BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political from William Robertson

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… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfelf & Nicolson , 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. London: Weidenfelf & Nicolson , 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Very Good/Very Good. Translated from the Russian by David Gurevich, this is the first full biography of Boris Yeltsin, and a rare glimpse inside the Soviet power structure, by… Read more about this item

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. Third Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Autobiography of American-born author who would become best known spokesperson/apologist for the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Full of telling political and social insights. Contains 324 pages, 24.5 x 15.5cm, with introduction by Brian Kahn. Blue cloth boards with… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus , 1991. First English language edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Insightful biography of the ex-Soviet leader. Translated from the German by Peter Tegel. Size, 24 x 15.5cm, 260 pages, 6 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpapers neatly removed, some library markings. Black cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket.… Read more about this item