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MORRISON, IAN; Editor. - A New City. Photographs of Melbourne's Land Boom.

Title: A New City. Photographs of Melbourne's Land Boom.
Description: First Edition; Oblong 4to; pp. (x), 118, numerous b/w photographic plates, sources, index; original cloth, dustjacket, fine copy. (Carlton), The Meigunyah, (2003). In the summer of 1888-89, professional photographer Charles Bristow Walker ventured out of his studio into the streets and captured the splendour of Melbourne's boom times. Little known in his own day and forgotten when he died, Walker's stunning photographs are now published for the first time.

Keywords: Australian local history Melbourne Victoria photographs

Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 56180