EATWELL Roger

Fascism. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chatto & Windus,, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 39115

Catalogue: Political Economy0

Keywords: political economy, politics, fascism, fascists, hitler, mussolini, mosley, nationalism, eatwell, roger eatwell

ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE OFFICE, Ltd.

Memorandum and Articles of Association. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, Ltd.,, 1919. 8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A SCARCE SURVIVAL.

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Book number: 29510

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Keywords: political economy, insurance, assurance, ecclesiastical insurance office

EDEN Anthony

The Eden Memoirs. Facing the Dictators [with] The Reckoning [with] Full Circle. [Complete set.]. THE EDEN MEMOIRS COMPLETE

Cassell,, [1960-1965]. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition; original blue cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, backstrip of second volume a little dulled (but all lettering bright and clear), a very good, bright, clean set. One of the finest and most comprehensive British political memoirs of the twentieth century. The set comprises 'Facing the Dictators' (1962) covering Eden's early career to 1938; 'The Reckoning' (1965) covering WWII; 'Full Circle' (1960) covering the period from 1951. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.

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Book number: 48194

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Keywords: political economy, politics, anthony eden, eden memoirs, ww2, wwii, suez, appeasement

EDEN Anthony

The Eden Memoirs. Facing the Dictators [with] The Reckoning [with] Full Circle. [Complete set.]. THE EDEN MEMOIRS COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Cassell,, [1960-1965]. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, neat inscriptions on front free endpapers of second and third volumes; original blue cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), the wrapper of first volume with small loss at upper outer corner of front panel. One of the finest and most comprehensive British political memoirs of the twentieth century. The set comprises 'Facing the Dictators' (1962) covering Eden's early career to 1938; 'The Reckoning' (1965) covering WWII; 'Full Circle' (1960) covering the period from 1951. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47087

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Keywords: political economy, politics, anthony eden, eden memoirs, ww2, wwii, suez, appeasement

ELECTIONS. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. 1863 Act of Parliament

An Act to amend and continue the Law relating to Corrupt Practices at Elections of Members of Pakliament. WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS AT HEAD

Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,, 1863. Sm., folio, 3 leaves, with fine woodcut royal arms of Victoria on front cover; disbound, sewed as issued (extracted from bound volume), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. 26 Victoriae Cap 29, receiving Royal Assent on 8 June 1863.

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Book number: 9129

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Keywords: political economy, politics, parliament, elections, mps, acts of parliament, victoria

EWALD A.C.

The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield and his Times. [Complete Set].

William Mackenzie,, [1881]. 5 vols., 4to., First Editions, with 5 frontispieces and 25 fine portaits in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), all plates moderately damp-marked (but with little or no effect on engraved images), text near fine; strongly rebound in blue cloth to style, decorative gilt panel from original binding mounted on upper board of first volume, all original backstrips with decorative gilt extra laid down, all edges gilt, save the relatively inoffensive marginal damp-marks on plates a very good, bright, tight set.

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Book number: 5888

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FIELD Eric

Advertising. The Forgotten Years. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Ernest Benn,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, with illustrations and facsimiles in the text; original red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and with a few small nicks. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A brief history of the trade in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Includes many specimen ads (including 'Your Country needs…') and contemporary type founts. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 14765

Catalogue: Political Economy0

Keywords: political economy, advertising, marketing, typefaces, advsertisements, eric field, advertising agencies, e. field, political economy, advertising

GALBRAITH John Kenneth

The Affluent Society. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Houghton Mifflin, Boston MA,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition; original orange-red cloth, upper board and backstrip locked and lettered in silver and black, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Above average copy of one of Galbraith's most influential testaments, written long before the reality of today's consumer economies.

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Book number: 19902

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Keywords: political economy, economics, galbraith, jk galbraith, john kenneth galbraith

GALBRAITH John Kenneth

The Great Crash 1929. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Houghton Mifflin, Boston MA,, 1955. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, paste-downs lightly browned; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, small fade mark at head of backstrip else a very good, bright, fresh copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter wanting upper outer quarter of front panel, first half-inch of backstrip and with small marginal loss at upper edge of rear panel. The first edition of Galbraith's classic account is scarce.

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Book number: 19923

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Keywords: political economy, economics, galbraith, jk galbraith, john kenneth galbraith, 1929, stock market crash

GALBRAITH John Kenneth

The New Industrial State. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Houghton Mifflin, Boston MA,, 1967. 8vo., First Edition,; original tan cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt and brown, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately dust-soiled and frayed and chipped with minor loss at edges.

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Book number: 19887

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Keywords: political economy, economics, galbraith, jk galbraith, john kenneth galbraith

GARVIN James Louis

The Life of Joseph Chamberlain. Volumes 1-3 [of 4]. NEAR FINE COPIES IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Macmillan,, 1935-33-34. 3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 2 portrait frontispieces, plates and pedigrees, with copious pencilled marginal annotation in a neat scholarly hand; original red buckram, gilt backs, all near fine copies in unclipped dustwrapper. With the pictorial bookplate of Michael C Hurst on front paste-downs. Vol. I: 1836-1885. Chamberland and Democracy (third impression, 1935); Vol. II: 1885-1895 Disruption and Combat (first edition, 1933); Vol. III: 1895-1900. Empire and World Policy (first edition 1934). A fouth volume, not present here, covers the years 1901-1903. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 48233

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Keywords: political economy, politics, economics, history, chamberlain, joseph chamberlain, garvin, james garvin

HARVEY George

Henry Clay Frick. The Man. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Privately Printed, [Frick Collection, New York NY,, 1936]. 8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black; red cloth, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1928.

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Book number: 24519

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Keywords: henry clay frick, industry, industrialists, g. harvey, political economy, henry, clay, frick

HEALEY Edna

Coutts & Co 1692-1992. The Portrait of a Private Bank. STAFF COPY SIGNED WITH AL.s FROM CHAIRMAN

Hodder & Stoughton,, 1992. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and coloured pictorial endpapers; burgundy buckram, gilt back, a fine copy in burgundy board slip-case blocked and lettered in gilt. One of a number of copies specially bound for members of staff, with presentation bookplate signed by David Money-Coutts on blank preliminary, together with an A.L.s. from the Chairman to the same recipient and a relevant cutting.

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Book number: 30557

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Keywords: political economy, economics, finance, banking, banks, coutts, edna healey, david money-coutts

HESELTINE Michael

The Challenge of Europe. Can Britain win? SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Hodder & Stoughton,, [2000]. 8vo., First Edition, with diagrams in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE.

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Book number: 30325

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HIBBERT TRUST

The Book of the Hibbert trust. NEAR FINE COPY

Privately Printed,, 1933. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, neat signature on front paste-down; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 28873

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Keywords: politics, economics, education, hibbert trust, robert hibbert