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	ABBOTT, TONY The Minimal Monarchy: And Why It Still Makes Sense for Australia South Australia, Wakefied Press. 1995, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original card covers. No inscriptions. 184pp. illustrated with cartoons throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. Historical background and contemporary political context for the republican debate followed by three major arguments for an Australian republic and six against. With index and appendices on legal and constitutional issues. Very Good/No Jacket. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 100145 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	BEATTIE, PETER Making a Difference - Reflections on Life, leadership and Politics Sydney, HarperCollins. 2005, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original pictorial card covers. Light bumping to corners. No inscriptions. 310pp including index, plus 16pp colour photographs. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. From his beginnings in Atherton, a small town in far north Queensland, to his current status as one of the country's most successful politicians, Premier Peter Beattie has always embodied the spirit of the people he represents: independent, accessible and pragmatic. Here, in his candid memoir, he reflects on the lessons he learnt from the people around him - his tough but good-hearted Nana, his political heroes like Gough Whitlam, his childhood sweetheart and wife, Heather, and on the varied and sometimes difficult circumstances that led to his political awakening and set him on the road to leadership. Very Good/No Jacket. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 18.48 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 002302 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	FOOTT, BETHIA Dismissal of a Premier - The Philip Game Papers Sydney, Morgan Publications. 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, closed tears to top of front panel, smaller closed tears to top of back panel, small loss to centre of spine, minor edge wear, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. 233pp. plus 8pp b/w photographs. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This book tells of stirring political activities in the early thirties in the State of New South Wales culminating, on May 13th, 1932, in the dismissal of Mr J.T. Lang as Premier by the Governor, Sir Philip Game. Although a number of legal treaties on the subject have been published, this is the first dispassionate account of what it was like to be living near the centre of activities at that very trying time. A beautiful copy. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 0005143 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	KELLY, VINCE A Man of the People Sydney, Alpha Books. 1971, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, rubbing to corners, top and bottom of spine, small abrasion mark to back cover, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, previous owners small stamp ton rear of front board, front endpaper, Half title page, title page, dedication page, acknowledgements page. 216pp. including index, plus 10pp b/w photographs, pages clean and bright in a firm binding. Although Sir William McKell was not the first Australian-born Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia he is the first to achieve that high office from truly humble beginnings. But this book is much less about the dignity and distinction he brought to that position then about the hurly-burly of political life in N.S.W. from the First World War, when young William entered Parliament, until after the end of the Second World War, during which, it has often been claimed he was the most dynamic and successful Premier any State of the Commonwealth has enjoyed. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 003690 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	THE PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 1978 Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service. 1978, Twentieth Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, chipping to corners, light shelf wear to top edges, rubbing to edges, however now protected in Brodart. Blue pictorial endpapers, no inscriptions. Frontis: colour plate. 575pp. including index, profusely illustrated with b/w photographs and maps throughout text, light foxing to closed pages otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. This twentieth edition of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the Thirty-first parliament. The biographical section includes details of the parliamentary service and political career, as well as some personal particulars of each Senator and Member. The composition and activities of all Committees of this present Parliament are included, with details of the 1977 Elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives, and some valuable statistical summaries. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.96 \| £UK 22.25 \| JP¥ 3266] Book number: 003698 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	MAYFIELD, H. Servant of a Century: The First 100 Years of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Sydney, Mercantile Mutual. 1978, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original brick red cloth with gilt lettering front cover and to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Green endpapers, no inscriptions. 228pp. including index, profusely illustrated with b/w photographs throughout text, pages clean and bright in firm binding. The foundation of the Mercantile Mutual coincided in dramatic circumstance with the selection of the first Australian Test cricket team to visit England. Many critics claimed that this team was not representative. To settle the argument, a match was arranged between Australian Eleven and fifteen New South Wales players. This match was played on the Sydney Cricket Ground, 23rd to 25th November, 1877, and resulted in a win for the Australian Eleven by four wickets. Among the spectators was George Hardie, a real estate agent. Before going to see the cricket match, he had discussed with George Allan Mansfield, architect, and A. H. McCulloch, a solicitor, who suggested the formation of a new insurance company. The suggestion caught Hardie's imagination. At the Cricket Ground he mentioned it to many of his friends, and the idea was so favorably received that, before the game ended, Hardie had received promises of a large portion of capital required. A preliminary meeting of prospective shareholders was held before Christmas 1877. Hardie, Mansfield and McCulloch had given shape to their idea by drafting a prospectus for a company with a capital of 100,000 pounds. The word had gone around and soon the promoters had received applications for the whole of the capital. The company was incorporated in January 1878 and a Board of Directors elected. The quality of these men was the best guarantee of the company's success. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 003699 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	PORTER, BERNARD Plots and Paranoia London, Unwin Hyman. 1989, First UK Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, previous owners signature to title page. 276pp including index, 3 names underlined in red in index, otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 100136 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	STEWART, ALAN Hard Row to Hoe Sydney, New South Wales University Press. 1988, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original blue boards with white lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Blue endpapers, no inscriptions. 216pp. including index, plus 8pp b/w photographs, light toning to page edges otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. Until1978, Manly, comfortable home to an affluent middle-class, was considered a rock solid conservative stronghold. Then the unthinkable happened: in an astonishing reversal his Sydney northern beachside electorate rejected the Liberals and made Alan Stewart, an unlikely candidate, the first ALP Member for Manly. This book tells Stewart's own story, a personal account of how a blue ribbon seat was won, held and finally lost during the turbulent and exciting years of the Wran Government. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 003695 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	WHITINGTON, DON Ring the Bells Melbourne, Georgian House. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, rubbing to edges, chipping and small losses to top edge, with some tape residue, sunning to top edge of front cover and spine, however now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions, offset to endpapers. 125pp. pages clean and bright in firm binding. This dictionary of Australian federal politics' will be invaluable to all who need to have information about members of Parliament, about the burning questions of the day, such as Arbitration, Broadcasting, Shipping, Aviation, Banking, Cabinet, Catholic Action, articles on the various political parties, Colombo Plan, Conscription, Defence, Diplomacy, Elections, the Federal Public Service, Financial Agreement, Housing, Immigration, National Service Training, Parliamentary Pensions and Salaries, Party Funds, Privilege, Railways, Referenda, Rocket Range, Secret Fund Enquiry, the Security Service, Snowy Mountain Scheme, Social Services, Standing Orders, Swing Seats, White Australia Policy, Wool, and many other subjects of vital interest to all electors. Very Good/Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 003696 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.

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	ABBOTT, TONY The Minimal Monarchy: And Why It Still Makes Sense for Australia South Australia, Wakefied Press. 1995, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original card covers. No inscriptions. 184pp. illustrated with cartoons throughout text. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. Historical background and contemporary political context for the republican debate followed by three major arguments for an Australian republic and six against. With index and appendices on legal and constitutional issues. Very Good/No Jacket. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 100145 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	BEATTIE, PETER Making a Difference - Reflections on Life, leadership and Politics Sydney, HarperCollins. 2005, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original pictorial card covers. Light bumping to corners. No inscriptions. 310pp including index, plus 16pp colour photographs. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. From his beginnings in Atherton, a small town in far north Queensland, to his current status as one of the country's most successful politicians, Premier Peter Beattie has always embodied the spirit of the people he represents: independent, accessible and pragmatic. Here, in his candid memoir, he reflects on the lessons he learnt from the people around him - his tough but good-hearted Nana, his political heroes like Gough Whitlam, his childhood sweetheart and wife, Heather, and on the varied and sometimes difficult circumstances that led to his political awakening and set him on the road to leadership. Very Good/No Jacket. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 18.48 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 002302 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	FOOTT, BETHIA Dismissal of a Premier - The Philip Game Papers Sydney, Morgan Publications. 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, closed tears to top of front panel, smaller closed tears to top of back panel, small loss to centre of spine, minor edge wear, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. 233pp. plus 8pp b/w photographs. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This book tells of stirring political activities in the early thirties in the State of New South Wales culminating, on May 13th, 1932, in the dismissal of Mr J.T. Lang as Premier by the Governor, Sir Philip Game. Although a number of legal treaties on the subject have been published, this is the first dispassionate account of what it was like to be living near the centre of activities at that very trying time. A beautiful copy. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 0005143 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	KELLY, VINCE A Man of the People Sydney, Alpha Books. 1971, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, rubbing to corners, top and bottom of spine, small abrasion mark to back cover, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, previous owners small stamp ton rear of front board, front endpaper, Half title page, title page, dedication page, acknowledgements page. 216pp. including index, plus 10pp b/w photographs, pages clean and bright in a firm binding. Although Sir William McKell was not the first Australian-born Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia he is the first to achieve that high office from truly humble beginnings. But this book is much less about the dignity and distinction he brought to that position then about the hurly-burly of political life in N.S.W. from the First World War, when young William entered Parliament, until after the end of the Second World War, during which, it has often been claimed he was the most dynamic and successful Premier any State of the Commonwealth has enjoyed. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 003690 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	THE PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 1978 Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service. 1978, Twentieth Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, chipping to corners, light shelf wear to top edges, rubbing to edges, however now protected in Brodart. Blue pictorial endpapers, no inscriptions. Frontis: colour plate. 575pp. including index, profusely illustrated with b/w photographs and maps throughout text, light foxing to closed pages otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. This twentieth edition of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the Thirty-first parliament. The biographical section includes details of the parliamentary service and political career, as well as some personal particulars of each Senator and Member. The composition and activities of all Committees of this present Parliament are included, with details of the 1977 Elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives, and some valuable statistical summaries. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.96 \| £UK 22.25 \| JP¥ 3266] Book number: 003698 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	MAYFIELD, H. Servant of a Century: The First 100 Years of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Sydney, Mercantile Mutual. 1978, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original brick red cloth with gilt lettering front cover and to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Green endpapers, no inscriptions. 228pp. including index, profusely illustrated with b/w photographs throughout text, pages clean and bright in firm binding. The foundation of the Mercantile Mutual coincided in dramatic circumstance with the selection of the first Australian Test cricket team to visit England. Many critics claimed that this team was not representative. To settle the argument, a match was arranged between Australian Eleven and fifteen New South Wales players. This match was played on the Sydney Cricket Ground, 23rd to 25th November, 1877, and resulted in a win for the Australian Eleven by four wickets. Among the spectators was George Hardie, a real estate agent. Before going to see the cricket match, he had discussed with George Allan Mansfield, architect, and A. H. McCulloch, a solicitor, who suggested the formation of a new insurance company. The suggestion caught Hardie's imagination. At the Cricket Ground he mentioned it to many of his friends, and the idea was so favorably received that, before the game ended, Hardie had received promises of a large portion of capital required. A preliminary meeting of prospective shareholders was held before Christmas 1877. Hardie, Mansfield and McCulloch had given shape to their idea by drafting a prospectus for a company with a capital of 100,000 pounds. The word had gone around and soon the promoters had received applications for the whole of the capital. The company was incorporated in January 1878 and a Board of Directors elected. The quality of these men was the best guarantee of the company's success. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine. AUD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.34 \| £UK 19.5 \| JP¥ 2857] Book number: 003699 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	PORTER, BERNARD Plots and Paranoia London, Unwin Hyman. 1989, First UK Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, previous owners signature to title page. 276pp including index, 3 names underlined in red in index, otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 100136 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	STEWART, ALAN Hard Row to Hoe Sydney, New South Wales University Press. 1988, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original blue boards with white lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. Blue endpapers, no inscriptions. 216pp. including index, plus 8pp b/w photographs, light toning to page edges otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. Until1978, Manly, comfortable home to an affluent middle-class, was considered a rock solid conservative stronghold. Then the unthinkable happened: in an astonishing reversal his Sydney northern beachside electorate rejected the Liberals and made Alan Stewart, an unlikely candidate, the first ALP Member for Manly. This book tells Stewart's own story, a personal account of how a blue ribbon seat was won, held and finally lost during the turbulent and exciting years of the Wran Government. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 003695 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.
	WHITINGTON, DON Ring the Bells Melbourne, Georgian House. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, rubbing to edges, chipping and small losses to top edge, with some tape residue, sunning to top edge of front cover and spine, however now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions, offset to endpapers. 125pp. pages clean and bright in firm binding. This dictionary of Australian federal politics' will be invaluable to all who need to have information about members of Parliament, about the burning questions of the day, such as Arbitration, Broadcasting, Shipping, Aviation, Banking, Cabinet, Catholic Action, articles on the various political parties, Colombo Plan, Conscription, Defence, Diplomacy, Elections, the Federal Public Service, Financial Agreement, Housing, Immigration, National Service Training, Parliamentary Pensions and Salaries, Party Funds, Privilege, Railways, Referenda, Rocket Range, Secret Fund Enquiry, the Security Service, Snowy Mountain Scheme, Social Services, Standing Orders, Swing Seats, White Australia Policy, Wool, and many other subjects of vital interest to all electors. Very Good/Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 003696 Click here to order or inquire at Eccleston Books & Curios.