2022 is back to the old meetings, fairs, other collector gatherings. What’s on in 2022? IMPORTANT UPDATE Subject to health directions (vaccination, masks and spacing) we plan to resume normal ESA … [Read more...]
Pharmacy ephemera 1975
NICE FIND, SAMPLE PAPER BAGS AND WRAPPING PAPER OFFERED TO MEMBERS OF THE PHARMACY GUILD OF AUSTRALIA IN 1975. Or is it? Frustratingly the bags reproduced above measure 26.6x9cm and 20.8x6.8cm, … [Read more...]
Will Donald
MICK STONE MENTIONED A COMIC BOOK HE WOULD LIKE TO FIND - MYSTERY ISLAND BY WILL DONALD. Curiosity led to a bit more searching about Mystery Island and Will Donald: MYSTERY ISLAND There is so … [Read more...]
Printers of Melbourne – book review
BOOK REVIEW: Printers of the Streets and Lanes of Melbourne (1837-1975) by Don Hauser (Melbourne, Nondescript Press, 2006). Printed as a limited edition run of 1,000. 171 pages with illustrations, … [Read more...]
Recently collected (and donated)
THE DAY AFTER A MARCH ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS I FOUND MANY PLACARDS AND POSTERS DISPLAYED AROUND THE BASE OF A TREE IN THE TREASURY GARDENS, MELBOURNE. This was a march following on from … [Read more...]