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Brown, Colin.
Fighting Talk: The Biography of John Prescott.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, London;
Date of Publication: 1997
Stock Code: 11461
INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. viii, 344. Numerous monochrome photographs to plates. Publishers’ black cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Bold inscription by The Right Honourable Lord Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister 1997-2007, to North East Labour MP Roland Boyes: “To Roland. A man I admire who knows as much about fighting talk as me, Best wishes John P.” Front hinge cracked but holding. Dust-jacket lightly scuffed & creased. A good copy in very good jacket. Biography of the straight talking Labour politician, written with the approval of John Prescott and family, who supplied many of the photographs and access to private documents. £35.00