COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO HISTORICAL POLITICS

A total of 16 volumes from Margaret Thatcher’s library, most with gift or presentation inscriptions. Comprising:

JOHNSON, Paul. Intellectuals. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. Presentation inscription dated October 1988 on front endpaper; underlined throughout in blue and black ink, two pages of manuscript annotations by Margaret Thatcher at end -- POLLOCK, John. Shaftesbury. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. Presentation inscription on label on half-title, dated July 1985; underlined throughout in blue and red ink -- RIDLEY, Jane. The Young Disraeli. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1985. Gift inscription on front endpaper: ‘To: Lady Thatcher / With warm regards / from Robin / Xmas 1997.’ – AYLING, Stanley. Edmund Burke. London: John Murray, 1988. Printed gift inscription from the Edmund Burke Society, dated 26th February 1992, with 4 other signatures – JENKINS, Roy. The Chancellors. London: Macmillan, 1998. Signed by the author and dated ‘4:ix:98.’ – PINTO-DUSCHINSKY, Michael. The Political Thought of Lord Salisbury. London: Constable, 1967. Presentation inscription on front endpaper: ‘For Mrs Thatcher / A small token of esteem / and with the hope that Conservative / ideas will very soon be put / into action…’ – FEELY, Terence. Number 10. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1982. Presentation inscription on front endpaper; with manuscript note addressed to ‘M.T.’ loosely inserted – BORRIE, Michael. Magna Carta. London: The British Library, 1976. Gift inscription from Lord Dainton on front endpaper, dated September 1980; photocopy of first 6 pages with underlining in blue and black ink, loosely inserted.

All octavo, original cloth, most in dust-jackets, in generally good condition.

With a further 8 volumes, most with gift or presentation inscriptions to Margaret Thatcher.

Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.