Language: English
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia, 2009
ISBN 10: 1405039442 ISBN 13: 9781405039444
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
23.0 x 15.0cms 308pp b/w illusts paperback. Freundenberg crafted some of Australia's politician's most memorable speeches (1960-2000). This book captures the drama of Australian politics from the inside.
Seller: The Little Shop of Books, Cootamundra, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir by Graham Freudenberg (2005) is a landmark account of Australian political history told through the eyes of one of its most influential behind-the-scenes figures. As the principal speechwriter for the Australian Labor Party across four decades, Freudenberg shaped the rhetoric of leaders from Arthur Calwell to Bob Carr, leaving an indelible mark on the nation's political discourse. Black cloth boards, silver text. Clean pages. No previous names or inscriptions. Just Jacket undamaged.
Language: English
Published by Milton, Qld; Wiley; 2005, 2006
ISBN 10: 1740311051 ISBN 13: 9781740311052
Seller: Fine Print Books (ABA), Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition; 307 pages, b/w photos.
Language: English
Published by Melbourne; Macmillan; 1977, 1977
ISBN 10: 0333230019 ISBN 13: 9780333230015
Seller: Fine Print Books (ABA), Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
hardcover and dustwrapper in good condition, pages tanned; 429 pages, heavy book which will require excess postage outside Australia.
Language: English
Published by Macmillan, Melbourne & Campbelltown, 1977
ISBN 10: 0333230019 ISBN 13: 9780333230015
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jacket has some wear, with a tear on the spine, fading and scuffs on the edges. The page edges are moderately tanned and foxed. The title page has a name inscription from a previous owner. 429 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: Good Reading Secondhand Books, Benalla, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii 613 pages, indexed, illustrated, bibliography, annotated. The book is ex library, but apart from the usual stamps etc, it remains a clean and solid copy."Australia seemed to bring out the worst in Winston Churchill.The relationship between the two would span the first 50 tumultuous years of the 20th Century, from the Boer War through to opening salvoes of the Cold War, and act as a fascinating backdrop to Australia's maturity from a collection of autonomous colonies to full nationhood." (Trove).
Hardback. 1977. First edition. A very good copy with age tanning/spotting to the edges of the text block. The contents are very clean and bright. The d/w is fair with edge rubbing and old moisture stains.
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Limited, Milton, Qld, Australia, 2005
ISBN 10: 1740311051 ISBN 13: 9781740311052
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The dust jacket has a little wear. 307 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 F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Australia, 2009
ISBN 10: 067007375X ISBN 13: 9780670073757
Seller: Bellcourt Books, Hamilton, VIC, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Paperback edition in good condition.
US$ 19.34
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition Printed Australia. Slight creasing to the DJ and a ccouple of issues to mention, there is one 1cm tear to the bottom rear of the DJ. it is clean and could be repaired and a dedication on title page. otherwise excellent, I don't think it's been read.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.
Seller: solisjbooks, Port Kembla, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.
Published by Sun Books, Victoria, 1978
ISBN 10: 0725102810 ISBN 13: 9780725102814
Seller: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. some wear to covers and cover edges, foxing some pages, otherwise book clean and tight Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Language: English
Published by Pluto Press Australia in association with the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party, Australia & New Zealand, 1992
ISBN 10: 094913886X ISBN 13: 9780949138866
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).
Seller: masted books, Gilberton, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: both front and back boards are undamaged with only light wear at the edges and corners, spine is strong with minimal bumping at ends. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, very clean throughout. Dust Jacket: complete with only light scuffing on surface and along edges, no tears or tape repairs. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. With photographic illustrations, a very good copy. ; 235 x 155mm; viii, 613 pages.
Language: English
Published by Sydney; Pluto Press / New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party; 1991, 1991
ISBN 10: 0949138606 ISBN 13: 9780949138606
Seller: Fine Print Books (ABA), Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
paperback in very good condition, pages tanned; 297 pages b/w photos.
Published by Melbourne, Macmillan, 1977., 1977
First Edition
xiii+429pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy. First edition.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Small scratch to jacket, verso lightly foxed; 160 X 50 X 243 millimeters; 613 pages.
Seller: Rons Bookshop (Canberra, Australia), Canberra, ACT, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This long awaited memoir follows Graham Freudenberg's journey fron deeply conservative beginnings through a lifelong career at the highest level of Australian Labor politics. He reflects on his association with Australian leaders from Menzies to Howard and explores his special relationships Calwell, Whitlam , Hawke , Wran and Carr.
Language: English
Published by Pan Macmillan, Sydney NSW, 2009
ISBN 10: 1405038705 ISBN 13: 9781405038706
Seller: Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australia
First Edition
Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Sunning to top foredge. Page 332 was dog-eared. Dust jacket has creasing to edges and sunning to top front cover. Interior and binding are still very good. Winston Churchill was a titan of the 20th century, universally acknowledged as one of the greatest leaders of his age. Yet his relationship with Australia was fraught, tainted by the military failure of the Gallipoli campaign in the First World War and the disaster of Singapore in WWII.
viii+614pp. 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper, photo illustrated, a near fine copy.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. From inner front flap of dustjacket (in part): "Graham Freudenberg, for more than forty years Australia's master political speechwriter, crafted some of the greatest speeches in our history. This long-awaited memoir follows his journey from deeply conservative beginnings through a lifelong career at the highest level of Australian Labor politics". Illustrated with b&w photographs. Includes notes & sources, author's acknowlegements, publisher's acknowledgements, plus index. First printing, with "1" as the lowest number in print number line on copyright page. Printed in China. Bound in original black cloth with bright gilt lettering to front board & spine, pictorial endpapers, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dustjacket. A very nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. xi + 307pp. Uncommon title. SB-52.
Language: English
Published by Pan Macmillan, Syddney, 2009
ISBN 10: 1405039442 ISBN 13: 9781405039444
Seller: Marlowes Books and Music, Ferny Grove, QLD, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. 613 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.
Language: English
Published by McPhee Gribble Publishers, Fitzroy, Vic, Australia, 1986
ISBN 10: 0140093893 ISBN 13: 9780140093896
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 202 pages. The cover has a little wear, with light foxing, a felt-tip pen mark on the back. The page edges are moderately tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.
Published by Sun Books, South Melbourne, 1978
ISBN 10: 0725102810 ISBN 13: 9780725102814
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & marked, a little sunned & offset); pp. [xiv (last blank)], 432. A very good copy.
Published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Milton, 2005., 2005
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardback, 16.5x23.5cm, 307pp. Very good condition (light wear; foxed edges) in very good dustwrapper (light edge wear). ISBN: 1740311051.
US$ 34.57
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Dark-grey hardcover with white lettering to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket. 162 x 242 x 50mm. (viii) + 613pp. One section of glossy photographic illustrations; notes and sources; select bibliography; index. A nice clean copy showing no significant wear either inside or out. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.
Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.