Adelaide: An Illustrated History by Max Colwell and Alan Naylor

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has some light creasing at top edge and at spine. Interior and binding are excellent.

This history of Adelaide, and the accompanying collection of historical illustrations and photographs, shows Adelaide through all its phases of prosperity and decline and discusses the causes: the mining boom, land sales, the prosperity and rise of society during the 1880s, the two world wars and South Australia's leap into the 20th century and industrialisation. (book flap)