AUSTRALIAN LOCATIONS from Bookhome Sydney

Sydney, Mosman: Mosman Historical Society / Walter Stone & Sons at Wentworth Press (Printer), 1978. Revised, reissued ed.. Paperback trade, good condition, black & white text-photos, tiny dent front cover & first page, light foxing edges & inside covers, few marks rear cover, light foxing covers & spine, spine little faded, minor edgewear. 104 pp. This book is derived… Read more about this item

Carinda, NSW / Sydney, Brookvale: Self-published: Margaret Johnstone and Kay Masman / Prior Press (Printer), 1983. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, illustrated endpapers, edges little foxed, piece missing top spine jacket with partial loss of title & author (rear cover rubbed, corners scuffed, light foxing rear flap, edgewear, little faded, reverse… Read more about this item

Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1990. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, glossy paper, bottom corner front black cloth cover little bumped, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 224 pp. Cover subtitle: "A social history of Marrickville and the former municipalities of… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 2001. 1st ed.. Hardcover small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good condition), pictorial cover, endpaper map, minor edgewear, old price marks. 250 pp. Peter Carey, the Australian author, returns home to Sydney after living abroad for years, and he attempts to capture its character with the help of his old friends. Famous sights such as Bondi… Read more about this item

Perth, Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1992. 1st ed.. Paperback small trade, very good condition, maps, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, spine slightly faded, small mark top edge, crease top corner rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. 177 pp. Ron Brown takes a slightly irreverent look at the human face of Darwin from 1939 to 1945 during WW2. These vital… Read more about this item

Caboolture, QLD: Caboolture Historical Society, 1977. Paperback small quarto, thin card covers, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, top corner rear cover & top corner last few pages creased, crossed out name on front cover, previous owner's name written in biro on title page, edges & pages lightly toned. 159 pp. The stories, recollections, photographs and… Read more about this item

Sydney, Ryde / Glebe: Self-Published: Jean Feughelman / Fast Books (Printer), 1999. Reprint ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, one colour plate, maps (includes cover), top corner tip rear cover & last few pages little creased, bottom corner tip front cover & first few pages little creased, light foxing inside covers &… Read more about this item

Perth, Rottnest Island: Rottnest Island Authority, 1989. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, stapled booklet, many colour text-photos, minor edgewear. 28 pp. A pictorial tourist booklet with glossy photos about the history and buildings of iconic Rottnest Island, 18kms off West Australian coast. Rottnest is noted as the only home of the quokka, a small marsupial that early Dutch… Read more about this item

Sydney: Self-Published: Nic Bezzina, 2014. Hardback large oblong quarto (24 x 31 cm), no jacket as issued, as new condition, full-page colour photos, minimal edgewear. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 126 pp. Photographs and interviews by Nic Bezzina with the characters that own and/or run many of the fascinating independent shops… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Seal Books / Rigby Limited, 1974. Reprint ed.. Paperback mass market, very good condition, black & white text-photos, map, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 188 pp. Douglas Lockwood, a journalist, relates stories about dinkum Aussies that he has met over 18 years in the Northern Territory. Includes the Japanese bombing of Darwin and the Petrov affair. (Originally… Read more about this item

Sydney: Arthur and Marea Weller / Castlecrag Infants School Club, 1970. Paperback oblong small quarto, good condition, spiral binding, thick card covers, black & white photos, frontispiece map, light foxing white background some pages, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 56 pp. This is a privately produced book to raise funds for the local school in Castlecrag, a northeastern suburb… Read more about this item

Sydney: Kingsclear Books, 2001. 1st ed.. Paperback oblong quarto, very good condition, many black & white text-photos & drawings, minor edgewear. 124 pp. Helen Swinbourne and Judy Winters have produced a comprehensive pictorial history of the Bega Valley Shire on the far south coast of New South Wales (NSW). This book was partly financed by the Bega Valley Shire… Read more about this item

Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2012. 1st ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), rough cut fore-edge, endpaper maps, top edge little foxed, minimal edgewear. 327 pp. Paul Daley begins and ends his personal memoir of Canberra at the lake and its submerged lost suburbs, traces of which can still be found on… Read more about this item

Sydney, Manly Vale: Augustinian Historical Commission, 1979. Paperback trade, very good condition, card covers, stapled pamphlet, black & white text-photos & sketches, maps, spine little rubbed, light creases rear cover, spine ends little scuffed, faint toning inside covers, spine little creased, minor edgewear. 91 pp. A small illustrated book about historical places of interest in Coorparoo and Stones… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Abbotsford: Collingwood Historical Society, 1997. Paperback wide quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos, top corners few pages little creased, light foxing along spine, rear white cover little marked, light crease along spine edge at cover join, minor edgewear, small written name red texta inside front cover. 80 pp. This book by G. M. Hibbins is the… Read more about this item

Sydney: Manly Council Heritage Committee, 2010. 1st ed.. Paperback oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, sepia (brown-tinted) text-photos, few colour sketches & photos, minor edgewear. 12 pp. A heritage history of Manly, a very popular northern beachside suburb of Sydney, from the time of European settlement. The types of heritage outlined in this pamphlet are expressions of a… Read more about this item

Sydney, Ashfield: Ashfield & District Historical Society , 1998. Paperback oblong small quarto, good condition, stapled (little rusted), illustrated cover (little rubbed), black & white text-photos, few marks rear cover, cover corners tips creased, few creases covers, minor edgewear. 24 pp. This special pamphlet has been produced in an effort to provide an early history of Ashfield, a heritage… Read more about this item

Sydney, Woollahra: Salux Pty Ltd / Paddington Municipal Council, 1980. Facsimile ed.. Hardback small oblong quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (very good dustjacket), gilt title on boards, black & white text-photos, black & white drawings (adverts), minor edgewear jacket (few small edge tears, small crease top edge), non-author written dedication front pastedown. 112 pp. Richard Sonder, a life member… Read more about this item

Sydney, Alexandria: Kingsclear Books, 2000. 1st ed.. Paperback large oblong quarto, very good condition, black & white photos, faint foxing edges, small spot fore-edge, top corner tip front cover creased, minor edgewear. 139 pp. A richly illustrated history of the City of Sydney by Alan Sharpe. This book displays a collection of photos which preserve in words, photos and… Read more about this item

Sydney: Doak Press, 1975. Paperback oblong quarto, good plus condition, black & white photos, maps, toning inside covers, pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed, light foxing covers, bottom corner tip front cover creased, minor edgewear. 96 pp. This book by Max Kelly is a photographic documentary of Sydney in the year 1900, showing a Sydney that is currently fairly… Read more about this item