Cast Iron Pillar Boxes of Western Australia: An Early History of the J & E Ledger Foundry by Sue Hobson

Book Description

Secondhand. Interior and binding are still very good.Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still very good.

The book is a history of the J & E Ledger Foundry. It was at this foundry that the cast-iron pillar boxes that were commonly seen throughout Western Australia were made. Joseph Sowden Ledger founded the business, originally a convict sentenced to ten years' penal service and transported to the Swan River Colony.