Old Adelaide Hotels Sketchbook
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Step back into the golden age of South Australian hospitality with Old Adelaide Hotels Sketchbook, a richly illustrated tribute to the grand and storied drinking establishments that once defined the social fabric of Adelaide. W. H. Newnham's evocative text chronicles the colourful histories of these iconic venues — their patrons, their politics, and their place in the city's cultural memory — while Jeanette McLeod's meticulous pen-and-ink drawings capture the architectural grandeur and intimate character of each establishment with remarkable precision and warmth. Together, Newnham and McLeod present a compelling record of a vanishing world, one where the public house served as the true beating heart of colonial and post-colonial Australian life. The sketchbook format lends the work an intimate, almost journalistic quality, situating it firmly within the proud tradition of Australian architectural and social history. For lovers of Adelaide, Australian heritage, and the art of illustration, this volume raises a toast to a past that deserves to be remembered — and leaves the reader wondering just how much history was made, and lost, behind those ornate hotel doors.
Author: Jeanette Mcleod (Drawings); W. H. Newnham (Text)
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Step back into the golden age of South Australian hospitality with Old Adelaide Hotels Sketchbook, a richly illustrated tribute to the grand and storied drinking establishments that once defined the social fabric of Adelaide. W. H. Newnham's evocative text chronicles the colourful histories of these iconic venues — their patrons, their politics, and their place in the city's cultural memory — while Jeanette McLeod's meticulous pen-and-ink drawings capture the architectural grandeur and intimate character of each establishment with remarkable precision and warmth. Together, Newnham and McLeod present a compelling record of a vanishing world, one where the public house served as the true beating heart of colonial and post-colonial Australian life. The sketchbook format lends the work an intimate, almost journalistic quality, situating it firmly within the proud tradition of Australian architectural and social history. For lovers of Adelaide, Australian heritage, and the art of illustration, this volume raises a toast to a past that deserves to be remembered — and leaves the reader wondering just how much history was made, and lost, behind those ornate hotel doors.