILL**, WINSTON S.: : SAVROLA: A tale of the Revolution in Laurania.**

LONDON.BEACON BOOKS,1957.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus.[Complete and unabridged.Re-published in Britain for the first time since the original edtion appeared in 1900.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and the partial price removal of another price adhesive label overlaid on the original [2/6) price to front cover,slightly removing small portion of background yellow design and majority of the red numbered price.Bright,crisp,fairly clean and generally sharp-cornered - front lower corner with corner crease,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (in the style of 'bodice-rippers'/ 'pulps') illustrated front cover with red,black and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or loss present - and no discernible reading creases to spine/backstrip.Sporadic,but miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to vertical edges of spine/backstrip and head+foot of same.Top+ fore-edges toned/aged but clean - no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound with inevitable page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn thus,12-222pp [paginated] includes XXII(22) chapters; plus [unpaginated] a critic's review, title page,a dedication,a prefatory note to the original edition,a contents list/table,and to the rear - as last page - publisher's advert for 3 other titles. A highly collected and prolific author,and an unusual item/ephemera and will be an important and welcome addition to the 'Churchilliana' canon. Although being the third of Churchill's works to be published,'Savrola' was actually the first that he started writing,in the summer of 1897, when he was a 23-year-old officer in the 4th Hussars in India, and the ONLY work of fiction he had published.A significant curiosity among his works - and is therefore unique among his other works,which are generally memoirs and histories.['Savrola' was originally and first published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine, and Churchill later resolved to put it out in in complete form.] However,since both 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force' and 'The River War' dealt with far more topical subjects they took priority on the schedule,and 'Savrola' was not published until the end of 1899.Churchill's writing reputation was far better served by the accounts of the campaigns he had served in.[The book's dedication is in fact to: 'THE OFFICERS OF THE IVth (QUEENS OWN) HUSSARS IN WHOSE COMPANY THE AUTHOR LIVED FOR FOUR HAPPY YEARS.'] Nevertheless,there is no doubt that Churchill poured his maturing political philosophy into the character of his hero Savrola.It has been been argued that this lifts the novel from the 'Ruritanian romance' genre and makes it one of Churchill's most significant literary efforts. A fast-paced thriller of political intrigue against a background of a revolution published a few years before the end of Queen Victoria's reign,when Great Britain ruled a worldwide empire,it subtlety reveals the political awareness and personal views of a young Churchill,decades before he would become one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. 'Savrola' shows that it is possible to obtain penetrating insights into an author's mind from their fiction as well as from their biography. The story concerns the events leading up to, during and after a revolution in the fictional European country of Laurania. Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940-1945 and again from 1951-1955.Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century,Churchill was also an officer in the British Army,a historian,a writer,and an artist.He is the only British Prime Minister in history to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature,and was also the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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