Trade soft cover. Contains hundreds of drawings and photographs. 414 pages. Book is in Near Fine condition, by which we mean almost as if in its original new condition, but containing very slight marks of age and/or wear from light handling. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Fiction. ISBN: 186503682x. ISBN/EAN: 9781865036823. Inventory No: 5092.

624pp + 112 family plaids + a fold-out map in the back; Seventh edition; Book is in great condition with no significant flaws; Bookseller label and price on front inside cover; DJ has minor wrinkling and a few scratches; One piece of clear scotch tape reinforces the top of the spine; Additional shipping charges may apply; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 pounds. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Scotland; Inventory No: 103445.

225 g.;63 pp., each page of text has an accompanying illustration, illustrated endpages. illustrated dustwrapper has a small rub at the top of the backstrip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Max Angus. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Tasmania; Inventory No: 0206865.

225 g.;63 pp., each page of text has an accompanying illustration, illustrated endpages. illustrated dustwrapper has a small rub at the top of the backstrip, and I of the side of the spine, with a 1.0 inch tear top right-hand side of the front panel and a small rub and the bottom of the front fold over crease. The price has been blacked out on the front fold over flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Max Angus. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Tasmania; Inventory No: 0223866.

64 pp., each page of text has an accompanying illustration, illustrated endpages, bibliography. illustrated dustwrapper Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Arthur Phillips. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Tasmania; ISBN: 0851791719. ISBN/EAN: 9780851791715. Inventory No: 0206867.

64 pp., each page of text has an accompanying illustration, illustrated endpages, bibliography. illustrated dustwrapper. There are short tears at the top left hand and bottom left-hand corners of the front panel and the spine section of the jacket has faded from exposure to light. The top part of both fold over creases is rubbed with a small split at the top of the rear fold over crease. In this book, Patsy Adam Smith tells the story of port Arthur from its first almost Utopian settlement to the days when the people Tasmania somewhat reluctantly realised that the employment of convict labour was an abiding shame. -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Arthur Phillips. Quantity Available: 1. ... Show Complete Entry

Green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 29 black-and-white drawings by Arthur Phillips. Green coloured spine with green and white mottled boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the book corners and to the head and to the heel of the back strip. Dust marks to the top of paper edge. Previous owner's name to the top right-hand corner of the free front endpaper Illustrated dustwrapper, by Arthur Phillips, with green coloured background and white coloured titles on front panel and backstrip. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Numerous small tears to the dustwrapper edges and there is heavy rubbing to all dustwrapper creases. A few marks to the rear ... Show Complete Entry

63 pp., each page of text is accompanied by an illustration. illustrated dustwrapper, illustrated endpapers map. Chipping of both the top and bottom edges of the dustwrapper, with loss; gift inscription on title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Max Angus. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; ISBN: 0851792650. ISBN/EAN: 9780851792651. Inventory No: 0206989.

250 g; 63 pp., each page of text is accompanied by an illustration. illustrated dustwrapper, illustrated endpapers map. The book itself shows no sign of damage apart from the darkening of the top edge of the text block. On the top edge there are two short tears that have been repaired with sticky tape, and very light rubbing of the tips of the fold overs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Max Angus. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; ISBN: 0851792650. ISBN/EAN: 9780851792651. Inventory No: 0225238.

250 g; 63 pp., each page of text is accompanied by an illustration. illustrated dustwrapper, illustrated endpapers map. Trace of foxing to the top edge of the text block, slight rubbing with several short tears to the top edge of the dustjacket, which also bears the original price in ink at the top left of the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Max Angus. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Local History -- Tasmania; ISBN: 0851792650. ISBN/EAN: 9780851792651. Inventory No: 0232227.

Red cloth boards with dulled gilt title to spine. Boards lightly worn mainly at ends of spine and spine a little sunned. Spine slightly shaken otherwise securely bound. Book plate on front paste down. 74 illustrations by Frederick Adcock and 16 portraits. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Slight damage to last free end paper and paste down where paper clip has rusted. Overall a clean sound copy. Size: Octavo (standard book size). xv, 356 pp. .. Illustrator: Frederick Adcock. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; England; Architecture. Inventory No: 15758.

167 pages. Spine is faded Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australiana; australia; History. ISBN: 0646260944. ISBN/EAN: 9780646260945. Inventory No: 11030513.

400 g; 174 pages, + triple fold map + map of Pacific at the rear. includes appendices, bibliography. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and line drawings. Colour illustrated front panel, slight darkening of the front and rear panels from the agent handling, however the binding is sound, and the pages show no inscriptions. Size: 8 vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Inventory No: 0230461.

600 g; 120 pages in colour illustrated paperback binding. The book shows no sign of damage. Photographs and text, memories and emotions, biographical detail -- a book for dipping into. The town was established in 1829, but this is not a history book, it is a book of the people who make the town. Size: Oblong 8vo. Illustrator: Allan Langoulant. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Western Australia; ISBN: 064619772X. ISBN/EAN: 9780646197722. Inventory No: 0226533.

No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Civilization & ethnology. 288 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Pacific Area; Geography & Maps. ISBN: 0207162468. ISBN/EAN: 9780207162466. Inventory No: 51895.

Also by William C. Whitten. Typewritten document bound in gray boards. Previous owner's name inscribed on FEP. Also, notes are in the back concerning genealogy. Includes index and copies of census papers. Size: 8 1/2" x 11". 668 pp. No marks. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges are clean. NOT ex-library. All books offered from DSB are stocked at our store in Fayetteville, AR. Inventory No: 024987.

Diary of every day life and sights of New Zealands Stewart Island. Yellow card wraps (sl sunned to spine) pp 95 with a map and photographs by author in b/w. Very clean with gift inscription.

Couple of light fingerprint/smudges to 4th page. 192 pages. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Britain/UK; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0954127501. ISBN/EAN: 9780954127503. Inventory No: 52597.

375 g; 176 pages, last four pages blank, the text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and reproductions of art work. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket is badly torn, and has water damage, and stains from sticky tape. The glossy red cloth binding is rubbed at the tail of the back strip and the head of the same as well as across the top edge of the boards. Previous owner's name has been blacked out on the front end page. All edges of the text block are darkened with age. Internally the pages are clean. "While the story runs on strict historical sequence, it is embroidered with a wealth of bright and racy comment touching on every imaginable relevant subject -- dress, language (good and bad), dancing, duelling ... Show Complete Entry

Size: 12mo. 64 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Part of the Quaker Hill Local History Series, fold out map of North Quaker Hill tipped in at Title page, Bibliography. Covers extend beyond text block so corners are creased, spine ends bumped, top & bottom edges creased a little. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 0 lbs 10 oz. Category: History; Genealogy & Local History. Inventory No: 007292.

No torn or missing pages. Curling to corners of cover & pages. General reading wear. Photo illustrations. 210 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Australia; Genealogy & Local History. Signed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9781875641024. Inventory No: 52377.

240 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., geneal. tables, maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Bibliography: p. 226-230. Bound in a black-and-white illustrated hardcover binding, with the image on the front panel the reverse on the rear. Illustrated dust wrapper. The page edges have browned, owing to the type of paper used. Otherwise there is no damage to describe. This book is not only of interest to the descendants of the 1st settlers in Victoria, and also to students and teachers of Australian pioneer history stop Size: Octavo (standard book size). (12), 240, (4) pages, in original hardcover binding, . Dust Jacket price-clipped. Illustrator: photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: ... Show Complete Entry

The backbone of the livestock farming and meat industry development of the East Coast, North Island of New Zealand was to a large extent due to the stock and station firm of Williams and Kettle Ltd, begun by Federick Williams and Nathaniel Kettle that served Hawkes Bay and Poverty Bay. End papers are reproduced company prospectus dated 1891. 176 pages with b/w photos. CONDITION Unworn, some atmospheric toning to pages near ends, DJ a little worn to edges though mostly very good.

Front-end Paste Down only has some very minor foxing. Limited edition, signed leaf tipped in, numbered 23 of 40. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Genealogy & Local History; History. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0731625307. ISBN/EAN: 9780731625307. Inventory No: 16708.

376 pp., illustrated with black and white photographs, indexed. Slight shelf wear to base of book. This book is the chronicle of a police vendetta, and a portrait of the system that sanctions such abuses. Size: quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Politics -- Australian; True Crime; New South Wales; ISBN: 1863590552. ISBN/EAN: 9781863590556. Inventory No: 0204377.

Size: 19 cm. 189 pages. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0646027581. ISBN/EAN: 9780646027586. Dewey Code: A823.3. Inventory No: 16454.

Companion volume to Kosciusko: The Mountain in History. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australia; 19th century; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0958704929. ISBN/EAN: 9780958704922. Inventory No: 25419.

176 pp., bibliography, index. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, text illustrated with maps, line drawings, paintings and photographs in colour and black and white. Chronology of notable wrecks, strandings and other incidents. Size: quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Architecture; Maritime; New South Wales; ISBN: 0730101142. ISBN/EAN: 9780730101147. Inventory No: 0202743.

Size: 26 cm. 111 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Genealogy & Local History; History. ISBN: 0646378767. ISBN/EAN: 9780646378763. Dewey Code: 383.42099441. Inventory No: 16527.

first edition, small 8vo., blue cloth binding with decorative gilt on front cover and spine, 120 half page chromolithograph views on 60 sheets, plus coloured frontispiece, decorative endpapers, Inventory No: 21615.

Very slight wear to the edges of the back cover but otherwise in excellent condition. 107 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: History; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0882959697. ISBN/EAN: 9780882959696. Inventory No: 4309.

Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Very nice copy of a Joel Munsell imprint and bound by Munsell (with label). Decorated leather, marbled paper over boards, gilt & green spine label, marbled end papers, all edges marbled, frontis of Charles Anthony, 474 pp. with Index. Some wear to corners and spine ends, a few minor nicks in the leather, some wear to marbled paper along bottom & top edges and fore-edges, frontis is partially detached. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 6 oz. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Signed Binding. Inventory No: 003923.

Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Genealogy & Local History. Inventory No: 21398.

Size: 10"-12" Tall. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australian History; ISBN: 0959314903. ISBN/EAN: 9780959314908. Inventory No: 14955.

750 g; two to eight pages, last page blank, indexed, end page maps, black-and-white frontispiece of the authoress, 30 pages of black-and-white photography. There is darkening and traces of foxing to the top and front edges of the text block, there is a some minor scattering of foxing throughout the book, most heavily towards the front. The webbing of the binding is visible at a couple of points through the book. "This is not a "book about Australia." We were in that great country some six months in all, a period we are impelled, from previous examples, to believe altogether too long phone author to record his impressions of the country he has never seen before. Lastly, this is the first time that ever my wife or i have tried to write a ... Show Complete Entry

350 g; 118 pp, numerous photograph illustrations. Slight rubbing of the colour on both the front and rear panels of the jacket otherwise in very good order. Fred Archer's story of the old Menzies hotel is one of the best pieces of social history so far written about Australia. (Geoffrey Blainey) Size: 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Popular Culture; australia; Inventory No: 0215169.

viii, 273 pp. Original cloth with badly chipped dustwrapper which has suffered some loss. Some foxing of the preliminaries, and of the page edges. . Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; australia; Inventory No: 0209009.

Contains a complete list of past pupils including their occupations and addresses, as well as the school history, staff members and sporting records. CONDITION Blue cloth, front cnrs bumped, Pp xii 556 with 25 photo plates. Nice crisp copy with toning to plate pages opposing ordinary printed pages due to differing paper type. Name of old boy and his years attended inside front. Overweight

300 g; 156 pages, illustrated with line drawings executed by the author and also with monotone plates again executed by the author. Illustrated end pages. Inscribed on the title page and dated 1952. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has had tape to reinforce a couple of the longer tears, but is rubbed and chipped at each of the corners with some loss at the top of the spine section. The book itself, apart from being slightly dusty on the top edge, is in very good order. There is an introduction to the book by FW Eggleston, former Australian minister to China, followed by 14 "chats" -- "they were true experiences -- just everyday things that come readily to my mind when I look back, as I do, very very often, my 20 ... Show Complete Entry

300 g; 156 pages, illustrated with line drawings executed by the author and also with monotone plates again executed by the author. Illustrated end pages. Inscribed on the title page and dated 1948. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Both top and bottom edges of the jacket have been reinforced with sticky tape at the creases. The jacket has a 1.0 inch tear at the top left of the front panel. There is an introduction to the book by FW Eggleston, former Australian minister to China, followed by 14 "chats" -- "they were true experiences -- just everyday things that come readily to my mind when I look back, as I do, very very often, my 20 years there. I've put them down just as I would tell them to you if we were having a talk and ... Show Complete Entry

1.7 kg; in two volumes. Vol A-K XVIII, 292 pp., Vol L-Z XIV, 294 pp., + 10 tables. Both bound in illustrated paperback bindings, the first volume coloured blu, the second red. Volume 1 has covers that are slightly grubby with the rear panel slightly ruffled on the front edge. "This List of Australian Writers is being issued primarily as a working checklist for the Bibliography of Australian Literature Project. It's functionally used as a reference of Australian literature is secondary to its main aim and the compilers in no way clan the information contained herein to be defended or exhaustive." Page XIV Size: Large Format Paperback. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Reference; ... Show Complete Entry

Near Fine HB in Fine DJ, in mylar cover. 98 p.; illus.; 29 cm. Short illustrated histories of historic buildings in Columbus, Ohio, originally published in the Sunday Magazine of the Columbus Dispatch. Grey cloth over boards w/black line drawing and title on front cover; title on spine. Corners sharp; no shelf wear. Only defects are remnants of tape on inside covers that held plastic cover in place & Christmas 1971 inscription at top of FEP. Textblock tight, bright and unmarked. Unclipped DJ. Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). 98 pages. Illustrator: Arter, Bill. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 6 oz. Category: History; United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); United ... Show Complete Entry

VG HB in G DJ, in archival polyester cover. 98 p.; illus.; 29 cm. Short illustrated histories of historic buildings in Columbus, Ohio, originally published in the Sunday Magazine of the Columbus Dispatch. Grey cloth over boards w/black line drawing and title on front cover; title on spine. Corners sharp; minimal shelf wear. Textblock is tight & bright. PO has penciled in notes on about 10 of the pages w/memories of or updates on the buildings. DJ is worn around edges w/1/2" loss at top of spine. Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). 98 pages. Illustrator: Arter, Bill. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 5 oz. Category: History; United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, ... Show Complete Entry

VG HB in G+ DJ, in mylar cover. 96 p.; illus.; 29 cm. Short illustrated histories of historic buildings in Columbus, Ohio, originally published in the Sunday Magazine of the Columbus Dispatch. Grey cloth over boards w/black line drawing and title on front cover; title on spine. Corners sharp; minimal shelf wear. Textblock is tight & bright. PO has penciled in notes on about 8 of the pages w/memories of or updates on the buildings. DJ is worn around edges w/1/4" loss at top of spine. Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). 96 pages. Illustrator: Arter, Bill. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 6 oz. Category: History; United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); United States; ... Show Complete Entry

VG+/VG 1949 1st impression Special Edition Hodder/Caxton hardback, price-clipped DJ, with 231 places and 165 photos. A little edge-wear to DJ, light top edge-crease and rubbing, internally bright and near fine, red cloth. Sent Airmail at no extra cost; Worldwide Shipping IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Inventory No: 030378.

334 pages. Photographs. Index. Book in very nice condition--light shelf wear, rubs, bumped corners, head and tail of spine bumped. Previous owner's name in ink inside front cover, store label from Boston, Mass; four lightly penciled notations through book--not intrustive. Short strip of paper glued in on end paste-down. An intimate portrait of a city. Chapter one, entitled "If" looks at the history behind how the west coast of the US did NOT belong to Russia when they had outposts along the coast and owned Alaska.. Atherton includes a chapter on San Francisco Bookstores. Fascinating and well told. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 2 oz. Category: History; Genealogy & ... Show Complete Entry

The first record of the part played by the Harwood Group of Virginia in the winning of the West for America. I found it interesting that the math is wrong in the title, but the title is indeed 329 years, despite only 320 between the dates listed. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 445 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Spine is cracked along the title page, and is a little loose. All pages are still tight. Previous owner's inscription on endpapers. Light shelfwear to the cover. Corners are rounded. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 pounds. Category: Genealogy & Local History; United States; Inventory No: 001070.

Size: 22 cm. 216 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Cook, James, 1728-1779 Travel; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 1900624303. ISBN/EAN: 9781900624305. Dewey Code: 910.4/5 21. Inventory No: 16352.

64 pp., each page of text is accompanied by an illustration. illustrated dustwrapper, illustrated endpaper maps Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Maurice Perry. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; South Australia; ISBN: 0851796052. ISBN/EAN: 9780851796055. Inventory No: 0206967.

1.1 kg; 368, (23) pages, in original gilt embossed and titled hardcover binding (Green cloth over boards, with the crest of Tea Tree Gully on the front panel.) Colour illustrated dustjacket of the village of Houghton has a 1.5 inch jagged tear at the top left of the front panel. Gift inscription dated 1982 at the upper right-hand corner of the front free end page. The penultimate page of the book has an errata list Size: 8 vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; South Australia; ISBN: 0869462563. ISBN/EAN: 9780869462560. Inventory No: 0230873.