Swan: The History Of A Brewery By Suzanne Welborn
Swan: The History Of A Brewery By Suzanne Welborn (Collectible First Edition Copy)
A Definitive Corporate and Social History Chronological Tracking of Western Australia's Premier Brewing Giant and Industrial Landmark
A Definitive Corporate and Social History Chronological Tracking of Western Australia's Premier Brewing Giant and Industrial Landmark
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Swan: The History Of A Brewery
- Author: Suzanne Welborn
- Publisher: University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands
- Publication Date: 1987
- ISBN-10: 0855642718
- ISBN-13: 9780855642715
- Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing (Collectible Academic Corporate Release)
- Binding: Original publisher's premium hardcover cloth boards, complete with the original illustrated dust jacket, now beautifully preserved and stabilized inside a clear Cellophane archival sleeve.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 294 pages. Lavishly enhanced with archival brewing photographs, early frontier industrial blueprints, operational ledgers, and genealogical tables of early Australian mercantile families.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good Plus to Near Mint (VG+/NM)
- Exterior / Boards: The original publisher's cloth casing remains in spectacular, flat, and sharp-cornered condition. The spine text is perfectly crisp, bright, and completely undamaged at the head and tail bands, leaving the binding perfectly straight and unbent.
- Interior: The inner hinges and binding are pristine and tight. Internal pages are completely clean, crisp, white, and intact. Free from standard consumer ink inscriptions, brewery or moisture stains, or dealer pencil annotations.
- Preservation: This volume has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. It is now protected with a clear Cellophane cover to shield the binding from future edge wear.
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The Dust Jacket: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Condition: Present, complete, and unclipped. Displays only some very slight, microscopic signs of storage shelf friction along the corners and upper margins. Beautifully consolidated, bright, and seamlessly displayed beneath the archival Cellophane cover.
Synopsis & Brewing History Value
Published in 1987 by the University of Western Australia Press, Swan: The History Of A Brewery stands as a monumental and meticulously researched account of one of Western Australia's oldest, biggest, and best-loved manufacturing industries. Acclaimed historian Suzanne Welborn tracks the complete evolution of the Swan Brewery from its early colonial beginnings along the Swan River through its growth into a massive industrial powerhouse.
Rather than focusing entirely on corporate accounting, Welborn deeply explores the brewery's unique place in the social, cultural, and everyday lives of Western Australians. The narrative captures early frontier labor struggles, technological shifts in commercial refrigeration, public houses, and iconic marketing campaigns that shaped regional identity. This scarce academic corporate history serves as an indispensable reference work for industrial historians, collectors of global brewing literature, and serious corporate Africana and colonial history bibliophiles.
Author Profile: Suzanne Welborn
Suzanne Welborn is a highly distinguished Australian historian, biographer, and academic author celebrated for her meticulous, archive-driven accounts of Western Australian social history, military structures, and industrial identity. An alumnus and frequent researcher with the University of Western Australia, Welborn gained widespread critical acclaim for her foundational books, including her seminal work on World War I soldiers (Bush Heroes: A Death in the Park). Her writing is universally praised for its deep academic rigor, exceptional use of primary corporate records, and her ability to weave complex industrial transformations into vivid, compelling human narratives.
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