DIARIES, LETTERS AND PAPERS 1940-1962. OUT OF THE WILDERNESS: DIARIES 1963-67. AGAINST THE TIDE: DIARIES 1973-76. OFFICE WITHOUT POWER: DIARIES 1968-72. (SIGNED)

BENN, Tony, Ruth Winstone (Edits).

ISBN 10: 0091785340 / ISBN 13: 9780091785345

Published by Hutchinson,, London,, 1994

About this Item

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvi, 442; xv, 592; xiv, 754; xi, 562. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt on spines. Complete four volumes - published between 1987 and 1989. Volume three signed by Tony Benn on the front endpaper. Including a typed signed note from Tony Benn to Sir Timothy Ackroyd, on headed note card, loosely inserted, "Thanks so much for your letter and the invitation to take part in your new film. I am sure the film will do well and send my best wishes, Tony." These books are very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. ISBN: 0091785340 All very good indeed in very good indeed dust jackets. Volume four slightly sunned at spine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DIARIES, LETTERS AND PAPERS 1940-1962. OUT OF THE WILDERNESS: DIARIES 1963-67. AGAINST THE TIDE: DIARIES 1973-76. OFFICE WITHOUT POWER: DIARIES 1968-72. (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Hutchinson,, London,
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091785340
• ISBN 13: 9780091785345
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signedes

About this title

Synopsis

This volume of Benn's diaries covers the event for which he is probably most famous, the renunciation of his peerage. It reveals his early career, touching on his schooldays, RAF wartime service and his early involvement with politics. As a young man, Tony Benn had dealings with Attlee, Bevan, Morrison, Gaitskell and all the major politicians of the post-war Labour government. This one will be more personal than previously published volumes of his diaries, drawing as it does upon letters and other documents, as well as the diaries themselves. Throughout is revealed the extraordinary consistency of Benn's political views.

About the Author

Radical statesman and Member of Parliament for over fifty years, Tony Benn is the pre-eminent diarist of his generation. His political activity continued after 'retirement' through mass meetings, broadcasts and in more recent years through social media. A widower since 2000, Tony Benn died at his home in London on 14th March 2014.