Sydney Ferries (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good-. First. 12mo Landscape. Staples rusted through. Wear to edges crease to top front cover. Tear and tear with small loss to top rear cover. Book.

8vo; pp. 40. numerous illustrations, fold-out map showing route of Tourist Harbour Trip at rear, stiff stapled illustrated wrappers, a very good copy. . Probable first edition of this piece.

6th edition stiff wrappers Fine octavo. 56pp., col. frontis., b/w pls., fldg. map, As Observed During the Harbour Trips. A brief account of all points of historic or scenic interest.

Octavo; paperback, staple-sewn pamphlet with illustrated wrappers; 56pp., with many illustrations, a full-colour frontispiece and a folding map. Wrappers well-rubbed and sunned; minor wear. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.…

1st edition card covers Nice copy oblong octavo 24pp., b/w plates, map, Cover price 6d.

Stapled. Revised Edition. 22 x 14 cm., 54, [ii] pp. no date, ca 1939. Price Sixpence on front. Whole-day trip: Adults 2/6; Children 1/-. Frontispiece colour plate of "The Showboat" - new de luxe Cruise Steamer for Sydney Harbour. Red titles and b/w photos in text. One photo to scale illustrates the evolution of ferry steamers, S.S.Lotus, 1886 and S.S. Kuttabul 1932. Fold out map of the Sydney harbour tipped inside back cover. Printed by Winn & Co, 53-55 Balfour Street, Sydney. The pages are stapled at the fold to orange card covers with black lettering on the front. CONDITION. VG. The pages are clean and tight. There is some light vertical creasing to the covers. Gift inscription on top corner of front cover.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sydney, Public Transport Commission of New South Wales Ferry Services, 1979. Folio (336 × 216 mm), [i], v, 125; [i] (divider, blank); iv, 58; [i] (divider, blank); ii, 35 pages (processed typescript, printed rectos only) with several tables. Plastic comb-bound textured card covers a little sunned, rubbed and lightly creased; internally in excellent condition. The specification for what is the 'Freshwater'-class ferry is divided into three sections (Hull, Machinery, and Electrical). Four ferries of this class were introduced between December 1982 and 1988: 'Freshwater', 'Queenscliff', 'Narrabeen', and 'Collaroy'. Wikipedia has a very interesting account of the background to their introduction, and their current fate.…