Originally published in 1972, this book is an account of the events which led Humphry Berkeley to join the Labour Party after seven years a Conservative Member of Parliament and twenty years as a member of the Conservative Party.
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Originally published in 1972, this book is an account of the events which led Humphry Berkeley to join the Labour Party after seven years a Conservative Member of Parliament and twenty years as a member of the Conservative Party.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 170 pages. Ex-Govt Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout. An Insiders View Of The Workings Of The British Conservative Party During The 1960-70 Period.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. PP.170. ISBN: 0043290159. Autobiography. Signed presentation from the author: "For Victor Ross with every good wish Humphry Berkeley." Loosely inserted typed signed letter from the author on headed paper, dated 1983, addressed to Ross at Reader's Digest offices. Original publisher's binding in black with silver lettering at spine. Dust jacket design in black, white, and red with a photograph of The Houses of Parliament. B/w photograph of the author on rear of dust jacket. / From the library of Victor Ross (1919-2021) an Austrian Jewish refugee from Nazi occupation who became Chairman of Reader's Digest, Europe, and an author. He conceived and led the 'Thank You Britain' fund in the 1960s, raising £96, 000 (well over £1 million in today's terms) within the Jewish refugee community from central Europe, for a scholarship fund and series of annual lectures at the British Academy. The dancer Hildegarde Peiser was Victor Ross' second wife. She was the sister of actress Lilli Palmer, who married to Rex Harrison. Very good indeed in about very good dust jacket. Dust jacket rubbed at edges.