Australasian Spartacist (No. 1 – 212, 1973-2011)
Spartacist League of Australia and New Zealand
Sydney and Melbourne: Spartacist League of Australia and New Zealand, 1973-2011.
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43.5cm x 29cm. 236 volumes. Newsprint.
A significant unbroken run of Australasian Spartacist: Organ of Revolutionary Marxism for the Rebirth of the Fourth International, from No. 1, 1973, through to No. 212, 1986. Nos. 1 through 5 were published as mimeographed copies (and here an original mimeograph of No. 3 together with 2 additional copies in facsimile, and with Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5 supplied as facsimiles in triplicate and also including the B versions of Nos. 2 and 5), the rest (6-212) as original tabloid newsprint (except No. 125 and 136 supplied in facsimile). Also included is an original duplicate of No 143, and the original supplements for 7 June 1975, 2 July 1975, 24 June 1977, 1 February 1980, 8 September 1989 (2 copies), 2 September 1991, 2 June 1993, December 1999, and November 2001, and A Spartacist Pamphlet: For a Workers Republic of Australia, Part of a Socialist Asia! (Sydney: Spartacist ANZ Publishing Co., 1998). In total Australasian Spartacist ran until No 240, 2020, and in 2024 has re-emerged as Red Battler: Newspaper of the Spartacist League of Australia with 1 issue published to date.
Old horizontal folds, now having been stored flat for many years. Minor general wear and tanning, a few issues around the 150s/160s with minor to moderate tanning to exterior. Occasional stamp of the New York Spartacist League. An extremely well preserved set of fragile newsprint. Very Good Condition.
Jenkins is exhibiting at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair.
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