BLUNKETT, DAVID

On a Clear Day

London, Michael O'Mara Books. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854797417). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. More than a political biography it is the blind politician's story of overcoming disability in which he talks about the good times and the bad. An inspiring and often hilarious account of beating the system by a man and a dog. NOT EX LIB C3B. Fine/Near Fine.

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BROWN, COLIN

Fighting Talk - the Biography of John Prescott

London, Simon and Schuster. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0684817985). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with dustjacket which is price clipped. viii + 344 pages. 33 illustrations. The biography, sanctioned by Prescott, who allowed the author many interviews and to research in his loft. The Labour Party Deputy Prime Minister notorious for his outspoken views, nicknamed 'Thumper' and 'Rambo', is presented in a no punches pulled fascinating and entertaining biography. NOT EX LIB C3B. Fine/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Labour Party, Deputy Prime Minister, Tony Blair 0684817985

BUTLER, MOLLIE

August and Rab - a Memoir

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297791478). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG+ unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A captivating memoir which describes an unusually full and adventurous life, shared for the most part with two famous men; the Arctic explorer August Courtauld and the stateman R.A. (Rab) Butler. Mollie Montgomerie became engaged in 1930 to her childhood friend August Courtauld, their honeymoon was spent camel trekking in the remote Sudan, and she was one of the first women to visit eastern Greenland and raised six children. Following the death of her first husband she married Rab Butler, whose late first wife was Sydney Courtauld. 30 illustrations. NOT EX LIB C3D. Very Good/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Biography, August Courtauld, Rab Butler, Greenland, Sudan, English Politicians 0297791478

HAGUE, FFION

The Pain and the Privilege - the Women in Lloyd George's Life

London, Harper Press. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780007219490). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. xviii + 590 pages. 53 illustrations. First edition, First printing. David Lloyd George, the 'Welsh wizard' who became prime minister in 1916 and was subsequently hailed as the 'man who won the war', challenged, charmed and mystified the English establishment all his political life. He lived by his wits in both his public and private lives, attracting and fascinating women and loving them in return. For 30 years it was an open secret that, in all but the legal sense, he had two wives, and in this impressively researched and sympathetic account, based on thousands of original documents and letters, Ffion Hague explores the lives of the women who loved Lloyd George. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.985 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4A. As New/As New.

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Sonstige Stichworte: David Lloyd George, Margaret Owen, Frances Stevenson, Mair Eluned Lloyd George 9780007219490

HAILSHAM, LORD OF ST. MARYLEBONE

A Sparrow's Flight - the Memoirs of Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone

London, Collins. 1990, First. (ISBN: 0002155451). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small mark to front and a crease to spine) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 463 pages. 34 illustrations. Lord Hailsham was one of the most widely respected figures in British politics and was the longest serving Lord Chancellors of the century, an office he held with immense distinction. The memoirs reflect on the nature of that office and what he achieved during his tenure of it. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.02 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 16. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Quintin Mcgarel Hogg, Viscount Hailsham, Lord Chancellor 0002155451

HATTERSLEY, ROY

A Yorkshire Boyhood

London, Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0701126132). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on red boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front endpaper and a little light foxing to top edge and endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some light foxing to inner flaps and is price clipped. 15 illustrations. 'It was not until he was dead and I was 40 that I realised my father was once in Holy Orders', Roy Hattersley tells us in the opening pages of his childhood memoirs; so setting the tone for an elegant, continually surprising essay of unusual wit, eloquence and candour. NOT EX LIB 14. Very Good/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Sheffield in the 1930's 0701126132

HEALEY, DENIS

The Time of My Life

London, Michael Joseph. 1989, First. (ISBN: 0718131142). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 607 pages. 52 illustrations. The memoirs of a leading politician and also the autobiography of a splendid Englishman who is liked and admired across the political spectrum. Healey has witnessed the great changes that have taken place in Britain since the war, and often taken a decisive hand in them. From Attlee and Bevan through to Mrs. Thatcher it has not only been the political landscape that has been transformed as town and country bore witness to the great social, technological, and demographic revolutions. His wide-ranging intelligence brilliantly counterpoints the pace and change and ranges further, into literature, art, music, and his speciality, photography. NOTE - A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.125 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 4. Fine/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Political Memoirs, British Politicians, Biography 0718131142

HORNE, ALISTAIR

Macmillan - 1894-1956 - Volume I of the Official Biography / Macmillan 1957-1986 - Volume II of the Official Biography

London, Macmillan. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333276914). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET. Volume I 1894-1956 - ISBN 0333276914 - A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. xix + 537 pages. 51 illustrations. Volume II - 1957-1986 - ISBN 0333496213 - A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small indentation to rear) with near Fine dustjacket. xvii + 741 pages. 60 illustrations. The crofter's grandson and the duke's son-in-law, the soldier and the scholar, the publisher and the MP, the bon viveur and the devout high churchman, Harold Macmillan is perhaps the most complex and fascinating political figure of the 20th century. The distinguished historian Alistair Horne had the unique advantage of extensive interviews with Macmillan himself, together with exclusive access to his copious and unpublished diaries, letters and private papers, revealing the real Macmillan behind the showman. Remembered today as 'Supermac', Britain's most urbane and unflappable statesman, responsible for the Tory revival after the Second World War, and the one Minister with the courage to force Churchill to resign. A seminal work of biography and also a notable contribution to the history of our time. PLEASE NOTE - A HEAVY SET OF 2.5 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 21. Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Harold Macmillan, Tory Statesman, Suez, Cold War, Khrushchev, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Cuba Crisis, Charles de Gaulle, Neville Chamberlain 0333276914

LEAPMAN, MICHAEL

Kinnock

London, Unwin Hyman. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0044400063). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A biography of Neil Kinnock who was elected leader in 1983 of the party, which was soon engulfed in problems from a miners' strike, rebellion by local councils and the rise of the 'Loony Left'. Yet by 1987 Labour was regularly achieving 38% in opinion polls and from a party split by disputes between right and left, Kinnock had welded together a force with a real chance of coming to power. The author has followed Kinnock's career, interviewed associates, advisers, friends and enemies and constructs a vivid and exciting analysis of his skill and purpose, a compelling study of the man. NOT EX LIB C3B. Fine/Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Labour Party 0044400063

LEWIS, RUSSELL

Tony Benn - a Critical Biography

London, Associated Business Press. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0852272111). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A critical account of Benn's life and long and sometimes controversial political career. NOT EX LIB B2B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0852272111

LUBBOCK, ADELAIDE

People in Glass Houses - Growing Up at Government House

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0241100593). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White title on red boards which have some shelf wear to bottom, internally very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete and has a little wear to spine head and tail. Based on the diaries of Lady Stanley, wife of Sir Arthur Stanley, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 1914 by her daughter, Adealaide. Rare insights into the private and public life of a vice-regal household, irreverent observations on politics, dignitaries, the arts, religion and World War I, spiced with anecdotes of famous guests. NOT EX LIB A1D. Very Good/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0241100593

MAUROIS, ANDRE

Disraeli - a Picture of the Victorian Age

London, John Lane. 1935. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Marbled paper boards on black cloth with gilt title which have wear to spine head and tail. Internally clean, tight and umarked. A Good+ copy,Translated by Hamish Miles. Portrait from a photograph of Lord Beaconsfield (Disraeli) of 1878 to frontispiece. With bibliography. 1. Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: English Politicians, Disraeli

PARRIS, MATTHEW

Chance Witness - an Outsider's Life in Politics

London, Viking. 2002. (ISBN: 0670894400). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xix + 503 pages. 40 illustrations. Shortly after university and a spell at the Foreign Office and having decided not to become a spy, Matthew Parris applied to London Transport for an apprenticeship as a diesel fitter and was turned down. He decided to try his luck as a Conservative Party candidate - buoyed by an award from the RSPCA - presented by an incredulous Mrs. Thatcher - for rescuing a drowning dog from the River Thames, Parris beat Peter Lilley and Michael Howard to stand for the West Derbyshire constituency, and spent seven years in the House of Commons. His book is a surprising and eccentric story, sometimes funny and always entertaining, of a life lived in and around politics, by a writer once described by Alan Clark as the political commentator with 'the clearest pen and the most fastidious sense of quality'. Later they fell out, Parris accusing Clark of falling asleep in the Commons chamber and Clark calling Parris 'an absolute shit'. He of course provides insight into many politicians. NOT EX LIB A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.00 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST L. Fine/Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Political Commentators, Journalist, Parliamentary Sketchwriter, Spectator Columnist 0670894400

ROUTLEDGE, PAUL

Madam Speaker - the Life of Betty Boothroyd

London, Harper Collins. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 000255531x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on black boards which has one dent to lower front else clean, uninscribed and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete. The extraordinary and inspiring life of the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons, from humble beginnings as the only child of an impoverished textile working couple in the Pennine town of Dewsbury, an adventurous career as a dancer and a 'Tiller' girl, secretary to Barbara Castle and her progression through politics in the Labour party. 26 photographs. B2D. Very Good/Very Good.

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ROUTLEDGE, PAUL

Madam Speaker - the Life of Betty Boothroyd

London, Harper Collins. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 000255531x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with price clipped dustjacket. The extraordinary and inspiring life of the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons, from humble beginnings as the only child of an impoverished textile working couple in the Pennine town of Dewsbury, an adventurous career as a dancer and a 'Tiller' girl, secretary to Barbara Castle and her progression through politics in the Labour party. 26 photographs. B2D. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Biography, English Politicians 000255531x