BRITISH POLITICS

London: The Children's Society. 1992.. 1st ed. "The early 1990s are a time of growing concern about the state of provision for families and children in the UK.....This document is a response to these problems.....The families whose views are represented here are users of family and neighbourhood centres throughout England and Wales......Many of the centres are sited in areas or on estates where there is some evidence of poverty". 20cms x 20cms. Pp 49, some b/w illustrations. P/b. VG. . more information

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Basingstoke: Marshall Pickering. 1988.. 1st ed. "Challenges the orthodoxies of all political parties and promotes an alternative which comes from neither Left nor Right. It transends party politics in advocating a new society of justice, equality and freedom". Pp 276, slight toning to pages. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, illustrated cover. G+. . more information

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London: Labour Research Department, 1926.. 1st ed. "This book is centred upon the events of May 1st to May 12th in Great Britain in the year 1926."(Author's foreword). Pp.7/245, inkstamped name( Please return - Tom Dudley) to fep. Blue cloth, original paper label to front board, spine slightly darkened, covers rubbed. G+. . more information

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Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1970.. 1st ed. Contents Include:- A Brief History of the Trade Union: Famous Trade Union Law Cases: Recent Events and Various Statistics. Pp 261. Name to fep. P/b. G+. . more information

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London: Grafton Books, 1990.. Rep. "To the public, parliamentary procedures may seem bewildering; he has therefore written a book which reveals exactly what they mean and why they enable laws to be made." 25.4cms. x 17.7cms. Pp. 10/225, 60 b/w illustrations & 8 pages of colour, 2 diagrams. Grey cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+. . more information

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London: Bedford Square Press. 1979.. 1st ed "Contains a review of the development of neighbourhood work since the war and of the successes and failures of community associations in achieving their objectives". Pp 86, some b/w illustrations, marginal mark to page 17. P/b G+. . more information

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Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971.. 1st ed. "... they presented governments, both Liberal and Conservative, with newly revealed problems, and Dr. Brown shows that the ways in which they were tackled formed the basis of today's Welfare State." Pp. 219, 6 b/w illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+. . more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947.. 1st ed. Current Problems, 28. "Historical background to some current problems of the Commonwealth". Pp. 5/140. Slight spotting to fep. Blue cloth, d/w. G/G. . more information

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Nottingham: The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Ltd., 1972.. 1st p/b ed. "A ripe and highly readable account." Pp. 243, owner's name to fep. P/b. G+. . more information

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Nottingham: Spokesman, 1995. 0851245749. Analysis of the issues involved in the controversy over Clause IV which erupted at the Labour Party Conference of October 1994. By Ken Coates (MEP) with chapters by Clement Attlee, Michael Barratt Brown, John Hughes, and Sidney Webb. Pp.100. Pbk. VG. . more information

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Nottingham: Spokesman. 1997.. "It is clear that the coalfields have not received a fraction of the monies promised in 1993. Local economics have suffered badly......This book examines some of the alternatives created by local people and some of the difficulties which they have experienced". Pp 112, 1 sketch map, compliment slip from the author loosely inserted. P/b. VG. . more information

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London: New Statesman and Nation. 1946.. Contents Include:- The Foundations: The Unity of Western Europe: The Problem of Germany: France and Britain: British Power and Its Limits: Problems of the Near and Middle East: Some Problems of Western Unity. Pp 47. P/b, scuffing to spine. G+. . more information

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London: Tom Stacey, Ltd., 1970.. 1st ed. "This is more than an original and entertaining book: it is a great book and should be read." Pp. 160, owner's name and embossed address to half-title. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has slight rubbing to edges. G+/G+. . more information

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London: Conservative Political Centre, 1953.. 1st ed. Six studies. Pp. 72, marginal marks affecting pps. 10-15. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small closed tear and chipping. G/G+. . more information

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London: Little, Brown & Co., 1995.. 1st ed. A study of the Conservative Party. Pp. 10/532. 16 b/w illustns. between pps. 244 and 245. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG. . more information

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London: Employment Institute, nd. (c.1985).. nd. A Critique of Monetarism - Old and New. Pp. 110. P/b. Inscrip. to front cover. VG. . more information

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London: Co-Operative Printing Society,1910.. 1st ed. Written by the General Secretary National Society of Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics. Pp.8/158/1(ad), 13 b/w portrait illustrations, owners details to verso front board, toning to endpapers. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. VG. . more information

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London: Times Books, 1995.. 1st ed. "The way Britain in the 1990s is governed and to chart the new Whitehall". Pp. 360. P/b. VG. . more information

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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1948.. 2nd ed. "A lively, realistic study of the working of the constitution, written from a radical point of view ...". Pp. 296. Toning to fep. Brown cloth, d/w has rubbing. G+/G. . more information

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Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1983.. 1st ed. "A Personal Manifesto distils Grimond's experience as barrister, politician and writer into the positive and radical policies he believes the Alliance should pursue ..." Pp. 8/177. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/VG. . more information

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Glasgow : Collins, 1978.. 1st in this ed. Lord Hailsham's book has an unusual combination of a spiritual and philosophical Odyssey with some highly down to earth reminiscences about the law and politics." Pp.311, gift inscription to half-title, toning to pages. P/b, toning to spine G.+. . more information

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Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1959.. "Gives the most comprehensive re-statement of the Conservative attitude since Lord Hugh Cecil's Conservatism in 1912". Pp 171. Toning to pages. Name to fep. P/b. G+. . more information

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Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1947.. 1st ed. The story of the historic Parliamentary session of 1945-46 told in narrative form. Pp. 8/213/4(ads). Toning to pages. P/b. G. . more information

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London:Gollancz,1965.. 1st ed. Pp.266,errata slip to title page, review request slip loosely inserted,light toning to endpapers. Blue cloth, yellow d/w rubbed with small loss to bottom of spine and owners name to inner fly. VG/G+. . more information

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London: Hammond, Hammond & Co., 1964.. 1st ed. "This book is about politics and politicians." Pp. 127/1 (ad), illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards, there is slight bubbling to laminate. VG/G+. . more information

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West Drayton: Pelican Books, 1947.. 1st ed. Population trends in Britain and elsewhere. Pp. 286/1(ad). Toning and spotting to pages. P/b. G. . more information

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London: Sphere Books. 1978. 0722148321. 1st ed. "The frank, forthright and thought-provoking views of fifteen of the world's most distinguished men". Pp.112. Pbk. G+. . more information

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Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1945.. 1st ed. The work of local government. Pp. 218, 4 (ads). Toning to pages. P/b. G. . more information

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London: Collins, 1961.. 1st ed. "This absorbing book, illustrated with several photographs, is one which should be read by everybody who is at all concerned in his country and how its affairs are run." Pp. 160, frontis, 7 b/w illustrations. Dark blue cloth, d/w slightly rubbed with minor edge chip. VG/G+. . more information

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Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1965.. "The principles of British democracy and the institutions through which it works". Pp 158. Page edges toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. . more information

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New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1969.. 1st ed. "This is a substantial work, which will be indispensable to those seeking a full understanding of the religious and political history of the generation following the Restoration of Charles II ...". Pp. 16/520, frontis., ( a composite picture of Parliament). Black cloth, gilt title to spine. VG. . more information

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London: Bedford Square Press. 1981.. 1st ed. "Following the scenario laid out by the Wolfenden Committee, this study analyses in depth the role of voluntary organisations in the planning of welfare provision". Pp 216. P/b. G+. . more information

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London: Junction Books. 1983.. 1st ed. "This collection of papers - many of them drawing on previously unpublished research findings - provides a lively and accessible survey of the parliamentary democracy". Pp 234. P/b. Slight sunning to spine. VG. . more information

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Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1964.. 1st ed. "Arguing that a Welfare State is not a Welfare State unless it serves, first and foremost, the needs of the citizen, the author, who is the Professor of Social Science at Nottingham University, suggests that a twentieth-century concept is being neutralized by the nineteenth-century structure of our central and local administration". Pp 139, pages toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. . more information

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Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1960.. 1st ed. Pp 24. P/b, slight creasing to spine and top corner of front cover. G+. . more information

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London: Vacher Dod Publishing Ltd., 1999.. 1st ed. Media guide to the New Political map of Britain. Pp. 322, 4 b/w photos, + 43 maps. P/b. VG. . more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.. 1st ed. "Roberts ... tackles six aspects of Churchilliana and uncovers a plethora of disturbing facts about wartime and postwar Britain." Pp. 12/354, 9 b/w illustrations, owners' label to verso front board. Blue cloth, portrait cartoon illustrated d/w. G+/G+. . more information

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London: Pan Books,1967.. A Pan Special/Illustrated (X667). "The poignant story of two young lovers, their marriage, their struggle for a home of their own...The shocking story of our times which caused nation-wide controversy when shown twice on BBC TV". Pp.135/4(ads). illustrated with 10 pages of photos, toning to pages, owners name to fep. Pbk. G+. . more information

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London:Conservative Political Group on behalf of the Bow Group,1962.. Rep. Pamphlet by the Bow Group advocating the future entry of Britain to the EEC. Contributors include: William Russell, Jock Bruce-Gardyne, John Macgregor, Patrick Jenkin, Robert Erith and Talbot Hainault. Unfortunately some pages in this booklet have not been printed. Pp.72, printing absent from pages 7,10-11,62-63,66-67. G. . more information

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London: Guardian Newspaper. nd (c.1978).. "Ethical questions and scientific answers, a hundred days of them, finally came to an end with the winding up of the inquiry". Pp 105, 3 b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. . more information

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London: Temple Smith. 1977.. 1st ed. "The confrontation between the Greenwick film-processing company and the unions is of historic importance......Describes how Grunwick grew up from tiny beginnings to the position it occupied in 1976, and also gives an interesting autobiographical sketch of his own life". Pp 123. P/b, illustrated cover. G+. . more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997.. 1st ed. "Both entertaining and instructive, 'The House of Lords' is a fascinating and delightful work of history." Pp. 21/298, 36 b/w illustrations, foundation plan of the Old Palace of Westminster drawn in 1807 to endpapers. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG. . more information

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Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd., 1924.. 1st ed. Self Study Series. "The aim of this book is to trace in a clear and simple manner the slow but steady growth of the British Constitution, and to point out those great principles upon which our liberty as a nation depends." Pp. 123/5 (ads), frontis, 10 + 1 map, Leicestershire County Council stamp to verso front cover, spotting to page edges, rusting to staples has caused some minor rust marks to map at centre pages. P/b. G. . more information

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London: BBC, 1986.. 1st ed. "This book is based on the widely acclaimed Radio 4 documentary series of the same name, which offered a unique insight into Mrs. Thatcher's political style and personal influence on Britain and the world, through the first-hand accounts of those who have dealt with her" Pp144, owner's initials to fep.. P/b with illustrated cover, scuff to rear cover. G+. . more information

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