Vintage Peninsular City South Perth Cecil C Florey Blue HC Local History WA AU

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Pre-owned vintage Western Australian local history hardback in used ex-library condition. Glossy blue pictorial boards show moderate shelf and handling wear with surface rubbing, light scratching, a few small dents and bumps at the corners and edges, and remnants of adhesive labels and clear tape at the lower front cover and spine, but remain bright and structurally sound with the spine straight and binding firm. Outer page edges are faintly age-toned with a few light handling marks; front endpapers carry library stamps and labels including a "REFERENCE ONLY NOT FOR LOAN" stamp, while interior text pages are otherwise clean, fully legible and securely bound with illustrations present and no other writing, highlighting, underlining, stains, tears or loose pages visible on inspection; item includes the single hardback volume shown only, with no additional inserts or supplementary materials.

Author: Cecil Charles Florey.

Title: Peninsular City: A Social History of the City of South Perth.

Format: Vintage Western Australian local history title presented as an English-language illustrated hardback / hardcover book.

Publisher: City of South Perth.

Publication details: First published in 1995 by the City of South Perth, Sandgate Street, South Perth, Western Australia; this copy is the 1995 limited edition hardback, with full copyright, production and printing information supplied in the imprint pages.

Language: English.

Original language: English.

Country of origin: Australia.

Genre: History; politics & society; Western Australian local history.

Narrative type: Non-fiction social and civic history rather than a continuous fictional narrative.

Intended audience: Adult readers, local residents, family historians, students of Western Australian history and general readers interested in the development of South Perth and its community.

Topics: Social and political history of the City of South Perth and its peninsula setting, including early settlement and pioneering, establishment of the road board and municipality, suburban growth, housing and town planning, civic institutions and services, churches and schools, recreation, sport and cultural life, wartime experiences, environmental change and heritage conservation.

Type: Single-volume reference and narrative history combining chronological chapters, thematic sections and documentary material to trace the evolution of South Perth from early European occupation to the late twentieth century.

Contents: Includes a contents list, list of illustrations, main chapters on different periods and aspects of South Perth's development, appendices, bibliography, acknowledgements and an index.

Details: Large casebound volume with glossy blue pictorial boards featuring an aerial painting of the South Perth foreshore and Swan River on the front cover, yellow script title lettering and the author's name, and a printed City of South Perth coat of arms and explanatory text panel on the back cover, together with ISBN and publisher information.

Details: Interior pages printed on cream stock with clear black serif text laid out in a single column, chapter headings and subheadings, generous margins and section breaks that support comfortable reading and reference use.

Features: Extensively illustrated with black-and-white and colour plates, archival photographs, historical artworks, maps, plans, diagrams and reproduced documents, supported by detailed captions and a comprehensive list of illustrations.

Features: Limited edition municipal publication produced and printed in Western Australia, designed for use by residents, researchers, libraries and anyone seeking an in-depth social history of the City of South Perth.

ISBN: 0-9599644-8-7 (ISBN-10, limited edition hardback); ISBN: 0-9599644-7-9 (ISBN-10, paperback edition reference).

Keywords: Peninsular City A Social History of the City of South Perth Cecil C Florey City of South Perth Western Australia WA local history politics government illustrated hardback hardcover HC limited edition book AU.

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