Description
The first edition, first impression of Painting As A Pastime by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill.
Small octavo, 32pp, [18 plates]. Olive cloth, gilt title on spine and front cover. First published in “Volume Form…1948” statement on copyright page. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Churchill and 18 plates with paintings by the author. Faint foxing to top edge of text block and rear endpapers. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, price clipped, wear at head of spine, light shelf wear, a bright, very good example. (Cohen A242.1.a) (Woods A125a)
