Margaret Thatcher — The Path to Power

London, Harper Collins, 1995 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Margaret Thatcher's account of the first part of her life, leading up to her ascent to the role of Prime Minister. The first edition, first impression of this memoir, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by Thatcher to an illustrated bookplate of Parliament, with the bookplate attached to the front free endpaper at each corner by a small piece of tape.An impressive autobiography by the former Prime Minister, 'The Path of Power' follows Thatcher's life from her birth in 1925 up to the day she became Prime Minister in 1979.The final section of this book includes Thatcher's personal opinions on the current state of politics in the 1990s.Illustrated with twenty double sided leaves of plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumped to spine tail, otherwise externally fine. Signed to a bookplate which is attached to the front free endpaper at each corner with tape. Small closed tear to dust wrapper at head of fold by rear flyleaf, and at head of fold over rear joint. Light sunning to back strip. Light shelf wear to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.