Search Results: Politics from Tapsell's Books and Music

London: Allen and Unwin, 1928. 253 pages. B/w portrait frontispiece. Limited Autographed Edition (for subscribers), this being No. 41 and signed by the author. School library bookplate on front free endpaper. Original blue cloth with very slight signs of wear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Polity Press, 1999. ix, 234 pages. Bibliography and index. Pictorial card wrappers. . 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1974. xii, 196 pages. Eight b/w illustrations. Index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

St Lucia: UQP, 1982. xiv,249pp. Bibliography and index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1999. viii, 320 pages. Appendix, bibliography and index. Pictorial card wrappers. Signed and inscribed by the author to a former Victorian politician. Related flyers enclosed.. Signed and Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Boulder: East European Monographs, 1982. v, 355 pages. Maps. Bibliography and indices. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. xxiv, 1324 pages. Each volume has a bibliographical essay and index. Original black cloth with silver titling on the spine. Top edges slightly spotted. The dustwrappers are price clipped. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Sydney: Haldane Publishing, 1977. 511 pages. Many b/w photos. Not signed by the author (this title is almost always signed and inscribed by Opperman!). Very slight pale foxing on endpapers and on dustwrapper. Scarce. * "Oppy" was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s when cycling was a major sport. Among his achievements were his records in marathons such as Freemantle-Sydney, Kalgoorlie-Perth, Adelaide-Sydney, Sydney-Brisbane and, in Europe, his wins in the Paris-Brest-Paris road race, the classic 24-hour Bol dÓr and setting a new Land's End-John O'Groats record. He broke and/or established 101 State, Australian and world records in an incredible 24 hours of non-stop cycling at the old Sydney Velodrome. Oppy went on to become a long-time Cabinet Minister in the Australian Parliament and its overseas' representative in Malta. This book is his account of his amazing cycling and political careers. In 1996, at the age of 91, he died of a… Read More

Sydney: Haldane Publishing, 1977. 511 pages. Many b/w photos. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Tape marks on front and rear endpapers. The dustwrapper is lightly worn. Scarce. * "Oppy" was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s when cycling was a major sport. Among his achievements were his records in marathons such as Freemantle-Sydney, Kalgoorlie-Perth, Adelaide-Sydney, Sydney-Brisbane and, in Europe, his wins in the Paris-Brest-Paris road race, the classic 24-hour Bol dÓr and setting a new Land's End-John O'Groats record. He broke and/or established 101 State, Australian and world records in an incredible 24 hours of non-stop cycling at the old Sydney Velodrome. Oppy went on to become a long-time Cabinet Minister in the Australian Parliament and its overseas' representative in Malta. This book is his account of his amazing cycling and political careers. In 1996, at the age of 91, he died of a heart attack… Read More

London: Allen and Unwin, 1970. 299 pages. Foreword by the Earl Mountbatten of Burma. B/w portrait frontispiece. Appendix and index. *Along with Gandhi and Nehru, Patel dominated the Indian political scene in the last phase of the struggle for Independence.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2001. xx, 210 pages. B/w text illustrations. Bibliography and index. Pictorial card wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

London: Methuen, 1920. 220 pages. Index. Original red cloth with blind-stamped titling on the upper board and gilt titling on the spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Sydney: The Consolidated Press, 1941. 18.3cm x 12.5cm. 221 pages. Original card wrappers. . Soft Cover. Very Good.