WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 5 MAY 2018 AT 11AM 144 Sir Winston Churchill, a cigar given to his publisher, Sir Newman Flower. An unsmoked Don Joaquin Habana cigar, in a cedar single-cigar-box the sliding lid with typed label, ‘Cigar given to me by Sir Winston Churchill at the luncheon we gave him, and over which I presided, after he laid the foundation Stone of Cassells (sic) new building. April 23. 56.’ and signed in black pen, Newman Flower. The cigar 6.50in. (16.5cm) Provenance: By descent from Sir Newman Flower’s widow, Beatrice (née Downes). Sir Walter Newman Flower (1879-1964) was an English publisher and author. He transformed the fortunes of the publishing house Cassell & Co, and later became its proprietor. Under Flower’s Cassels published Churchill’s ‘History of the English Speaking Peoples’ and ‘The SecondWorldWar’, his two most commercially successful works. Estimate €1,000-€1,500 approx (£870-£1,310 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 144