CHURCHILL, Winston S

Marlborough, His Life and Times [INSCRIBED] [OFFERED WITH] A.L.S. from Clementine Churchill, an A.N.S. from Clementine and additional Churchilliana

London: George G. Harrap, 1949. Reprint. [PRESENTATION COPY] Two volumes; pp. 1050; 1078 : specially bound in quarter red morocco over grey cloth boards : lettered in gilt to spine : t.e.g. : Volume I INSCRIBED, "To Geoffrey Hale from Winston S. Churchill 1955" (on the recto of the frontispiece) : Volume II INSCRIBED, "From Winston S. Churchill 1955" (on first blank) : autograph letter SIGNED from Clementine Churchill to, "My dear Doctor Hale" expressing her gratitude, "for all you did for my sister, not only during her last illness, but also for many years." (Chartwell, 13 February, 1955) : two Christmas cards from Winston and Clementine Churchill (one with autograph note from Clementine), and an invitation and order of ceremony for the presentation to Churchill on his 80th birthday, Westminster Hall, 30th November 1954 (plus envelope). Item #15544

“…your name was often on her lips; and as her sister I know that you must have given her far more than your professional skill and attention. She was so warm and human, and also a little wayward that I fear sometimes she may have tried your patience.” — Dame Clementine Spencer-Churchill, February 1955.

The letter addressed to Doctor Hale is to thank him for his care of Clementine's younger sister Nellie Romilly (nee Hozier), who passed away on the 2nd February, 1955. Nellie is described in the note as sometimes "wayward" and Clementine suggests she may have tried the good doctor's patience, but nevertheless his name "was so often on her lips".
The letter acknowledges that Doctor Hale offered Nellie “far more than your professional knowledge and skill” and that Winston has signed the two volumes in the “hope that you will keep them in your library, and when you look at them you will remember our gratitude.”
A lovely example of Clementine Churchill’s thoughtfulness and grace, even in the depths of her own personal loss: the letter is dated ten days after Nellie’s death.

Price: $25,000.00