WINSTON CHURCHILL. A Tribute by Sir Robert Menzies K.T., C.H., Q.C., M.P. Given on the Occasion of the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, January 30, 1965.

Limited edition. Publisher's original red cloth with black and gilt monogrammatic label stamped to the upper board. Textured endpapers. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, lightly faded to the edges and spine. With light offsetting to the front pastedown, and very lightly spotted to the top edge of the text block. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. A lovely example.

Issued in an edition of 500 copies, with numbered copies 1-250 distributed "in the gift of the author" and numbered copies 251-500 reserved for friends of the publisher. This example is numbered 344 in black ink on the limitation page. Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Australia from 1939-1941 and again from 1949-1966. He remains the longest-serving prime minister in Australian history. Menzies was one of the twelve honorary pallbearers at the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill on 30th January 1965. Together with former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who both had known Churchill well, Menzies gave his eulogy after the funeral, speaking from the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. His touching tribute is published here.