I Remember Tapa dura - 1989

Melbourne: Hyland House, 1989. 1st edition. hard cover with dust jacket. VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear./Very Good. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 24 cm.

South Yarra, VIC, Australia: Hyland House Publishing, 1989. (viii), + 247pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections, plus one, intext facsimile halftone plate. Book clean. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket very good+. The Honourable Lindsay Hamilton Thompson, CMG, served in the Victorian Parliament in numerous senior positions from 1955 until he retired in 1982, after being elected Premier in 1981. However, it was as Minister for Education that he will best be remembered, when he took a leading role in response to the Faraday and Woreen School kidnappings. This is his story . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword (Geoffrey Blainey). 13 chapters. Liberal Party colleagues with whom I served. Index. Lindsay Hamilton Thompson, Victoria's 40th Premier, died in July, 2008. Book weight approx. 495g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.