BRITISH POLITICS from Chilton Books

Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1879.. 1st book edition, reprinted from the 'Scotsman' Reports by the East and North of Scotland Liberal Association. . With an Appendix, Containing the Rectorial Address in Glasgow, and Other Non-Political Speeches. The Speeches Revised by the Author. Pp.255, owner's name to front free endpaper. Green pebbled cloth, gilt title to spine, boards rubbed, small… Read more about this item

Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1990.. 1st edition. A collection of essays on British politics. Includes such topics as "the future of the Labour Party, whether Thatcherism is Conservatism, the rise and fall of consensus politics, the role of the monarchy and the timing of general elections...(and) analyses of Enoch Powell, Tony Benn and Margaret Thatcher." Pp.xx/340, slight toning to… Read more about this item

London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd, 1933.. 2nd impression. Local Government in the 1930's. Contents include: I. Local Government Services; II. How Local Areas are Governed; III. London the Powerful; IV. Joint Boards and Committees; V. A Glance at History; VI. The "Ad Hoc" Theory; VII. Committees and their Relations; VIII. Brains in Committees; IX. Frank Co-Operation Wanted;… Read more about this item

Nottingham: The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Ltd., 1972.. 1st p/b ed. "A ripe and highly readable account." Pp. 243, owner's name to fep. P/b. G+.

London: Collins, 1961.. 1st ed. "This absorbing book, illustrated with several photographs, is one which should be read by everybody who is at all concerned in his country and how its affairs are run." Pp. 160, frontis, 7 b/w illustrations. Dark blue cloth, d/w slightly rubbed with minor edge chip. VG/G+.

Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1960.. 1st ed. Pp 24. P/b, slight creasing to spine and top corner of front cover. G+.

London: Bedford Square Press. 1981.. 1st ed. "Following the scenario laid out by the Wolfenden Committee, this study analyses in depth the role of voluntary organisations in the planning of welfare provision". Pp 216. P/b. G+.

Nottingham: Spokesman. 1997.. It is clear that the coalfields have not received a fraction of the monies promised in 1993. Local economics have suffered badly......This book examines some of the alternatives created by local people and some of the difficulties which they have experienced". Pp 112, 1 sketch map, compliment slip from the author loosely inserted. P/b. VG.

London:Conservative Political Group on behalf of the Bow Group,1962.. Rep. Pamphlet by the Bow Group advocating the future entry of Britain to the EEC. Contributors include: William Russell, Jock Bruce-Gardyne, John Macgregor, Patrick Jenkin, Robert Erith and Talbot Hainault. Unfortunately some pages in this booklet have not been printed. Pp.72, printing absent from pages 7,10-11,62-63,66-67. G.

Basingstoke: Marshall Pickering. 1988.. 1st ed. "Challenges the orthodoxies of all political parties and promotes an alternative which comes from neither Left nor Right. It transends party politics in advocating a new society of justice, equality and freedom". Pp 276, slight toning to pages. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, illustrated cover. G+.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1964.. 1st ed. "Arguing that a Welfare State is not a Welfare State unless it serves, first and foremost, the needs of the citizen, the author, who is the Professor of Social Science at Nottingham University, suggests that a twentieth-century concept is being neutralized by the nineteenth-century structure of our central and local administration". Pp 139, pages… Read more about this item

London: Conservative Political Centre, 1953.. 1st ed. Six studies. Pp. 72, marginal marks affecting pps. 10-15. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small closed tear and chipping. G/G+.

London: Grafton Books, 1990.. Rep. "To the public, parliamentary procedures may seem bewildering; he has therefore written a book which reveals exactly what they mean and why they enable laws to be made." 25.4cms. x 17.7cms. Pp. 10/225, 60 b/w illustrations & 8 pages of colour, 2 diagrams. Grey cloth, gilt title to… Read more about this item

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co., 1964.. 1st ed. "This book is about politics and politicians." Pp. 127/1 (ad), illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards, there is slight bubbling to laminate. VG/G+.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997.. 1st ed. "Both entertaining and instructive, 'The House of Lords' is a fascinating and delightful work of history." Pp. 21/298, 36 b/w illustrations, foundation plan of the Old Palace of Westminster drawn in 1807 to endpapers. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Glasgow : Collins, 1978.. 1st in this ed. Lord Hailsham's book has an unusual combination of a spiritual and philosophical Odyssey with some highly down to earth reminiscences about the law and politics." Pp.311, gift inscription to half-title, toning to pages. P/b, toning to spine G.+.

London: Junction Books. 1983.. 1st ed. "This collection of papers - many of them drawing on previously unpublished research findings - provides a lively and accessible survey of the parliamentary democracy". Pp 234. P/b. Slight sunning to spine. VG.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1959.. Gives the most comprehensive re-statement of the Conservative attitude since Lord Hugh Cecil's Conservatism in 1912". Pp 171. Toning to pages. Name to fep. P/b. G+.

West Drayton: Pelican Books, 1947.. 1st ed. Population trends in Britain and elsewhere. Pp. 286/1(ad). Toning and spotting to pages. P/b. G.

London:Gollancz,1965.. 1st ed. Pp.266,errata slip to title page, review request slip loosely inserted,light toning to endpapers. Blue cloth, yellow d/w rubbed with small loss to bottom of spine and owners name to inner fly. VG/G+.