John Grey Gorton; An Informal Biography by Trengove, Alan - 1969

Cassell Australia, North Melbourne, Victoria, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, author's note, acknowledgements and extracts from the speeches of John Grey Gorton. Pale yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 3 inserts, of four pages each, of black-and-white photography and the occasional cartoon throughout. Green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper, showing John Grey Gorton, with black and green coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The biography of one of Australia's most intriguing and sometimes controversial Prime Ministers -- John Grey Gorton. Softening to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners and lower book edges. Light age toning of the textblock edges and a hint of foxing to the top text edge. Previous owners notes to the rear paste-down and original bookseller's sticker to the top edge of the same page (sticker upside down).The dustwrapper is heavily rubbed and there is chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head into the heel of the backstrip. A few tears, with associated creasing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [12], 251, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics -- Australian; Australia; Inventory No: 0115019. .