Australian Labor Movement

Book Condition: Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The cover has a bit of wear, with a margin of water damage around the edges, light foxing, and a few scuffs. The page edges are lightly foxed, and the pages are evenly tanned. Multiple copies are available. 247 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. The dust jacket has a little wear. The page edges are a bit foxed. The front endpaper has a small faint pencil inscription. 525 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm). 299 pages. By any standards, Laurie Short has been a figure of immense significance in the Australian Labor Movement. Even those who may have opposed him most strongly on particular issues or philosophical positions could never question his courage or tenacity. His is a story worth telling and worth reading. Multiple copies available. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm). The cover has light wear and the edges of the book are lightly tanned. Several copies are avaliable. 310 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. 845 pages. The dust jacket has a little wear, with light fading on the spine, and a few small scuffs on the edges. The page edges are lightly tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). There is light wear on the cover and the spine has become discoloured. There is light tanning and spotting along the edges of the book. Several copies are available. 207 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm). The cover has a little wear, with a few small scuffs. The page edges are lightly minor tanned and foxed. 320 pages. This is the story of Egon Kisch, a prominent European peace activist, who was prevented by immigration officials from landing in Freemantle and Melbourne. As part of the White Australia Policy, the Immigration officials gave him a dictation test in a European language (Scottish Gaelic) that he did not speak. His dramatic leap to the wharf at Melbourne when he broke his leg earned him both sympathy and notoriety. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The author's most useful book. A nuts and bolts manual on how to organise a rank and file reform group in a significant trade union and eventually win. Based on Tanner's experiences in the campaign to defeat the old Grouper leadership of the Victorian Clerks Union. In a way, a unique book, of potential value to anyone who is becoming active in a union or considering running for union elected office. 216 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 115 pages. The cover has a little wear, with light discolouration and a few scuffs. The page edges are lightly tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm). 262 pages. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are somewhat tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm). Senator Jack Kane was, for more than twenty years, one of the great characters, and to his many admirers one of the great men, of Australian politics - the embodiement of the ebullient, unpretentious Irish-Australian Catholic Labor man. Still regarded as one of the most efficient administrators the NSW Labor Party ever had, he left the party during the great split of the fifties to become one of the founding members of the DLP. These books were purchased new and have been in storage for decades. However there is minor shelf wear on the cover. Several copies are available. 292 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 397 pages. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned, with two small, light water damage marks. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Good. Paperback. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are moderately tanned. The book contains the usual library paraphelnalia. 352 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Ex-Library

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). There is minor tanning along the edges of the book. Several copies are available. 307 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm). The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly foxed. The title page has a gif inscription from a previous owner. Includes biography of Wendy Lowenstein. 239 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The dust jacket has a bit of wear, with rubbing, and a few scuffs along the edges. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Several copies are available. 198 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. 432 pages. The dust jacket has a little wear. The page edges are somewhat foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). There is minor wear on the cover and the edges of the book have a minor tan. Several copies are available. 149 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The edges of the book are well tanned due to age Several copies are avaliable. Turner's book is the seminal text on the Australian labour movement in a decisive period in its development. Considers the development of both the union movement, and political aspects of the labour movement. 272 Pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). This book is an account and a political analysis of the decline of the Communist Party of Australia, from World War II, until the early 1980s. It covers the evolution of the party from a monolithic Stalinist party, through its subsequent splits and evolutions, until its journey "into the mainstream" in the eighties. The cover has a little wear and the pages edges are lightly tanned. 200 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.