Tom uren (7 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in very good dust jacket. Pp. xii, 500. Autobiography of one of the most prominent, long-serving figures of the ALP Left faction. A major portion of the book focuses on his formative, harrowing experiences during World War II. Serving in the Australian Army, Uren was captured by Japanese forces and spent three and a half years as a prisoner of war, enduring brutal slave labor on the infamous Burma-Thailand Railway. He details how this period - particularly serving under the legendary surgeon Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop -instilled in him a lifelong collectivist philosophy, a belief in peaceful coexistence, and a fierce opposition to militarism. The second half of the book details his 32-year career in Federal Parliament, representing the seat of Reid from 1958 to 1990. Uren pulls back the curtain on decades of internal ALP factional battles, spanning critical historical flashpoints from the Vietnam War and East Timor to the rise of economic rationalism.…

B-format paperback (20 X 13cm). Condición: Very Good. First Thus. 508pp incl index. Plus 16 pages of b&w photos. First published in 1994. Pages are age-tanned. Light creasing to spine. The binding is firm.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprinted 1994. There is a previous owners dedication on the fep. Contains black & white illustrations. This is a heavy book so additional shipping cost may be required for sales abroad. Seller Ref: M12806.

Lg quarto, grey heavy card boards, black & white lettering to spine, 159pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers).

hardcover and dustwrapper in good condition, pages tanned on edges; 500 pages, b/w photos.

Paperback. Condición: Good. 243 pages. The cover has a bit of wear, with heavy creasing on the spine, a mark on the front where a sticker was removed, the spine has been taped. The front inside cover has a felt-tip pen mark. The page edges are a bit foxed and tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.…

2. London, Gallery Lingard, 1989, square in-8°, 28 pp, stapled, orig. stiff wrapper.