Resultados de búsqueda: Biography - politics from Godley Books

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1921. Inscribed on half-title page by Katharine Bruce Glasier (the author's wife) in 1922. No other marks. No creasing to covers or to slightly sunned spine. Very clean very tight pages with slightly rubbed unmarked card boards and no bumping to corners. 173pp. A biographical account of William Morris, being reminiscences of Morris's work as a propagandist, and observations on his character and genius, with some account of the persons and circumstances of the early Socialist agitation.. Signed by Author's Wife. First Edition. Card Covers. Very Good. 7.25 x 5 inches.

London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, 1978. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards with irregular sunning and no bumping to corners. 301pp. William Gallacher was a founder member of the British Communist Party, MP for West Fife from 1935 to 1950 and this famous autobiography covers his early years in the Social Democratic Federeation, the time of revolutionary struggles in the Workers and Soldiers Councils on Clydeside during World War I and his 1920 meeting with Lenin.. Soft Cover. Very Good (+). 8.5 x 5.25 inches.

London: Writers and Readers Ltd, 1980. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 174pp. An introduction to Trotsky from his birth in 1879 in Russia to his assassination in Mexico in 1940. This part cartoon part text account explains his theories and his legacy.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8.25 x 5.5 inches.

London: Macdonald & Co, 1983. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine. 176pp. Biography of American President John Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 10 x 7.5 inches.

London: William Collins, 2014. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with traces of creasing to upper and lower edges and long repaired tear down front edge. 432pp. Biography of Santiago Carrillo who became secretary general of the Spanish Communist Party by 1960, was a hero of the long struggle against Franco and by the time of his death in 2012 was a national treasure of Spain.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

The Editor, 2009. No 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. 24pp. Booklet of the Memorial Service celebrating the life of Peter Townsend, St Martins in the Fields, November 2009. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.. Soft Cover. Fine. 11.75 x 8.25 inches.

London: Century Publishing Co, 1985. Inscribed by author to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. 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 very minor traces of storage. 242pp. An earlier Speaker of the House of Commons was George Thomas who served in the role from 1976 to 1983. In this account he tells his story.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

Padstow: Tabb House, 1990. 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. 222pp. Biography of Sir William Molesworth (1810-1855) who, although he owned extensive properties in Cornwall and Devon, was a Member of Parliament who fought for the rights of people - for extension of the ballot,, for national education, repeal of the Corn Laws, abolition of transportation, self-government for the colonies and a defence of all religions.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

London: The English Universities Press Ltd, 1942. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with clean cream front and rear, slightly sunned spine, and a few nicks and chips to edges and corners. Now protected in a fully-removable transparent sleeve. 324pp. Biography of Kurt von Schuschnigg, the last Chancellor of free Austria before it was absorbed within Germany in the 1930s. Scarce with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Very Good. 9 x 6.25 inches.

London: Guild Publishing, 1988. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light creasing to upper front edge. 386pp. An authoritative biography of Bonnie Prince Charlie which throws new light on the life of this legendary figure. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked navy cloth boards, foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tiny tears and nicks to edges and a little rubbing. Now protected in a fully-removable transparent sleeve. 191pp. An account of the story of Burgess and Maclean, the British diplomats who were spys for the Russians, including the story of their previous lives.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8 x 5.25 inches.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, Inc, 1996. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little rubbing to front. 181pp. The grandaughter of Israeli politician Yitzhak Rabin reflects on her life and on the key role which her grandfather played in it and on the world stage.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 7.75 x 5.25 inches.

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.

London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1974. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny nicks to upper edge and minor foxing to spine. 256pp. A study of the man at the centre of the web of corruption and intrigue during the later years of Lloyd George as Prime Minister of Great Britain.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

London: Nisbet & Co Ltd, 1918. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. A clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, dusty page edges and very minor bumping to corners. 320pp. Biography of Liberal MP Spencer Leigh Hughes, who represented Stockport for the rest of his life. He wrote for the Morning Leader for a number of years under the pseudonym 'sub rosa'. A few illustrations. Very scarce in the UK.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (+)/No Jacket. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

Halifax, West Yorkshire: Ryburn Publishing, 1992. 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 minor traces of storage. 336pp. E. J. Harding was secretary to the Dominions Royal Commission from 1912 to 1917. Here are set out his private letters to his parents and sister illustrated with over 100 contemprary postcards and photographs as he travelled to New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Newfoundland and Canada over those years.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.75 x 6.75 inches.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1982. No marks or inscriptions. 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 with light creasing to upper edge and general traces of storage. 224pp. The great events and stories which are held within the walls of No 10 Downing Street, with the author covering Robert Walpole who was Britain's first Prime Minister and who moved into No 10 in 1735 and William Pitt the younger, the Duke of Wellington, William Ewart Gladstone, Herbert Henry Asquith, David Lloyd George and James Ramsay Macdonald. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

London: The Harvill Press, 2001. Appears unread. No 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. 244pp. The missing historical part of one of the heroes of the Cuban Revolution who vanished and eventually surfaced in the newly independent Congo.. Soft Cover. Fine. 7.75 x 5 inches.

London: Allen Lane, 2006. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 375pp. This account describes the continuation of Margaret Thatcher's political legacy under John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, even though the last two were supposedly left-leaning politicians.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

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.