Author: THOMAS, GEORGE
Title: George Thomas, Mr Speaker - the Memoirs of Viscount Tonypandy
Description: London, Guild Publishing. 1985. (ISBN: 0712607064). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. Thomas, a coalminer's son from Tonypandy in Wales, was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 1976, the year Harold Wilson resigned as Prime Minister and Jeremy Thorpe resigned as Liberal leader. His moving memoirs provide great insight into the political world of Britain as well as his life and political career. 63 photographs. NOT EX LIB 22. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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