GORBACHEV, Mikhail. Perestroika: New Thinking for Our Country and the World. London: Collins, 1987.8º. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: Presentation copy to Margaret Thatcher (half-title inscribed in Russian: "To Mrs Margaret Thatcher, with respect and hopes for further mutual understanding. M. Gorbachev. Moscow, December 1987."FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE PRIME MINISTER. After meeting the new Soviet leader in 1984, Mrs Thatcher famously announced: “I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together.” In his article 'Maggie and Gorby', published in the New York Times 8 April 2013, Bill Keller called the mutually supportive relationship between the two 'one of the more essential curiosities of the late Cold War .... It took a while, but Thatcher’s endorsement won Gorbachev important credibility in Washington and other western capitals, which ultimately contributed to a defusing of lethal tensions and the liberation of Moscow’s empire. In turn, Thatcher’s early recognition that Gorbachev was for real helped her at home by enhancing her reputation as a European leader and a steely global pragmatist. In fact, Thatcher often seemed to have an easier rapport with Gorbachev than she did with President Reagan."