Description
Limited first edition of Sir Winston S. Churchill; Honorary Citizen of the United States of America by Act of Congress published in miniature by Achille J. St. Onge in 1963.
Miniature volume, 30pp. Red morocco, title in gilt with embellishments on front cover. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. Book measures approximately 1.5 x 2.7 inches. Frontispiece portrait of Churchill. The Act of the 88th Congress, H.R. 4374, includes the proclamation to make Winston S. Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States, President Kennedy’s remarks, and Churchill’s response. From a limited edition of 1000 copies. Light shelf wear to covers, sunning to spine. Split to gutter at title page, text block remains stable. A very good example of Achille J. St. Onge’s miniature volumes. (Bradbury, 253)
