The Whitlam Venture by Alan Reid ISBN 13: 9780855720797

Melbourne: Hill of Content, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 465pp., index, ill., notes. Some wear and nicks to jacket..

Melbourne: Hill of Content, 1976. vi+466pp. Green cloth boards. Gilt lettering spine. Name on front paste down, otherwise unmarked. Very slight spine slant. Dustwrapper not clipped. Glassine layered wrapper has only couple of nicks and scuffing at extremities. 24 full page black & white plates. ISBN 0855720794.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne; Hill of Content; 1976. hardcover in very good condition, dustwrapper a little worn on edges. 465 pages, b/w photos

Hill of Content, Melbourne, 1976. Hardcover in Dustjacket. VG+ (Very Good plus). AUSTRALIANA POLITICS ALPHere Mr Reid gives the behind the scenes account of the almost incredible happenings during the Whitlam period as Prime Minister - the hopes, the aspirations, the backstabbings, the cruelties, the fleeting glories and the sheer stupidities of a regime which moved suicidally from crisis to crisis with bewildering speed to the almost inexorable crescendo of dismissal first by the Governor-General and then by the electorate.Told with all the drama of a novel, Mr Reid's account sheds a pitiless light on the methods and actions of those who controlled Australia's political destiny for those three hectic years, showing them as men who shared both the strengths and frailties of those they ruled."" First Edition. 465 p., [24] p. of plates : ill, ports. ; 23cm.#1120/310524 (Gift inscription on inside cover.) Whitlam, Gough, 1916-2014 Australian Labor Party Australia. Politics, 1972-1975. Role of Whitlam,… Read More