Booth, Cherie

The Goldfish Bowl: Married to the Prime Minister 1955-1997

Fine condition. Chatto & Windus, 2004. First edition-3rd printing(4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the cover) with Dj(small scratches on the edge of the front Dj cover, small nick and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with light shelf wear on the edges, two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the second page of the book. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 329pp including List of illustrations, select bibliography, notes, index. Price un-clipped. Product Description: When your husband becomes Prime Minister, and the doors of No. 10 close behind you, every aspect of life is suddenly changed. This was what Cherie Booth discovered. Intrigued, Cherie and social historian Cate Haste set out to explore the experience of previous political generations since the 1950s. Were they prepared for their role, or were they taken by surprise? How did they deal with life at No. 10? How intrusive was the press, and how has this changed over the years? Based on personal interviews, diaries, letters, and the accounts of surviving spouses, families, close friends, and colleagues, this illuminating book explores the pressures and rewards of daily life in the goldfish bowl of No. 10 and Chequers. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780701176761

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Book number: 2529

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs : Irish

Keywords: blair boothcherie : 1955 1997 9780701176761

Booth, Martin

A Magick Life: A Biography of Aleister Crowley (Signed)

Near fine condition. Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. First UK edition-first printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). The book is Signed by the Author on the title page. Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, small nick and dent on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(small nicks, crease and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 516pp including List of illustrations, bibliography. Price un-clipped. A collectable signed first edition. Signed by Author. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780340718056

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Book number: 10393

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs

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Booth, Tony

What's Left? [Illustrated]

Fine condition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. First edition-first printing. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(two small nicks, scratch and crease on the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. The book is new with two small nicks on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the back of Dj cover. 216pp including Tony Booth's Family Tree, list of illustrations and index. Price un-clipped. Product Description nTony Booth didn't just hone his political skills arguing the toss with Alf Garnett. He was born in Liverpool, that hotbed of political activism; his uncle was close to Bessie Braddock, MP and de facto uncrowned monarch of the city; and he did his first canvassing (for Philip Voss, the beaten Labour candidate) at the age of 14 in the 1945 General Election. Throughout an incident-packed life, which includes a very cushy National Service in Paris where he became gigolo to a socialist and former resistance leader, a spell in the Merchant Navy, years in rep before sudden ‘overnight' stardom in Till Death Do Us Part, several marriages (including Pat Phoenix, the femme fatale of Coronation Street, who died of cancer) and an alcoholic lost decade, he has clung to the political principles instilled into him in his youth. These have brought him at various times into collisions with Hugh Gaitskill, Wilson, John Prescott and Gordon Brown, and lifelong friendships with the likes of Michael Foot and Tony Benn. n nNone of this, however, could have prepared him for the happenstance which led his daughter Cherie to fall in love with and marry the future Prime Minister. Tony Booth's position as Tony Blair's father-in-law has given him an uniquely privileged insight into the life of the nation's first political family. And he isn't shy of speaking his mind. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780297829461

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Book number: 3115

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature

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Boothroyd, Betty

Betty Boothroyd: Autobiography

Near fine/VGC. Century, 2001. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj(a couple of large creases, scratches and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with light shelf wear on the outer edges, a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 345pp including List of illustrations, index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. Near Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 9780712679480

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Book number: 5986

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs

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Borrows, Bill

Hurricane, The

Mint condition. Atlantic Books, 2002. First UK edition-first printing(9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Paperback(small nick on the edge of the cover)in mint condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. The book is new with a small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book, crease inside the pages. 368pp including index. Fine. ISBN: 9781843540694

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Book number: 1163

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs

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Borrows, Bill

The Hurricane: The Turbulent Life and Times of Alex Higgins

Near fine/VGC. Atlantic Books, 2002. First UK edition-first printing(9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine, small nick and dent on the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj(two watermarks on the inner and outer edges of the back Dj cover, small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark and nick on the outer edges, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the title page, crease and small nick on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book except for the watermarks inside the Dj cover. 376pp including Notes, index. Price un-clipped. Product Description: Born on a council estate in Belfast, Alex Higgins left school at 15. At 17 he won the Northern Ireland and All Ireland snooker championships, and turned professional when he was 20. In 1972, aged just 23, he became the youngest person ever to win the World Championship. He repeated this achievement in an emotional final 10 years later, in the process becoming the biggest box-office draw the game has ever known. Alex Higgins was a showman, gambler, comedian, bully, charmer and alcoholic. His antics - and ferocious temper - were legendary yet he was loved by millions. Now, dying of cancer, he has spent everything he has and divided his time between Manchester and Belfast, where he survives by playing #10 snooker matches in pubs. Bill Burrows has had unprecedented access to Higgins and reconstructs vividly the terrifying roller-coaster ride that is his life. Outrageous, gripping and ultimately, emotionally wrenching, this is the definitive account of one of the most charasmatic and self-destructive figures ever to appear in British sport. Near Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 9781903809914

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Book number: 2560

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs

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Bourke, Angela

Maeve Brennan: Homesick at The New Yorker

Mint condition. Jonathan Cape, 2004. First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nick and crease on the edge of the Dj cover), both in mint condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. 339pp including Author's note, list of abbreviations, permissions, notes, index. Price un-clipped. From Publishers Weekly: Bourke (The Burning of Bridget Cleary) writes a sensitive biography of writer Brennan, who came to the U. S. from Ireland as a teenager (her father was the first Irish ambassador to the U. S. ) and in 1949, in her early 30s, joined the New Yorker to write about women's fashion. Tiny, fiercely intelligent and impeccably groomed, Brennan was cherished by her colleagues. William Maxwell, a close friend, edited her stories--mainly fictionalized accounts of her Irish childhood, which he greatly admired--for the magazine. She also wrote a Talk of the Town column under the pseudonym The Long-Winded Lady. Yet behind the archly sophisticated persona, Bourke writes, was a fragile, alienated woman who, following a failed marriage to fellow writer St. Clair McKelway, drifted into an eccentric middle age and serious mental breakdown before leaving the New Yorker. She died in an obscure nursing home in 1993. Bourke, who teaches at University College, Dublin, draws a portrait rich in New Yorker history and modern Irish feminist history alike, one likely to do much to foster a new readership for Brennan's work. 8 pages of b&w photos. New/As New. ISBN: 9780224062602

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Book number: 1477

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Bower, Tom

Gordon Brown

Mint condition. HarperCollins, 2004. First edition-first printing. Black hardback(red lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nicks, creases and scratch on the Dj cover), both in mint condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, cartoons. The book is new with a small nick and ink mark on the outer edge of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 503pp including List of illustrations, source notes, index. Price un-clipped. First edition-first printing. Heavy book. Product Description: The gripping inside story of the complex and ambitious Chancellor of the Exchequer's time in power. Gordon Brown's arrival at the Treasury in May 1997 was greeted by a stampede--officials of every rank spontaneously rushed to the door to cheer the new incumbent, excited about the change. As Master of the New Era, Brown created a matrix of relationships across every Whitehall department, and extended his influence to every aspect of government activity. He has been behind the most important budgetary decisions of the past decade: the commitment to Private Finance Initiative, which would affect infrastructure from the London Underground to the NHS to state schools; the management of the Inland Revenue; the increase in taxes; and the demise of Britain's pension funds. Seven years after his arrival at the most powerful department at Whitehall, Brown is now a contender to be the next leader of the Labour Party, but despite extensive newspaper coverage of his activities, his personal agenda has not yet been investigated and described. In this gripping biography of the Chancellor, Tom Bower--author of the best-selling Broken Dreams--documents the rise to power of a driven and complex politician, exposing conflicts within the government and exploring how the repercussions of Brown's ambitions will affect the country for decades to come. As New/Fine. ISBN: 9780007175406

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Book number: 999

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs / Leaders

Keywords: 1951 Labour Party ( ) Politicians Finance ministers Biography Great Britain Politics and government 1997 & / 9780007175406

Bower, Tom

The Paymaster: Geoffrey Robinson, Maxwell and New Labour

VGC. Simon & Schuster, 2001. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted and yellow on the outer edges, mark on the edge of the first blank page of the book from a price sticker, small nick on the edge of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear. 264pp including Notes, index. Price un-clipped. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780743206891

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Book number: 2719

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs

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Bowler, David

U2: A Conspiracy of Hope

Near fine condition. Sigwick and Jackson, 1993. First edition-3rd printing(3 5 7 9 8 6 4). Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine, light shelf wear on the cover) with Dj(a couple of creases, nicks and scratch on the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with a small mark and ink mark on the outer edges, a couple of creases on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. 330pp including Author's note, U2 discography, sources. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780283061691

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Book number: 4224

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs : Entertainers

Keywords: U2: 9780283061691

Bowyer, Alison

Graham Norton Laid Bare

Near fine/VGC. SevenOaks, 2002. First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Pictorial hardback(small nick on the edge of the front cover) in near fine condition, with Dj( watermark inside the edge of the back Dj cover, a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC. Illustrated with colour photos. Nice and clean pages as new with two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book, light shelf wear inside the edges of the Dj cover. Nice and clean book except for the watermark inside the Dj cover. 256pp. Price un-clipped. Near Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 9781862001046

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Book number: 1006

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature

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Boycott, Geoff

Opening Up

Near fine condition. Arthur Barker, 1980. First UK edition-first impression. Large format red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small ink mark and nick on the cover) with Dj(small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with many b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with two small creases, nicks and ink marks on the edges of the pages. 181pp including The records of the One-day series and the Test series. Heavy book. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780213167608

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Book number: 5129

Catalogue: Biographies : Sports

Keywords: 9780213167608

Boycott, Rosie

Our Farm: A Year in the Life of a Smallholding

Fine condition. Bloomsbury, 2007. First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Tan hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks and scratch on the back cover) with Dj(some nicks, scratch and crease on the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with colour illustration inside the front and back cover, b/w drawings. The book is new with two small nicks on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 308pp including index. Price un-clipped. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780747588979

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Book number: 1794

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs

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Boyd, Andrew

Baroness Cox: A Voice for the Voiceless

Near fine condition. Lion Publishing, 1998. First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0). Cream hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents on the edges of the cover) with Dj(a couple of scratches, nicks and crease on the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, maps. Nice and clean pages with a couple ink marks and small mark on the outer edges, two small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. 447pp including Foreword, list of illustrations, appendix, index. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Heavy book. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780745937342

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Book number: 4361

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs : Historical

Keywords: Caroline Legislators Human Women human rights workers Great Britain Biography : 9780745937342

Boyle, Susan

The Woman I Was Born to Be

Fine/Near fine. Bantam Press, 2010. First UK edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1). Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) in fine condition, with Dj(two small creases, nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover) in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. The book is as new with a small ink mark and nick on the edges of the pages. 324pp including index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780593066942

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Book number: 5685

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs : Entertainers

Keywords: 9780593066942