Australian Labor Movement

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm). Jean Devanny - author, political activist and women's liberationist - was a leading figure in Australia's political and literary culture. Yet this remarkable biography is the first full account of her life and times. Carole Ferrier's impressive biography uses oral history material from people who knew Devanny, as well as drawing extensively on unpublish archives and manuscripts. 394 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). Several copies are avaliable. 96 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. 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.

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). Several copies are available. Al Grassby, the flamboyant previous Minister in the Whitlam Government, and Sylvia Ordonez have written the first biography of the first Labor Prime Minister. Today John Cristian Watson is 'The Man Time Forgot'. His life tells us much about the transition from the nineteenth century world of a global British Empire to the creation of a federated Australian nation state. 194 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 minor shelf wear. The page margins are somewhat spotted. The edges of the book are somewhat spotted and tanned. 391 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. The cover has a bit of wear, with fading on the spine, creases and scuffs on the edges. The page edges are well tanned. The front endpaper has been clipped. The pages are unmarked. 250 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). 159 pages. The book is a little worn, creased on the spine, and the page edges have tanning and foxing. 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 little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned. There is the usual library paraphelnalia. 176 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). 508 pages. The cover has a little wear, with minor creasing on the spine. The page edges are moderately tanned, as are the page margins. The top-right corner of the first page has a spot of wear where a pencil mark was erased. 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 D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm). 48 page tanned stapled pamphlet that shows light wear on the edges.. 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. Inventory #166163

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). Volume Four only of the Labor History Essays series. 229 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Inventory #166151

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (204-227mm). 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. (Gould's Book Arcade published this reprint under the McNamara imprint, initially a joint venture with another Sydney printed word family.) 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 has minor wear and creaed corners. The edges of the book and margins of the inside covers are a bit foxed. 292 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 Inventory #166114

Book Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: Good. 196 pages. The dust jacket has a bit of wear, with a large tear on the back and a few scuffs. The page edges are somehwhat tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Inventory #166051

Book Condition: Good. Hardcover. Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are somewhat tanned. The front endpaper has a pen mark and a white-out mark, the rest of the book has usual librabry markings. 455 pages + 125 pages of appendices. 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 H: 11"-12" Tall (279-304mm). 247 pages. The cover has a little wear, with minor creases and tiny scuffs on the spine and edges. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Inventory #165851

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 40 pages. The cover is somewhat foxed, concentrated around the edges. Minor foxing is also present on the page edges, and margins of the first few pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Inventory #165839

Book Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). Several copies are available. Joan Kirner, in her Foreword: "Most political commentary in Australian politics is on and by men. Party Girls changes that. It tells how Labor women are, as Jenny Macklin says in the book, 'charting their own vision of change'. Enjoy the debate and the challenge!" Contributors include Anna Bligh, Meredith Burgmann, Rae Cooper, Cheryl Davenport, Mary Delahunty, Rosamund Else-Mitchell, Julia Gillar, Anne Henderson, Jill Hennessy, Suzanne Jamieson, Cheryl Kernot, Stephanie Key, Carmen Lawrence, Catharine Lumby, Kate Lundy, Jenny Macklin, Tanya Pilbersek, Nicola Roxon, Carmel Tebbutt and Nareen Young. The background red of the spine has faded to pink, but the title is still very legible. 293 pages Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Inventory #165802