VARIOUS AUTHORS

BIOGRAPHY. A COLLECTION OF TEN BIOGRAPHIES OF MARGARET THATCHER, ALL ADMIRINGLY INSCRIBED TO HER BY THE AUTHORS. These comprise:

FISHER, N. The Tory Leaders: their Struggle for Power. London: [1977] -- Cosgrave, P. Margaret Thatcher: a Tory and her Party. London: [1978] – Murray, Patricia. Margaret Thatcher. London: 1980. Revised edition -- Harris, K. Thatcher. London: [1988]. Inscribed “To Margaret Thatcher, with the gratitude and admiration of the author, for reasons manifest between the two covers, from Kenneth Harris, June 1988” – Haseler, S. The Battle for Britain: Thatcher and the New Liberals. London: [1989] – Hughes, Libby. Madam Prime Minister: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher. Minneapolis, Minnesota: [1989] (dust-jacket frayed) -- Ogden, C. Maggie: an Intimate Portrait of a Woman in Power. New York: [1990]. Inscribed “April 1990. Prime Minister, with great appreciation for the historic privilege of watching you in action over the past five years, Chris Ogden” – Smith, R.A. The Premier Years of Margaret Thatcher. [London? 1991]. Paperback -- Zamyatin, L. [Margaret Thatcher]. [Moscow]: 1995. Text in Russian, inscribed by the author in English: “Her Excellency Baroness Margaret Thatcher[,] with my deep respect and best wishes sincerely yours Leonid Zamyatin Moscow 22.9.95” -- Blundell, J. Margaret Thatcher: a Portrait of the Iron Lady. New York: [2008]. Paperback.

With 7 other volumes from Margaret Thatcher’s library: Agar, H. A Time for Greatness. London: 1943. Second Impression. Inscribed “Purchased by Tony Balchy MP and given to Margaret Thatcher MP 73, Chester Square” --Van Thal, H. (editor). The Prime Ministers: Volume I Sir Robert Walpole and Sir Robert Peel (London, 1974), with 1974 gift inscription “To Margaret ….” (lacks dust-jacket) – Warner, Marina. Queen Victoria’s Sketch Book. [London: 1979]. Inscribed: “Prime Minister To wish you a very happy Christmas. From all in your private office. December 1979” – Good Housekeeping Institute. Cookery Book. London: [1988]. 4to. Finely bound in black morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, front cover gilt lettered: “The Good Housekeeping Institute 65th Anniversary Awards for Excellence Guildhall, 25th September 1989[.] Presented to the Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher FRS, MP Prime Minister,” gilt turn-ins and edges -- Maitland, Lady Olga. Margret Thatcher the First Ten Years. London: [1989]. Half-title inscribed “To Mary Macdonald with all good wishes Margret Thatcher” -- the French edition of her Memoirs (Paris, 1993-1995), 2 vols. in paperback, not inscribed.

Together 17 volumes, various sizes, most 8vo, one in presentation morocco binding, three titles in paperback, the rest hardback, in generally good condition, most with dust-jackets.

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