Physical description

Two copies of the book, Seville - The Vision and the Reality 100 Years 1886 - 1986. The black cover has the title and author, Trevor Jones, printed in gold lettering on the spine. The dust jacket has a brown sepia photograph of a dirt road in the bush in the Seville area with a horse drawn dray and driver, as well as a man walking with a bicycle and another sitting on a horse (see Inscription below for details of who is in the photograph and where). The title and author are printed in white lettering. The spine has the title and author printed in white lettering. There is a Dedication, Foreword, and many chapters describing the life of the early settlers and progress up to 1996. At the back is an Acknowledgment. Throughout the book are black and white photographs of people, the area, certificates, significant lists, handwritten information. Here and there written by Elizabeth Harvey, are black biro notes relevant to the people and some Sebire family information. On the page after the Dedication at the front of one copy is an Addendum with facts and additions that are relevant to that which is printed. On page 31, There are biro names written near the photographs and a photo of 'Mr H. J. Sebire, first school teacher, Seville State school No. 2820' There are more taped in pages throughout this volume - p. 31, p.71, 76. Pp. 95.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

As mentioned above there are extra notes and added facts throughout one of the copies. Before the Title page there is a photograph which is identical to the one on the dust jacket with a note: ' Station Road. Seville. Ron Ingram with bike. Charlie Hand on horse and dray, returning from railway station after unloading wood, and stacking it at the siding .c. 1910.' There is a piece of white photocopied paper taped to the spine between pp. 30 and 31 with names of pupils in a school photograph. There is a stamp in black ink on the front and back end papers of one copy 'Mont de Lancey Historical Homestead Chapel, Kitchen & Museum Wandin Vic. 3139' and the other copy has 'Donated to (red stamp on front and back end paper) Mont De Lancey Historical Homestead Chapel, Kitchen & Museum Wandin. Vic 3139 Tel (059 642 088) by Cedric H Gray'

Summary

Seville - the vision and the reality, primarily refers to a historical book about Seville, Victoria (Australia), documenting its first century (1886-1986) by Trevor Jones.