Item #124456 The Official Opening of Blanchetown Bridge by The Honourable Sir Thomas Playford G.C.M.G., M.P., Premier of South Australia, on Friday, 24th April, 1964. Souvenir. Blanchetown Bridge.
The Official Opening of Blanchetown Bridge by The Honourable Sir Thomas Playford G.C.M.G., M.P., Premier of South Australia, on Friday, 24th April, 1964. Souvenir
The Official Opening of Blanchetown Bridge by The Honourable Sir Thomas Playford G.C.M.G., M.P., Premier of South Australia, on Friday, 24th April, 1964. Souvenir
The Official Opening of Blanchetown Bridge by The Honourable Sir Thomas Playford G.C.M.G., M.P., Premier of South Australia, on Friday, 24th April, 1964. Souvenir
The Official Opening of Blanchetown Bridge by The Honourable Sir Thomas Playford G.C.M.G., M.P., Premier of South Australia, on Friday, 24th April, 1964. Souvenir

The Official Opening of Blanchetown Bridge by The Honourable Sir Thomas Playford G.C.M.G., M.P., Premier of South Australia, on Friday, 24th April, 1964. Souvenir

Adelaide, W.L. Hawes, Government Printer, 1964.

Oblong quarto, [24] pages with a map and numerous illustrations (from photographs) plus a large printed 'with compliments' slip from the Minister of Roads mounted on the front flyleaf.

Full leather lettered in gilt (now oxidised to green); boards a little bowed; endpapers a little discoloured around the edges; overall, an excellent copy.

An official presentation binding. Provenance: The Honourable David Brookman MP, with his signature (24 April 1964) on the front flyleaf. David Norman Brookman (1917-2000) 'was elected to the seat of Electoral district of Alexandra in the House of Assembly for the Liberal and Country League in 1948, filling the seat made vacant by the death of Sir Hubert Hudd, and held that seat until 1973. He served as Minister for Agriculture 1958-1965, and Minister for Lands 1968-1970' (Wikipedia).

Item #124456

Price (AUD): $165.00

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