A CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE BOOKS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL: Produced in association with the Churchill Centre

by Richard M. Langworth, The Churchill Center

This connoisseur's guide to Winston Churchill's books is not a bibliography – it is a compact book which students, scholars, collectors and dealers can refer to when hunting for, or reading, the literature of Winston Churchill. Written by an expert on the books of Churchill, its purpose is to inform people exactly what they are holding in their hands and, of course, how to tell a first edition from a reprint. There is a description of the nature of each book, an appraisal of Churchill's arguments and the way he makes them; excerpts from reviews both contemporary and modern; aesthetic judgements as to the merit of acquiring each edition discussed, from jacketed first editions to paperbacks, and notes on the values of various editions.

Hardcover

First published November 1, 2004

About the author

Richard M. Langworth was an American author who was based in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, United States, and Eleuthera, Bahamas, who specialised in automotive history and Winston Churchill. He was editor of The Packard Cormorant from 1975 to 2001 and was a Trustee of the Packard Motorcar Foundation in Detroit, Michigan. His works have won awards from the Antique Automobile Club of America, Society of Automotive Historians, Old Cars Weekly, Packard Club and Graphic Arts Association of New Hampshire.
Langworth was also author or editor of A Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, Churchill in His Own Words, Churchill By Himself, and nine other books about Churchill. Langworth founded the Churchill Study Unit (1968) and served as the president of its successors the International Churchill Society and the Churchill Centre (1988–1999) and chairman of its board of trustees (2000–2006). He was editor of the Churchill journal "Finest Hour" from 1982 to 2014 and editorial consultant to the National Churchill Museum (2011–2015). From 2014 to 2025, he was a Senior Fellow for the Churchill Project at Hillsdale College. In 1998, he was created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Elizabeth II for his services to Anglo-American understanding and history.