Description
First edition of Callaghan: The Road to Number Ten, signed by Prime Minister James Callaghan. Octavo, 187pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Published 1976” on copyright page. In publishers dust jacket, very good condition, retail price on front flap, toning to spine, light wear along top edge, otherwise fine. Signed on the front endpaper by James Callaghan with long inscription, dated December, 1987. Additional signed photograph of Callaghan with note. Letter of provenance from the secretary of James Callaghan, dated 1987.
Comments: Prime Minister James Callaghan served as the British Prime Minister from 1976-1979 after the resignation of Harold Wilson. He is the only person to hold all four Great Offices of State, serving as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister. He was defeated by Margaret Thatcher. In retirement, Prime Minister James Callaghan wrote his memoirs, Time and Chance (1987).
