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Going Rogue : An American Life
by Sarah Palin
Going Rogue An American Life by Sarah Palin, Harper Collins, hardback First edition 2009.Book by former vice presidential candidate Sarah palin. Book has Sarah palin Signed inside but I have no documentation of authenticity. The signature looks to be authentic, black signed and it has been verified that during her fund raising, she provided signed copies for donors of 100 or more... Dust Jacket and Book like new.
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£9.77
C. R. Ashbee : Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist
by Crawford, Alan
London: Yale University Press, 2005. Name/date to half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 499pp. Charles Robert Ashbee was one of the most significant figures in British artistic and cultural life around the start of the 20th century - as an architect, designer and social reformer. Inspired by the anti-industrialism of John Ruskin and William Morris, he started a craft...
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£50.00
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
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
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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£40.70
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
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
The Terrorist Prince: the life and death of Murtaza Bhutto
by Anwar, Raja
London: Verso, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Gripping inside account of Pakastani resistance organization Al-Zulfikar (in Urdu, 'The Sword'), set up in 1979 after the coup by General Zia-ul-Haq and the execution of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Rich in detail and atmosphere, as only an insider can portray it, it reads like a political thriller merged with the veracity of first-rate reportage. Size, 24 x 16cm, 241 pages. Ex-library, front endpapers removed, some library markings. Black cloth...
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£7.50
No Life of My Own: An Autobiography
by Chikane, Frank
London: Catholic Institute for International Relations, 1988. Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower front edge, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 177pp. Biography of a key South African community leader and the struggle against apartheid. Also covered is the fight of black Christians to resist racism in the churches.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good (+)....
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£7.75
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
Flight of the Avenger: George Bush at War
by Hyams, Joe
Boston: G.K.Hall, 1991. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good/good. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Good/Good. The wartime biopic of George Bush (Snr.), printed in LARGE TYPE. Bush enlisted in the Navy, aged just eighteen, right after the Pearl Harbour attack. He would go on to become a naval aviator, piloting his Avenger torpedo-bomber in action against the Japanese. A story told in vivid and compelling style. Size, 24 x 16cm, 256 pages, 4 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some...
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£4.00
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
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
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
Curzon : The End of an Epoch
by Mosley, Leonard
London: Readers Union, 1961. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to end papers and no bumping to very sharp corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little foxing to rear and small scratch to spine. 301pp. Biography of George Curzon, Viceroy of India and later British Foreign Secretary. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good (+). 7.75 x 4.75 inches.
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£8.25
Connecticut Congressman: Samuel Huntington, 1731-1796
by Gerlach, Larry R
Hartford, CT: The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut. Very Good; Covers lightly worn.. 1977. First Printing. Softcover. 0918676045 . Chronology, voting record, notes, notes on sources, and index. This biography is volume XX in the Connecticut Bicentennial series. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 142 pages .
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£36.63
Midnight Diaries
by Boris Yeltsin
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, indent to rear and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light rubbing/creasing to upper edge. 398pp. Boris Yeltsin's account of his tumultuous years as President of Russia, based on the diairies he maintained during this time.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.
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£10.00
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
Macmillan - 1894-1956 - Volume I of the Official Biography / Macmillan 1957-1986 - Volume II of the Official Biography
by Horne, Alistair
London: Macmillan, 1989. COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET. Volume I 1894-1956 - ISBN 0333276914 - A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. xix + 537 pages. 51 illustrations. Volume II - 1957-1986 - ISBN 0333496213 - A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small indentation to rear) with near Fine dustjacket. xvii + 741 pages. 60 illustrations. The crofter's grandson and the duke's son-in-law, the soldier and the scholar, the publisher and the MP, the bon viveur and the devout high churchman,...
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£30.00
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
The Pain and the Privilege - The Women in Lloyd George's Life
by Hague, Ffion
London: Harper Press, 2008. An As New copy with As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. xviii + 590 pages. 53 illustrations. First edition, First printing. David Lloyd George, the 'Welsh wizard' who became prime minister in 1916 and was subsequently hailed as the 'man who won the war', challenged, charmed and mystified the English establishment all his political life. He lived by his wits in both his public and private lives, attracting and fascinating women and loving them in...
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£12.00
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
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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£12.01
Proletarian Days: A Hippolyte Havel Reader
by Havel, Hippolyte; Jun, Nathan [Editor]; Pateman, Barry [Introduction];
AK Press, 2018-09-25. Paperback. Like New. Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Trade paperback. Like new.First edition. First printing. Full number line and/or stated 1st edition.
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£10.13
Selected Addresses of Governor Jack M. Campbell - State of New Mexico 1963-1966
by Campbell, Jack M
New Mexico. Spiral_bound. Good. Comb-bound softcover unstated edition and no copyright page. A good copy with the top tooth of the comb-binding broken off and a crack to the bind at the half-way mark - still solid. Sunning and discoloration to the upper portion of the cardstock covers. Interior is much better, clean and unmarked. A unique collection of this early '60s governor's speeches and addresses, most likely locally produced and published. 64 pp., unpaginated with 8 sepia tone photos...
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£20.35
