Аукцион Bidspirit | CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime - CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. T.L.S., with his initial W, and with holograph subscription, one page, 8vo, Hyde Park Gate, London, 5th December 1959, to [Norman] Brook. Churchill announces ‘I have been admiring the beautiful and original silver box which you gave me for my Birthday’ and thanks his correspondent for their kind thought. Churchill further adds a holograph sentence at the conclusion, ‘I treasure it greatly’. Annotated in pencil in an unidentified hand at the foot of the page indicating that the gift was a snuff box made by the Birmingham silversmiths Thropp & Taylor in 1810. VG £600-900