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HELLICAR, HELEN: : Prime Ministers of Britain. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1978.

ISBN 0715374899.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but author's handwritten,black ink,warm, lengthy dedication: 'Dear Rags - Thank you for all your help.I hope you enjoy it now it's finished! Love from Eileen' and a further signature+date thus: 'Eileen Hellicar 39th September 1978' below it,to front free endpaper - no price-clip to dw/dj,publisher's adhesive price label to front inner flap.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,dark green background with white+ orange letters to front panel of dw/dj, dark green spine/backstrip with cream+ white letters,rear panel with white background and dark green lettered publisher's advert for other book titles; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean and publisher's unblemished,sharp-cornered plain,dark green cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean plain white endpapers - inscrptn excepted.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn,5-159pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with acknowledgements to its reverse,author's introduction,48 potted biogs of Prime Ministers each accompanied by b/w subject's head portrait illustration by Shirley Curzon,a glossary of historical events,a chronological list of PMs,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title, title page with dedication to its reverse. To date (then 1978),Britain has known the administration of 48 prime ministers.Some were national heroes,like the Duke of Wellington whose fame as a soldier makes him renowned even today.Others such as the Earl of Bute or Spencer Perceval are almost totally forgotten except to history.Yet while the colourful characters of Palmerston,Disraeli and the younger Pitt filled the stage and caught the imagination of the public and of historians,there were also the quiet, unobtrusive men,sincere and dedicated to the good - as they saw it - of the country.It is fascinating to read of the men behind the mask of prime minister,to learn their hopes,ambitions and disappointments,to know the incidents in their private lives and the traits of their characters which made them the men they are.It is interesting also to hear the criticisms and praises heaped on them by their own times and to see how these are re-assessed by future generations,so wise in retrospect. Eileen Hellicar has made a study of each of these men,showing them in their time, in the midst of the events they influenced and which influenced them; events which made them great or brought them down. From the days of Britain's greatest power, through the great wars to the nuclear age, these men have held that most unique and lonely position in British history. Please contact seller,for correct, insured 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 or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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