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AKIHIKO, TANAKA.  The New Middle Ages: The World System in the 21st Century (LTCB International Library Selection : No. 12).
Tokyo, The International House of Japan. 2002. Hard Cover. English edition. Translated by Jean Connell Hoff, xx & 264 pages, figures, tables, notes, index. Written by Professor of International Politics, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo. In addition to its insights into the future of the world system, this book provides a rare glimpse into the views of a Japanese specialist on world politics, a welcome contribution, since few theoretical works on international relations written in Japanese have been translated into English. Fine/Fine.
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 US$ 20.83 | JP¥ 1852] Book number: 4766
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BERKMAN, ALEXANDER  ABC of Anarchism (Anarchist Classics)
London, Freedom Press. 2000. (ISBN: 0900384034) Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2000 reprint, introduction by Peter E.Newell, 112 pages, no previous owner markings. Very Good.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 | JP¥ 593] Book number: 6329
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BIRCHALL, IAN  Bailing Out the System: Reformist Socialism in Western Europe 1944-1985
London, Bookmarks. 1986. (ISBN: 0906224306) Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright pictorial cover, 288 pages, with notes, chronology, index, no previous ownership marks. Very Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 6678
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BRASHER, N.H.  Studies in British Government
London, Macmillan. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth, x + 177 pages, no previous owner markings; contents include: The Monarchy, the Supremacy of the Cabinet, Prime Minister and the Cabinet, Ministers and Civil Servants, the House of Commons - some procedural problems, Voting Systems, the House of Lords, problems in the Administration of Justice, Local Government, the Commonwealth, the Strengths and Weaknesses of the British Constitution; comments on further reading, index. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 6416
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CODDINGTON, ANN ET AL  The Moderniser's Dilemma: Radical Politics in the Age of Blair
London, Lawrence & Wishart. 1998. (ISBN: 0853158746) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii & 280 pages, notes, index; the sixteen essays in this collection were mainly given as papers and talks to discussions organised by the London-based group "Signs of the Times". Very Good.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 | JP¥ 593] Book number: 3572
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DAVIES, A.J.  To Build a New Jerusalem: The British Labour Movement from The 1880s to the 1990s
London, Michael Joseph. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718133943) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii & 344 pages, endpaper chart of organisations and parties, b/w photo illustrations, chronology, select bibliography, notes, index, pictorial dustjacket. The history of the British Labour Movement from the days of Keir Hardie through to the last decade of the 20th century. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 2.25 [Appr.: EURO 2.75 US$ 3.75 | JP¥ 333] Book number: 6017
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FOOT, MICHAEL  Dr.Strangelove, I Presume
London, Victor Gollancz. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0575066938) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 241 pages, appendices, notes, index. No previous owner name in bright unclipped dustjacket. Michael Foot looks back over 40 years of fighting the nuclear menace and surveys the world scene at the close of the 20th century as a warning of the continuing danger of building weapons of mass destruction. Fine/Fine.
GBP 3.45 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.75 | JP¥ 511] Book number: 2574
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FUENTES, CARLOS  A New Time for Mexico
New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1996. (ISBN: 0374221707) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No previous owner marks. Fuentes's bold and timely study discusses the origins and nature of the events that transformed Mexico's politics and society; 216 pages, translated from the Spanish. Fine/Fine.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 | JP¥ 593] Book number: 2550
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HOLLINGSWORTH, MARK  MPs for Hire: The Secret World of Political Lobbying
London, Bloomsbury. 1991. (ISBN: 0747510555) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In the light of claims that some Labour peers in the House of Lords were prepared to accept money to change legislation, this book on parliamentary lobbying contains much valuable background information; x + 206 pages, notes, references, index. No previous owner marks. As New/Fine.
GBP 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.25 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 6570
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JUDAH, TIM  Kosovo: War and Revenge
New Haven & London, Yale University Press. 2000. (ISBN: 0300083548) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx & 348 pages, 42 b/w photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index; detailed analysis of the origins of the Serb-Albanian conflict, based on extensive research, eyewitness reports and interviews with the leading protagonists. Fine.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 6236
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KIELINGER, THOMAS  Crossroads and Roundabouts: Junctions in German-British Relations
London, Sean Davies. 1997. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Produced for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London and The Press & Information Office of the Federal Government, Bonn. x & 268 pages, illustrations, selected bibliography, index. Bright covers, previous owner neat name. The book sets out to counter the caricatures and cliches on both sides of the Channel and to give a clearer picture of British-German relations past and present. Very Good.
GBP 8.55 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.24 | JP¥ 1267] Book number: 5070
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KORCHILOV, IGOR  Translating History: the Summits that Ended the Cold War as Witnessed by Gorbachev's Interpreter
London, Aurum Press. 1997. (ISBN: 1854105116) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No previous owner marks, blue cloth, 400 pages, 19 b/w photographs, index. For thirty years, Igor Korchilov interpreted for Russian leaders, starting with the archetypal hardliner, Andrei Gromyko, but it is Mikhail Gorbachev and the transformation that he brought about which dominate this book. Fine/Fine.
GBP 6.95 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.58 | JP¥ 1030] Book number: 2942
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LIVINGSTONE, KEN  Livingstone's Labour: A Programme for the Nineties
London, Unwin Hyman. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0044403461) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth, ix + 310 pages, bibliography, index. No previous owner marks in bright unclipped dustjacket. Ken Livingstone has been re-elected [2005] Mayor of London. Here is his political manifesto written in 1989, the idea for the book having originated in the aftermath of Mrs.Thatcher's third election victory; a coherent and carefully argued set of views on most vigorously debated issues of contemporary Britain. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 2.95 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.91 | JP¥ 437] Book number: 2305
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MADGWICK, P.J.  Introduction to British Politics: Second Edition
London, Hutchinson. 1979. (ISBN: 0091275016) Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No previous owner markings, 390 pages, list of books for further study, index; much material which could be of great assistance in contributing to an understanding of British government and politics. Very Good.
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.25 US$ 3.33 | JP¥ 296] Book number: 6565
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MARQUAND, DAVID  Parliament for Europe
London, Jonathan Cape. 1979. (ISBN: 0224017160) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright unclipped dustjacket, hardback, viii + 147 pages, notes, list of further reading, appendix (European and National Parties), index; no previous ownership marks. The change from a technocratic Europe to a Parliamentary Europe. Fine/Fine.
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 10.83 | JP¥ 963] Book number: 2397
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MITCHELL, AUSTIN & WIENIR, DAVID.  Last Time: Labour's Lessons from the Sixties.
London; Bellew Publishing, 1997.. F. Softback, 246 pages, appendix. Fine condition, no previous owner inscription. In 1964 a 'modernised' Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson, won power in a long delayed election victory. The book chronicles the triumphs and failures of the Labour governments of the sixties: the parallels between that time and the present are striking.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 2463
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PILKINGTON, COLIN  Issues in British Politics
London, Macmillan. 1998. (ISBN: 0333653270) Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright unmarked condition, reprint, x + 278 pages, bibliography, index. Provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the key political issues in Britain and their impact on the electoral and policy process. Fine.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 6476
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PLATE, THOMAS; DARVI, ANDREA  Secret Police: The Inside Story of an International Network
London, Robert Hale. 1982. (ISBN: 0709005598) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG+, no previous owner marks, bright unclipped dustjacket, xvi & 448 pages, extensive bibliography. Secret and semi-secret police organizations are shown with their various styles of arrest, surveillance, physical and psychological terror, and torture. Offers first-hand testimony from informed sources. Very Good/Fine.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 | JP¥ 593] Book number: 6293
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SHERRINGTON, PHILIPPA  The Council of Ministers: Political Authority in the European Union
London, Pinter. 2000. (ISBN: 1855677210) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x + 213 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. A detailed account of the way in which business is really conducted in this most secret of institutions, demonstrating that the Council of Ministers remains the ultimate decision-maker in the European Union. An excellent text for students of European integration and public policy. As New.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.5 | JP¥ 1111] Book number: 3514
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KILROY-SILK, ROBERT.  Hard Labour: The Political Diary of Robert Kilroy-Silk.
London; Chatto & Windus, 1986.. VG/VG. Hardback, 8vo, 176 pages, index. Very good, no previous owner name, slight page edge tanning, in near fine bright dustjacket (price clipped). The story of Robert Kilroy-Silk's battle for re-selection to his own parliamentary seat against the machinations of the Militant Tendency within the Labour party in the mid-1980s. A controversial figure, he paints a fascinating picture of life at Westminster. Update: Kilroy-Silk is currently a candidate in the June 2004 European Union election, standing for the UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party).
GBP 5.45 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.08 | JP¥ 808] Book number: 4033
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STEEL, DAVID.  A House Divided: The Lib-Lab Pact and the Future of British Politics.
London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980.. VG/F. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, viii + 200 pages, appendices, index. Embossed on ffep : Ex-Libris S.J.P.Daley. Very good indeed in fine dustjacket.
GBP 5.45 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.08 | JP¥ 808] Book number: 2716
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URBAN, G.R. (EDITOR)  Stalinism: Its Impact on Russia and the World
Aldershot, Wildwood. 1985. (ISBN: 0704505169) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright condition, no previous owner marks, 454 pages, index. George Urban conducted discussions with ten men who either new or worked with Stalin, experienced Stalinism at first hand, or are among the leading scholars of these subjects. Wide-ranging and penetrating. Very Good.
GBP 5.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.91 | JP¥ 882] Book number: 5578
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