MARGARET THATCHER: The Path to Power 1st US Ed FIRST Conservative Party HARDBACK

Description: GOOD to VERY GOOD CONDITION This sale is for a large size hardback FIRST EDITION entitled “The Path to Power,” by Margaret Thatcher (Margaret, The Lady Thatcher, O.M., P.C., F.R.S.), with numerous photographic illustrations. It was published by Harper Collins Publishers, of New York, and is the 1995 FIRST U. S. EDITION (stated and with the first impression print code “95 96 97 98 99 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”. Margaret Thatcher writes for the first time of her life up to her dramatic 1979 election victory at which she became the first woman Prime Minister of England. A prequel to ‘The Downing Street Years’, and arguably a more gripping book than its predecessor, she writes candidly about the formation of her character and values, and the experiences that propelled her to the very top in a man's world. Beginning with a touching account of her upbringing in Grantham, Lincolnshire, she goes on to describe her Oxford years, marriage to Denis, and entry into Parliament at a time when there were no more than a handful of women MPs. Rising through the ranks to Education Secretary and then Leader of the Opposition, she led the Conservative Party to a historic victory in the 1979 general election, becoming Britain's first female prime minister. She writes explicitly about her feelings towards Ted Heath as she sat uncomfortably in his Cabinets, about her rethinking of conservatism under the inspiration of Keith Joseph, about the Winter of Discontent, the fall of the Labour Callaghan Government, and the country she inherited. “The economics had gone wrong because something else had gone wrong spiritually and philosophically. The economic crisis was a crisis of the spirit of the nation.” All this would be quite sufficient to make a riveting memoir, but this book has a Part Two. In this Lady Thatcher writes for the first time about her feelings as she left Downing Street in 1990, and about the course Britain, Europe and the world have taken since then. In our uncertain and increasingly rudderless world, here is a woman who knows what she thinks and why she thinks it. The voice which the world listened to so intently during her years in Downing Street, speaks again now in these pages. The book measures 9.5 inches x 6.25 inches x 2 inches and has 656 pages + illustrations. The book is in good, neat and clean condition for its age, with a little light foxing to the rims and fading around the spine of the otherwise similarly good original dust-jacket (not even price-clipped – it cost USA $30.00 or Canada $42.00 at the time!) There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in the book. The binding is very good save the front blank endpaper is removed/missing, with no other loose or missing pages. A wonderful illustrated FIRST EDITION. COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/‘shipping’ for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice. Please click on “View Sellers Other Items” towards the top right hand side of this page for other vintage editions. Buyer to pay postage & packing HEAVY BOOK! For UK Postage: 2nd Class/Parcels = £5.50;or 1st Class = £6.50 European Union Postage: = 9.45 GB Pounds USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 20.65 GB Pounds Airmail to Australia & New Zealand = 21.45 GB Pounds Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World excluding USA, Australia & New Zealand) = 16.95 GB Pounds. Unwinsbooks always obtain a proof of postage receipt from the Royal Mail. Packages over Royal Mail size rules may be sent by courier (customer will be informed). Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatched once payment has cleared.

Price: 12 GBP

Location: Shaftesbury, Dorset

End Time: 2025-02-07T23:20:16.000Z

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