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Antonio Gramsci
by Giuseppe Fiori
Tom Nairn‘s many books include The Break-up of Britain, Faces of Nationalism, After Britain, and The Enchanted Glass. He writes for, among others, New Left Review and the London Review of Books.
Sports Biography Books & Ephemera
My American Journey
by Powell, Colin L.; with joseph E. Persico
New York: Random House, 1995. Later printing. Hardback. Good/good. Signed and inscribed by former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, on the front free-endpaper in black sharpie, "To Selma, Best wishes, Cl. L. Powell. Blue hardcover in dustjacket, 14th printing. A good copy but with bumping and chipping to the base of the spine cap, and sunning along the top edge of the boards. Red reminder dot to the bottom of the textblock, and text block edges with some soiling. The interior is clean and unmarked...
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€23.63
When the Word is Given... A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim world
by Lomax, Louis E
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1963. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Fair/fair. Brown cloth hardcover ex library, 1st edition, in dustjacket. Pocket, stamps and labels, including a discard stamp to the pocket as appropriate. Binding cocked backward, discoloration to the cover edges. Call number neatly blacked out on the spine. Hinges and binding are solid and the pages are clean and unmarked other than a previous price erasure to the top of the half-title page. Unclipped jacket with...
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€37.81
Turning Point - A Candidate, A State, and A Nation Come of Age
by Carter, Jimmy
New York: Times Books, 1992. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Signed without inscription by former US President Jimmy Carter on the first blank in black sharpie. Green cloth and gray boards, hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Second printing in unclipped dustjacket. A very good copy with minor shelfwear to the board edges. Clean and tight as if unread. The jacket is not quite as good with minor soiling and some ruffling bends to the panel edges - still good+. 223 pp., indexed....
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€61.44
And the World Came HIs Way: Jesse Helms' Contribution to Freedom (2002)
USA: The Jesse Helms Center, 2002. Paperback. used-good condition except paper yellowing. 5x7.5. And the World Came His Way: Jesse Helms' Contribution to Freedom" (2002) by John Dodd with David Tyson, published by The Jesse Helms Center, provides an insightful exploration of the career and perspectives of Jesse Helms, a prominent conservative party leader and U.S. Senator. The book delves into Helms' contributions to the cause of freedom, offering a comprehensive look at his political journey and...
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€2.83
The Road from Ardoyne: The Making of a President
by Ray Mac Manais
Dingle, Ireland: Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd, 2004. 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 traces of storage. 399pp. Biography of Mary Robinson (Mary McAleese) who became the first Irish President to come from Northern Ireland.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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€11.82
The Trial and Execution of Charles I
by Cowie, Leonard W
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1972. Cloth. 0399110356 . Very Good condition that is aged and worn from the shelf in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket that is scuffed and worn around the edges; The Trial and Execution of Charles I by Leonard W. Cowie tells the story of the last days of Charles I, a monarch who was tried, convicted, and executed for treason in 1649. Cowie provides an in-depth look at the events that led up to the trial and the trial itself, as...
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€47.26
Accidents of Fortune
by Devonshire, Andrew
Norwich: Michael Russell Publishing Ltd, 2004. 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. 127pp. Biography of Andrew, Duke of Devonshire of Chatsworth House, his career, politics, Kennedy connections, WWII in Italy and more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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€5.85
Jefferson and Hamilton: The Struggle for Democracy in America
by Bowers, Claude G
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner name and bookseller's ticket on front . free endpaper. Boards rubbed.. 1946. Later Printing. Hardcover. xvii, 531 pp. Black cloth binding. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
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€18.90
Liberating Beauty Of Little Things : Decision, Adversity and Reckoning, Refugee's Journey from Prague to Cambridge (Signed By Author)
by Bradbrook, Bohuslava
Brighton, England: The Alpha Press, 2000. Inscribed by the author on half-title page. Also a little ink highlighting in the margin of some pages. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 102pp. The author tells of her escape from Czechoslovakia to England at the height of the Gold War. She describes the hardships and life without basic freedoms under Communism.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good...
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€11.82
Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty
by Baldwin Smith, Lacey
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 be very much a monarch of his times, confronting the political and social pressures that surrounded him, sometimes with good grace, sometimes...
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€4.73
Anthony Blunt : His Lives (Signed By Author)
by Carter, Miranda
London: Macmillan, 2001. Signed by the author to title page. Very tiny marks to front end papers and page fore-edges. No inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with unmarked black cloth boards, slight loss to lower edge of very lightly creased spine and no bumping to corners. Tucked in are the dust flaps of jacket removed by previous owner. 590pp. Biography of spy, communist and respected surveyor of the Queen's paintings until he was unmasked by...
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€14.78
Living Faith.
by CARTER, Jimmy
New York: Times Books, 1996. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, green paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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€94.52
And the Horse He Rode in On : The People vs. Kenneth Starr..
by Carville, James
USA: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Hardcover. used-no dust jacket, otherwise excellent condition/None. And the Horse He Rode in On: The People vs. Kenneth Starr, published in 1998, is told from the viewpoint of author James Carville, the strategist for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. Longtime Carville observers know that his dislike of Kenneth Starr has been brewing since Starr was appointed to the independent prosecutor's office back in 1994 by a crony of ultraconservative Senator Jesse Helms to...
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€2.83
Jackie Milburn in Black and White : A Biography
by Kirkup, Mike
London: Stanley Paul, 1990. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing around upper front edge and minor traces of storage. 178pp. Biography of one of the most exciting football players of his generation in the 1950s who came from a miner's son in the North East to play for Newcastle United, winning them FA Cup after FA Cup and...
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€5.85
Taking It On The Chin: Memoirs of a Parliamentary Bruiser
by Lord Tom Pendry
London: Biteback Publishing, 2016. Book and jacket in mint unread condition.. 324pp. Surely one of the most colourful characters ever to have graced the Palace of Westminster, Tom Pendry has been a boxer, a bruiser and a scholar, whose political career as an agent, candidate, Labour MP and peer has spanned over sixty years. Full of revealing anecdotes and candid descriptions of colleagues, his memoirs throw new light on successive governments and great, epoch-making events, and are a mixture of...
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€14.78
Facts and Fears - Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence
by Clapper, James R. with Trey Brown
New York: Viking, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed and inscribed by former national intelligence director James Clapper, "To: Hugh White - Jim Clapper." Gray and black paper covered boards, 1st edition with a full number line, in dustjacket. A very good copy with minor shelf-wear to the board edges and some crimping at the spine tips. A clean copy in solid binding. Unclipped jacket is also very good, bright and attractive with matching minor wear to the panel edges. 424...
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€28.36
Watergate
by West, Philip
London: Alternative News Service, 1973. Red ink side lines to a few paragraphs on first eight pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, slight foxing adjacent to front spine edge and to page edges and no bumping to corners. 90pp. The story of Richard Nixon and the Watergate conspiracy, starting with Nixon's political activities from 1946.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.5 x 5.75 inches.
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€9.75
Chance Witness - An Outsider's Life in Politics
by Parris, Matthew
London: Viking, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xix + 503 pages. 40 illustrations. Shortly after university and a spell at the Foreign Office and having decided not to become a spy, Matthew Parris applied to London Transport for an apprenticeship as a diesel fitter and was turned down. He decided to try his luck as a Conservative Party candidate - buoyed by an award from the RSPCA - presented by an incredulous Mrs. Thatcher - for rescuing a drowning dog from...
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€9.46
Breaking The Surface.
by LOUGANIS, Greg
New York: Random House, 1995. Signed by Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist for Diving: Greg Louganis. First edition / First printing. Turquoise cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Louganis is the second individual and the only male to sweep diving events in consecutive Olympics. Five Gold Medals in World Championships, Six Gold Medals in the Pan-American Games.
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€70.89
Sir Bob : The Autobiography of Sir Robert Thomas
by Thomas, Sir Robert
Glossop, Derbyshire: Senior Publications, 1984. No inscriptions or marks. 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 minor traces of storage. 208pp. The story of the miner's son who follwed his father down the mine near Wigan, Lancashire before becoming a union officer and then a councillor for Manchester. He worked tirelessly for the city, was instrumental in the introduction of the...
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€5.85
Ninoy - Ideals & Ideologies 1932-1983
by Enage-Sapnit, Socorro Nona (editor) and Teodoro C. Benigno
Manila: Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Foundation, Inc., 1993. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Signed and inscribed on the front free-endpaper by former Philippine president Corazon C. Aquino, "To John Moseley, With every good wish! Corazon C. Aquino June 10, 1995." Oblong quarto black hardcover with gilt titles to cover and spine. Stated first prining, in dustjacket. A good copy but with bumping to the corners and a heavy scrape to the rear cover, and the rear panel of the dustjacket. Interior is...
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€236.30
Trotsky in Exile (Modern Plays)
by Weiss, Peter
Methuen & Co Ltd, 1971. Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked lightly rubbed boards and no bumping to corners. 126pp. Script for the play which covers the whole of Trotsky's life in politics from the Tsarist regime in 1902 to his death in exile in Mexico in 1940.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7.25 x 4.75 inches.
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€14.78
Abraham Lincoln Sculpture Created by Avard T. Fairbanks
by Fairbanks, Eugene F. (compiled by)
Washington: Fairbanks Art and Books, 2002. Hardcover. Good +. Signed and inscribed by the author (the artist's son) on the half-title page to local acquaintances, "With kindes Personal Regards to Donna and Orville Vander Griend from Florence and Eugene Fairbanks October 2006." Quarto-size green hardcover, no jacket as issued, no indication of printing, one date. A good+ copy with bumping to both spine tips being it's major flaw. Light shelf-wear to the board edges and a bright, attractive cover...
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€17.01
People In Glass Houses - Growing Up At Government House
by Lubbock, Adelaide
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. White title on red boards which have some shelf wear to bottom, internally very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete and has a little wear to spine head and tail. Based on the diaries of Lady Stanley, wife of Sir Arthur Stanley, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 1914 by her daughter, Adealaide. Rare insights into the private and public life of a vice-regal household, irreverent observations on politics, dignitaries, the arts, religion and World War I, spiced with...
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€9.46
THOMAS MORE
by Sargent, Daniel
United Kingdom: Sheed & Ward. Good+. 1938. First Printing. Paperback. A Good First Printing Unicorn Books softcover without dustjacket. Book has slight creasing to faded spine, faded and lightly soiled covers with corner crease. Internally, owner's stamp inside cover, clean toned pages, slightly tanned to the text-block edges. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. .
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€4.43
