Swancott (28 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Not dated: 136 pages. Illustrated. gift inscription on title page. Map.

Card Covers. Condition: Good. 204 pages, illustrated and indexed. The head of the spine is damaged, and the spine bumped, ad s is the head's outer edge throughout the book. In its favour, it is a clean, unmarked ans solid copy. No publishing date offered. As the title implies, a history of Manly NSW 1788 to 1968. Signed by Charles Swancott. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 136 pages. Illustrated.

Soft Cover. Condition: VERY GOOD. "Dee Why To Barrenjoey and Pittwater", softcover, by Charles Swancott, D. S Ford Printers, no year given, 136 pp. including references and index, illustrated with B&W photos. (several pages have corner wear, three pages have corner creases, covers have light scuffing, covers have moderate wear to corners and head and foot of spine, age darkening to all edges and spine, one small stain to fore edge of front cover).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pamphlet. Illus. N.d - 1960s (?).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii+334 pages. Illustrated, sunned spine on dust jacket, Plastic wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 334 pages. Illustrated.Lightly chip to bottom spine. Plastic wrapper. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 144pp; Stiff illustrated card covers, red cloth spine, covers slightly age-toned, title page age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Part Four of the history of the Brisbane Water District in Australia.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 41pp, index, burial records, bw ills. Or card. Covers and pages evenly toned, stain on rear cover. Local history of Wiseman's Ferry, NSW. Size: 8vo.

Col.Ill.wrapps. 204pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. Manly was named by Captain Arthur Phillip after the Aboriginal people he found living there whom he found 'their confidence & manly behaviour made me give the name Manly Cove to this place.".

Paperback octavo, good condition, card cover, stapled (rusted), black & white text-photos, map, top corner front cover creased, covers toned, minor edgewear, large sticker mark front cover. 136 pp. A readable but detailed history of Sydney's northern beaches from Dee Why to Barrenjoey and Pittwater, and the islands of Broken Bay. Errata printed inside rear cover. The author is a fellow of the Brisbane Water Historical Society. (No date, but 1967, Trove.). …

Paperback octavo, very good condition, concealed staples, few black & white text-photos, rear inner hinge little split (pages firm), minor edgewear. 204 pp. A detailed history of Manly, a very popular northern beachside suburb of Sydney, from the time of European settlement. Charles Swancott provides incredible detail, all noted down by the long-time resident and noted local historian. (1 of 2 available copies.).…

Condition: Very Good. 8vo. softcover. 204pp. index. b/w illus. Very good+.

2nd edition card covers Very Good octavo 44pp., b/w pls., index, Author is a historian of Brisbane Waters.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Parts 1 and 2 of the Brisbane Water Story dealt with the early settlement of Brisbane Water; the growth and development of Gosford, Woy Woy and the Hawkesbury River areas; of communications and the building of the Hawkesbury River rail and road bridges and the piercing of the Woy Woy Tunnel. Part three deals with the areas lying between Gosford and the coast as far north as Wamberal, including the villages of Erina, Kincumber, Terrigal, Wamberal, Acoca, Veteran Hall, Green Point, Saratoga, Davistown, Empire Bay, MacMasters Beach, Killcare, Hardys Bay, Pretty Beach and Wagstaff Point. **The jacket has the price written at the top and has several tape-repaired tears.**.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Card covers with staple binding. Sixty-five of these highlights of Central Coast History have been broadcast over Radio Station 2GO Gosford at 8.15 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. Mondays to Fridays during the months of June, July and August, 1972. The alloted times, of course, limited the broadcasts mostly to housewives and students. The author was asked to put these facts into print for more leisurely reading and trusts they may lead to a reference to the books from which they are taken. **There is a sticky tape mark on the front cover.**.…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 456gms, 334 pages, signed by author. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout. Inside front page shows signature of author in pen at the top. Dust jacket is in fair condition with a few medium sized tears, chipping and moderate shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved marks. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Charles Swancott in 1968, here is the first softback printing of his MANLY 1788-1968 signed in blue pen by the author to the full title page. 204 pages, glossy b/w pictorial card covers, illustrations, the book is in good condition with some moderate light spotting/staining to the end papers and to the card covers. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Simple boards are lightly discolured and bear the odd stain. Edges are thumbed and discoloured. Previous owner's inscription on verso front cover. Spine sunned and quite well rubbed. Binding is strong and tidy. Verso covers, title pages and contents pages are lightly foxed, so too the occasional page, otherwise this book is in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound. Signed by Author(s).…

Sydney n.d. ab.1967. Royal 8vo. Orig .illust.wrapper slightly browned. 136pp. With illusts. some full-page and a text-map. Very good.

Sydney n.d. 1968. Roy. 8vo. Orig. illust. wrappers. 204pp. With title-vign. and 21 plates some full-paged.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 66. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1939 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 66.…

Sydney 1967. 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (44pp.). Illust.

Woy Woy 1966. 8vo. Orig. qtr. cloth with illust. boards. In slightly chipped illust. dustjacket. (viii 334pp.). With title-vign. and 2 full-page b/w plates.

Charles Swancott - Fellow Brisbane Water Historical Society. Snippets of local Australian history. Sixty-Five of these highlights of Central Coast History were broadcast over Radio Station 2GO Gosford during 1972 taken from: "Gosford and the Kendall Country"; "Good Old Woy Woy; " Enchanted Waters;" and "Blue Gum Flat to Budgewoi". Pp.iv/47. Orange card covers have lower rear corner absent. Scarce. G+. …

Brisbane Water Historical Society 1961. 8vo. Orig. illust. boards with cloth spines. viii 188pp. With b/w illusts. Light toning on end-papers otherwise a good copy.

Woy Woy, NSW: Published by the author, 1954. 8vo. Orig. illust. paper boards with cloth spine. (144pp.). With black and white illustrations. Fold. map. Fine copy. NOTE: This is Part Two of a four volume set with the other three volumes being Pt. I: Gosford; Pt. 3: Enchanted Waters. Terrigal, Wamberal, Kincumber, Erina, Avoca to Wagstaff Point, etc.; and, Pt. 4: The Rest of the Story. …

Woy Woy, NSW: Published by the author, 1961. 8vo. Orig. illust. paper boards with cloth spine. Dustjacket. (viii, 188pp.). With black and white illustrations. Signed by Author on title-page. Light toning on end-papers, otherwise a fine copy. NOTE: This is Part Three of a four volume set with the other three volumes being Pt. I: Gosford; Pt. 2: Woy Woy & Hawkesbury River; and, Pt. 4: The Rest of the Story.…