Search Results: Local History from Tapsell's Books and Music

Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2011. xxii, 202 pages. Many b/w photos, maps, plans and diagrams. Appendices and index. Pictorial card wrappers. *This book explores the built heritage used for defence of the State of Victoria since 1856 and includes chapters on: Norris Park, Portsea; Victoria Barracks, South Melbourne; Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown; HMVS Cerberus, Black Rock; Port Phillip Bay defence network; orderly rooms and drill halls; defence industries in Melbourne; RAAF Williams, Point Cook; J Class submarines and Osborne House; Flinders Naval Base and HMAS Cerberus; the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne; Victoria's wartime airfields; HMAS Castlemaine, Williamstown; Liberator project; Bristol/DAP Beaufighters, Moorabin; defence heritage buildings and sites. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Bendigo: The German Heritage Society, 1998. 275 pages. Many b/w photos and text illustrations. Appendix and index. Pictorial card wrappers (slightly worn). Limited edition of 700 copies.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Carrathool: Carrathool Centenary Committee, 1983. 88 pages. Line drawings and many b/w photos. Bibliography. Pictorial card wrappers. Staple bound.. Soft Cover. Fine.

Corowa: Corowa District Historical Society, 2009. xii, 231 pages (with pagination errors from pages 20-21). Profusely illustrated in b/w. Index. Pictorial card wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Adelaide: Rigby, 1971. 63 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Many line drawings. Very slight shelf wear. Signed by the author on the title page. *In the Sketchbook Series. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

Yarrawonga: The Author, 1988. 209 pages. Many b/w photos and illustrations. Pictorial card wrappers. Signed by the author. *The author's family history at Dixon's Creek, Victoria. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Yarrawonga: The Author, 1988. 209 pages. Many b/w photos and illustrations. Pictorial card wrappers (covered in contact plastic). Author's signed presentation copy. Ex-library with the usual stamps. *The author's family history at Dixon's Creek, Victoria. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Melbourne: Berwick Shire Council, 1959. 119 pages. Frontispiece and many b/w plates. Illustrated wrappers.. 2nd Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Wangaratta: Shoestring Bookshop, 1981. x, 267 pages. Illustrated by Ian R. Cole. Maps on endpapers. Many b/w photos. Bibliography and index. The lightly worn dustwrapper has a long closed tear along the front flap fold. Scarce.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good.

Adelaide: The Author, 1972. 269 pages. Maps on endpapers. Colour frontispiece of Sir James Fergusson's coat of arms. Maps and many b/w photos and illusts. Appendix. *Fergusson, a distinguished Scottish soldier and Member of the House of Commons, was Governor of South Australia from 1869-1873 during which time the Maitland-Kilkerran area was established.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Bright: The Author, 1999. vi, 154 pages. Many b/w illustrations. Appendix and bibliography. Pictorial laminated wrappers. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Alice Springs: The Author, 1996. Quarto. viii,197 pages. Many b/w photos and text illustrations. Bibliography and index. Pictorial card wrappers.. Signed and Inscribed By the Author. 3rd Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Lipscomb County Historical Committee, 1976. 676 pages. Quarto. Maps on endpapers. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Original pictorial cloth (showing the Lipscomb County flag) with titling on spine and front cover. *Chapters include General History, Ranch History, Cities of the County, Early Pioneers, and Early Settlers.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Beechworth: Parish of Beechworth, 1978. xii, 578 pages. 25cm x 19cm. Many b/w photos and illustrations. Pictorial boards in identical dustwrapper (slightly worn). Scarce. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

The Author, 1976. 75 pages. Printed by The Ovens and Murray newspaper, Beechworth. One colour photo and many b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated card wrappers (staplebound). This is the scarce first edition of this work, not the undated (2000) reprint which has a different front cover (featuring a horizontal maroon stripe) and includes appendices.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Tumbarumba: Pioneer Women's Hut, 1990. Small quarto. 113 pages. Many b/w photos. Pictorial card wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Geelong: Neptune Press, 1983. 93 pages. Many b/w photos, family tree and index. Previous owner's details on flyleaf and family history note on copyright page. Signed and inscribed by the author on title page. The dustwrapper is lightly worn. *Contains much information on the Black Friday bushfires of 1939. Includes a loosely inserted account of those fires by Age journalist Keith Dunstan in his regular column A Day in the Life of Australia (from 13/1/1988).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Tumut: Tumut Shire Council, 1987. 185 pages. Many b/w photos and text illustrations. Indices and bibliography.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Dumbarton: Bennett and Thomson, 1912. 280 pages. Frontispiece and many full-page b/w illusts. Original olive cloth with gilt tiling on the spine. A 1912 wedding gift presentation plate is pasted on the front free endpaper. Near fine. *The rare first edition of this local history of Bonhill Parish, a small parish in the Vale of Leven, Scotland.. First Edition.

Sydney: Morris Publishing, 1980. 204pp. B/w frontispiece. Fine in like dustwrapper. * A history of the famous Fort Street School on Gallows Hill, Observatory Hill or Taverners' Hill in Sydney.. First Edition.