Seville: The Vision and the Reality – 100 Years 1886-1986
Australian History Local History Young Adult Non-Fiction Biography & Memoir Regional Studies Collectible Antiquarian Community History
Seville: The Vision and the Reality – 100 Years 1886-1986 is a scarce, cloth-bound First Edition that captures the living heartbeat of a small Australian town. In just 96 pages, local historian Trevor Jones distills a century of diaries, newspapers, council minutes and resident interviews into a fast-moving narrative that begins with bullock drays rattling through the bush and ends with Seville’s centenary celebrations in 1986. Because the book was commissioned by the Seville Centenary Committee and never reprinted, numbered copies like this one (# stamped on the title page) are the only way to own the complete, unabridged story in its original hardcover form.
Collectors prize this volume for three reasons: it is region-specific yet nationally relevant, it is a numbered limited edition, and it is packaged in a vibrant dust-jacket that has become increasingly hard to find in collectible condition. The boards are square and tight, the pages are clean and unmarked, and the original dust-jacket—complete with the Seville Centenary stamp—shows only light shelf wear. A neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper adds a touch of provenance without affecting the text block, making the copy ideal for display or archival storage.
For family historians, teachers or anyone tracing the development of Victoria’s Yarra Valley, the book is a goldmine of verified dates, maps and photographs that do not exist online. Schools and heritage groups regularly cite Jones’s research, so having a first printing ensures accuracy for academic projects. Young adults will enjoy the real-life drama—bushfires, railway feuds, wartime fund-raising—while adult readers will appreciate the meticulous indexing and source notes that underpin every anecdote.
Because Seville: The Vision and the Reality was printed once and never digitised, demand is driven by local museums, genealogists and collectors of Australiana. Numbered first editions surface rarely on the secondary market; when they do, prices rise quickly. This is an opportunity to secure a crisp, tight copy that will anchor any collection of Victorian regional history and provide immediate reference value for anyone connected to Seville or the greater Yarra Ranges.
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