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There are 30 books in this catalogue.
Hawkesbury Journey. Up the Windsor Road from Baulkham Hills.
BOWD, D.G
Book Number: 68162
ISBN: 0908120613
Publisher: Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1986.
8vo. hardcover. Companion volume to Maquarie Country. 252pp. index, b/w illus. Local history of the Hawkesbury area, North West of Sydney, New South Wales including many brief biographies of early settlers in the area. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $22.00


The Sydney Harbour Bridge - A Life
Spearritt, Peter
Book Number: 62182
ISBN: 0868613312
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin 1982
Square 4to, hardcover. Very Good owner's name on fep. / Very good d/w. Full of photo's and commentary about the building and engineering of this bridge.
Price: $14.00


THE RIDDLE OF POWDERWORKS ROAD
Dixon, Jean
Book Number: 22947
ISBN: 
Publisher: Sydney, Wentworth Books, 1980.
Signed by author. Pictorial laminated stiffened wrappers, pp. 92. Fine. Novel about Carl von Bieren, maker of gunpowder.
Price: $12.00


Gibbs, Shallard, & Co's Illustrated Guide To Sydney, 1882.
Gibbs, Shallard, & Co
Book Number: 66749
ISBN: 0207144338
Publisher: Angus and Robertson Facsimile 1981
8vo. hardcover in d/w. 136pp. Over 50 b&w plates. Very good, top corner creased on a couple of pages. / Very good d/w.
Price: $15.00


Pttwater Rising : the making of Pittwater Council
Curby, Pauline
Book Number: 62844
ISBN: 1876663103
Publisher: Mona Vale, N.S.W. Pittwater Council 2002
8vo softcover 112pp. index, b/w illus. very good, small crease on cover corner. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-94).
Price: $15.00


A Traveller's Tale: From Manly to the Hawkesbury. With facsimile text (from), Beautiful Manly its Approaches, Surroundings, Charms and History, with visitor's Guide. .
Myers, F
Book Number: 61673
ISBN: 0908240457
Publisher: 1984
Oblong Folio. Book number 384/1100. Inscription on fep. Very good.
Price: $12.00


THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOL MOORE PARK SYDNEY
Arthur Eedy
Book Number: 6005
ISBN: 
Publisher: Sydney. Sydney Boys' High School. 1928.
40pp. 8vo. Pamphlet. Souvenir record of the official opening of the New Building of Sydney Boys' High School. Worn spine.
Price: $12.00


Government House Parramatta 1788-2000 A History of the Governors Their Home and Its Domain Parramatta Park
Rosen, Sue
Book Number: 50802
ISBN: 0959623256
Publisher: Caroline Simpson 2003
Folio. Hardcover, cream Leather on Green Leather spine with gilt title to spine and front board, and colour paste down. 270pp. Fine, with clear plastic d/w. Maps on end pages. CD with appendix attached to inside rear board. Illustrated throughout with intext colour and b&w reproduction photographs, colour plates and fold out list. Scarce
Price: $300.00


Tales from the Surf Coast, Shipwreck Coast and their Hinterlands
Loney, Jack
Book Number: 55141
ISBN: 0909191522
Publisher: Self Published by Author 1994
8vo. Softcover. 175pp. Very Good. Illustrated throughout with b&w intext photographs. Covering the towns between Warnambool and Geelong, this kaleidoscope of persons, places and events makes absorbing reading presenting some of the many faceted expressions of human endevour, spirit, enterprise and achievement over more than a century.
Price: $18.00


Sydney Rows: A Centennial History of the Sydney Rowing Club. ;
MAY, A.L.
Book Number: 48252
ISBN: 
Publisher: Published by the Club, 1970.
4to Blue leatherette hardcover, 206pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, foxing to endpapers & edges, owner's name on fep, two small tears to covers on spine ends.
Price: $30.00


Barossa Journeys: Into the Valley of Tradition
Ioannou, Noriss
Book Number: 55830
ISBN: 1864366125
Publisher: New Holland Publishers, Australia, 2000
8vo softcover 240pp very good. french flaps. Index. Illustrated with in-text photo's. Contents includes Folklore, History, Viticulture & Wine, Cuisine, Landscape, Architecture, Arts & Crafts, Music & Festivals. Explore long lost villages, Listen to the tales of the Barossa, the migration of Prussian refugees, winery pioneers, secret treks of the potter, the old customs and symbols such as Black Lutheran wedding dress, the tin-kettling rite, the featherstripping evening, the pagan meanings of harvest celebrations, the Wends and their folklore and witchcraft beliefs.
Price: $12.00


The Brisbane River - A Pictorial History
Robert Longhurst and William Douglas
Book Number: 5445
ISBN: 0646344722
Publisher: WD. Inc. n.d. (1997?)
Soft pictorial covers, illustrated with b&w photographs with comment. 96pp
Price: $18.00


Pittwater House Schools Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Menu Collection
Pittwater House Mothers Association
Book Number: 22188
ISBN: 
Publisher: The Mothers Association
Red laminated boards, small 4to. faded on spine. Signed by Rex Morgan. 25 years of recipies based on menues devised by the girls and boys of Pittwater House who enter and annual competition for a Foundation Day Luncheon
Price: $25.00


Wentworth Information Booklet - Murray Region New South Wales

Book Number: 59369
ISBN: 
Publisher: May 1978
8vo. pamphlet. 8pp. has been folded, otherwise unmarked.
Price: $4.00


From Darkness to Light - One Hundred Years of Bulli Public School 1869 - 1969

Book Number: 59252
ISBN: 
Publisher: 1969
8vo. Illustrated wrappers. 56pp. Very good. Illustrated with in-text photo's.
Price: $12.00


Curl Curl Lagoon and Friends
Curl Curl Lagoon and Friends Inc.
Book Number: 58177
ISBN: 
Publisher: Self Published 2004
8vo. Softcover. 64pp. Very good. Illustrated. History and future of Curl Curl Lagoon
Price: $18.00


ALBANY Port with a Past and Future
Johnson, Les
Book Number: 55062
ISBN: 0959634711
Publisher: The Albany Advertiser 1997
8vo. maroon hardcover with gilt title to front and spine. no d/w as issued. po inscription on fep. The History of the Port of Albany in Western Australia
Price: $30.00


The Great Ocean Road : a traveller's guide
Hyett, Rodney
Book Number: 49964
ISBN: 0958657319
Publisher: Port Campbell, Vic. Great Ocean Publications 1997
8vo softcover 128pp very good. Queenscliff to Nelson along Victoria's south west coast. Contents includes A photographic essay of the coastline. Detailed profiles of 34 towns and secluded destinations. The historic 1880 diary of the coastal walk by Ernest Morrison, later to become known as Chinese Morrison. Detailed road maps. Descriptions of all Coastal, State and National Parks. Directory of facilites and things to do.
Price: $8.00


Home Away From Home : Celebrating 125 years of the Victoria Hotel
Sheedy, Katherine with Sarah Rood
Book Number: 49116
ISBN: 9780958067065
Publisher: Lane Cove, N.S.W. CL Creations 2007
4to softcover 144pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good. Bibliography: Signed by Katherine Sheedy on half-title.
Price: $15.00


Discover Warrandyte
Friends of Warrandyte State Park
Book Number: 47107
ISBN: 0646118684
Publisher: F.O.W.S.P. 1993
8vo. Softcover. Very good. 176pp. Index. Illustrated with colour photographs, and maps of local areas throughout, and drawings of plants and birds. Contents includes Wurundjeri Dreamtime, Pioneer Settlers, Gold, Post gold era, Bushfires, The Yarra River, Artistic heritate, Natural History, Conservation, The role of Park Rangers, Black Flat, The Common, Fourth Hill, Jumping Creek, Mount Lofty, Northern River Frontage, Pound Bend, The township, Yarra Brae, Small Reserves, Andersons Creek, A Journey Through the Seasons.
Price: $10.00


THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS 1884-1984, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Manly
Reid, James (ed)
Book Number: 44825
ISBN: 0959097104
Publisher: St Andrews Presbyterian Church 1984
8vo harcover in d/w. 64pp very good. Researched by Vivenne Webb and Jean Hudson. Includes Plan of Seats on end pages. Illustrated with photo's.
Price: $8.00


From wilderness to Eden; a history of the City of Griffith, its region and its people
KELLY, Bryan Morris
Book Number: 35050
ISBN: 
Publisher: Griffith, N.S.W.: City of Griffith Council, 1988. 1st edition
B/w illustrations, map, portraits. Pictorial laminated boards, very good, small owner's label on fep. Pp. 304. Appendices, index, bibliography. Cover design by Bernard L Graham.
Price: $10.00


Once There Was A Corner Store - A History of the Owens' Family Business 1876-1995
Daniel, Laurie
Book Number: 55630
ISBN: 
Publisher: Self Published - Rosebery, N.S.W. : Bridge Printery, 1995.
8vo. Yellow pictorial boards. 196pp. As new, po inscription on ffl.
Price: $20.00


Cemeteries in Gundaroo NSW and the Surrounding District
Challinor, Graeme
Book Number: 58352
ISBN: 1875495215
Publisher: Self Published Second Edition Brolga Press 2003
8vo. Wraps, 319pp. Very good. Including Gundaroo, Bevendale, Breadalbane, Bungendore, Collector, Currawang, Dalton, Goonyan, Greendale, Gunning, Jerrara, Kippilaw, Lake Bathurst, Merrilla, Mt.Pleasant, Murrumbateman, Mutmutbilly, Parkesbourne, Tarago, Turalla, Yass River Road. Containing alphabetical indes, diagrams, photographs and monument incriptions.
Price: $25.00


The Brindley Bettingtons "No Boundaries"
Stokes, Brice
Book Number: 61540
ISBN: 9780646517124
Publisher: Self Published by Author 2010
sm. 4to. Hardcover in d/w. 306pp. Near fine. Illustrated end pages. Illustrated throughout. A history of the Bettington family, early pastoralists in Merriwa, who have continuously worked the land there for almost two centuries.
Price: $85.00


SOUNDINGS Lake Macquarie People
CHAWNER, A.and P. Kavanagh
Book Number: 33771
ISBN: 0731644476
Publisher: Lake Macquarie. Lake Macquarie City Bicentennial Committee. 1988.
40pp. 8vo obl. Very good. Paperback. Interviews with and photographs of the locals of the NSW region. Signed by author and photographer.
Price: $12.00


Ringer - Tales of Hay and the Western Riverina
Compiled by Caroline Merrylees, Design by Ian and Caroline Merrylees
Book Number: 60742
ISBN: 
Publisher: Hay Historical Society 2004.
4to. Softcover. Very good. A Collection of articles and memoirs from the archives of the Hay Historical Society.
Price: $25.00


Focus On Ku-Ring-Gai.. The story of Ku-ring-gai''s growth and development.
Ku-ring-gai Historcal Society
Book Number: 30918
ISBN: 0959867325
Publisher: Ku-ring-gai Historcal Society inc., (1996).
First Edition; 4to; pp. 128; b/w illustrations throughout, bibliography and sources, index; stiff illustrated wrapper, Presentation copy to Sir Arthur Norman from Mayor Richard Geddes.
Price: $25.00


Ku-ring-gai.
Mathews, Phillip
Book Number: 21268
ISBN: 
Publisher: Sydney: Currawong Press, 1978
Quarto, 80pp, colour photographs. VG in dw
Price: $12.00


Bulls Bears and Wildcats
Gibbs,R.M.
Book Number: 21532
ISBN: 
Publisher: Peacock Publications Adelaide 1988 1st edition.
Fine in Fine DJ, Dustjacket hardback, 518pp, History of the Stock Exchange of Adelaide. Illustrated throughout with intext b&w photo's.
Price: $22.00