Politics from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: The Afro-American and West Indian Publishers 1971. 8vo. First edition. 83 pp. Pictorial softcover. Light rubbing to edges, internally clean. Bonhomme was born in Trinidad and grew to dislike his home country's relationship with America, a nation he viewed as imperialistic. Racial inequality in America and Britain inspired this book. Enoch Powell delivered his racist Rivers of Blood speech… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton c. 1915. 12mo. Red publisher's cloth, 260 pp. The only major fictional work by Winston Churchill, written in 1897 and appearing in serial form in 'Macmillan's Magazine' before publication as a book. Sunned spine; binding firm and clean internally. . Very Good. Cloth. 1915.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 1896. 8vo. vi, 251 pp. Bickers binding of half calf with green boards; gilt lettering and devices to spine; t.e.g; marbled endpapers. fading to green calf. Internally clean. Morley was a distinguished biographer, particularly of his political hero, Gladstone. Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1896.

Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Company 1973. 4to.Limited Edition. Limited edition. xiv, [2], 50 pp. Full black cloth with a terracotta leather title label bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Edges uncut. 1 of 400 copies printed at the Rampant Lions Press. Some minor rubbing to the corners of binding and some light markings to the boards. Internally clean. 'Areopagitica, the… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph 1972. 8vo. First edition (precedes the US edition). 168 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering and black title label to spine in unclipped pictorial jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket and light bumping to book spine ends. Internally clean. Baldwin's personal statement on American political and social developments in the middle of the 20th century. From the flap:… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1970. 8vo. First UK edition. 256 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket. Some warping to the binding, due to the amount of cuttings included. Clean internally. The cuttings concern this work, as well as Rubin's life and the Yippies more broadly. This work sets out Rubin's anti-establishment views. With an introduction by… Read more about this item

London: Leslie Frewin 1966. 8vo.Review Copy. Review copy. 240 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial unclipped jacket. Two very short tears at head of spine and slight rubbing to rear panel, otherwise clean. Peter Griffiths was a Conservative MP, who beat the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Patrick Gordon Walker, in the election for the seat of Smethwick at… Read more about this item

London: Longmans 1961. 8vo. First Edition. xi, 340 pp. Hardcover in clipped jacket, with later price sticker of £1.50. Some edge-wear to jacket with water staining to rear panel. Staining to a few leaves, though generally clean internally. An investigation into over-production and consumerism in America. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1961.

London: Printed and published by Charles Clement 1824 / 1827. 12mo. Two volumes in one. First editions. Unpaginated. Full contemporary calf with gilt borders to boards and gilt lettering and decoration to spine; gilt turn-ins, marbled edges and endpapers. Minor rubbing to boards and spine and slight wear and cracking to front top joint. Internally clean. Volume 2 has title:… Read more about this item

New York: Afro Arts Inc. / Broadside Press 1969. Large 8vo. 4th printing. [ii], 38 pp. Illustrated softcover. Very light rubbing and curling to extremities. Internally clean. One of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement, this collection features some of her reflections on events and developments in 1968. 21 cms tall . Near Fine. Softcover. 4th Printing. 1969.… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1959. Small 8vo. First edition. 94 pp. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Very slight crushing or curling to jacket extremities. Slight bumping to head of spine. Clean externally and internally. The hardback is less common in such nice condition. This work argues that the only way to escape the common peril of nuclear war 'is… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg 1941. 16mo. First edition. 127 pp. Original cream-coloured boards with green lettering to spine in dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly edgeworn with a few marks and tanning, and a small tear to back panel. Binding a little slanted. Orwell's essay on socialism, patriotism and the class system in wartime Britain. Clean copy. . Very Good. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office 1863. Large 8vo. Volume 3 only. 659 pp. Purple/cream cloth with blind stamped devices to front board and spine. Discolouration to front board and spine, rubbing to spine ends and corners. Light foxing to endpapers and prelims. Some text bleed to pages, but otherwise in good, clean condition. The third volume of the report investigating President… Read more about this item

London: John Milne [1901]. 12mo. vii, 183 pp. Cloth spine with original illustrated boards. Rubbing to extremities and general discolouration. Small losses to a few corners of boards. Publisher's stamp to title page and light creasing to corner of pages, though internally clean and bright. Includes chapters on training of the soldier, the strategy of the war and the despatches… Read more about this item

Basingstoke: Privately Printed by Macmillan 1984. Small 8vo. Privately printed for Macmillan Publishing staff. 41 pp. Cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. This memoir of Harold Macmillan was published to mark his ninetieth birthday in February 1984, with the late Prime Minister being the grandson of the co-founder of the publishing company, Daniel MacMillan.… Read more about this item

London: Philip Allan & Co. 1925. Small 8vo. First Edition thus. xi, 163 pp. Recently rebound in 1/4 morocco binding with gilt lettering and devices to spine. Minor spotting to edges of text block, with slight denting along the fore-edge. Boards clean and gilt bright. Light scattered foxing. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. First Edition Thus. 1925.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons / E. P. Dutton & Co. 1950. 16mo. xvi, 3-290 pp. Recently rebound in 1/4 dark blue morocco over marbled boards with gilt lettering and devices to spine. Very slight spotting and indentations to bottom edge. Internally clean. The Everyman's Library edition. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1950.

London: T. C. & E. C. Jack N.d. [1912]. 12mo. 94, (2) pp. Original pictorial green cloth with black lettering to front board & spine. Two-page publisher's list at rear dated February 1912. Number 47 in The People's Books. A near fine copy, with some discolouration to the spine and very light rubbing to its base. Fawcett had long been… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society c. 2011. 8vo. xviii, 270 pp. Cloth with an illustration by Yann Le Bec based on a design by Gavin Morris, brown slipcase. Light fading to top edge of slipcase. With an introduction by A. N. Wilson. Includes 7 plates reproducing photographs from the Mitford family archives. . Near Fine. Cloth. 2011.

London: Bradbury and Evans 1852 / 1853. 12mo. Two volumes in one. viii, 280; viii, 280 pp. Half calf over marbled boards, with raised gilt-decorated bands and gilt lettering to spine. Wear across spines and boards, with bumping to extremities. Internally quite clean, with only occasional light marking. From Dickens Journal Online (itself from Drew, 'Dickens the Journalist', 2003): 'The… Read more about this item