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Parramatta: The Cumberland Press,, no date [1959]. Hardcover. Very Good. Forewords by the Governor of Queensland and the Premier of Queensland. 260 x 205 mm, 695 pp, tipped-in plate of Princess Alexandra of Kent, Brisbane's Royal Visitor, 1959; colour plates of Sir Thomas Brisbane and The Armorial Bearings for The City of Brisbane; b&w photographs throughout, full page maps: City of Brisbane and absorbed local authorities 1925, Brisbane Tramway Development 1885-1957, Development of Roads in City of Brisbane, Brisbane Municipal Bus System Development 1940/41 - 1956/57, Electricity Suppy; bibliography, index, endpaper maps: Early Brisbane in the Eighteen Thirties. Decorative cloth worn at lower rear corner, gilt titles on front board, titles on spine worn but legible. The first 52 pages are printed on lightly tinted paper and the rest of the book on coated paper. The book is in three sections: Foundation to 1879; Metropolitcan Government 1880-1924; and Metropolitan Government 1925-1959. A substantial history with many interesting old photographs.