Ferries On The Yarra by Jones, Colin

(Collingwood, Greenhouse Publications, 1981).. First Edition; 4to; pp. 108; illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, endpaper maps, list of recent Yarra ferries, index; original brown cloth, title in white on spine, dustjacket, flecking to top edge of pages, otherwise a very good copy.

Melbourne, Greenhouse Publications, 1981.. 4to; pp. 108; illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, endpaper maps, list of recent Yarra ferries, index; original brown cloth, title in white on spine, dustjacket, a very good copy. . First Edition.

Melbourne; Greenhouse Publications, 1981 1st. edition. small 4to, hard cover,brown cloth, dust jacket, 108pp including index, endpaper map, bw photographs, slight shelf wear to bottom edge, small gift inscription to front paste-down, otherwise all very good in very good dust jacket. .ISBN 0909104425

Greenhouse Publications, Melbourne, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 600 g; 110 pp., last two blank, author's note, recent Yarra ferries and index. Double page photographic title page. Throughout the text there are black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated endpapers with map of the Yarra River showing various landings and tea gardens at which the various ferries stopped. Brown coloured boards with white writing on spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Hawthorn Tea Gardens circa 1926, brown & white writing on front panel and yellow on spine. The first ferry sailed up the Yarra River in 1854 and since that time there have been ferries plying their trade till this day. This book recounts some of those ferries and tales attached. The book shows no signs of damage apart from a touch of rubbing to the bottom of the spine . Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.… Read More

Collingwood: Greenhouse Publications, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Collingwood, Greenhouse Publications, 1981. Quarto; papered boards slightly rubbed; an excellent copy with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper.

Collingwood, Greenhouse first edition - h/c in d.j. The first majestic ferry steamed up the Yarra in 1854. The 'Gondolla', as she was known, was an extravagant affair headed for the pleasures and frivolity of the Cremorne Gardens. The author has talked to the men who ran the ferries, the dedicated old- timers with a love of the Yarra and a sense of its tradition. 255 x 195mm., pp. 108, map endpapers, b/w plates, Recent Yarra Ferries list, index. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. light indentations on front (not seen) - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0909104425

Melbourne: Greenhouse, 1981. 1st edition. Fine. Quarto. dust jacket 108pp., b/w pls., maps, index, Remains the best, and only substantial , account on this subject