Mcgeer pat (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 5-1/2" x 8-5/8", xiii + 238pp. Printed on alkaline paper and bound in sewn signatures in canary yellow library buckram boards. Bottom edge staining / soiling, edge and corner wear to boards. Jacket is heavily edge worn, with several larger chips and tears, as well as general shelf wear. Edge soiling, some foxing to edges of book block all around. Binding is noticeably cocked. Pages are clean and bright and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Peter Martin Associates, Toronto, 1972. First edition. First printing. Full yellow cloth with black lettering to spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket, with slight rubbing and wear to edges, chiefly at head of spine. A tight, clean copy. 8vo. 238 pp., with index. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Subtitle: "The authoritative, no-holds-barred inside account of the use and abuse of political power in British Columbia today." Written by Patrick L. "Pat" McGeer, then leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party and a member of the provincial legislature, the book offers an insider's critique of W.A.C. Bennett's Social Credit government. McGeer later served in several British Columbia cabinet posts and was also a physician, neuroscientist, Alzheimer's researcher, and member of Canada's 1948 Olympic basketball team.…