The Beautiful Riviera Estate (Developers advertising hand sheet for the West Head Area, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, Sydney)
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Sydney: Stafford & Co. Ltd., 1929. First printing. Very good condition. The Beautiful Riviera Estate [Proposed Development Of West Head Area, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, Sydney]
From the text: "This property consisting of 639 acres is the most picturesque in the County of Cumberland... £1,000,000 to be made out of The Riviera by correct handling.... The completion of the North Shore Bridge [Sydney Harbour Bridge] in two years' time (1931) will materially improve the opportunities..."
From the Dictionary of Sydney: "The area which now forms the northern portion of Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park, passed through the hands of various owners. During the 1920s-30s several attempts were made to subdivide and develop the area, before it was resumed by the NSW Government just before WWII, and incorporated into the National Park."
4to, 4 pp. Single fold leaflet with text and printed photos on the outer fold and color map on the inside.
From the text: "This property consisting of 639 acres is the most picturesque in the County of Cumberland... £1,000,000 to be made out of The Riviera by correct handling.... The completion of the North Shore Bridge [Sydney Harbour Bridge] in two years' time (1931) will materially improve the opportunities..."
From the Dictionary of Sydney: "The area which now forms the northern portion of Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park, passed through the hands of various owners. During the 1920s-30s several attempts were made to subdivide and develop the area, before it was resumed by the NSW Government just before WWII, and incorporated into the National Park."
4to, 4 pp. Single fold leaflet with text and printed photos on the outer fold and color map on the inside.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24941
- Title
- The Beautiful Riviera Estate (Developers advertising hand sheet for the West Head Area, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, Sydney)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Stafford & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;
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