Thurtle Ernest 1884 1954 (2 results)

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 190 pages ; frontispiece (portrait) ; illustrations (facsimile) ; 22 cm. Notes; "First published 1945." Contents; Beginnings -- Growing up -- Books, religion and politics -- A wider world -- A continental interlude -- The land of the free -- Back to London and war -- In the army -- Soldier into civilian -- Labour candidate and M.P. -- Labour's first government -- Years in opposition -- T.E. Lawrence -- Labour's second effort -- An onlooker -- Years of menace -- The Russian-German Pact -- The British communists -- War again -- Some fellow commoners -- The M.O.I. -- The B.B.C. -- The days ahead. Subjects; Politics and government. Great Britain Politics and government 20th century. Great Britain. Great Britain Politics and government 20th century. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 190 pages ; frontispiece (portrait) ; illustrations (facsimile) ; 22 cm. Notes; "First published 1945." Contents; Beginnings -- Growing up -- Books, religion and politics -- A wider world -- A continental interlude -- The land of the free -- Back to London and war -- In the army -- Soldier into civilian -- Labour candidate and M.P. -- Labour's first government -- Years in opposition -- T.E. Lawrence -- Labour's second effort -- An onlooker -- Years of menace -- The Russian-German Pact -- The British communists -- War again -- Some fellow commoners -- The M.O.I. -- The B.B.C. -- The days ahead. Subjects; Politics and government. Great Britain Politics and government 20th century. Great Britain. Great Britain Politics and government 20th century. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg. …