Here in the 'Mountains we love to write about ourselves. The scenery is so dramatic, the lifestyle so heady, the history so rich that we have literally spilled rivers of ink writing about it. Much of what was written was never meant to last and there are many ephemeral treasures to be found concerning the region, along with lots of other more permanent things. Consequently, there is a rather intense competition among collectors of Blue Mountains material. In this catalogue there are lots of items to do with the history and ecology of the place, along with books inspired by the locale. If there is anything here that you would like to know more about, contact us at moroccobooks1000@gmail.com.
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Environment:
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Gil Jones, Wasteland, Wilderness, Wonderland - Getting to know Sydney's
Sandstone Country, Blue Mountains Education and Research Trust (BMERT), Lawson
NSW, 2013.
Quarto;
paperback; 144pp., with many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor
wear. New.
$30
(68907)
Brian Fox, Upper Blue Mountains Geographical Encyclopedia - 2nd Edition, the author, Bathurst NSW, 2001.
Quarto; paperback; 174pp. Mild wear; covers a little rubbed and edgeworn with some creasing; a few dog-eared pages. Very good.
A catalogue of all locations and points of interest through the upper Blue Mountains with physical descriptions and the sources for the names assigned to them, since white settlement. This work has been superseded by a more complete hardcover edition released in recent years, but collectors still seek out the earlier issues.
$40
(73469) Eugene Stockton (ed.), This Tortuous Ridge - Linden to Lawson, BMERT, Lawson, 2014.
Quarto; paperback; 118pp., with many maps and full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. New.
$40
(68905)
Ian Brown, Wild Blue: World Heritage Splendour of the Greater Blue Mountains – signed,
Windy Cliff Press, Mt. Victoria NSW, 2003.
$45
(75263)
[Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc.] (Ester Kasepuu. illus.), Living Near
the Bush - a voluntary code and information guide for the Blue Mountains'
residents and visitors, Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc., Wentworth
Falls NSW, 1998.
Octavo;
paperback, stapled booklet with illustrated wrappers; 50pp. with many
monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Near fine. Errata sheet laid in.
$15
(74664)
Geoff Mosley, Battle for the Bush - The Blue Mountains, the Australian Alps and
the Origins of the Wilderness Movement, Envirobook/The Colong Foundation for
Wilderness Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1999.
$25
(72619)
Margaret Baker & Robin Corringham, Birds of the Blue Mountains, Three
Sisters Productions Pty. Ltd., Winmalee NSW, 1993.
Octavo;
paperback, stapled booklet; 64pp., with many full-colour illustrations, Minor
wear; previous owner's ink inscription to the first page. Very good.
The
most authoritative book on the subject, this version was printed first in 1988
(following an initial edition released as a companion volume to "Blue
Mountains Animals") and re-published only once more in 1993 (this
edition). Due to copyright issues the book has gone out of print but is still
much looked-for on the secondhand market.
$20
Jenolan
Caves:
Since they were first discovered, the Jenolan caves complex has been a drawcard and an endless source of fascination for tourists and locals alike. Many publications have been written about the place, trying to capitalise on the rugged beauty of the area, many with a view to turning the odd tourist dollar. Interestingly, it wasn't until 1975 that a master plan to oversee the development of the locale was generated and (mostly) put into place
(75203) Frank Hurley (illus.), The Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves in natural colour, John Sands Pty. Ltd., np., nd. (1950s).
Landscape quarto; paperback, with printed wrappers; unpaginated (24pp.), with many full-colour illustrations. Mild wear; some mild creasing and scraping to the spine; covers a little rubbed and edgeworn; some light spotting to the preliminaries. Very good.
$25
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[Green's Souvenirs Products] Natures Masterpiece Jenolan Caves NSW - 16
Selected Scenes in Natural Colour, J.A. Campbell Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, nd.
(c.1950s).
Landscape
duodecimo; paperback, stapled brochure with illustrated wrappers; 16pp. with
many colour illustrations. Mild wear; covers a little rubbed and edgeworn; some
minor offset to the preliminaries. Very good.
$25
(75407)
C.P. Weatherburn, H. Schofield & J. Eden, Jenolan Caves Master Plan Report,
New South Wales Department of Public Works, Sydney NSW, 1975.
Landscape
quarto; paperback, spiral-bound booklet; 212pp., printed on one side only, with
many monochrome diagrams and illustrations. Mild wear; covers rubbed and
edgeworn; previous owner's name in ink to the front cover; some light scattered
foxing throughout; a couple of emendations in ink within the text. Very good.
This master plan to oversee the development and maintenance of the Jenolan Caves district was only drawn up in 1975 and, while many of its proposals have fallen by the wayside, it forms the bedrock for the running of the area to this day. At one time copies were only able to be purchased by writing to a private address in Canberra; nowadays they are rare as hens' teeth. This one was bought by a concerned local who made several unobtrusive notations to the text as part of their involvement with the region.
$250
(75202)
[New South Wales Government Travel Centre] Jenolan Caves New South Wales, New
South Wales Government Travel Centre, Sydney NSW, nd. (1980s).
Square
octavo; paperback stapled booklet; unpaginated (12pp.), with a map and many
full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; covers a little rubbed
and edgeworn; some minor stains to the rear cover. Very good.
$10
(75201)
Julia Horne, Jenolan Caves - When the tourists came, Kingsclear Books/Atrand
Pty. Ltd., Crow's Nest NSW, 1998.
Landscape
royal octavo; paperback, with illustrated wrappers; 72pp. with many monochrome
illustrations. Minor wear; spine tail pulled. Very good.
$15
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History:
(76475) Gil Jones, Bulga Bala Boree - Country and Culture, Pastoral Invasion and Darkinyung Dispossession, Bulga Books, St. Albans NSW, 2017.
Quarto; paperback; 100pp., with many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. New.
$35
(74231) Jo Booker (illus.), A Pictorial History of The Blue Mountains, Blue Mountains City Council, Katoomba NSW, 1978.
Landscape octavo; paperback, with illustrated wrappers; unpaginated (64pp.), with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; some sunning to the wrappers. Very good.
$15
(75945) Ollie Leckbandt, Convict Stockades - From Mount Walker to Mount Victoria, Ollie Leckbandt, Lithgow NSW, 1999.
Reprint: quarto; paperback, quarter-bound in cloth; 116pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Moderate wear. Very good.
$20
(74556) Christine Stewart, Collit's Inn: Uncovering the Past - Surprises found in restoring this 1823 Australian icon, Tellwell Talent Inc., Victoria BC Canada, 2021.
$55
(74213) Jim Barrett, Narrow Neck and the Birth of Katoomba, the author, Glenbrook NSW, 1996.
$12
(68336) Mary Shaw, Historic Megalong Valley, Megalong Progress & Sporting Association, Megalong Valley NSW, 1988.
Octavo; paperback, with printed wrappers; 134pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Near fine.
Rare: this history of the Valley's settlement was only printed once in 1988 and was never reprinted; no other history of the region exists.
$50
(76192) Jim W. Brown, Bent Backs - An illustrated social and technological history of the Western Coal field, Industrial Printing Co., Lithgow NSW, nd. (1989).
Royal octavo; paperback; 320pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Moderate wear; covers creased; spine sunned; some dog-eared pages. Very good.
$50
(72790) Philip J. Pells & Philip Hammon (eds.), with Amanda Mackie, Karen Carlson & Brian Fox, The Burning Mists of Time: A Technological and Social History of Mining at Katoomba – signed, WriteLight Pty. Ltd./Philsquare Publishing, Katoomba NSW, 2009.
$60
(71858) Eve Sinclair, 'Ye Are God's Building' - A centenary history of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wentworth Falls NSW, 1905-2005, Ferguson Memorial Library, np., 2006.
Quarto; paperback, stapled booklet quarter-bound in cloth; 143pp., with many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; covers a little rubbed. Very good.
$20
(68186) Gwen Silvey, Happy Days: Blue Mountains Guesthouses Remembered – signed, Kingsclear Books, Crows Nest NSW, 1996.
Landscape quarto; paperback; 134pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; covers rubbed and edgeworn with some creasing; signed by the author in ink to the first page. Very good.
$50
(68339) Tony Griffiths, Lithgow's Small Arms Factory and its People - Volume 2: 1950 to 1990, Toptech Engineering, Terrey Hills NSW, 2008.
Octavo; paperback; 360pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Near fine.
$25
(69523) Brian Craven, Shoulders of Giants - Achievements in History's War on Tuberculosis, Blue Mountains Historical Society Inc., Wentworth Falls NSW, 2010.
Octavo; paperback; 214pp. Minor wear. Near fine.
$20
(68671) John Low, Blue Mountains - Pictorial Memories, Kingsclear Books, Alexandria NSW, 1991.
$25
(68758) Coralie Anne Richmond (Lowan Keith & Margaret Joan Turton, Mary Edwards & Joe Ziino, illus.), Blue Mountains - The City Within A Park, Coralie Anne Richmond/Keith Ainsworth Pty. Ltd., np., 1987.
$25
Biographies & Memoirs:
(67976) Barbara Vandenberg, The Times of My Life, the author, np., 2007.
Royal octavo; hardcover, with a blind-stamped upper board decoration; 92pp., with many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; some minor offset to the rear endpapers. No dustwrapper as issued. Very good.
The memoirs of a former Leura resident and successful Sydney fashion icon.
$20
(75944) Jim Smith, The Last of the Cox’s River Men – Ben Esgate, 1914-2003, Den Fenella Press, Wentworth Falls NSW, 2006.
Quarto; paperback; 128pp. with a folding map and plate and another map. Mild wear. Very good.
$25
(67989) Bernard O’Reilly (James Wieneke, illus.), Green Mountains and Cullenbenbong, W.R. Smith & Paterson Pty. Ltd., Fortitude Valley Qld., 1962.
Twenty-first impression: octavo; hardcover, full decorated cloth with illustrated endpapers; 327pp., with a monochrome portrait frontispiece, many illustrations and 58pp. of plates likewise. Moderate wear; rolled; spine heel softened; spine and lower board sunned; text block edges lightly toned with some spotting and top edge dusted; some minor insect damage to the flyleaf; previous owners’ ink inscriptions to the verso of the flyleaf and half-title page. Dustwrapper is well rubbed and edgeworn; tears across the upper and lower panels with associated creasing; large chips missing from the spine panel with loss of text and images; chipping to the flap turns; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good.
$30
Bushwalking, Cycling & Other Tourist Guides:
Walking tracks in the Blue Mountains came into their own during the 1930s when many people came up here from the cities to address issues of health. The region was thought to be restful and beneficial for those with respiratory ailments; a focus of the regimens that sought to cure these folk was the exercise benefits of bushwalking. Most of the tracks that were established for this purpose (many of which had been marked out by the earliest settlers in the region) were placed into the oversight of dedicated individuals who saw to their maintenance and upkeep. These guardians often kept up their duties well into their sunset years before handing over the responsibility to younger hands. In this way, a tradition of bush care has developed which is likely unique to the region.
(73468) Greg Powell, Bushwalking in the Blue Mountains, Rigby Publishers Ltd., Adelaide SA, 1980.
Octavo; paperback, with endpaper maps; 143pp., with many maps and 16pp. of full-colour and monochrome plates. Mild wear. Very good.
$25
(75198) Philip Hammon (Werner Bartel, illus.), Blue Mountains - New South Wales, Australia, Bartel Photography Pty. Ltd., Bondi Sydney NSW, 1980.
Quarto; paperback, stapled booklet with printed glossy covers; unpaginated (24pp.), with many full-colour illustrations and a map. Minor wear; distributor's sticker to the front cover. Near fine.
$20
(68334) Neil Paton, Walks in the Blue Mountains National Park – Heritage Field Guides second edition, Kangaroo Press/Simon & Schuster, East Roseville NSW, 1991.
$20
(73316) Jim Smith (Phil Somerville, illus., Lida Sazbunia, ed.), The Blue Mountains: A Guide for Bicyclists – Second edition, Wombat Outdoor Adventures, Campbelltown NSW, 1991.
$20
(73470) [National Parks and Wildlife Service] The Blue Mountains of Australia - Includes maps and descriptions of five classic Blue Mountains walks, Bartel Collectors World, Waterloo NSW, 1992.
$12
(76193) Dorothy Butler, The Barefoot Bushwalker - A Remarkable Story of Adventure, Courage & Romance, ABC Enterprises/Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney NSW, 1992.
Reprint: octavo; paperback; 292pp,. with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; spine sunned; text block edges lightly toned. Very good.
This rare biography contains material from the author's experiences in the Blue Mountains, including a rescue at the Kanangra Walls.
$75
(73335) Robert William Sloss (Wilmshurst, et.al., illus.), Walking Tracks for the Lower Blue Mountains - Glenbrook Lawson, the author, Mittagong NSW, 1993.
$15
(75199) Catherine Warne (Susan Wright, illus.), Blue Mountains Experience - New South Wales, Kingsclear Books/Atrand Pty. Ltd., Crow's Nest NSW, 1993.
Quarto; paperback, stapled booklet with printed glossy covers; unpaginated (24pp.), with many full-colour illustrations and a map. Minor wear. Near fine.
$10
(74218) Sven Klinge, Cycling the Bush: Fully Revised Second Edition - 100 rides in New South Wales, Hill of Content Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Melbourne Vic., 1994.
Reprint: duodecimo; paperback; 400pp., with maps, 20pp. of full-colour and monochrome plates and many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear: covers a little rubbed and edgeworn; some dog-eared pages; previous owner's ink inscription to the first page; some penned marginalia. Very good.
This book contains an extensive section on cycling in the Blue Mountains and in the Wollemi National Park, along with an abundance of useful information about cycling through the Bushlands of New South Wales.
$20
(73467) Alan Fairley, Discovering the Blue Mountains on Foot - Central Mountains: Wentworth Falls - Leura – Katoomba, Envirobook, Sydney NSW, 1996.
$25
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Stephen Alton (S. Alton, S. Brookhouse, H. Valance, illus.), Bushwalking in the
Katoomba and Leura Area - A selection of short and long walks in the Jamison
Valley, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra ACT, 1999.
$12
(75200) Noel Hiffernan & Narelle Wheatfield (Sybil Barber, Peter Karp, Matthew Connor & Don Mason, illus.), Access the Best - Guide to the Blue Mountains: Escape the uncertainty of travel; Explore ancient landscapes; Experience villages, fine food & art, GROW Employment Council Inc./Mountains Community Resource Network/Blue Mountains City Council, Katoomba NSW, 2000.
Quarto; paperback, stapled booklet with printed covers; 29pp., with maps many full-colour illustrations. Minor wear. Near fine.
$15
(73585)
Neil Paton, Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks, Kangaroo Press/Simon & Schuster,
Pymble NSW, 2004.
$15
(73315)
Michael Keats, Day Walks in the Lower Grose River and Tributaries (with
particular reference to the Engineers Track), Keats Holdings Pty. Ltd., Pymble
NSW, 2008.
$25
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Arts & Crafts
(72712) [Blue Mountains Regional Tourism Organisation] Blue Mountains - City of the Arts, OZ Arts Magazine, Wentworth Falls NSW, nd. (c.1995).
$15
(69985) [The Committee of the Blue Mountains Fine Food Festival] (Jenny Kee, illus.), Blue Mountains Cook Book, The Committee of the Blue Mountains Fine Food Festival & E.A. Greenwood, Leura NSW, 1998.
$30
(71315) Extraordinary Members of the Wentworth Falls Public School Community and Celebrities, Recession-Buster Cookbook, Wentworth Falls Public School, Wentworth Falls NSW, nd.
Octavo; spiral-bound paperback, with a plastic front cover; 100pp., (+14pp. of adverts). Mild wear. Very good.
$10
(73535) Margaret Latty (Anna Marshall, illus.), The Hidden Treasures of Katoomba, Anna Marshall and Margaret Latty, Leura NSW, 2014.
Landscape octavo; paperback; 102pp. with many colour illustrations. Minor wear. New.
$30
(73536) Anna Marshall (illus.), Leura in Lockdown 2021, Anna Marshall, Leura NSW, 2021.
Landscape octavo; paperback; 49pp. with many colour illustrations. Minor wear. New.
$25
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Local Authors and Books set in the Blue Mountains
The environment of the Blue Mountains allows writers to give free rein their imaginations, either inspiring them to create locally-set stories or simply allowing them the time to put words to page for their chosen narratives. Eleanor Dark was on such productive author and her 'Mountains home - Varuna - these days is a workshop and resource for budding writers. Other notable wordsmiths who lived or wrote here include Eve Langley, Delia Falconer, Kylie Tennant, Kit Denton and Richard Neville - as their works come into stock here at Morocco Books and Collectibles, we will add them below.
(68074) Colleen McCullough (Peter Chapman, illus.), The Ladies of Missalonghi, Avon Books/The Hearst Corporation, New York, USA 1988.
Octavo; paperback; 189pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; covers a little rubbed and edgeworn; text block and page edges toned. Very good.
$6
(76656) Kate Llewellyn, The Waterlily - A Blue Mountains Journal, Hudson Publishing/N.S. Publishing Services Pty. Ltd., Hawthorn Vic., 1987.
$25
(75600) Catherine Jinks, The Inquisitor - A Novel, St Martin's Minotaur, New York NY, 2002.
Octavo; hardcover, with metallic-red spine titles; 393pp. Minor wear. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Near fine.
$20
76159) Frank Walford, Twisted Clay, Remains Books/Salt Publishing Ltd., Cromer Norfolk UK, 2014.
Octavo; paperback; 270pp., with monochrome decorations. Mild wear. Very good.
Frank Walford, one-time lord mayor of Katoomba, wrote this novel while he and the Darks were engaging with the psychological writings of Havelock Ellis in their homegrown writing group. Eleanor Dark felt that Walford's novel was too similar to her own work - Prelude to Christopher - with the result that the two suffered an irreparable falling-out. This turgid psychological horror story, set in the bosky wilds of Katoomba, was banned in Australia upon release, but sold like hotcakes in the US; it still has the power to disturb these days.
$25
(71848) Daniel Jeudy, Sons of Brutality, Vivid Publishing, Fremantle WA, 2021.
Octavo; paperback; 338pp. Minor wear. New.
A hard-hitting supernatural crime novel set in Los Angeles in the modern era. With sadistic bad guys and questionable police officers in pursuit, this is a novel definitely not for the faint-hearted.
$25
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Ephemera:
Much of this list is fairly ephemeral in its own right; but there is ephemera and then there is ephemera. This short selection highlights some 'Mountains lore that is noteworthy for its transience.
(75682)
[C+B Paskin] Wilson Director - 1918 Edition, Reprinted 1983 by C+B Paskin: This
book is an exact reproduction of the Blue Mountains Section. Containing
information and maps on what to do in the Blue Mountains. Many of the
advertisers are still in business although under different management, C+B
Paskin, np., 1983.
Facsimile
reprint: duodecimo; paperback, quarter-bound in cloth with printed wrappers;
unpaginated (78pp.), with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; previous
owner's name in ink to the front cover. Very good.
$15
(69862)
[Body's Travel Agency] District Map of Wentworth Falls, Leura, Katoomba, Medlow
Bath, Blackheath - Principal Walks; Beauty Spots; Hiking Information; Main
Streets all Towns, Body's Travel Agency, Katoomba NSW, nd. (c.1950).
Octavo;
one printed sheet folded five ways (552mm x 390mm); maps and monochrome
illustrations. Mild wear; a little rubbed with some marks. Very good.
$50
(69861)
[The Gregory Publishing Co.] Gregory's Guide to the Blue Mountains and the
Jenolan Caves - A Complete Handbook for the Motorist, Hiker, and Sightseer, The
Gregory Publishing Co., Sydney NSW, nd. (c.1950).
Octavo
paperback, stapled booklet; 56pp. (an extra leaf containing pp. 1-2 and 51-52
(blank) stapled in), with maps and many monochrome illustrations. Moderate
wear; covers rubbed and edgeworn with some toning; top half of the spine split,
with small tears and creasing along the torn edges; text block edges toned;
some internal marks. Good to very good.
$50
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NB: All prices are in
Australian Dollars (AUD) and DO NOT include postage, which will need to be
calculated according to individual circumstances at the time of sale.
Morocco Books and Collectibles is located within the Country of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples.
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