28th Apr, 2022 10:00

Fine Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 41
 

Churchill: Great Contemporaries. Inscribed.

Churchill (Winston S.)

Great Contemporaries, first edition, inscribed on half-title, 'To Maxine from Winston October 1937', original blue cloth, slightly faded and marked, some light foxing in places throughout text, 8vo,1937.

*** Born Jessie Dermott on February 5, 1868. She adopted her stage name Maxine Elliott in 1889, making her first appearance in 1890 in The Middleman. Successful in business and investment, Elliott had homes in America, England, and France. A photograph of Winston Churchill (accompanied by his wife, Clementine) working on an oil painting on the grounds of one of her houses, Hartsbourne Manor, in England. In 1932, she built le Château de l'Horizon near Juan-les-Pins. There she entertained guests that included Churchill, Lloyd George, and Vincent Sheean. Elliott died on March 5, 1940, in Cannes, France, a wealthy woman, at the age of 72

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