Australian Labor Movement

Book Condition: Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). First published as a book in 1956. The first volume of Jack Lang's reminiscences of his experiences in NSW politics, I Remember is extremely entertaining. It is a unique insider's view of the personalities and issues in Labor politics, from before the First World War to the onset of the Great Depression. This book is an indispensable part of the literature of the Australian Labor movement. Bob Gould published this reprint under the McNamara imprint many years ago. ------- The cover has a little wear with a crease on the front bottom-right corner, and light tanning on the edges. The page edges are lightly tanned. The first page is insect damaged. 416 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 cover is a little worn, with light scuffs, and minor spots of water damage. The page edges are somewhat 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. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). First published as a book in 1962. The second volume of Jack Lang's reminiscences of his experiences in NSW politics. The Great Bust covers the late 1920's and the Depression years. Like the first volume, I Remember, this book is often acidly amusing at the expense of Lang's many opponents, both inside and outside the Labor movement. It contains Lang's own account of the political crisis of the 1930's in which his Government was dismissed by Governor Game. (Gould's Book Arcade published this reprint under the McNamara imprint, initially a joint venture with another Sydney printed word family.) The edges of the book are lightly tanned. Several copies are avaliable. 418 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 (204-227mm). 362 pages. This is a broad-brush look at builders' labourers and their unions since the convict era. "It'll have to be an unofficial history because no two officials would agree about anything," said the late John Cummins, Victorian BLF secretary. The page edges are very lightly spotted, otherwise as new. 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 cover has a bit of wear, with minor water damage on the edges. The title page has a faint pencil inscription. The page edges lightly tanned, with light water damage. 71 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). 323 pages. Over three tumultuous terms in office, the Cain government reshaped Victoria. In areas such as urban planning and the environment, industrial relations and workers' compensation, industry policy, mental health reform, law reform and government administration, it established a repuation as one of the great reforming Labor administrations. The dust jacket has minor wear and the exposed cover is lightly scuffed. The pages are somewhat tanned with age. 323 pages. Several copies are avaliable. 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 cover has minor wear otherwise this book is in excellent condition. 165 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. 136 pages pamphelt. The cover has a little wear, with minor 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. These books are new and were signed at a book signing at Gould's books a short time ago. 393 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. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned, as are the page margins. The first page is signed "Douglas Blackmur, 1994" 232 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 cover is lightly worn. In Union is Strength fills a vacuum. It is a brief, general, history of the Australian working class and trade-union movement from convict times to the time of writing. It describes the successes and failures of trade-unions - in prosperous years, through the disruptive turmoil of war and in depression, tracing the changing character of union membership. It also provides a description of what a trade-union is, how it works and the problems it faces. 151 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). 82 pages. Lloyd Ross Forum Labor Council of NSW publication. 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). 214 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). 271 pages. The page edges are lightly tanned. Several copies are 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. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The dust jacket has light wear. 114 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 (204-227mm). The cover has minor wear. The edges of the book have minor tanning and spotting. 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: Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). The cover has a bit of wear, with a scuffs and creased. The page edges are moderately tanned and foxed. 291 pages. Volume one ONLY. 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 (204-227mm). The cover is a bit tanned. The page edges are a bit foxed. The last page is somewhat creased. Revised Edition 126 pages. Several copies are avalible. 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 (204-227mm). The cover is a bit tanned. The page edges are a bit foxed. The last page is somewhat creased. 126 pages. Several copies are avalible. 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). Originally printed in 1973, reissued in 1989 with an epilogue added to the author's text which, in part places the White Australia Policy in its historical context, and rejects the current orthodoxy that emphasises the 'racism' of Australians generally, and the ALP particularly, in the formation of the original national immigration policy. There is minor wear on the cover. Several copies are available. 304 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.