The High Price of Heaven Tapa dura - 1999

Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1999 [1st edition]; 140 x 205 mm, xiv, 319 pp. Hard cover Fine with very light edge age-toning in a Fine dustwrapper. From the dustwrapper: "Priests and preachers have returned to haunt Australian politics. The mission is to get us all to heaven by banning drugs, chopping movies and turning the criminal law against sex. The High Price of Heaven is about the politics of salvation- and the cruelty, comedy, and pain inflicted by the enemies of freedom and pleasure. This is also a book of stories of murder and chicanery, suicide and savvy bishops, of the Methodist childhood of John Howard and the ruthless Christian warriors who fight the drugs war, of bizarre censorship and bigotry on the High Court, brawls behind the closed doors of elite church schools, the endless Crusade against sodomy and the devout life of Brian Harradine. David Marr's aim is to make sense of what's happening as this country drifts back in time, by disentangling the theology from the politics. Provocative and… Leer más

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A collection of perceptive and witty essays on the continuing, and frequently malign, influence of the church on modern Australian society and politics. 319 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Essays; Essays & Literary Criticism; ISBN: 1865082015. ISBN/EAN: 9781865082011. Inventory No: 265119.. 9781865082011

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Confession, notes and index. Blue coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. "Priests and preachers have returned to haunt Australian politics. The mission is to get us all to heaven by banning drugs, chopping movies and turning the criminal law against sex. The High Price of Heaven is about the politics of salvation – and cruelty, comedy, and pain inflicted by the enemies of freedom and pleasure." -- from the front fold over panel blurb Minor rubbing to the backstrip corners and book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], XI - XIV,… Leer más

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Confession, notes and index. Blue coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. "Priests and preachers have returned to haunt Australian politics. The mission is to get us all to heaven by banning drugs, chopping movies and turning the criminal law against sex. The High Price of Heaven is about the politics of salvation – and cruelty, comedy, and pain inflicted by the enemies of freedom and pleasure." -- from the front fold over panel blurb Age toning of the textblock edges .No damage to detail otherwise Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], XI - XIV, [2], 3-319, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Leer más

Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Confession, notes and index. Blue coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. "Priests and preachers have returned to haunt Australian politics. The mission is to get us all to heaven by banning drugs, chopping movies and turning the criminal law against sex. The High Price of Heaven is about the politics of salvation – and cruelty, comedy, and pain inflicted by the enemies of freedom and pleasure." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Minor rubbing to the backstrip corners and book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. Ruffling of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the panels. Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾"… Leer más

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 8" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Religion & Theology. ISBN: 1865082015. ISBN/EAN: 9781865082011. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45047. . 9781865082011

St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Signed by the author. 319 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.