Author: GIBBS, SHALLARD, & CO. Title: Gibbs, Shallard, & Co.'s Illustrated Guide To Sydney And Its Suburbs, And To Favourite Places Of Resort.
Description: Facsimile Edition; Sm. 8vo; pp. 136; folding map of Sydney, dustjacket, few chips on edges of dustjacket otherwise a good copy. Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1981. The book takes us back to a time when church spires were the tallest peaks on the city's profile and when dirt roads, the horse-drawn hansom and the steam ferry linked the sparsely populated suburbs and much-patronised pleasure grounds, a delightful look at the way we were.
Keywords: Australian local Sydney nsw new south wales history map locality guide
Price: AUD 20.00 = appr. US$ 13.84 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 30580