STRACHEY, JOHN

What Are We to Do?

London: V. Gollancz ltd, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. Dust jacket heavily chipped with tears and creasing, some soil to DJ, spine discolored. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Yellow Gollancz dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector with price on spine. ; 9.45 X 6.22 X 1.42 inches; 398 pages; In 1938, Great Britain finds itself in an odd position, the Great Depression is waning, the Spanish Civil War is on-going with socialists and communists fighting the right wing Franco followers in a precursor of WWII, Hitler is preparing to unleash his horrors upon Europe. Strachey takes a long and thoughtful look at position that the British Labour/Socialist movement is in and what it should do to grow. In retrospect it seems that through all the tumult of WWII, even with the great respect that the people of Great Britain for the leadership of Winston Churchill, in the first election after the war, the Labour Party won.. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 16946

Catalogue: Political Science::Socialism::Great Britain

Keywords: Labor, labour Great Britain Socialism

THOMAS, LEWIS H. (EDITOR)

The Making of a Socialist; the Recollections of T.C. Douglas

Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888640706. DJ shows edge wear, creasing, light soil, previous owner's stamp on front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. ; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 400 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 14667

Catalogue: Political Science::Socialism::Canada

Keywords: 0888640706 Tommy douglas NDP New Democratic Party CO-OPERATIVE commonwealth federation CCF Political Science

WILLANS, GEOFFREY & ROETTER, CHARLES

The Wit of Winston Churchill

London: Max Parrish, 1955. Third Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show some shelf wear, DJ has scuff mark on upper left front area, with some surface material missing. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 106 pages; "The humourous side of the great Winston S. Churchill, particularly his exchanges in the House of Commons. A well-researched book containing few of the more apocryphal comments so often attributed to Churchill. Illustrated throughout.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20497

Catalogue: Political Science::Winston Churchill

Keywords: Winston Churchill HUMOUR HUMOR HUMOR Political Science