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The Great Democracies

by Winston S. Churchill

Catalogued August 31, 2026

The Work

First published
1957
Original publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company

Drew's Copy

Edition
Bantam paperback edition
Printing
Seventh 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 cover rubbing, creasing, edge wear, corner losses, staining, and age-toned pages
English-Speaking PeoplesBritish HistoryAmerican HistoryNapoleonic WarsAmerican Civil WarVictorian EraNineteenth CenturyHistory

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 IV of Winston S. Churchill’s A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. The copyright page identifies the Bantam edition as first published in October 1963 and lists this copy as the seventh Bantam printing without a printing date. The cover identifies it as book R7084, complete and unabridged, with a price of $1.45.

Memories & Connections

Grandad’s library.

The fourth and concluding volume of Winston S. Churchill’s A History of the English-Speaking Peoples covers the nineteenth century, including the fall of Napoleon, the growth of British sea power and empire, the American Civil War, and the Victorian era.

Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of The Great Democracies
The front cover of Drew's inherited Bantam edition of The Great Democracies.
Back cover of Drew's copy of The Great Democracies
The worn back cover describes Churchill's history of the nineteenth century from the fall of Napoleon through the death of Queen Victoria.
Title page of Drew's copy of The Great Democracies
The title page identifies The Great Democracies as Volume Four of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of The Great Democracies
The printing-history page records the November 1957 Dodd, Mead edition, the Bantam edition first published in October 1963, and this undated seventh Bantam printing.