MARGARET THATCHER The Path to Power (1995) SIGNED 1st!! Start Price GBP 499.95 Current Price GBP 499.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 27, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 06, 2008 Location New Romney See more about 'MARGARET THATCHER The Path to Power (1995) SIGNED 1st!!' Description   Item: MARGARET THATCHER.   'Number 10' bookplate Signed by MARGARET THATCHER   1st Edition!!!   656 page large (24cm x 16cm x 5.5cm) heavy (1.4+ kg) hardback book published by Harper Collins 1995   Content: This is a 1995 signed 1st edition of Path to Power by Margaret Thatcher.   Illustrated with photographs.   Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) is a British politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the first and only woman to date to hold either post. Born in Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, she went on to read Chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford. She was selected as Conservative candidate for Finchley in 1958 and won the seat in the general election the following year. Upon the election of Edward Heath in 1970, Thatcher was appointed Secretary of State for Education and Science. In 1974, she backed Sir Keith Joseph for the Conservative party leader, but after falling short he dropped out of the race. Thatcher entered herself and became leader of the Conservative party in 1975. As the Conservative party maintained leads in most polls, Thatcher went on to become Britain's Prime Minister in the 1979 General Election. Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister was the longest since that of Lord Salisbury and was the longest continuous period in office since the tenure of Lord Liverpool who was Prime Minister in the early 19th century. She was the first woman to lead a major political party in the UK, and the first of only three women to have held any of the four great offices of state. Among other things, she defiantly opposed the Soviet Union, and her tough-talking rhetoric gained her the nickname the "Iron Lady". She currently has a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire, which entitles her to sit in the House of Lords. Condition: Dust-jacket near mint condition. Hardback mint condition. Pages mint condition. Additional photographs available upon request.   Collectable Signed 1st Edition!!!      WE SELL WORLD-WIDE     SHIPPING INSURANCE All books are insured during shipping for their purchase value up to a maximum of UK £36.00 This insurance excludes postage & packaging costs. Additional cover available upon request.     Add us to your favourites list!   Check out our other items!   &    Our eBay Shop     Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!