HarperCollins, Sydney, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 500 g; X, 278 pages, with an index of people talked about, and with some line drawing illustrations throughout by Peter Coombs. illustrated paperback binding. All 3 external edges of the binding have yellowed slightly. Gift birthday note at the top of the first page/title page. No other damage."In what is both a comedy of ideas and a comedy of manners Donald Horne has, with deft and amused authority, produced the widest and most accessible range of political ideas and are brought together in a book about Australia." Rear panel blurb Full number line. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Politics; Australia; ISBN: 0732258677. ISBN/EAN: 9780732258672. Inventory No: 0280916. . 9780732258672
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Second-hand copy, no damage to the books apart from underlining and highlighting by the previous owner who was a Holocaust scholar. Includes a chronology of events from September 21, 1939, through to May 8, 1945 with the surrender of Germany, includes extensive bibliography, bibliographic glossary & index. The author's study stands out among the historical works published by the scholars of this post-1948 generation, because of both the controversial subject to the dresses and the standards of scholarly research as well as intellectual honesty entertains. During the early years of the State of Israel, the themes dealt with by her were in notable instances, the object of fierce polemics; no attempt was made to reach substantiated historical evaluation. The author's conclusions, as free as possible from etiological stances, do not pretend to be definitive, demonstrating the author's sensitivity the issues discussed. – Page X Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 334 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics; Judaica – politics; Palestine/Israel; WW II; ISBN: 0674077083. ISBN/EAN: 9780674077089. Inventory No: 0280553. . 9780674077089
Fontana / Collins, London, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Introduction by author, notes and index. Illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. In this book the author " ... debates the issues raised by the relationship of government to society and suggest some ways in which the individual can respond to growing State power. Opening with an analysis of the social, moral and legal issues raised by Vietnam and a discussion of the future of Indochina, Chomsky then goes well beyond the war into an examination of civil disobedience, the role of the University and the philosophy of anarchism." – from rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges and panels and there is a crease that runs three quarters the length of the front panel. Sunning of the backstrip with tanning of the text block edges and pages. Previous owners name to the top right hand corner of the half title page and to page 33. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [9], 10 - 220, [4 – further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Philosophy; Politics; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0006336159. ISBN/EAN: 9780006336150. Inventory No: 0128171. . 9780006336150
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. occasional black-and-white photographs throughout the text. No damage to the cover, no damage to the pages, no annotations. The book is a vivid recounting of the author's experience as the first Australian Black to graduate with a doctorate, and of her growing confidence as she thrives in the new environment of Harvard. – A moving and exuberant conclusion to a story that began as a tale of brutalisation. – Paraphrasing the rear panel blurb Light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Full number line. Size: Trade Paperback. [8], 325, [3] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 1865083356. ISBN/EAN: 9781865083353. Inventory No: 0279831. . 9781865083353
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. At the beginning of the text and at the rear of the text there are black and white photographs. Colour illustrated paperback binding with black, white and gilt coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. This is the second volume of Roberta's three volume autobiography SNAKED DREAMING; and chronicles Roberta's increasing politicisation and involvement in the Black movement to the time of her invitation from Harvard to take up postgraduate studies in the United States. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Full number line. Size: Trade Paperback. [8], 269, [4] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 1864488379. ISBN/EAN: 9781864488371. Inventory No: 0279830. . 9781864488371
Alpha Books, Sydney, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XXI, 190 pp., Biography Of E.G. ( Edward Granville 1884-1950 ) Theodore Former Deputy Prime Minister Of Australia During World War 2 (With foreword by E.G. Whitlam). With 10 full-page plates, and facsimiles. A study of Edward Granville Theodore (1884-1950) former Premier of Queensland and Deputy Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia during the Great Depression. the dust jacket has a tear at the top right, and bottom left of the front panel, with loss at the bottom, and several short tears on the bottom edge of the rear panel, age toning of the page edges, no other damage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; Local History -- Queensland; Australia; 20th century; ISBN: 0355530643. ISBN/EAN: 9780355530643. Inventory No: 0277637. . 9780355530643
Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. VIII, 180 pages, includes reference notes, and end page maps of Australia and its neighbours. Age toning of the page edges, no other damage to describe. The author of many books, believes that the stress foreign policy is based on an analysis of the situation in Asia because fundamentally mistaken. He argues that the revolutions now under way in Asia (1965) are not basically communist but nationalist. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Australiana; Politics; Asia; Australia; Inventory No: 0277139. . This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $8.00 for shipment within Australia. .
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, London, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/good. Illustrator: Photographic. 660 g.; 327 pages,, preface by author, list of illustrations, three appendices and index. Sepia toned photograph of author. The text is illustrated with nine sepia toned photographs/illustrations. Green coloured cloth boards with embossed author's initials to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. The autobiography of John Buchan the author of the book "The 39 Steps" and numerous other works but also was the Governor of Canada, as Lord Tweedsmuir, in the middle part of the 20th century. . Light age toning of the text block and internal text. the dust jacket chipped across the top edge and torn. No other damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; Biography -- Arts; Canada; Inventory No: 0275341. .
Penguin Books, Camberwell, Victoria, 2006. Revised and Expanded. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Introduction to the updated and expanded edition, acknowledgements and index .Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. In this book the author looks at the globalisation of the world, a flattening if you will, and its ramifications for the 21st century. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the book edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 593, [7] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Economics; Politics; Modern; History. ISBN: 0141022728. ISBN/EAN: 9780141022727. Inventory No: 0126213. . 9780141022727
Random House, New York, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Preface by author, acknowledgements and index. Between pages 380 and 381 there are 16 pages of black and white photography – from the author's political period. 1/4 blue coloured cloth covered backstrip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 white coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the front panel. Photographic dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The autobiography of Colin Powell, the son of immigrant Jamaican parents, growing up in Harlem, who joined the American army and became a 4 star General, who then went on to become a military adviser to both Republican and Democratic presidents. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges rubbing of the lower edges. Some handling marks to the endpages with age toning of the text block edges. A little creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of panels. Minor chipping to the top right hand corner of the front panel with some bleeding of the backstrip cloth colour to the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], with 26 pages of black-and-white photographs (unpaginated), VIII - X, [3], 4 - will 643, [7] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; United States; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0679432965. ISBN/EAN: 9780679432968. Inventory No: 0125903. . 9780679432968 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER, THANK YOU.
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, London, 1944. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 660 g.; 327 pages,, preface by author, list of illustrations, three appendices and index. Sepia toned photograph of author. The text is illustrated with nine sepia toned photographs/illustrations. Green coloured cloth boards with embossed author's initials to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. Light age toning of the text block and internal text. The autobiography of John Buchan the author of the book "The 39 Steps" and numerous other works but also was the Governor of Canada, as Lord Tweedsmuir, in the middle part of the 20th century. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; Biography -- Arts; Canada; Inventory No: 0272639. .
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. At the beginning of the text and at the rear of the text there are black and white photographs. Colour illustrated paperback binding with black, white and gilt coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. This is the second volume of Roberta's three volume autobiography SNAKED DREAMING; and chronicles Roberta's increasing politicisation and involvement in the Black movement to the time of her invitation from Harvard to take up postgraduate studies in the United States. A little creasing of the book corners was rubbing of the book edges. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: Trade Paperback. [8], 269, [4] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 1864488379. ISBN/EAN: 9781864488371. Inventory No: 0125087. . 9781864488371
Newsweek Books / Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover (Padded Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Introduction by Neville Williams, linking passages by Adrian Brink, acknowledgements and index. Illustrated and pages, both different, the front and page showing a meeting of the Protestant leaders of Germany, and at the rear and page shows a procession of Elizabeth I. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white and coloured contemporary illustrations and the occasional colour and black and white photograph. Green coloured padded boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing Henry VIII and his children, with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. This book, penned by various experts in their field, is a potted history of the world in the tumultuous 16th century, whose changes were the harbouring of the Renaissance and then further on to the modern world. It not only deals with Europe but also India, South America, Japan and England. Minor rubbing of the back strip corners and book corners. A little age toning of the text block edges with a few small brown marks to the first few pages. Creasing of the dust wrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. There has been a little yellowing of the background colour of the dust wrapper. Revised and Expanded. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [8], 9 - 160 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Religion; Sociology and Culture; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Politics. ISBN: 0882250671. ISBN/EAN: 9780882250670. Inventory No: 0124728. . 9780882250670 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER, THANK YOU.
Allen Lane The Penguin Press, London, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. acknowledgements and index. Blue coloured and pages. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. In this book the author looks at the globalisation of the world, a flattening if you will, and its ramifications for the 21st century. Rubbing to the lower book edges, with age toning of the text block edges and pages. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII, [3], 4 - 488 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Economics; Politics; Modern; History. ISBN: 0713998784. ISBN/EAN: 9780713998788. Inventory No: 0124723. . 9780713998788
University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Introduction by translator, selected bibliography and index. Green coloured end pages. Black coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. This book was first published in the early part of the 1400s, and, it is the author's treatise on family, social standing, politics, nobility and society in early Renaissance Florence. Softening of the back strip edges along with some fading. Rubbing and a little fraying of the book corners, the underlying board is visible to the lower book corners. Rubbing to the lower book edge and there is some age toning of the text block edges. A previous owner has made the very occasional mark against certain passages of the book, but, there is no underlining or marginalia. Previous owners name to the top edge of the page following the free front end page. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], 2 - 322, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Politics; Florence; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0124748. .
The Folio Society, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Leather 3/4 Cloth). Very Good Condition/Slipcase. Illustrator: Illustrated. Introduction and foreword by editor, genealogies, one appendix and biographical index. Illustrated endpages showing King Henry VII's standard. Coloured illustrated frontispiece, of King Henry VII. The text is illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of contemporary illustrations – mainly portraits of the main players in King Henry's life .1/4 green leather back strip with gilt coloured decoration and titles. 3/4 green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt and red coloured decoration to the front panel Blue coloured tent to the top text block edge. Plain text slipcase textured blue coloured. The history of King Henry VII as seen by one of the 17th-century luminaries. A broad history of the War of the Roses, and, how Henry VII eventually triumphed, and England came under the Tudor rule. The book shows very little in the way of damage apart from some rubbing to the book corners and a very slight hint of age toning of the text block edges and pages. The slipcase is rubbed at the edges and the front edge and back strip show quite a nasty stain – please see photograph. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], 6 - 256 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics; Royalty; Britain/UK; Medieval 10th to 15thc; History . Inventory No: 0124209. .
Chinese Medical Association, Beijing, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. At the beginning of the text is a black-and-white photograph of Mao Tsetung. The text is illustrated with occasional table, black-and-white photograph and graphs. Plain text paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The Chinese Medical Journal from September 1976, which is a strange juxtaposition of political rhetoric and scientific / medical essays. In this periodical the death of Mao Tsetung is announced with a message to the readers of the magazine from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China – please see photograph. Creasing of the book corners with yellowing of the book panels. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Medicine & Health; China; 1970s; Politics. Inventory No: 0124408. . This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $8.00 for shipment within Australia. .
harper & Row, Publishers, New York, Evanston, and London, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Maps. Preface by author, general bibliography, bibliography and index. Illustrated endpages, being the publishing house's logo reproduced many times, in white, against a gray coloured background. The text is illustrated with maps throughout. Black coloured cloth covered boards with ochre coloured inserts to the front panel and back strip, and, within those inserts, gilt coloured titles. A history of constitutional and legal documents in mediaeval England. Ranging from the eighth century C. E. To the reign of King Richard III 1483-1485. Little softening of the back strip edges and bumping of the book corners. Fading and marking to the back strip with some rubbing and handling marks to the book corners. Uniform light tanning of the text block edges along with scattered foxing . Age toning of the pages. Previous owners name to the top edge of the free front end page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XXIX, [3], 3 - 671, [5] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Politics; Britain/UK; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: 0124145. . THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER, THANK YOU.
Southerly Change Media, Australia, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. There is on the inside of the front cover a gift message to the previous owner. No other damage, no other writing and no underlining. This book also examines how the tabloid media creates moral panics using new racism to increase circulations and ratings. It also exposes a series of beat ups that portray Islamist public enemy number one. Size: Trade Paperback. 199 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Journalism; Politics; General; Australia; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0975176803. ISBN/EAN: 9780975176801. Inventory No: 0269317. . 9780975176801
Picador, Sydney, 1995. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. XX, 341, [7] pages, photographic illustrated softcover binding, age toning of the page edges, and a small pale mark on the top edge of the text block near the spine, not affecting the pages to any depth. This book traces the development, from hippie protester to conservative grouch, of America's premier political humourist. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humour; Politics; Journalism; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 033035731X. ISBN/EAN: 9780330357319. Inventory No: 0269162. . 9780330357319 This book is light, and postage will be reduced to $8.00 for shipment within Australia. .
