Sound of Trumpets. History of the Labour Movement in South Australia
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1985 (first edition).
Octavo, xviii, 454 pages with numerous plates.
Papered boards; a fine copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper.
Not stated as such, but from the collection of SA historian Ron Gibbs. Loosely inserted is an invitation to the official launch, a handwritten memorandum to Gibbs from (and signed by) John Playford (on University of Adelaide letterhead), and his scathing - and highly entertaining ('mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the Marxist of them all?') - review of the book (one of four photocopies of the annotated typescript). Playford's 1958 thesis for his B.A. (Honours) was 'History of the left-wing of the South Australian Labor Movement, 1908-36'; a more appropriate candidate to review this significant book can hardly be imagined.
Item #105636
Price (AUD):
$75.00