Oblong quarto. 207pp, [1]. Original publisher's gilt decorated orange cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed to extremities, else a fine presentation copy, inscribed by the author to 'Jane, with all my good wishes'.

An excellent association copy of a painstakingly compiled and beautifully illustrated study of the Riviera paintings of Winston Churchill. Despite his manifold political responsibilities, Churchill painted over 600 canvasses; of these, more than 150 were painted whilst he holidayed on the Cote d'Azur.

Provenance: From the library of Lady Jane Williams [née] (1929-2023), Winston Churchill's personal secretary between 1949 and 1955 who accompanied the Prime Minister in 1952 to meet the young Queen Elizabeth II, returning from Kenya, on her first appearance in Britain after the death of her father King George VI. Her responsibilities included the painstaking ordering of Churchill's paints.