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PAXMAN**, JEREMY: : THE POLITICAL ANIMAL: An Anatomy. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH/PENGUIN BOOKS,2002.

ISBN 0718144228.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around white background with colour cartoon illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,brown embossed lettered author name and flat capitalised black lettered title and brown lettered sub-title,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' black lettered reviews for a previously published author title (THE ENGLISH - see my book ID rja33769 for a UK,SIGNED,1st edn example); with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a pale green+white striped headband and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,x-xipp+2- 340pp [paginated] includes a Preface,an Introduction,10 chapters and an afterword, acknowledgements,notes,a 16pp bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page and a contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and particularly as an author SIGNED example. Why don't we like politicians? The best-selling author of 'The English' stirs things up again in a fascinating look at why governments and politicians so often fail to live up to our expectations - and their own. Politicians: they're either untrustworthy,power hungry,hypocritical misfits or hopeless idealists doomed to languish forever on the backbenches.And it's not just the public and media who think of them this way - many politicians take a similar view of their own colleagues. They're in a tough,unforgiving business.Those political careers that don't end in defeat or disgrace frequently disappear into obscurity.It can take years to move from activist to candidate and then,if you're very lucky,to MP. And what sort of person likes having their business or family affairs all over the news? Or their mistakes trumpeted and their triumphs belittled? Why do people go into it? And what do they get from it all? Jeremy Paxman sets out on a quest to answer these baffling questions.And,in the process, gives us a witty,unsparing,but essentially sympathetic portrait of modern politicians and the strange world they inhabit. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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