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First Edition. Octavo, 11 titles by Churchill listed to the verso of the half title, frontispiece portrait of Lady Randolph Churchill, profusely illustrated throughout with 28 illustrations and maps; of which many are full page plates, folding general map illustrating Churchill's journey during his capture, imprisonment and escape in South Africa/Mozambique during the Boer War. Bound in royal navy, half morocco gilt, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled in six compartments, gilt lettering and gilt 'lion rampant' motifs in compartments, top edge gilt, pp. 392. Published by Thornton Butterworth (London), 1930. Some occasional light spotting and browning, otherwise a fine copy in a beautiful binding. This title is Winston Churchill's only volume of sustained autobiography, covering his formative years from his birth in 1874 until his election as MP for Oldham in 1900. According to the ODNB: "A witty and elegiac account of his youth shot through with regret at the decline of the…

My Early Life is an autobiographical work by Winston Churchill. It covers his birth in 1874 to his first few years in Parliament.

First editions can be identified by the publisher's name Butterworth on the bottom of the spine and title page, as later editions were published by other publishers.