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Book Description soft cover. No Jacket. 1st edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 23 cm. 339 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear and edge wear to covers. Seller Inventory # 44493
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01. Seller Inventory # G0702228796I4N00
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. 339 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Seller Inventory # 209600
Book Description Paperback. When he became Prime Minister in December 1972 Gough Whitlam was the first Labor Prime Minister for 23 years. Within days he had abolished conscription, withdrawn the remaining Australian troops from Viet Nam, negotiated diplomatic relations with China and initiated Federal aid to State and church schools and land rights for Aborigines. In this new book, completed after his 80th birthday, Whitlam reviews his career, examines the repercussions of the US withdrawal from Viet Nam and the Portuguese withdrawal from Timor in 1975 and the break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. He discusses the decline of the Hawke Government, the rise and fall of Paul Keating and the resuscitation of John Howard. And he speculates about the future of our nation, and propounds the case for a Federal Republic. 1997. First edition. A good copy with shelf wear of the wraps and age tanning of the edges. 2.3 Centimeters X 15.4 Centimeters X 23 Centimeters. Seller Inventory # 8927518
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 339 pages. The cover is a little worn and creased. 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. Size: Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). Seller Inventory # 167582
Book Description Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. The page edges are lightly tanned. 339 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (204-227mm). Seller Inventory # 142165
Book Description Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Seller Inventory # Z1-C-005-01426
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. Pictorial card covers in good to vg condition, 339 pages, illustrated; some light yellowing to page edges. well bound copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1532538445256
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This new book, completed after his 80th birthday, he covers his activities after Parliament. Seller Inventory # 089561
Book Description Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. SIGNED & briefly INSCRIBED by the former Prime Minister of Australia in black ink on title page: "Barbara, Regards. Gough". Signed with first name only. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Includes appendices, endnotes, plus index. With a foreword by the author. From rear cover (in part): "When he became Prime Minister in December 1972 Gough Whitlam was the first Labor Prime Minister for 23 years. Within days he had abolished conscription, withdrawn the remaining Australian troops from Viet Nam, negotiated diplomatic relations with China and initiated Federal aid to State and church schools and land rights for Aborigines. His Government established the Australia Council, the National Gallery and the Film Commission and sponsored the first national legislation on human rights, heritage and the environment. It abolished tertiary fees, introduced Medibank and reduced tariffs. Gough Whitlam resigned from Parliament in 1978 to become the first National Fellow at the Australian National University. He was a visiting professor at Harvard. He was ambassador to Unesco from 1983 to 1986 and has continued to campaign for Australia's complete adherence to UN, Unesco and ILO conventions. He chaired the National Gallery Council and the Australia-China Council. In this new book, completed after his 80th birthday, he covers his activities after Parliament". Gough Whitlam (1916-2014), was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 5 December 1972 to 11 November 1975. First published 1997, this copy is the 1997 second reprint (third printing, same year as the first edition). Printed in Australia. Slight handling wear, small faint ripple to fore-edge margin of early pages, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 339pp. Scarce signed copy by the former Prime Minister of Australia. RARE. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001766