1905 1st 62 EARLY VIEWS OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE & MAIN CITIES, FREE EXPRESS W/W
$ 52.39
Description
Express Shipping Worldwide is Free Souvenir of Victoria and its Metropolis and the Leading Inland Cities Published by Osboldstone & Co., Melbourne , no date but 1905 First Edition With 62 plates from over 120 years ago. Content and imagery The volume covers a broad geographic spread of Victorian imagery: Melbourne (the “metropolis”) Examples include: Collins Street (major commercial boulevard) Other central streets and civic buildings Suburbs and surrounding areas Sandringham (bayside suburb) River Yarra at Ivanhoe Regional / inland Victoria Werribee Gorge (Bacchus Marsh region) Other “leading inland cities” include: Ballarat Bendigo Geelong Image characteristics Black-and-white photographs Taken by commercial photographers rather than a single credited author Printed as: Full-page plates or half-page inserts Captioned with location names These images are now valued because they show: Pre-World War I streetscapes Early infrastructure Sparse development patterns compared to modern Melbourne. In oblong format with titles to the cover in 64 pages with 62 views. There is wear to the outside of the spine and some old marks to the rear cover that bled through as a very thin line along the bottom blank margin of the last page. There is no foxing. There is no sunning. The binding and block is solid. There are no missing, creased, damaged or loose pages. Complete and original. Measures 28.5cm x 22cm. EXPRESS SHIPPING AND HANDLING is Free Worldwide All items are securely and well packed. Thank you for viewing my item.
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