By Royal Appointment: Tales From The Privy Council - The Unknown Arm Of Government (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DAVID ROGERS)
by Rogers, David
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1849548560
- ISBN 13
- 9781849548564
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About This Item
London: Biteback, 2015. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DAVID ROGERS, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'Adam,/Best wishes and/many thanks/David'. The Privvy Council is a centuries-old institution - yer, for an entity with such extensive influence over Britain's history we know little about it. What exactly does ir do? To whom is it accountable? Just how much power does it hold over us? Traditionally an advisory body to the soveriegn, the Privy Council's chequered past is full of scandals and secrecy, plots and counterplots - its reach continues to extend into both parliamentary and public life. With Appendices, Bibliography and Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DAVID ROGERS. . Presentation Copy Inscribed & Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.
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- Greystone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19640
- Title
- By Royal Appointment: Tales From The Privy Council - The Unknown Arm Of Government (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DAVID ROGERS)
- Author
- Rogers, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1849548560
- ISBN 13
- 9781849548564
- Publisher
- Biteback
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Privy Council. Government. Royal Charter. British Constitution. Politics. Political History. History. Politics. Parliament.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics;
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Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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