CHURCHILL, Winston. Painting As A Pastime. (FIRST BOOK EDITION - 1948)

AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston

TITLE: Painting As A Pastime.

PUBLISHER: London: Odhams Press, 1948.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST BOOK EDITION. 1 vol., 9" x 5-3/4", illustrated with 18 colour plates reproducing Churchill's paintings, some very light foxing to page edges otherwise very good. Finely bound in recent full red morocco, vertical gilt lettered spine, gilt ruled covers, top edge gilt.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This work was originally published in two separate essays entitled "Hobbies" & "Painting as a Pastime" in Churchill's 1932 book "Thoughts and Adventures". Here published on its own for the first time.