Australian Politics Books at Dial a Book Sydney

Illiberal Liberal Robert Lowe in New South Wales 1842-1850
Knight, Ruth
Book Number: 67182
ISBN:
Publisher: Melbourne University Press, 1966.
8vo. hardcover. 299pp. index, b/w plates. Very good. / Good d/w with wear to spine ends.
Price: $18.00

The Introduction of Parliamentary Government in New South Wales. Dinner of the Surviving Members of the First Legislative Assembly at Parliament House, May 23, 1887
no author stated
Book Number: 66931
ISBN:
Publisher: Charles Potter, Government Printer, Sydney, 1887.
8vo. hardcover. 44pp. b/w illus. Very good, some foxing, mark on title page.
Price: $20.00

Australian democrat. The career of Edward William O'Sullivan 1846-1910.
Mansfield, Bruce
Book Number: 66877
ISBN:
Publisher: Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1965.
8vo. hardcover. 322pp. index, b/w illus. Verfy good, / Good , rubbed d/w.
Price: $15.00

New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824-1938
The Clerk of Parliaments & The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. (compiled by)
Book Number: 66616
ISBN:
Publisher: David Harold Paisley, Government Printer 1938.
Small 8vo. hardcover. 288pp. Very good apart from wear on spine.
Price: $30.00

Complimentary Dinner Tendered by Members of the Legislative Council to the Hon Sir Joseph H. Carruthers Parliament House, Sydney 9th December 1919. Official Souvenir.
no author stated
Book Number: 66479
ISBN:
Publisher: W. A. Gullick, Government Printer 1920.
8vo. Leather bound softcover. Marbled endpapers, b/w frontis. 58pp. Very good, some foxing, mainly to prelims. Some rubbing to spine.
Price: $150.00

The Fiction Fields of Australia.
Sinnett, Frederick; Edited by Cecil Hadgraft
Book Number: 66475
ISBN:
Publisher: University of Queensland Press, 1966.
8vo. softcover. 52pp. b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $10.00

John Dunmore Lang. A Fighter For The Right.
Tail, Thomas
Book Number: 66213
ISBN:
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1923.
8vo. hardcover. 57pp., b/w illus. Very good, foxing and light tape marks on endpapers, inscription from the publisher on fep.
Price: $18.00

Stay on Message: Poetry and truthfulness in political speech
Clark, Tom
Book Number: 65566
ISBN: 9781921875670
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2012.
8vo. softcover. 146pp. index. Very good.
Price: $25.00

John Winston Howard - The Biography
Errington, Wayne; Onselen, Peter Van [John Howard]
Book Number: 60964
ISBN: 9780522853346
Publisher: Melbourne University Press, 2007.
8vo. hardcover. 458pp. colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $15.00

Tales from the Political Trenches
McKew, Maxine
Book Number: 65567
ISBN: 9780522862218
Publisher: Melbourne University Press 2012.
8vo. softcover. 250pp. b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $10.00

Politics, society, self : occasional writings
Gallop, Geoff
Book Number: 65508
ISBN: 9781742583426
Publisher: UWA Publishing, 2012.
8vo. softcover. 325pp. Very good, light foxing to edges, cover faded. Owner's inscription on fep.
Price: $25.00

Supreme Federalist: The Political Life of Sir John Downer
Bannon, J. C.
Book Number: 65479
ISBN: 9781862548350
Publisher: Wakefield Press, Adelaide 2009,
8vo. hardcover. 256pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w. Inscribed & signed by author.
Price: $15.00

Ashbygate : The Plot to Destroy Australia's Speaker
Jones, Ross
Book Number: 65481
ISBN: 9780994403308
Publisher: Independant Australia, 2015.
8vo. softcover. 359pp. Very good+. Inscribed & signed by author.
Price: $75.00

Ratbags and Rabblerousers: A Century of Political Protest, Song and Satire
Fahey, Warren
Book Number: 65452
ISBN: 0868196347
Publisher: Currency Press, Sydney, 2000.
8vo. softcover. 389pp. index, b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $9.00

Watching Brief: Reflections on Human Rights, Law and Justice
Burnside, Julian
Book Number: 65450
ISBN: 9781921372360
Publisher: Scribe, Melbourne, 2007
8vo. softcover. 310pp. Good+, some foxing.
Price: $12.00

The Decisions of the Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons (Jan 27 1887 - Aug 30 1889)
Blackmore, Edwin Gordon.
Book Number: 5946
ISBN:
Publisher: Adelaide: Government Printer, 1890
8mo. grey cloth hardcover. 131pp. Signed inside front cover ", from the author Dec 1st 1890" . good, cover soiled wear to edges, spine wrinkled. foxing, page 39/40 has small chip & 4 small pen marks. South Australian politics. Scarce
Price: $25.00

Menzies' Child: The Liberal Party of Australia 1944-1994
Henderson, Gerard
Book Number: 57808
ISBN: 1863737472
Publisher: Allen & Unwin 1994
8vo. softcover. 382pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. Signed by Heather Henderson on fep. / Inscribed & signed by author on title page. Includes CD of Menzies Speech.
Price: $12.00

Fighting for the Republic. The Ultimate Insiders Account
Turnbull, Malcolm
Book Number: 62708
ISBN: 1864981075
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books, 1999.
8vo. softcover. 252pp. index, colour illus. Very good, page edges toned, owner's stamp on title page. Scarce.
Price: $200.00

Bob Carr: The Reluctant Leader
Dodkin, Marilyn
Book Number: 62709
ISBN: 0868407577
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press; 2003,
8vo. softcover. 291pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, page edges toned.
Price: $10.00

Thoughtlines: Reflections of a public man
Carr, Bob
Book Number: 62705
ISBN: 0143001345
Publisher: Penguin Books 2002
8vo softcover 403pp index, b/w illus. very good, page edges toned.
Price: $10.00

THE AUSTRALIAN PARTY SYSTEM
Overacker, Louise
Book Number: 3796
ISBN:
Publisher:
New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, 1952. Cloth, endpaper map, pp. xiii, 373. Index. Very good/good. D/w has several small tears & small missing pieces, clipped.
Price: $12.00

Backroom briefings: John Curtin's war
Smith, Frederick T
Book Number: 37095
ISBN: 0642106886
Publisher: Canberra National Library of Australia 1997
Large 8vo softcover 244pp index, b/w illus. very good. Transcription of Smith's notes of briefings given by Curtin to a select group of Canberra Press Galley journalists covering much of World War II. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Price: $30.00

What Goes Up: Behind the 2007 Election
Stuart, Nicholas
Book Number: 46619
ISBN: 1921215860
Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd. September 19, 2008
8vo softcover 288pp very good. The Liberal Government led by John Howard and contested by Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party.
Price: $12.00

The road to St. Kilda Pier: George Orwell and the politics of the Australian left
Milner, Andrew
Book Number: 37329
ISBN: 095904860X
Publisher: Westgate, Stained Wattle Press 1984
8vo softcover 92pp very good. Bibliography: p. 83-90.
Price: $6.00

MENZIES Last of the Queen's Men
Perkins, Kevin
Book Number: 3791
ISBN:
Publisher:
Adelaide. Rigby. 1968. 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo. 264pp + 16pp b/w plates. Index. Very good in a fair d/w.
Price: $12.00

Dark Victory:
Marr, David
Book Number: 32446
ISBN: 1865089397
Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited 2003
8vo softcover 350pp index. very good+. Dark Victory is the secret history of John Howard's campaign against boat people that began with the Tampa and ended ten extraordinary weeks later - after deaths and disappearances, violent confrontations in the Indian Ocean and international uproar - with the Australian people giving the Prime Minister his third, most daring election victory. David Marr and Marian Wilkinson, two of the country's most accomplished investigative journalists, burrow deep into the ways of John Howard's Australia. They reveal a world of ruthlessly skilled politicians, timid bureaucrats, a cowed Opposition, outmanoeuvred top brass, subtle spin doctors - and the men and women arriving on rotten boats who found themselves ambushed at sea by an angry Australia.
Price: $11.00

The Poverty Wars: Reconnecting Research With Reality
Saunders, Peter
Book Number: 40180
ISBN: 0868408107
Publisher: UNSW Press 2005
8vo softcover 158pp index. very good+. In this short, passionate, and very readable book, Peter Saunders--one of Australia's leading social policy researchers--expresses his core viewpoint that, although poverty is deeply rooted in the experience of people's lives, it all too often is reduced to a set of statistics. But, without evidence of the experiences of the poor, statistics alone cannot shed light on the underlying causes and indicate what kinds of responses are needed. Saunders' vision is of a society free from 'the national disgrace' of poverty, as identified by the Poverty Commission over three decades ago. nnThe Poverty Wars sets out the ideas and arguments for such a national re-examination and reorientation by examining existing theories and evidence on poverty and other forms of disadvantage. Saunders develops a set of accessible ideas designed to change the way we think about poverty and to encourage a revitalised commitment to its eradication. He claims that the goal of ending poverty lies well within our reach, arguing that we can eliminate financial poverty by 2020 using the funds generated by economic growth. The fact that we don't do so is a matter of choice, not affordability--as the experience of other countries demonstrates. In challenging this idea, this book focuses on how looking at poverty differently can help to make a world without poverty a practical reality. nnAbout the AuthornPeter Saunders is Director of the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales.
Price: $8.00

Australian democracy: In theory and practice
Maddox, Graham
Book Number: 40656
ISBN: 0582711274
Publisher: Longman Cheshire 1985
8vo softcover 463pp index. very good.
Price: $15.00