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HAROLD WILSON
Written by Ben Pimlott.
Stock no. 1831456
Published by BCA. 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. Harold Wilson is one of the most enigmatic personalities of recent British history. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 811 pages. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Text block a little grubby. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

THAT MAN: AN INSIDER'S PORTRAIT OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Written by Robert H. Jackson; John Q. Barrett; William Edward Leuchtenburg.
Stock no. 1831452
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An intimate memoir which reveals Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency through key events like Court-packing and aiding Britain, while showing his personal side during poker games and breakfast meetings. Edited and introduced by John Q. Barrett with a foreword by William E. Leuchtenburg. Black cloth spine with green foil title, grey paper boards. B/w photos. xxviii and 290 pages including index. ISBN: 0195168267. Minor damp mottling to cloth spine, light browning to text block, else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

ROBERT HARLEY, PURITAN POLITICIAN
Written by Angus McInnes.
Stock no. 1831450
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Robert Harley was prime minister of Great Britain in the early years of the eighteenth century. He was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as an earl in 1711. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as Lord High Treasurer, effectively Queen Anne's chief minister. He has been called a prime minister, although it is generally accepted that the de facto first minister to be a prime minister was Robert Walpole in 1721. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 0575005211. A few minor marks to rear board, browning to top edge of spine. Foxing to text block. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and browned.

CALLAGHAN: A LIFE
Written by Kenneth O. Morgan.
Stock no. 1831446
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Jim Callaghan. Starting in humble circumstances and then moving into trade union office and parliament at a young age, he went on to hold all the major offices of state: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and, for three tumultuous years, from 1976 to 1979, Prime Minister. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w plates. xvi and 800 pages including index. ISBN: 0198202164. Couple of minor marks to rear board. Light shelf-rubbing to base of spine. Text block a bit grubby. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE - THE LIFE OF THE GREAT ANTI-SLAVE TRADE CAMPAIGNER
Written by William Hague.
Stock no. 1331308
Published by Harper Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The extraordinary story of a politician who shunned all honours, titles and ministerial positions, yet became on of the most influential Britons in history. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 582 pages. Colour and b/w plates. ISBN: 9780007228850. Spine slightly bumped. Small, light mark to rear cover. Top edge of textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

LORD ABERDEEN - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Muriel E. Chamberlain.
Stock no. 1331307
Published by Longman Group Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. 583 pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 0582504627. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Hugh Brogan.
Stock no. 1831417
Published by Profile Books Ltd.. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the greatest political thinkers of all time. Born a French aristocrat, he lost nearly his entire family in the Reign of Terror, and he spent most of his adult life struggling for liberty under the unsuccessful regimes of nineteenth-century France. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Cream pictorial endpapers, a few b/w plates. 724 pages including index. ISBN: 9781861975096. Light shelf wear to base of spine. Text block browned and has a few minor marks. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and is lightly scuffed.

CHARLES, EARLY GREY ARISTOCRATIC REFORMER
Written by John W. Derry.
Stock no. 1331239
Published by Blackwell Publishers. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A penetrating and lucid biography of one of the most influential parliamentary reformers on the 19th century. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 227 pages. ISBN: 0631165223. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription in ink to front free-endpaper and also a flat-signed signature to title-page. Cover edges are slightly dusty. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is crease and faded at edges and spine.

ATTLEE
Written by Kenneth Harris.
Stock no. 1331238
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A full and revealing account of Attlee's personal and political life. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 630 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0297779931. Spine bumped. Name, address and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby with light foxing. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly browned to spine.

NELSON MANDELA: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Martin Meredith.
Stock no. 1831332
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. Circa 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This biography does not only describe Nelson Mandela's experiences and suffering under the minority white Nationalist Party rule but goes back even further. The author goes into incredible detail about Mandela's tragic past,his imprisonment and acquittal during the infamous Treason Trial of 1956 which lasted five years. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. viii and 596 pages including index. ISBN: 0241136288. Light vertical reading crease to spine. Light damp mottling to top of boards. Text block a little grubby. Photos printed on glossy paper have become stuck together by damp (can be prised apart with some surface paper loss). Orange dustwrapper is faintly sunned to spine and is just a little scuffed.

JOHN MAJOR THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by John Major.
Stock no. 1331095
Published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the most personal and revealing autobiographies every written by a former British Prime Minister. Black boards, gilt title to spine Blue endpapers. 774 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 0002570041. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and grubby marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

ANDREW MARVELL THE CHAMELEON
Written by Nigel Smith.
Stock no. 1331086
Published by Yale University Press. 1st PB 2012. Very good condition.

An acclaimed biography that portrays the 17th-century poet and politician as an elusive, multifaceted figure who adapted his political and religious views to survive turbulent times. Paperback edition with cardwraps. 400 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 9780300181968. Slight wear to corners of covers. Light crease to centre of spine where book has been held open to read. Contents clean.