John Major Intro (9 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: vg. 3rd ptg.; 7.25" tall; 240pp including index; white cover with black lettering & decoration is a bit tanned. Paperback.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust wrapper price clipped. Black cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine. No inscription. 206 pages clean and tight. John Major's rapid rise to power has left people of all political persuasions asking, "Who is the Prime Minister?". This book provides the answer. It tells the story of Major's political career as it developed, in the words of the journalists who wrote about him all the time. All the articles - from both the national and the regional press - represent the original coverage of events as they happened, viewed both from Fleet Street and from Major's Cambridgeshire constituency. From Major's entry into Parliament in 1979 as MP for Huntingdon, through his first ministerial appointment, in the Department of Health in 1985, to his sudden elevation to the premiership in 1990, all the details are here: the facts and the figures, the campaigns and the policies, the modest successes and the blazing triumphs. Reports and features covering his early life, his political infancy as a Lambeth councillor and his initial attempts to win a parlimentary seat in the general election of 1974 are also included. Illustrated with 60 photographs spanning the full eleven and a half years of his parliamentary career, this book is enlivened by newspaper headlines and Press Association timed newsflashes. It provides an assessment of the man whose meteoric ascent through the House of Commons has made him the nation's youngest Prime Minister since Lord Rosebery. Size: 8vo. Photographs (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Glossy pictorial hardcover in like dust-jacket. 252 x 313 x 22mm. 200pp. Copiously illustrated in colour and b/w; with bibliography and index. A little very light edgewear to jacket; book appears immaculate both inside and out. A splendid volume. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.…

Imperial octavo, red heavy card board, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to front cover).

Imperial octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, sl sticky residue to front cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1905, hardback in dark red cloth board covers with gilt lettering and motif, 258 pages | sound copy shows moderate general wear; name inside ( x 2, written with left and right hands ), otherwise free of notes etc; pages are a little yellow due to age | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.…

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR, PHOTO OF AUTHOR OPP. PAGE 8 ALSO SIGNED, sm octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 139pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light scuffing to board edges, moderate tanning/discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to some pages, light cracking to some gutters).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition published by Major. 2 books bound as one. The Complete Angler by Walton and Cotton in two parts, pub. John Major, followed by The Life of Walton by Thomas Zouch, pub. Septimus Prowett. Both dated 1823. Brown leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations throughout by various artists. Interesting inscription to front. Signed in ink by ?Alice Manley (? Surname not clear) 1866.? In pencil has been added ?nee Cotton, great grandchild of Charles Cotton.? Condition: Rebacked with original spine panel, partial losses, affixed. A little rubbing to leather. Inner hinges reinforced with tape. Frontis. to p.vi have also been taped. Mesh showing at final gathering of the 'Life'. However, the binding holds firm, all pages are present, and the binding holds firm. Size: 6.5x4.5in / 17x11cm. 411 / 93pp. Weight: 605g. Signed by Author(s).…

First Edition. Hardcover, no jacket, very good with light shelf wear. 240pp.