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Robert Peel: A Biography (UNCOMMON HARBACK FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Hurd, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0297848445
- ISBN 13
- 9780297848448
- Seller
-
Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2007. VG+/VG+. First edition, second printing (same year as first printing) in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For -----/with best wishes/in the police./Douglas Hurd/16.x.07/London'. A well-researched and authoritative biography of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). He was a British statesman and Conservative Party politician who served twice as Prime Minister and twice as Home Secretary. Peel is considered as the father of modern British policing, owing to his founding of the Metropolitan Police Service. With Bibliography and Index. Some spotting to edges; some age-tanning to edges of pages; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of an UNCOMMAN first edition SIGNED BY DOUGLAS HURD. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed By Aut. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17234
- Title
- Robert Peel: A Biography (UNCOMMON HARBACK FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Hurd, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0297848445
- ISBN 13
- 9780297848448
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Biography. Sir Robert Peel. Political History. History. Politics. Law. Law Enforcement. Crime. True Crime. Bobbies. Peelers. Policemen. Metropolitan Police Service. Conservative Party. British Prime Ministers. British Home Secretarie
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; Law;
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About the Seller
Greystone Books
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Margate
About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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