The Costello Memoirs: The Age of Prosperity. by Costello, Peter; Coleman, Peter (with) - 2008

Carlton, VIC, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 2008. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 718g, 386pgs, gold endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only light shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Melbourne, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Preface by Peter Coleman, author's note, appendices and index. Gold coloured end pages. Between pages 194 and 195 there are 16 pages of colour and black-and-white photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with gilt and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Peter Costello was Australia's longest serving Treasurer. In this memoir he recalls steering " ... the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections." – from the front fold over panel blurb. Rubbing of the backstrip corners and of the book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. A little ruffling of the dustwrapper edges and there is some tanning of the extreme edges. A few… Read More

Melbourne University Press, Australia, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0522855822. ISBN/EAN: 9780522855821. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43516. . 9780522855821

Melbourne University Press, Australia, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover. 386 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Melbourne University Press, Australia, 2008. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Remainder mark on page edges. . Clipped front end page. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Costello Memoirs is a frank and fearless look inside the engine-room of the Liberal Party and the Howard Government. In a political career spanning eighteen years, Peter Costello, Australia's longest serving Treasurer, steered the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections. What were the backroom deals that made the GST possible? How did Costello transform the Australian economy… Read More

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2008. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiv,386pp, index, photos. Owner name plus small inscription, else very good Size: 8vo

Melbourne University Press, Australia, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. The Costello Memoirs is a frank and fearless look inside the engine-room of the Liberal Party and the Howard Government. In a political career spanning eighteen years, Peter Costello, Australia's longest serving Treasurer, steered the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections. What were the backroom deals that made the GST possible? How did Costello transform the Australian economy from Asia's 'white trash' into the economic powerhouse able to withstand the financial meltdown of the late 1990s? What did Costello make of the Liberal Leaders he served with, and why did he find it so easy to trounce Labor's Shadow Treasurers? For the first time, the facts about the McLachlan memorandum on the leadership transition from Howard to Costello are revealed. How-and why-did the Liberal… Read More

Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 2008. xiv, + 386pp., plus 1 x 16 page illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean, black pen stripe to foot of text-block. Illustrated dustjacket very good+. " . . . a frank and fearless look inside the engine-room of the Liberal Party and the Howard Government. In a political career spanning eighteen years, Peter Costello, Australia's longest serving Treasurer, steered the government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections . . . " Contents include: Preface, Author's Note, 15 chapters, Appendices, Index. Book weight approx. 710g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +.

Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2008 [1st edition]; 160 x 240 mm, xiv, 386 pp, 16 pages of plates, 10 appendices, index. Edges lightly age-toned otherwise Like New.

Melbourne University Press, Carlton South Vic, Austria, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Impression. 386 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is not price-clipped and in excellent condition. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is in fine or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in great condition and the dust jacket is generally unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: In his impressive eighteen-year parliamentary career, Mr Costello was Australia's longest-serving Treasurer. As Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party for more than a decade, he… Read More

Melbourne University Press, Carlton South Vic, Austria, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 386 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is not price-clipped and in excellent condition. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In his impressive eighteen-year parliamentary career, Mr Costello was Australia's longest-serving Treasurer. As Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party for more than a decade, he worked with Liberal leaders, including John Howard, Alexander Downer, John Hewson, and Andrew Peacock.In his political memoirs, Mr Costello, the fiscal conservative and social progressive, the architect of the GST who eliminated public-sector debt, and who supported a republic and Reconciliation, reflects on more… Read More