A CHURCHILL ANTHOLOGY. Selections from the Writings and Speeches of Sir Winston Churchill. Chosen and arranged by F. W. Heath
Odhams Press. London. 1962 (1965), 1962.
FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 6.1 inches). Colour portrait frontispiece after a photograph by Karsh. A previous owner name, Hickinbotham, dated 1965, on the front free endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in the publishers red cloth binding with circular portrait of Churchill to the front board in dark red. Spine with gilt tooled decorations and lines, and two black labels, lettered in gilt. All edges dyed red. Plain red endpapers. In a near fine dustwrapper with just a little toning to the spine. A superior copy. ---- Cohen notes in his Bibliography of the works of Churchill that the sheets were printed in March 1962, hence the date on the reverse of the title pages, but the book was not issued until 1st February 1965, just eight days after Churchill's death. ----- Ronald Cohen. Bibliography of Winston Churchill: A276.1. From the library of Sir Tom Hickinbotham, KCMG, KCVO, CIE, OBE. (1903 – 1983) British colonial administrator who served as governor of Aden from 1951 to 1956 on each front pastedown endpaper, with 'Aden 1952' written neatly below in red ink. Born in Carnarvon, Western Australia, Hickinbotham attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and then went on to join the Indian Army in 1923, serving on the North West Frontier for which he was decorated. In 1930, he transferred to the Indian Political Service and served successively in Aden from 1931 to 1932, 1933 to 1935, and 1938 and 1939; then as political agent in Bahrain in 1937; Muscat from 1939 to 1941, Kuwait from 1941 to 1943; Bahrain from 1943 to 1945; and Qalat from 1945 to 1947. In 1948, Hickinbotham returned to Aden Colony where he served for three years as chairman of the Aden Port Trust, before being appointed Governor and Commander-in-chief of Aden in 1951, a post he held until his retirement in 1956. A highlight of his term in office was the visit to Aden of Queen Elizabeth in 1954.
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