Law/Government/Politics from Washburn Books

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1990 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Printing. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Account of the use of Soviet political posters in the period between 1918 and 1921 following the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, when tens of millions of copies appeared, many of which have endured in the iconography of the… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Freedom Press, 1963 Book. Good. Pale Green Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Philosophical discourse by the British anarchist George Barrett (born George Powell Ballard) (1888-1917), dealing with law, liberty, anarchy and individual responsibility. 37pp. Scarce hardback copy, bound in unmarked pale green cloth. Slight foxing to top edges and some marking to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Heron Books Book. Very Good. Tan Leatherette Boards. Presumed First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated edition of Aristotle's works, edited, translated and with an introduction by John Warrington. 319pp with index, illustrated with black and white portrait to frontis. Gilt design to top board, gilt lettering and design to spine. Yellow ribbon page marker,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Book Club Associates, 1972 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well researched account of the miscarriage of justice which occurred when the Welshman Timothy John Evans was convicted in 1950 of the murder of his wife and daughter in London and subsequently hanged for the crime. Three years later his neighbour… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Biteback Publishing Ltd, 2013 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Story of a mother's fight to save her son from extradition from the UK to the USA after allegations of computer hacking. 337pp with index, illustrated with 8 pages of colour photographs. Slight bumping to base of spine… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1982 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of the inner workings of government by Joel Barnett, Chief Secretary to the Treasury during the Labour government of 1974-9, with Denis Healey as Chancellor. 200pp with index. Signed without dedication by the author to the title… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1965 Book. Good. Grey Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Examination of policy making both as a personal skill and a social process, useful to those who make decisions in business, law and government. 242pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Slight forward lean to spine and minor… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1973 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two books in one volume, Reflections on the Revolution in France, by the British statesman Edmund Burke, was an intellectual atttack on the revolution for destroying the fabric of 'good' society. The Rights of Man, by Founding Father Thomas Paine,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Printed at the Chancery Lane Press, Published by order of the Masters of the Bench, 1937 Book. Fair. Quarter Bound in Leather. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Register of Benchers of the Middle Temple from the earliest records to and the present time with historical introduction. 359pp with index, illustrated with black and white… Ler mais sobre este item

Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publishers Limited, 1984 Book. Very Good. Mustard Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scholarly assessment of the British idealist movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, emphasising the relationship between the individual and the state. 222pp with index. Minimal bumping to lower corner and head of spine and light foxing… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Bannisdale Press, 1949 Book. Good. Pale Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Study of democratic methods which proposes a solution to making democracy work in the modern world. 160pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight forward lean to spine, top edges dusty, some foxing to edges and endpapers, former owner's details… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Bloomsbury, 2014 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Investigation of the insecurity and poverty facing many people today, with programs for workable solutions. 424pp with index. Minor marking to fore edges, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1991 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Analysis of the causes and consequences of the coup d'etat which took place in the Soviet Union in August 1991. 127pp illustrated with 8 pages of colour photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine, otherwise very good copy… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, Massachusetts & Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1991 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of essays with a focus on the attempt by democratic societies to construct laws that guarantee that the rule of law will apply to everyone. 223pp. From a private collection. Some creasing to corners and marking to page… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1994 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of the Watergate scandal, incorporating previously unavailable interviews, tapes and documents, linked to a BBC documentary series. 542pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Silver lettering to spine. Sliught bumping to spine, some marking to page… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1997 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Analysis of the events that have shaped Britain in the years between the Labour Party's post-war landslide and New Labour's rise to power under Tony Blair. 404pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Ex Libris label to endpaper, otherwise… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Macmillan, 2007 Book. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of the personal and political relationship between two great British leaders of the 20th century. 504pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Some bumping to spine and corners and minor damp stain to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Macmillan, 1969 Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected proof copy of the third volume of Harold Macmillan's memoirs, with the original title 'After the Storm' to the title page and the revised title 'Tides of Fortune' on the cover. 717pp. Fraying and creasing to spine and panels, general marking and age-toning… Ler mais sobre este item

London: W H Allen, 2018 Book. Near Fine. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Guide to talking to people with faulty opinions, by the writer and broadcaster and host of a daily show on LBC. 224pp. White lettering to spine. Boards very slightly bowed, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has… Ler mais sobre este item

Otley, West Yorkshire: Privately published. Printed and bound by Smith Settle, 2005 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reference work for magistrates. 187pp with index. Creasing to corners, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..