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The Birth of Britain

by Winston S. Churchill

Catalogued August 31, 2026

The Work

First published
1956
Original publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company

Drew's Copy

Edition
Bantam paperback edition
Printing
Eighth Bantam printing, undated
Publisher
Bantam Books
Published in
New York
Copy published
Undated
Binding
Mass-market paperback
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Unread
Condition
Inherited family copy with heavy cover rubbing, creasing, edge wear, corner losses, and age-toned pages
English-Speaking PeoplesBritish HistoryAncient BritainMedieval BritainNorman ConquestEnglish HistoryHistory

Acquisition & Provenance

Acquisition type
Inherited family book
Context
From Drew's grandad's library
Previous owner
Drew's grandad
Provenance
This copy previously belonged to Drew’s grandad.

How This Copy Came to the Library

Grandad’s library.

About This Copy

This is Volume I of Winston S. Churchill’s A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. The copyright page identifies the Bantam edition as first published in July 1963 and lists this copy as the eighth Bantam printing without a printing date. The cover identifies it as book R7081, complete and unabridged, with a price of $1.45.

Memories & Connections

Grandad’s library.

The first volume of Winston S. Churchill’s A History of the English-Speaking Peoples traces Britain from its earliest history through Roman rule, the Norman Conquest, medieval conflicts, and the emergence of Tudor England.

Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of The Birth of Britain
The front cover of Drew's inherited Bantam edition of The Birth of Britain.
Back cover of Drew's copy of The Birth of Britain
The worn back cover describes Churchill's history of Britain from its earliest years through the discovery of the New World.
Title page of Drew's copy of The Birth of Britain
The title page identifies The Birth of Britain as Volume One of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of The Birth of Britain
The printing-history page records the 1956 Dodd, Mead edition, the Bantam edition first published in July 1963, and this undated eighth Bantam printing.