CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Step by Step 1936-1939. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1939. 8° (217 x 139mm). Half-title, folding map of Europe at end, borders printed in red, full-page map in the text. (Folding map lightly creased at folds and with very faint scattered spotting.) Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper side stamped in blind (extremities very lightly rubbed and faintly marked). Provenance: Winston S. Churchill (presentation inscription to:) -- Mary ('Mollie') Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1900-1993).

CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Step by Step 1936-1939. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1939. 8° (217 x 139mm). Half-title, folding map of Europe at end, borders printed in red, full-page map in the text. (Folding map lightly creased at folds and with very faint scattered spotting.) Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper side stamped in blind (extremities very lightly rubbed and faintly marked). Provenance: Winston S. Churchill (presentation inscription to:) -- Mary ('Mollie') Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1900-1993).

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR in the month of publication, June 1939. Step by Step gathers Churchill's weekly commentaries for the Evening Standard, which had been widely read throughout Europe in syndication. Woods A45.