Description
The first edition, first impression of Painting As A Pastime by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill.
Octavo, [ii], 32pp, [18 plates]. Three-quarter red calf, marbled boards. The first impression, with “First Published in Volume Form…1948” statement on copyright page. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Churchill and 18 plates with paintings by the author. New endpapers. Fine binding by J.S. Fellowes, with their ticket affixed to the rear pastedown. Housed in a matching slipcase, marbled boards, solid hinges.
(Cohen A242.1.a) (Woods A125a)
A fine example in an attractive binding.
