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KOCHAN,NICHOLAS: : Ann Widdicombe: RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.[Author & subject SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.POLITICO' PUBLISHING,2000.

ISBN 1902301552.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,co-SIGNED (author & subject),1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Blue ink presentation inscrptn+date to top,right-hand corner of ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj.To title page is the subject's boldly written black ink dedicated inscrptn & signature: 'To Patricia best wishes Ann Widdicombe'; along with the author's black ink signature with place name and date: 'Nicholas Kochan Bournemouth 2000.' towards the bottom edge of the title page.(Book believed to have possibly been SIGNED at the Conservative's Conference in Bournemouth 2000.) Bright,crisp,clean,part matt,part glossy laminated,colour+monochrome subject's autobiographical photographic illustrated dw/dj with grey,orange and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Majority of light creasing is to top edges of dw/dj,head of spine/ backstrip of same minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Inevitable but unobtrusive,superficial,light scoring/indentations to both panels of dw/dj - but without affecting the bds beneath.Top edges slightly dust-soiled and minimally aged with some sporadic spotting/grubbing but generally bright,fore-edges generally bright and clean,with some minimal marking to foot of vertical edges; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain black cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and plain pale blue eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xiipp+ 2-302pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,an introduction,19 chapters and epilogue,8pp contemporary autobiographical b/w photographs in one block,between pp148/9,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with b/w thumbnail portrait sketch of subject,by author's wife to it's recto,co-SIGNED title page,contents list/ table with dedication to it's recto and 6pp blanks at the rear. Abortionists,women priests, homosexuals,unmarried mothers, asylum seekers,and scroungers of any hue - all run for cover once 'Doris Karloff' fixes them with her steely glare. Neither her politics nor her style are to everybody's taste,but on one issue friend and foe agree: in an age in which unorthodox politicians are conspicious by their absence,she has brought a swathe of colour to the political arena - defending the shackling of pregnant women in prison,scuppering Michael Howard's leadership bid with her observation that he had 'something of the night' in his character,raising the roof of the 1998 Tory conference with her impassioned (and unscripted) speech as Shadow Minister of Health,and as Shadow Home Secretary insisting vociferously that over 80% of asylum seekers are 'bogus'. In the first biography of this extraordinary figure,Nicholas Kochan traces Ann Widdecombe's life from childhood through school,university and local politics to a political career which little more than a decade after her entering Parliament has made her the uncrowned deputy leader of the Conservative Party - and the most fascinating politician of the age. See also my book ID rja589416 for Ann Widdicombe's own autobiogrphy 'Strictly Ann'. Nicholas Kochan is a respected commentator and columnist on both finance and politics. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author & subject SIGNED copy.

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