Memories of Kapunda and District by a Circle of Friends
Kapunda, 'Kapunda Herald' Print, 1929.
Small octavo, 116 pages.
Later red rexine lettered in gilt on the spine; boards a little bowed; endpapers slightly bubbled and offset; essentially a fine copy.
'This short account would have been impossible to put forth in book form but for the generous co-operation of Mr L.N. Tilbrook, our valued friend and fellow townsman, and the present-day proprietor and editor of the "Kapunda Herald". To him we owe our grateful thanks for his risk in printing and publishing. Also to those who readily contributed their store of "memories" we offer our sincere thanks, our only regret being that more did not join in the work, and thus enable a fuller and more complete volume to be issued' (preface). The primary binding is blue cloth; these red rexine covers were produced by the bindery of the State Library of South Australia, in the late 1960s or early 1970s. We have seen reference to a similar copy with the ownership signature of the South Australian historian Dr John Tregenza. It included a note in his hand on the front flyleaf: 'Made up from sheets discovered in the "Kapunda Herald" office by R.J. Noye, c. 1966.... Presented by Mr Noye, 15 May, 1969'. Robert James ('Bob') Noye (1932-2002), was a Clare local historian and pre-eminent photo-historian. The original issue of this parochial history is very rare; this later issue is very scarce in our experience.
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