Tracing our towns: stories of same named places in South Australia and United Kingdom Tapa dura - 1988

AUSTRALIA.ADELAIDE.GILLINGHAM PRINTERS PTY LTD.,1986. Australian,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued(?),1st edn.No owner inscrptn. VG+.Pictorial decorated,laminated boards,which has a faded spine/ backstrip and faded edges where its been in contact with other books. Minimal shelf-wear to edges and lightly bumped to head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Fore-edges minimal ageing and contents bright,tight and clean.8vo HB,1st edn,x+143pp includes a preface,profuse b/w line illus and photographs.Author's self-published book.
During the years the author was researching and writing articles for his book 'Gracious Homes of Colonial Adelaide' he was interested in the names given to these old homes.In numerous instances the early colonists,with memories of home towns in the UK,retained that nostalgia by naming the new home after their place of birth.And,in his research, this happened so consistently,he began to wonder what the UK towns were like.What… Leer más

Adelaide: The Author, 1986. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. 144pp, photos in text. Pictorial hardcover unevenly faded o/w very good Size: Small 4to

Adelaide: Published by Author. 1986. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Front free endpaper clipped at top corner. Spine a little sunned. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Signed by the author on Title Page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 143 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.