HAVE YOU BEEN OFF THE BEATEN TRACK AND FOUND A SHOPPING STOP YOU CAN RECOMMEND? Here are a couple of recent finds from Central Victoria (Trentham Books, Di Parsons 0448, 760 563, 19 Victoria … [Read more...]
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES – THE AUSTRALIAN CARTOPHILIC SOCIETY INC.
ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN CARTOPHILIC SOCIETY INC. Origins (1968) The Society was formed when a small group of cigarette card and trade card collectors, led by Bon Penhallurick, got … [Read more...]
Monash Rare Books’ Librarian – over and out
OVERALL HE HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS AND LEFT A GREAT LEGACY. Richard Overell, the Monash University Library Rare Books' Librarian, has retired; giving up a dream job of adding books and other … [Read more...]
You are invited to the 40th birthday celebrations on UK Ephemera Society
The UK Ephemera Society is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2015 with specially organised visits to ephemera collections and a banquet where the presentation of the Pepys Medal will be made to the … [Read more...]
Hippies unite: you have nothing to lose but this society
IT IS A HIPPIE THING FROM THE VERY TAIL END OF THE MOVEMENT. Yellow poster with flowers and hands shaking from San Francisco and perhaps unsurprisingly without any issuing organisation … [Read more...]
The spickanspan folk
HERE ARE THE COVERS OF TWO BROCHURES PROMOTING HOUSEHOLD CLEANING. The first is English and from 1914; the second is an Australian edition painting book "Old Dutch Cleanser" is an … [Read more...]
Prize winning local comic book shop
THE AGE REPORTED ON 29 July 2014,that a Melbourne comic book shop, All Star Comics, in Lonsdale Street has been recognised as best comic book shop in the world at the 26th annual Eisner Awards in San … [Read more...]
Who is adding what to their collection? Monash Rare Books
TWO INTERESTING 'NEW' ITEMS ADDED TO THE MONASH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY'S RARE BOOKS COLLECTION: The first is a brochure for an indoor golf game:- "Schoenhut's indoor golf. The greatest game of … [Read more...]
Expert takes tour of State Library of Victoria’s exhibition – 9 July 2014
TOUR AT 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY 9 JULY: join a guided tour of the State Library of Victoria's Mirror of the world exhibition which celebrates the unique place of books in our hearts and … [Read more...]