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SANDBROOK, DOMINIC: : NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD: A HISTORY OF BRITAIN FROM SUEZ TO THE BEATLES

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN/TIME WARNER BOOK GROUP UK,2005.

ISBN 0316860832.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/j,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,montage'd monchrome photographic illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj with white lettering to both,rear panel red+black photography; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked red ink letters to spine/backstrip,a red+black striped headband and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,x-xxivpp+2-824pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,a preface,permissions,19 chapters,24pp contemporary b/w photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp200/1,pp408/9 and pp600/1 respectively,notes,a select bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,and contents list/table with Harold Macmillan quote about 'never had it so good' to verso. 'Let's be frank about it; most of our people have never had it so good' Harold Macmillan's famous description of Britain at the end of the 1950s captured the spirit of a society on the brink of unprecedented materialism,opportunity and cultural change.From the bloodshed of the Suez crisis to the giddy heyday of Beatlemania,from the the night of 'Look back in Anger' to the sensational revelations of the Profumo scandal, British life seemed more colourful,exciting and controversial than ever.The memories and images of those dramatic years still resonate today: Teddy Boys and Angry Young Men,expresso bars and skiffle groups,the retreat from empire and the Notting Hill riots,the New Wave and James Bond, Coronation Street and Doctor Who.So too do the larger-than-life personalities who dominated the period: Harold Macmillan and Hugh Gaitskell, Kingsley Amis and John Osbourne,Peter Sellers and Sean Connery,Christine Keeler and Paul McCartney. All of these characters play their part in Dominic Sandbrook's magisterial new account of Britain from Suez to the Beatles.Using a vast array of sources,ranging from private diaries, letters and government reports to novels, newspapers and teenage magazines,he brings to life the story of the modern consumer society, the rise of immigration and the birth of pop music.He looks behind the myths of the sixties to illustrate the contradictions of a society caught between cultural nostalgia and economic optimism.And he explores what daily life was like in the age of affluence,from the intrigues of Westminster to the pleasures of Blackpool, from the tensions of Notting Hill to the optimism of the New Towns.He brings alive the postwar experience for new generation of readers in a superb debut that will change for ever how we think about the sixties. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/j,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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