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MAJOR,JOHN**: : JOHN MAJOR - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.[Author/subject - UK,ex-Prime Minister - SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,1999.

ISBN 0002570041.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's /subject's recognisable,small black ink signature and dedication: 'To Michael John Major' to title-page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, black background+white+gilt lettering with author/subject's colour photographic portrait illustrated upper panel also repeated to spine/backstrip which is lightly sunned/faded; and himself+his wife Norma seated,posed photograph to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners,a 1" closed tear to front,gutter's edge of spine/ backstrip - no other major nicks or tears present.Majority of creasing occurs to top edges of dw/dj,some inevitable,but light minimal scoring/indentations to dw/dj's panels - but bds beneath unaffected. Subject's colour portrait photograph to spine/backstrip ubiquitously sunned/faded. Top+fore-edges crisp,bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,pristine - virtually as new - no internal markings,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,blue+yellow striped headband and immaculate plain black eps. UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xxiiipp+1-774pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,list of illus, acknowledgements,author foreword,28 chapters+aftermath,24pp of contemporary biographical b/w (the majority)+colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp136/7,pp376/7and pp616/7 respectively,appendices (A+B) and an index.Plus [unpaginated]; half-title, author/subject SIGNED title-page, dedication and 2pp blanks at rear. See also my book ID's rja25247 for his authored 'MORE THAN A GAME - THE STORY OF CRICKET'S EARLY YEARS.' for author's (UK, ex-Prime Minister) UK,HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,and rja4845214 'JOHN MAJOR - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY' also a UK,HB+dw/dj,SIGNED 1st edn. See also book ID's rja27277 and rja525115 for his wife's - NORMA MAJOR 'CHEQUERS: THE PRIME MINISTER'S COUNTRY HOUSE AND ITS HISTORY.' for her UK,HB+dw/dj,SIGNED edns. John Major's autobiography is one of the most personal and revealing ever written by a former British Prime Minister.Eagerly awaited,the account of his childhood,rise and fall is scrupulous and unsparing. Major's early life was extraordinary; his rise through Parliament meteoric.Soon a favourite of Margaret Thatcher,he became Foreign Secretary and then the Chancellor of the Exchequer.When Margaret Thatcher fell,he fought and won a shrewd campaign to succeed her.With the difficulties of the Gulf War and the Maastricht Treaty behind him,and the Poll Tax abolished,John Major went on to win a remarkable victory in the general election of 1992.In his leadership of his party and his country and in facing up to the new order after May 1997,John Major acted with dignity - rare in politics.The Tories' continuing internal struggles since their defeat served only to intensify interest in his leadership through the Conservative Party's last period of power this century (then 1999). Since April 2013,and again in March 2015, and again in ths year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Michael John Major'

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