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Enterprise Years: A Businessman in the Cabinet
by David Ivor Young
London: Headline Book Publishing, 1990. Inscription to half-title page. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 338pp. Lord Young's account of his ten year stint as Minister to Margaret Thatcher's Government when he assisted with Thatcher's effect on Britain.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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£4.95
Accidents of Fortune
by Devonshire, Andrew
Norwich: Michael Russell Publishing Ltd, 2004. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 127pp. Biography of Andrew, Duke of Devonshire of Chatsworth House, his career, politics, Kennedy connections, WWII in Italy and more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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£4.95
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises.
by GEITHNER, Timothy F
New York: Crown, 2014. Signed by Timothy Geithner, on a blank page following the front free endpaper. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Seattle Arts and Lectures program and ticket laid in. President of the Federal Reserve Bank 2003 - 2009. U. S. Secretary of the Treasury 2009 - 2013.
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£52.60
THOMAS MORE
by Sargent, Daniel
United Kingdom: Sheed & Ward. Good+. 1938. First Printing. Paperback. A Good First Printing Unicorn Books softcover without dustjacket. Book has slight creasing to faded spine, faded and lightly soiled covers with corner crease. Internally, owner's stamp inside cover, clean toned pages, slightly tanned to the text-block edges. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .
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£3.75
People In Glass Houses - Growing Up At Government House
by Lubbock, Adelaide
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. 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...
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£8.00
On A Clear Day
by Blunkett, David
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 1995. 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. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£7.00
Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty
by Baldwin Smith, Lacey
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Received with praise when first published, this provides an insightfull new portrait of an historical figure that everyone 'thinks' they know well. The common perception of Henry VIII is of a cruel, power-obsessed womaniser - he was that, plus much more. The author shows him to be very much a monarch of his times, confronting the political and social pressures that surrounded him, sometimes with good grace, sometimes...
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£4.00
Trotsky in Exile (Modern Plays)
by Weiss, Peter
Methuen & Co Ltd, 1971. Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked lightly rubbed boards and no bumping to corners. 126pp. Script for the play which covers the whole of Trotsky's life in politics from the Tsarist regime in 1902 to his death in exile in Mexico in 1940.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7.25 x 4.75 inches.
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£12.50
Living Faith.
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Times Books, 1996. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, green paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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£80.93
Anthony Blunt : His Lives (Signed By Author)
by Carter, Miranda
London: Macmillan, 2001. Signed by the author to title page. Very tiny marks to front end papers and page fore-edges. No inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with unmarked black cloth boards, slight loss to lower edge of very lightly creased spine and no bumping to corners. Tucked in are the dust flaps of jacket removed by previous owner. 590pp. Biography of spy, communist and respected surveyor of the Queen's paintings until he was unmasked by...
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£12.50
And the Horse He Rode in On : The People vs. Kenneth Starr..
by Carville, James
USA: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Hardcover. used-no dust jacket, otherwise excellent condition/None. And the Horse He Rode in On: The People vs. Kenneth Starr, published in 1998, is told from the viewpoint of author James Carville, the strategist for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. Longtime Carville observers know that his dislike of Kenneth Starr has been brewing since Starr was appointed to the independent prosecutor's office back in 1994 by a crony of ultraconservative Senator Jesse Helms to...
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£2.42
Jackie Milburn in Black and White : A Biography
by Kirkup, Mike
London: Stanley Paul, 1990. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing around upper front edge and minor traces of storage. 178pp. Biography of one of the most exciting football players of his generation in the 1950s who came from a miner's son in the North East to play for Newcastle United, winning them FA Cup after FA Cup and...
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£4.95
And the World Came HIs Way: Jesse Helms' Contribution to Freedom (2002)
USA: The Jesse Helms Center, 2002. Paperback. used-good condition except paper yellowing. 5x7.5. And the World Came His Way: Jesse Helms' Contribution to Freedom" (2002) by John Dodd with David Tyson, published by The Jesse Helms Center, provides an insightful exploration of the career and perspectives of Jesse Helms, a prominent conservative party leader and U.S. Senator. The book delves into Helms' contributions to the cause of freedom, offering a comprehensive look at his political journey and...
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£2.42
Sir Bob : The Autobiography of Sir Robert Thomas
by Thomas, Sir Robert
Glossop, Derbyshire: Senior Publications, 1984. No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 208pp. The story of the miner's son who follwed his father down the mine near Wigan, Lancashire before becoming a union officer and then a councillor for Manchester. He worked tirelessly for the city, was instrumental in the introduction of the...
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£4.95
Liberating Beauty Of Little Things : Decision, Adversity and Reckoning, Refugee's Journey from Prague to Cambridge (Signed By Author)
by Bradbrook, Bohuslava
Brighton, England: The Alpha Press, 2000. Inscribed by the author on half-title page. Also a little ink highlighting in the margin of some pages. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 102pp. The author tells of her escape from Czechoslovakia to England at the height of the Gold War. She describes the hardships and life without basic freedoms under Communism.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good...
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£10.00
The Trial and Execution of Charles I
by Cowie, Leonard W
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1972. Cloth. 0399110356 . Very Good condition that is aged and worn from the shelf in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket that is scuffed and worn around the edges; The Trial and Execution of Charles I by Leonard W. Cowie tells the story of the last days of Charles I, a monarch who was tried, convicted, and executed for treason in 1649. Cowie provides an in-depth look at the events that led up to the trial and the trial itself, as...
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£40.46
Taking It On The Chin: Memoirs of a Parliamentary Bruiser
by Lord Tom Pendry
London: Biteback Publishing, 2016. Book and jacket in mint unread condition.. 324pp. Surely one of the most colourful characters ever to have graced the Palace of Westminster, Tom Pendry has been a boxer, a bruiser and a scholar, whose political career as an agent, candidate, Labour MP and peer has spanned over sixty years. Full of revealing anecdotes and candid descriptions of colleagues, his memoirs throw new light on successive governments and great, epoch-making events, and are a mixture of...
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£12.50
The Road from Ardoyne: The Making of a President
by Ray Mac Manais
Dingle, Ireland: Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd, 2004. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with traces of storage. 399pp. Biography of Mary Robinson (Mary McAleese) who became the first Irish President to come from Northern Ireland.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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£10.00
Watergate
by West, Philip
London: Alternative News Service, 1973. Red ink side lines to a few paragraphs on first eight pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, slight foxing adjacent to front spine edge and to page edges and no bumping to corners. 90pp. The story of Richard Nixon and the Watergate conspiracy, starting with Nixon's political activities from 1946.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.5 x 5.75 inches.
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£8.25
Footprints of Calvin Coolidge
by Mary Sumner Brown
1st edition. Very Good softcover. Blue thin card cover with dark blue titles and central photo of Coolidge home. Clean covers with some fading along edges, all titles and text clear; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. 8vo, 22 pp; See, OCLC #7839778.
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£11.94
Breaking The Surface.
by LOUGANIS, Greg
New York: Random House, 1995. Signed by Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist for Diving: Greg Louganis. First edition / First printing. Turquoise cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Louganis is the second individual and the only male to sweep diving events in consecutive Olympics. Five Gold Medals in World Championships, Six Gold Medals in the Pan-American Games.
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£60.70
The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
by Chris Smith
Listed First edition November 2016, Book in excellent condition. Dust jacket has a small scar on top where price sticker was removed.For almost seventeen years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political satire, and opinionated news coverage. It launched the careers of some of today's most significant comedians, highlighted the hypocrisies of the powerful, and garnered 23 Emmys. Now the show's behind-the-scenes gags, controversies, and...
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£12.95
The Trials Of Lenny Bruce : The Fall And Rise Of An American Icon
by Collins, Ronald K. L. / Skover, David M
Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 2002. First Printing. Hard Cover. 562 pages: 6.25 x 9.25 in.: 2.6: KB#006483: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. With unopened One-Hour CD, which includes Lenny Bruce's notorious routines and excepts from Lenny's never-before-released secret trail tapes; narrated by Nat Hentof. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Printing Number Line (LB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). "Lenny Bruce’s words had the power to provoke...
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£28.33
Mao Tse-Tung: A Biography
by Payne, Robert
Pyramid Books, 1966. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Mass market paperback binding. Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973. 1st Pyramid Printing #N-1477
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£11.29
The Actor's Life: Journals 1956-1976.
by HESTON, Charlton
New York: Dutton, 1978. Signed facing the title page at the top of his portrait by Charlton Heston. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in about fine dust jacket. A handsome copy of this title. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ben Hur. From 1965-71, he served as the elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. Five-term president of the National Rifle Association (1998-2003).
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£101.16
