Local History Books at Dial a Book Sydney

Pttwater Rising : the making of Pittwater Council
Curby, Pauline
Book Number: 62844
ISBN: 1876663103
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: $20.00

Rupertswood - A Living History
Munns, Joy
Book Number: 62374
ISBN:
Self Published by author 1987 8vo. Hardcover in d/w. 91pp. Very good, includes Nomina Addenda. Illustrated with photo's. The story of a mansion that was home to some notables of our society including Sir William John Clarke, Sir Rupert Turner Havelock Clarke, William Lional Russell Clarke, Hugh Victor McKay, William Naughton, The Salesians of Don Bosco.
Price: $18.00

THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOL MOORE PARK SYDNEY
Arthur Eedy
Book Number: 6005
ISBN:
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
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
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

Against the odds; the story of Red Cliffs Settlement (Mildura)
Chandler, Mary J.
Book Number: 45286
ISBN: 0959545905
Mary Chandler 1979 4to. Stapled wraps softcover 140pp very good, owner's inscriptions on fep., some foxing.. Signed by author on title page. Red Cliffs was developed for Irrigation as a soldier settlement after World War I, Supplying 700 farms from the River Murray by pumping into a series of concrete lined channels.
Price: $12.00

Sydney Rows: A Centennial History of the Sydney Rowing Club. ;
MAY, A.L.
Book Number: 48252
ISBN:
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

Sydney Rows: A Centennial History of the Sydney Rowing Club. ;
MAY, A.L.
Book Number: 48253
ISBN:
Published by the Club, 1970. 4to Blue leatherette hardcover, 206pp. index, b/w illus. Very good+. / Good_ d/w rubbed, chipped with a creased front edge.
Price: $50.00

The Brisbane River - A Pictorial History
Robert Longhurst and William Douglas
Book Number: 5445
ISBN: 0646344722
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:
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

From wilderness to Eden; a history of the City of Griffith, its region and its people
KELLY, Bryan Morris
Book Number: 35050
ISBN:
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

THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS 1884-1984, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Manly
Reid, James (ed)
Book Number: 44825
ISBN: 0959097104
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

Burnt Out? : experiences of the January 1994 bush fires in Warringah and Pittwater
Macleod, Virginia
Book Number: 47086
ISBN: 0958920397
Local History Resource Unit, Warriewood 1996 tall thin 8vo softcover 71pp very good. Illustrated with colour and some b&w photography by Beth Warnecke, Craig Geddes, John Grainger, Patricia McKenzie, Gordon Andrews, Nan Bosler, Barbara Walcott, Matthew Penfold and Kaye Bardwell.
Price: $25.00

Discover Warrandyte
Friends of Warrandyte State Park
Book Number: 47107
ISBN: 0646118684
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

Home Away From Home : Celebrating 125 years of the Victoria Hotel
Sheedy, Katherine with Sarah Rood
Book Number: 49116
ISBN: 9780958067065
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

The Great Ocean Road : a traveller's guide
Hyett, Rodney
Book Number: 49964
ISBN: 0958657319
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

ALBANY Port with a Past and Future
Johnson, Les
Book Number: 55062
ISBN: 0959634711
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

Barossa Journeys: Into the Valley of Tradition
Ioannou, Noriss
Book Number: 55830
ISBN: 1864366125
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

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

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

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

Wentworth Information Booklet - Murray Region New South Wales

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

THE RIDDLE OF POWDERWORKS ROAD
Dixon, Jean
Book Number: 22947
ISBN:
Sydney, Wentworth Books, 1980. Signed by author. Pictorial laminated stiffened wrappers, pp. 92. Fine. Novel about Carl von Bieren, maker of gunpowder.
Price: $15.00

Sydney's Phantom Book Shops
Isadore Brodsky
Book Number: 44427
ISBN:
University Book Shop co-operative 1973 Small 4to. hardcover Original cloth. Very good in d/w with tear at front. Illustrated. Sydney bookshops from earliest times to the post war period. Illustrated end pages, index.
Price: $10.00

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

The Rivers of Home - Frank Lacy - Kimberley Pioneer
Nixon, Marion
Book Number: 56979
ISBN:
Self Published n.d. 8vo. softcover. Very good. po inscription on reverse title. Illustrated throughout with photographs, extracts from historical records, maps.
Price: $14.00

Cemeteries in Gundaroo NSW and the Surrounding District
Challinor, Graeme
Book Number: 58352
ISBN: 1875495215
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
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

Conquest of the ranges. North Queensland's Mountain Railway, and early days of Cairns and Port Douglass
Pike, Glenville
Book Number: 40531
ISBN: 0959378510
Pinevale Publications 1984 8vo softcover 79pp good, cover curled. Illustrated with many b&w photo's.
Price: $11.00