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FOOT, MICHAEL and HIGHET, ALISON - Presented by: : Isaac Foot: A Westcountry Boy - Apostle of England

LONDON.POLITICO'S PUBLISHING LTD.,2006.

ISBN 9781842751817.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,co-presentee SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.Michael Foot is one of Isaac's five sons and Alison Highet,one of his ten grandchildren.] FINE+/FINE+. Wrapped+ protected fronm day of purchase and its signing,so NO price-clip to dw/dj and NO owner inscrptn,but co-author/presentee's neat handwritten,black ink,a warm,personal inscrptn and dedication: 'for Trish thanks for your help at the launch! Alison Highet' to half-title page.Bright,crisp,clean,matt subject's contemporary b/w portrait photographic illustrated front panel,a contemporary b/w photograph - subject conversing with Nancy Astor - illustrated rear panel,with pale yellow lettering to front and spine/backstrip - rear panel without text; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - some faint but infinitesimal miniscule and minute spots; contents pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread, other than my own collation.Bright,crisp, unblamished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked,gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate,plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,co-presentee SIGNED,1st edn,7-352pp [paginated] includes separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables,a Foot Family genealogical tree chart with acknowledgements to its verso,a Preface by co-presentee Michael Foot with his facsimile signature,also a Foreword by him too,an Introduction by John,Hugh and Dingle Foot (Isaac's three eldest sons),Pts I-XI comprising some 37 sections/chapters, profuse contemporary+historical b/w facsimile ephemera,b/w maps and illustrations reproductions,contemporary b/w biographical and scenic photographs interspersed throughout,a section of Tributes to Isaac Foot and an Index; plus [unpaginated] co-presentee SIGNED+dedicated half-title page with b/w facsimile reproduction of Isaac Foot's Library bookplate to verso,title page,and a dedication (Foot family and other co-presentee/author) with blank reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book's age,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. A gripping account of the dramas that have electrified British politics over the last century.This is the story of the hopes and dreams that inspired the creation of the Labour Party and drove the personalities that created the NHS,established the welfare state,faced down Hitler and Stalin, but were defeated by Margaret Thatcher. The crises and controversies,the personalities and the issues are uniquely illustrated with original excerpts from the great speeches that shaped the Labour Party.Whether it be the rhetorical brilliance of Aneurin Bevan,Jennie Lee or Michael Foot,the rapier wit of Harold Wilson or Robin Cook,the emotive power of Ellen Wilkinson or Neil Kinnock,or the heavy calibre broadside of Ernest Bevin, Jim Callaghan,Barbara Castle or Denis Healey,the raw power of the speeches was often decisive,making and breaking careers in the process. What was 'Old Labour' really about? What are the roots of 'New Labour'? This book traces the rise in the 1990s of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and their allies,mentors and adversaries - right from the beginning - to illuminate the answers. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
co-author SIGNED+dedicated - 'for Trish thanks for your help at the launch! Alison Highet'

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