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WATSON, TOM & HICKMAN, MARTIN: : DIAL M FOR MURDOCH. [Co-author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.ALLEN LANE/PENGUIN BOOKS,2012.

ISBN 9781846146039.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 001.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but co-author's handwritten,black ink inscrptn - dedication and signature+ date: 'Charlie, Hope you like it; you probably would've done a better job! All the best Martin Hickman Appledore,2012.' to title page,and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,red background with black illustration and red and b/w lettering to front panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped white ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,ix-xixpp+1-359pp [paginated] includes separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables,Dramatist Personae,co-author (Tom Watson) preface, 22 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp108/9 and pp236/7 respectively, appendices(1+2),acknowledgements,notes and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,co-author (Martin Hickman) SIGNED, dedicated title page,a dedication,epigrams /quotes,and 4pp blanks at the rear. 'This book uncovers the inner workings of one of the most powerful companies in the world: how it came to exert a poisonous, secretive influence on public life in Britain,how it used its huge power to bully,intimidate and cover up,and how its exposure has changed the way we look at our politicians,our police service and our press.' Rupert Murdoch's newspapers had been hacking phones,blagging information and casually destroying people's lives for years,but it was only after a trivial report about Prince William's knee in 2005 that detectives stumbled on a criminal conspiracy.A five-year cover-up concealed and muddied the truth.'Dial M for Murdoch' gives the first connected account of the extraordinary lengths to which the Murdochs' News Corporation went to 'put the problem in a box' (in James Murdoch's words),how its efforts to maintain and extend its power were aided by its political and police friends,and how it was finally exposed. This book is full of details which have never been disclosed before,including the smears and threats against politicians, journalists and lawyers.It reveals the existence of brave insiders who pointed those pursuing the investigation towards pieces of secret information that cracked open the case. By contrast,many of the main players in the book are unsavoury,but by the end of it you have a clear idea of what they did. Seeing the story whole,as it is presented here for the first time,allows the character of the organization it portrays to emerge unmistakeably.You will hardly believe it. Tom Watson is the MP for West Bromwich East.He campaigns against unlawful media practices and led the questioning of Rupert and James Murdoch when they appeared before Parliament in July 2011.He is the deputy chair of the Labour Party. Martin Hickman has worked for the Independent since 2001,and has driven the paper's coverage of the phone hacking scandal.He was named Journalist of the Year by the Foreign Press Association in 2009. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Co-author dedicated,SIGNED,dated.

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