JARDEE: The Mill That Cheated Time de Owens, Doreen - 1994

Nedlands, Western Australia : University of Western Australia Press, et al , 1994. ix, + 214pp., a line-drawn area map, Jardee town and mill map, plus b/white halftone plates throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, minimally canted. Colour-art illustrated ('Jardee Mill, c. 1936', Kath Pearce) card wrapper bumped on foredge corners, else nominal edgewear. Several highlighted names in index, else textblock unmarked. 'Jardee' is the story of a small town, its sawmill and community in an isolated forest area in the south west of Western Australia. While many other mill towns changed over time, Jardee survived as a mill town for eighty years. This is the story . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword, Acks., 17 chapters. Bibliography, Index of People. Book weight approx. 460g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.