William Camp — The Ruling Passion

London, Macgibbon & Kee, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of William Camp's dramatic work of fiction, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, very scarce. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work of fiction, written by William Camp and published in 1959, is described as an 'intriguing' novel which tells the private life of a public figure. The Rt. Hon. Nicholas Walker is married to his young wife, Susan, and struggles with alcoholism as his kind Private Secretary falls in love with her. William Camp (1926-2002) was a novelist, biographer, and political activist who spent the later part of his life as a corporate strategy adviser and trade union spokesperson. He published several works, including a biographical work on Lord Birkenhead which was published in 1960. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with just a bit of fading along edges of boards and a few marks to rear board. Paste downs and endpapers are lightly age-toned with a few spots. Dust wrapper is very smart, with minimal edgewear but a bit of discolouration to the wraps. Fading to the spine region with age-toning and a few spots to the reverse, again particularly to the spine region. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very clean, with age-toning to margins of pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.