Winston S. Churchill — Painting As a Pastime

New York, Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1950. First edition. Cloth. Churchill's guide to enjoying painting as a hobby, with colour plates of his own work, and the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first US edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with eighteen colour reproductions of the author's paintings. Collated, complete.In this guide, Winston Churchill sets out to show the reader how they can paint as a relaxing and satisfying hobby.This work is based on his articles Hobbies and Painting as a pastime, which were originally published in The Strand Magazine between 1921 and 1922.As well as serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Churchill also submitted paintings for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and was elected as an "Honorary Academician Extraordinary" at The Royal Academy of Arts. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. A little age toning to the perimeters of the plates, not affecting the images. Dust wrapper is bright and smart, with chipping to the head of the spine, including a small loss. Fine . Ill.: Winston S. Churchill. Fine/Very Good Indeed.