Towards Tomorrow : the Autobiography of Fenner Brockway (SIGNED COPY)
by Fenner Brockway
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Near Fine Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0246108479
- ISBN 13
- 9780246108470
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Hart-Davis, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. beige end-papers; title page in red & black; inscription on front end-paper reads: "Hilda Willis All the Best! Fenner Brockway. Christmas '81." Fenner Brockway was born in 1888 in Calcutta, the son and grandson of missionaries, became a journalist and dedicated socialist and pacifist, serving three years hard labour for refusing to fight in the Great War. He entered Parliament in 1929, and since then has fought unremittingly for the abolition of colonialism and imperialism. He was instrumental in bringing about the Race Relations Acts, and continues to work for better race relations and the needs of the Third World. Lord Brockway describes his relations with a wide variety of people, including Keir Hardie, the Pankhursts, Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Bertrand Russell, Gandhi, George Orwell and Oswald Mosley. He has known personally every Labour Prime Minister from Ramsay MacDonald to Callaghan and met most Heads of State in Africa and Asia over the last three decades, including Nehru, Sukarno, Nasser, Haile Selassie, Nkrumah, Hussein, Indira Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, Nyerere and Kenneth Kaunda. One of the most controversial yet affectionately regarded politicians of the Left, Lord Brockway has written a fascinating "description of his life and times. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to top of spine. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles on red panel spine. brown cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Socialism; Pacifism; Humanism; Britain/UK; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0246108479. ISBN/EAN: 9780246108470. Inventory No: 4659. . 9780246108470
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4659
- Title
- Towards Tomorrow : the Autobiography of Fenner Brockway (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- Fenner Brockway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0246108479
- ISBN 13
- 9780246108470
- Publisher
- Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Autobiography/Politics & Government/Socialism/Humanism/Pacifism Biography & Autobiography; Socialism; Pacifism; Humanism; Britain/UK; Politics & Government. Unbranded ISBN: 0246108479 EAN: 9780246108470 Fenner Brockway Towards Tomorr
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