Chartwell Booksellers

03/10/2023

This gorgeous four-volume set is a leather-bound Easton Press reprint of Churchill's first book: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. We have three sets available for purchase in-store or online.

02/28/2023

This quote comes from Churchill's essay "Painting as a Pastime," in which he wrote of his long-time favorite hobby.

02/21/2023

02/14/2023

This Toby Jug was first produced in 1940 in 3 sizes by Royal Doulton from a design by Harry Fenton, and manufactured up until 1991. We have three in the store, including the large size 1940 original stamped at the base "Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain."

02/06/2023

NEWS FROM THE FRONT

As we continue to ponder (and celebrate) the miraculousness of reaching our 40th year of existence, intact, we cannot help but reflect on the many times that Winston Churchill very nearly lost his beloved home, Chartwell; our esteemed namesake. One such close call commenced 86 years ago this month.

01/24/2023

We honor Sir Winston Churchill today, on the anniversary of his passing.

For our 39th time (which seems in itself a Churchillian feat of longevity), we commemorate with you the anniversary of Winston Churchill's passing on January 24, 1965. Churchill died at home in London at 28 Hyde Park Gate on a Sunday morning, shortly after eight o’clock, at the age of 90. Extraord...

01/24/2023

While Chartwell Booksellers is known for being The Winston Churchill Bookstore, we also have an impressive collection of literature. Featured here are two copies of Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms: the First American Edition from Random House, and the First American Paperback Edition from Vintage Books.

01/19/2023

The River War was Winston Churchill's second book, a history of British involvement in the Sudan and an account of his time there participating- often disapprovingly- in its reconquest. We have in the store a varied selection of editions, something for everyone from the burgeoning Churchill fan to the serious collector.

First Photo:

Bottom Left: First English Edition Set, 1 of 2,003, Longmans Green & Co. Ltd., 1899.

Top Left: First English Abridged One-Volume "Cheap" Edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933.

Top Right: "Nelson Shilling Library" Edition, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1915.

Far Right: First English Edition Set, Rebound in crimson by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, 1899.

Second Photo, Bottom to Top:

"Lost Treasures" Paperback Edition, Prion, 1997.

Paperback Reprint Edition, Sceptre Books, 1987.

First English Paperback Edition, Four Square Books, 1960.

Unabridged Annotated Edition, St. Augustine Press, 2021.

All Available In-Store and Online.

01/12/2023

"Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures is a fully illustrated and abridged edition of Sonia Purnell’s acclaimed biography, First Lady, including over 100 stunning and rarely seen photographs.

Without Winston Churchill’s inspiring leadership Britain could not have survived its darkest hour. Without his wife Clementine, however, he might never have become Prime Minister. By his own admission, his role in the Second World War would have been impossible but for ‘Clemmie’. That Clementine should have become Britain’s First Lady was by no means preordained. She may have been born an aristocrat but her childhood was far from gilded. Deprived of affection, a secure home and sometimes even food on the table, by the time she entered high society she had become the target of cruel snobbery. Yet in Winston she discovered a partner as emotionally insecure as herself; and in his career she found her mission. Theirs was a marriage that was to change the course of history.

Clementine gave Winston confidence, conviction and counsel. Not only was she involved in some of the most crucial decisions of the war, she also exerted an influence over her husband and his governments that might be judged scandalous today. Her ability to manage this exceptional man, and to charm Britain’s allies, earned her the deep respect of world leaders, ministers, generals and critics alike. While her tireless work to alleviate suffering on the Home Front and abroad made her a champion to many in the population at large.

From the personal and political upheavals of the Great War, through the Churchills’ ‘wilderness years’ in the 1930s, to Clementine’s desperate efforts to sustain Winston during the struggle against Hi**er, Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures continues to uncover the memory of one of the most remarkable women of modern times."

01/10/2023

Churchill's Cookbook compiles recipes developed for Winston Churchill and his family by his personal cook, Georgina Landemare. This is the first reissue of Recipes From No. 10, which Landemare published in 1958.