Publicado por Vintage Books 2014., 2014
ISBN 10: 0857984357 ISBN 13: 9780857984357
Librería: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
8vo. softcover. 418pp. colour & b/w illus. Very good.
Publicado por Vintage Books, Australia & France, 2014
ISBN 10: 0857984357 ISBN 13: 9780857984357
Librería: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 425 pages. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned. Mulitple copies avaliable. 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).
Publicado por Vintage / Random House, 2014
ISBN 10: 0857984357 ISBN 13: 9780857984357
Librería: Haymes & Co. Bookdealers, Kingscliff, NSW, Australia
Paperback. Condición: Very Good+. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed ; Colour and B/W photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 418 pages.
Publicado por Vintage / Random House Australia, Sydney, 2014
ISBN 10: 0857984357 ISBN 13: 9780857984357
Librería: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Original o primera edición
1st printing ed. Paperback thick octavo, as new condition. 418 pp. Queensland had the Fitzgerald Inquiry and the Moonlight State. New South Wales has Eddie Obeid, a minister in the Labor Government. Two senior reporters from the Sydney Morning Herald expose the brazen misdeeds of Australia's most corrupt politician, perhaps on a scale not exceeded since the days of the Rum Corps. The powerbroker not only made and unmade premiers, but he and his family profited from government leases (mining, cafes, marina). (First printing edition: this printing was withdrawn because of a misidentification of Chris Brown on page 58, who threatened legal action, being two people with the same name.).
Publicado por Vintage / Random House, 2014
ISBN 10: 0857984357 ISBN 13: 9780857984357
Librería: Elizabeth's Bookshops, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Softcover. Condición: VG+ (Very Good plus). Queensland had the Fitzgerald Inquiry and the Moonlight State. New South Wales has Eddie Obeid.Meet Australia's most corrupt politician whose brazen misdeeds were said to be on a scale unexceeded since the days of the Rum Corps".From the shadows Obeid ran the state as his fiefdom Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.
Publicado por Vintage/ Random House Australia, North Sydney. NSW. AUST, 2014
ISBN 10: 0857984357 ISBN 13: 9780857984357
Librería: Gleebooks, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 425pp., endnotes, index. True First Edition. This is the pre-Libel Edition that was withdrawn due to defamation action by one of the book's subjects. "The book, alleged that a former tourism task force (TTF) spokesman, Chris Brown, was "in business" with the Obeids. Brown said the authors who also mentioned his father John Brown, a former Hawke minister had mistook him for another Chris Brown. 'My legal team has injuncted the book, had it forced off the bookshelves and to be pulped, for a new edition to have corrections included, a public apology to be issued, and in due course for damages, obviously, to be lodged', Brown said. The marketing and publicity director for Random House, Brett Osmond, told Australian Associated Press the book contained a mis-identification. 'We've acted quickly', he said. 'The small amount of text that required a rewrite has been rewritten to correct the error. The book was being reprinted and would be available for sale again within a week', he said." The Guardian 21 Aug 2014. The offending case of mistaken identity is on p.58. Lightly age toned text block. Minor creases and wear to cover and corners.(BH).
Publicado por Syd. Vintage Books., 2014
Librería: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Original o primera edición
8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. (sl. creased) 418pp. b/w & col plates. Very good copy. The true first edition, withdrawn from sale and pulped due to an error of fact; naming the son of former tourism minister John Brown as a business associate of Eddie Obeid. Biography of the man widely regarded as one of Australia's most corrupt politicians. "Brazen misdeeds not seen since the days of the Rum Corps." Cains 103.