Michael Kirby: Paradoxes and Principles

Federation Press, Sydney, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, sources, annotated bibliography, acknowledgements and index. Brown coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with four inserts, of eight pages each, of colour and black-and-white photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with orange and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. The biography of one of the most extraordinary men in Australian legal history – Michael Kirby. "A J Brown reveals Kirby's difficult and often challenging personal path as judge, public intellectual and gay man. He shows the sharp contrast between Kirby's 30-year love affair with controversial public issues and the reality of a man whose underlying message is deeply traditionalist – that people should have faith in the status quo of political institutions, even the monarchy." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Minor rubbing to the book corners and there is age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - X, [1], 2 - 484, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Law & Criminal Studies. ISBN: 1862876509. ISBN/EAN: 9781862876507. Inventory No: 0272707. . 9781862876507