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Tasmania, Local History

128631
CRAIG, CLIFFORD; FAHY, KEVIN; ROBERTSON, E. GRAEME.

Early Colonial Furniture in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. viii, 220; illustrated endpapers, frontispiece, profusely illustrated with b/w. photographs, a list of cabinet makers in New South Wales and in Van Dieman's Land during the early period, the Great Exhibition 1851, cleaning old furniture, bibliography, index; original black cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket a little creasd on edges and with small closed tear, otherwise very good copy.
Melbourne; Georgian House; 1972. Click here to Order
AUD$100

128522
HODGKINSON, DENNIS.

Characters in Charles Street Launceston.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 53; 6 b/w illustrations; original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, spine faded and worn, otherwise a very good copy.
Launceston; Tasmania, Dennis Hodgkinson; (1976).
Signed by the author on title page. Click here to Order
AUD$30

128442
JONES, ALAN.

Backsight. A History of Surveying in Colonial Tasmania.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. ix, 235; portrait frontispiece, numerous b/w maps and illustrations throughout, appendices, sources, further reading, index of names and place names, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy.
Hobart; The Institution of Surveyors, Australia Inc; 1989. Click here to Order
AUD$95

128429
MICKLEBOROUGH, LEONIE.

William Sorell. in Van Diemen's Land. Lieutenant-Governor, 1817-24.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 168; frontispiece, 12 pages of b/w illustrations, notes and references, bibliography, index; stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.
Hobart; Blubber Head Press; 2004.
The Authors study provides the first in-depth examination of the Sorell administration. She tests the claim of Sorell's contemporary supporters that he presided over the 'Golden Age' of Van Diemen's Land and assesses his character both public and private. Click here to Order
AUD$30

128524
TASMANIA.

A Travellers Guide To Cape Country. Tasmania's beautiful North West.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 28; numerous maps, advertisements, index; original stiff illustrated wrapper, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, light foxing to free endpapers, a good copy.
The Cape Country Division of the Tasmanian Tourist Council, n.d. (1970's). Click here to Order
AUD$30

128437
TOOLEY, R. V.

Printed Maps of Tasmania 1642 - 1900.
Limited Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 88; additional 49 pages b/w maps, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, very good copy.
London; Francis Edwards; 1975.
Limited edition of 370 copies. Click here to Order
AUD$80

128430
THE TREVOR NICHOLSON COLLECTION.

Printed Maps & Charts of Van Diemens Land or Tasmania (The Trevor Nicholson Map Collection).
Med. 4to; pp. (203) unpaginated and printed one side only; illustrated title page, 46 full page b/w. maps, occasional text illustrations, chronology of Tasmania, index of maps and charts in the collection, list of the reference book library, bound in stiff illustrated wrappers, with plastic spine binding, very good copy.
n.p; n.d. Click here to Order
AUD$250