Frankel (1902-1991) was, in many ways, an archetypal American rags-to-riches story, as well as "a charismatic personality" who counted among his friends Lucille Ball, Margaret Truman, and Winston Churchill s daughter, Sarah (1914-1982). Condition of both the binding and slipcase are pristine, as-new.The recipientEvan M. The volume is housed in a dark green rigid cloth slipcase. The binding is a handsome and skillfully executed dark green Morocco goatskin, the spine featuring raised and gilt-decorated spine bands, the covers featuring gilt-decorated borders and beveled edges, The contents are bound with gilt top edge and marbled endpapers framed by gilt-decorated turn-ins. In this case, the contents are particularly well-suited, clean and bright with no spotting. The laid paper and full-color illustrated plates of this first edition lend themselves well to fine binding. Only the title page recto and verso differ. edition were supplied by the British printers. editions are virtually the same the sheets for the U.S. first edition followed its British counterpart two years later, in 1950. Edition and conditionThe content of Painting as a Pastime had been printed in The Strand Magazine as early as 1921, but it was not until 1948 - nearly three decades after his first published words on the subject - that Churchill consented to a book about his pastime and passion. Winston Churchill inscribed and dated this copy of his essay about his famous hobby in black ink in five lines on the front free endpaper recto: "For | Evan M. first edition, first printing of Painting as a Pastime. This is a finely-bound and inscribed presentation copy of the U.S. He was created Baron Pentland of Lyth, Caithnessshire in February of 1909.Full leather. Her husband was a popular Liberal Party politician, who served as Parliamentary Secretary to the future Prime Minister Henry Campbell Bannerman for many years. The only child of Lord and Lady Aberdeen of Scotland, she married Captain John Sinclair, her father’s former Aide-de-Camp, in 1904. Lady Marjorie Pentland was a leading hostess of the Liberal Party and an avowed suffragette. He also was attacked publicly at this time by radical suffragettes, whose methods he disapproved of far more than he did their cause. Working in partnership with his new friend and inspiration, the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George, Churchill implemented an unprecedented program of radical reforms on behalf of the unemployed, the disenfranchised, and the needy. ![]() It also encompassed his wedding to Clementine Hozier in September 1908. Churchill."Ĭhurchill’s tenure at the Board of Trade, after his appointment by Prime Minister Asquith in April of 1908, was one of the most progressive in British history. ![]() ![]() I am very sorry I cannot dine with you on the 27th as I have promised to go to an ‘Arbitration dinner.’ Yours very sincerely, Winston S. Both she and the baby are getting on exceptionally well. "Dear Lady Pentland Thank you so much for your kind letter. 185 x 121 mm), on embossed Board of Trade stationery, dated 15 July 1909.Ī PERSONAL NOTE PENNED JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHURCHILL’S FIRST CHILD, DIANA Autograph letter signed ("Winston Churchill") to Lady Pentland, penned shortly after the birth of his first child, dated 15 July 1909.ġ page (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
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