Australian Local History from Diversity Books, IOBA

Kent Town, SA, Australia: Wakefield Press, 2006. xi, 370pp., intext b/white illustrations throughout: candid halftones, plus sketch-art and poster facsimiles. Book clean. Bright gilt title over mildly canted spine. Plain black boards negligibly edge-bumped. Leaves clean and unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket mimimally scuffed and edgeworn. An interesting biography of George Tallis, who arrived in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia as a 17-year-old… Saber más sobre este artículo

Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Queensberry Hill Press, 1984. 232pp. B/white frontis plus unpaginated b/white plates. Book clean. Spine firm. Previous owner's name and a date to head of title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Gilt illustration to front panel of cloth boards, bump/crease to lower foredge corner of same. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Contents include: Foreword. Acks. Illustrations.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Victoria, Australia: Poowong Historical Group Inc., 1999. 148pp. B/white photographic illustrations and diagrams/plans. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper minimally surface indented, tiny corner creases. Numerous contents include: About the Author. Foreword-1974. Foreword-1999. Preface (Joseph White). Introductory. McDonald's Track. The First Settlement. The Township History. Some Selectors of the District and Recollections.… Saber más sobre este artículo

St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1994. xiii, + 313pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates throughout. Attached ribbon bookmark. Book clean, very slightly canted. Bright gilt title over firm spine. A couple of small faint spots to plain blue boards, otherwise undamaged. Textblock crisp and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated dustjacket mildly edge-creased and minimally edgeworn. 'Proper Care' is the story of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Wollongong, NSW, Australia: Rosemont Press, 1997. 111pp. Several colour, plus b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, corner crease to half-title page. Colour illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn. "Jose Paronella was a Spanish migrant who came to Australia from Catalonia in 1913 . . . he worked in the North Queensland canefields and by saving… Saber más sobre este artículo

Golden Square, Victoria, Australia : Crown Castleton, 1992. 256pp. B/white illustrations, plates, facsimiles, portraits and plans. Spine firm, mildly sunned, title clearly legible. Signed and dated by author on title page (August 1994), an approx. 7.5 x 2cm area of surface abrasion and partially removed sticker (previous owner's details) to upper foredge corner of title page, else leaves clean… Saber más sobre este artículo

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Currey O'Neil, 1984. xi, 148pp. B/white illustrations throughout, plus 2 x 4 page colour sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain green cloth boards bumped on upper foredge corner of front panel. Leaves clean and unmarked. Pictorially-iIllustrated dustjacket softly edge-creased, minor edgewear and surface scratches. Contents include: Foreword (Harry Hopman). List of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Author (Ian Hyndman), 1986. iii, 82pp. B/white photographic illustrations. Book clean. Spine firm, bump to foot. Leaves clean and unmarked, small soft corner crease to a section of opening pages, and in-production (?) crinkling to spine area of a small section of pages at rear. Illustrated card wrapper softly corner creased, oblique marks and a small surface… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: William Heinemann, 1980. ix, 324pp., plus 16 unpaginated pages of b/white plates. Map printed endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean and unmarked. Small areas of surface rubbing/discoloration to front and back panels (and backstrip) of plain boards. No dustjacket. Contents include: Foreword (Stephen Murray-Smith, University of Melbourne). Acks. 30 chapters over five… Saber más sobre este artículo

Carlisle, Western Australia: Hesperian Press, 2005. vii, 194pp. B/white map, plus b/white halftone illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, soft corner crease to upper foredge corner of a section of textblock. Montage illustrated card wrapper has a deep corner crease to lower rear panel, else very good. Numerous contents include: Acks. 26 chapters. My Old… Saber más sobre este artículo

Perth, Western Australia: Printed by Wescolour Press, 1985. xii, 178pp. B/white photographic and sketch illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Signed by author D. Sheehan on title page, tiny spot to same, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper has very small corner creases, minimal edgewear and surface indentations. From the front flap: "This well researched and highly… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cairns, Queensland, Australia: R. Taylor, 2010. iv, plus chapter pagination. B/white and colour photographic illustrations, course map, facsimiles. Book clean, Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. A short penned inscription and author signature to inside front cover, else illustrated white card wrapper has pressure marks (from author inscription on reverse), small square abraded area and faint marks (front panel), a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Victoria, Australia: Spectrum Publications, for Rural Finance Corporation of Victoria , 1997. 228pp., plus 16 page illustrated section (colour photographs, b/white subdivision plans). B/white photographic illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Photographically-illustrated card cover has a corner crease to lower rear panel, very mild edgewear. Included loose: A 'Heytesbury Once In A Lifetime' printed bookmark.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Victoria, Australia: Shire of Bacchus Marsh in Conjunction with Hargreen Publishing Company , 1986. xv, 392pp. Two b/white maps, plus b/white contributor illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards very good+. Colour illustrated (Avenue of Honour, Bacchus Marsh) dustjacket negligibly edgeworn and softly edge-creased. From the jacket flap: "This book is an anecdotal… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lilydale, Victoria, Australia: Athenaeum Theatre Company, 2005. 186pp. B/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only, very soft crease to upper foredge corner of rear panel.This is Volume One of a three volume set chronicling the history of Lilydale's Athenaeum Building, from mechanics' institute to majestic theatre. "This volume… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia: Anglican Trusts Corporation of the Diocese of Gippsland, 2002. vi, + 125pp., b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, negligible top edge crease to several rear pages. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn on upper rear panel . A record of the numerous aspects and activities of the Diocese of Gippsland over the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Leongatha, Victoria, Australia: Woorayl Shire Historical Society, 1994. 52pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates, plus centre-spread, line-drawn maps. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format booklet. Staples firm, with some rusting at centre fold. Colour, photographically-illustrated (photo: G. Brunning) limp wrapper mildly edgeworn and indented, corner crease to lower rear panel, with a hand-written photo acknowledgement sticker affixed to inner rear wrap. Signed and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Printed by Citadel Press Published circa 1979. 32pp. B/white photographic illustrations throughout by Harold Jewell, plus b/white unit layout diagrams and line-drawn village plan. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound format. Staples firm, inner mildly rusted. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, tiny corner creases, (mostly) small areas of surface abrasion to front panel. 'Inala' is an… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: The Eldon Hogan Trust , 1997. xiv, 160pp. B/white illustrated endpapers, plus b/white illustrations, throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Montage illustrated card wrapper has a couple of tiny corner creases, minimal surface scuffs. From the rear panel: "'Kostka' was commissioned by the Eldon Hogan Trust to mark the sixtieth anniversary of… Saber más sobre este artículo

North Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: William Heinemann, 2016. xviii, 307pp., plus 16 page sepia, b/white and (one) colour, plate illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has minor edgewear, oblique crease to rear panel. From the back cover: " It was a maritime tragedy that unfolded one sad, dark hour at a time… Saber más sobre este artículo