The Path to Power

Thatcher, Margaret

ISBN 10: 0060172703 / ISBN 13: 9780060172701

Published by Harper Collins, New York, 1995

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SIGNED - Octavo. Burgundy colored boards thirdbound in a cloth backstrip of the same color with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Tan, granite-patterned endpapers. Signed by the author in blue felt tipped pen on a book plate that has been fastened to the free front endpaper. Binding is straight and tight. Book would probably have squeaked through with a NF grade, but there's a little soiling to the outside edge of the textblock. Pages are clean, white, and crisp within. 656 pages. Illustrated with five sections of photographs. Dust Jacket - has light rubbing at the head of the spine and at the very tip of the lower rear outside corner, which also has a tiny chip in the extreme tip - maybe 1/32" deep. Tiny facial tear at the front corner of the head of the spine is about the size of a felt tipped pen dot - not intrusive, but visible. Heavier than average book will likely require additional postage for orders requesting International or Priority mail services. Not perfect, but still attractive. Seller Inventory # 007187

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Path to Power

Publisher: Harper Collins, New York

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG+

Dust Jacket Condition: VG+

Signed: Signed by the Author

Edition: First Edition, First Printing.

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Synopsis:

In a prequel to The Downing Street Years, Thatcher describes her childhood, Oxford education, early entry into politics, and rise to power in Parliament, sharing insights into the influences that shaped her life and political career. 250,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Reviews:

Previously, the retired British prime minister wrote--and wrote pugnaciously--about her long tenure in the premiership in The Downing Street Years (1993). Now Thatcher fills in, chronologically speaking, by writing about her life prior to becoming prime minister and after she left office and does so, perhaps, even more self-righteously. Born "over the shop" (her father's grocery, that is) in 1925 in Grantham, England, Thatcher was raised in a household "practical, serious and intensely religious." Those qualities became her qualities, and by the time she got to Oxford, she recognized politics as her calling. She threw her hat into the ring early, running for Parliament when only in her twenties. By nature conservative, she was by enlistment a Conservative. The path by which she became head of that party and then prime minister is traced in typical Thatcher fashion: her narrative is opinionated, self-assured, and, as the reader has to admit, well reasoned. Expect the same heavy demand by serious readers of politics and history as the first volume garnered. Brad Hooper

Following The Downing Street Years (LJ 1/94), Thatcher reflects on her youth.
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