Pragmatic Premier; An Intimate Portrait of Harold Wilson
by Kay, Ernest
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Leslie Frewin, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VI, 240 pages, last page blank, and index. Gray coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 12 pages of black and white photography, scattered within the text. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the back strip. Red coloured tint to the top text block edge. Minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the back strip and to the top book corners. Very faint age toning of the internal pages. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Harold Wilson against a red background with black and white titles to the front panel and back strip. Author photograph to the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing and a little chipping to the dustwrapper corners. Rubbing to the edges of the dustwrapper. A little yellowing of the rear dustwrapper panel and there are few marks to the laminate as well. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. Biography of Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister of England in the 60s. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; History -- British; Inventory No: 0105951. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0105951
- Title
- Pragmatic Premier; An Intimate Portrait of Harold Wilson
- Author
- Kay, Ernest
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Leslie Frewin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Harold Wilson -- Biography, British Politics -- 1960s, Labour Prime Minister -- England Biography & Autobiography; Politics; History -- British; Photographic Unbranded Kay, Ernest Pragmatic Premier; An Intimate Portrait of Harold Wilson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; History -- British;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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