Politics from Eucalyption Fine Books

"This book explores the relationship between economics and freedom. Written by the author in collaboration with his wife, it is a vital contribution to the current economic and political debate." Nice copy of Australian edition. This copy in really nice condition. Dust jacket with slight fading to spine, very minor evidence of creasing, and original price sticker (from David Jones!) on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fascinating book about a fascinating man. This copy is nice. This copy is very nice. Tight, clean, and unbumped. Old price sticker on back cover. Photographs show actual book for sale.

Oh the irony...the man who coined the phrase "the end of history" is in my history catalogue.... love it. On a more serious note, this book looks at why some countries succeed and others fail - Australia doesn't get much of a mention, which is a good thing?? This copy is in very good, dare I state unread, condition. Even the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Keynes is back! And this is a nice copy of some collected essays to do with the Versailles Peace Treaty, Inflation, The Gold Standard, and some more political subjects as well. This copy in good clean tight condition, slight fading to covers and browning to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription in pencil on endpapers. No Dustjacket. Photographs show actual book for sale.

One of the famous Keynes works, in good condition, and previously property of well-known economist W.M. Corden, with his bookplate on endpapers. Nice! This copy in good condition, tight and clean with minimal browing on endpapers. Cover bumped and marked. Bookplate and owners stamp on front endpapers, with inclusion of picture of Keynes and his wife painted by Vanessa Bell.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fascinating look at Aboriginal kinship structures and social organization. Scarce. This copy in very good condition. Unmarked text, covers lightly bumped. Original price sticker on back cover. Photographs show actual book for sale.

Ah Brecht - this book exposes him as a bit of a charlatan, but we all knew that about him didn't we?? This book is well-researched, and cuts through all the myth around this unusual man. This copy in very good condition, apart from some foxing on end-papers and a text mark on bottom of text block. Photographs show actual book… Saber más sobre este artículo

This is a great book - Grant describes just what it was like to grow up Aboriginal in Central New South Wales, and the racism that his father had to contend with his whole life. For a White Man like me, a sobering and eye-opening read. Signed by the author. This copy in very good condition, with very slight rubbing to… Saber más sobre este artículo

"Joshi argues that for India to realize its huge potential, the relation between the state, the market and the private sector must be comprehensively realigned." This copy in very good condition. Text tight and clean. Dustjacket has some staining and bumping. Photographs show actual book for sale.

[from the blurb] this "story offers a personal glimpse into the Great Cultural Revolution and the cult of Mao but, at its heart, it remains an inspiring memoir of how one man overcame his humble beginnings to live a life of which he could only have dreamed." This copy in very good condition, almost unmarked cover, browning of pages owing to… Saber más sobre este artículo

1964 edition, with foreword by Lyndon Johnson. This copy in very good condition with light scuffing and bumping. Photographs show actual book for sale.

Max Hirsch was a well-travelled man who ended up in Victoria, where he tried to educate the Australian public in economics. He was well known as a speaker and writer. "The Problem of Wealth" was his response to Andrew Carnegie's "The Gospel of Wealth", and this volume was published after his death. A great little example of Australian publishing from… Saber más sobre este artículo

A collection of essays by the likes of John Stone, Nick Greiner, John Hyde, Max Walsh, Judith Sloan and others. A bit of a period piece, with some newspaper cuttings to add a bit of flavour. This copy in good condition, with some browning and fading of covers. Binding and text tight and clean. Old price sticker on back cover. Photographs… Saber más sobre este artículo

Surely the only history you'll need for the British Secret Service, from it's beginning as a bit of a "boy's own" club in 1909, through the wars and up to now. A brick of a book, but solid history. This copy is in very good condition, minimal bumping, with very good dustjacket with slight bumping and creasing. Text tight and unmarked.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Graham Perkin was a newspaper legend - editor of The Age, and journalist throughout an important period of Australian History. Wonderful story of the man and the times. A signed copy! Book and dustjacket in excellent near-new condition. Signed by the author with a dedication on the flyleaf. Photographs show actual book for sale.

HMT Dunera, which brought to Australia 2000 mostly Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany and Austria in 1940, is a byword for both shame and triumph. The shame of the treatment of these victims of fascism, and the triumph of many of these refugees lives, who did so much for Australia and other countries where they ended up. This book, mostly… Saber más sobre este artículo

I've always found it interesting that a man of the left such as Orwell was so vilified by the "Left" - they just didn't want to face up to his withering insights. This book explores Orwell's political journey through his writing. This is a good unmarked copy, but has been sitting in a box for some time and so the dustjacket,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Never had much time for the Kennedys myself - Joseph was a Nazi, and his kids outweighed whatever good they did by giving us the Bay of Pigs and the Vietnam War. However, their history is a fascinating one, and this book covers it all. This copy is in great condition, hardly been opened, but unfortunately the pages are browned because… Saber más sobre este artículo

Victoria Glendinning is an award-winning biographer of Trollope, Vita Sackville-West, and Edith Sitwell, amongst others. This detailed biography of Leonard Woolf looks at his early years, his time in the Bloomsbury Set, his work for the Labour Party as well as his marriage to Virginia, in who's shadow he now sits. This book is in great condition, with a good dustjacket ever… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dick Hamer always seemed such a gentleman, leading Victoria through what, in retrospect was a golden age of relative prosperity. What I didn't know before flicking through this copy was that he served with the 9th Division in Tobruk and El Alamain. A good copy of a good book about a good man. Bookplate from W.M. Corden on front endpaper. xiv,… Saber más sobre este artículo