Conversation [signed] [first edition]

London. The Harvill Press. 1998. First Edition/First Printing. (1 in number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Small format. Royal blue dark cloth with gilt spine titles. Illustrated dust wrapper; both are new. Beautiful coloured drawings throughout the text. Flat signed by the author without dedication to the title page. The author argues that conversation is essential to our development as fully civilised human beings. Zeldin wants to change the way people think about themselves and their history and as a result of this change the way they behave towards one another. A source of ideas about what conversation is and has been.