PAINTING AS A PASTIME by WINSTON CHURCHILL - 1949

Winston S. Churchill

Description:

A slim volume of 32 pages of text and 32 pages of colour plates of paintings. Bound in linen colour cloth with gilt title to front and spine. Black & white frontispiece of Churchill.

The cover is somewhat grubby with visible wear and tear to edges of the linen. Text pages are lightly foxed towards the ends of the text-block. Owners name has been penned to inside front cover. There are a few ink underlinings on some of the text pages and a page of notes has been penned to one side of the rear end-paper. It is apparent that this was a 'working' reference book. The binding is still tight and secure.

CONTENTS: The Author at his Easel Frontispiece; Painting as a Pasttime; Illustrations - A Vase of Flowers; The Loup River, Quebec; Lakeside Scene, Lake Como; The Tapestries at Blenheim Palace; The Blue Room, Trent Park; Village near Lugano; Olive Grove near Monte Carlo; Church by Lake Como; The Goldfish Pool at Chartwell; The Weald of Kent under Snow; Orchids; The Mill, Saint-Georges-Motel; Near Antibes; The Mediterranean near Genoa; St. Jean, Cap Ferrat; Flowers; By Lake Lugano; Chartwell under Snow.

Details:

  • Publisher: Oldhams Press Limited. Ernest Benn Limited
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1949
  • Edition: 3rd
  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Fair
  • Lot No: 331
  • Hammer Price: $30
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 55
  • Estimate: $60
  • Reserve: $30

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