This new book is the first to document the visual history of print advertising in Australia and in so doing provides a valuable illustrated social history of Australia. Charles Troedel (1835–1906) … [Read more...]
Rare Books’ Fair 22-24 July
YOU SHOULD BE QUEUING UP TO GET INTO THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR NOW but it runs the whole weekend. Here's what they say about themselves. Leading Australian and international antiquarian booksellers … [Read more...]
Books are fun
GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, books and more books. Op shop treasures, op shop prices Where: Sacred Heart Op shop, cnr Glenferrie and Riversdale Road, Hawthorn. When: 10 am on Saturday 16 … [Read more...]
Clunes Book Fair
Want to look at books? Free on Saturday 30 April and/or Sunday 1 May? Then make your way to the goldfields village of Clunes; Clunes is famous for its bookshops, set in a heritage rich landscape. If … [Read more...]
Book destruction/reconstruction
ARTISTS' BOOKS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Here is a link to an exhibition catalogue with numerous examples of the art. The exhibition is running until 19 January 2016 at the Brooklyn Public … [Read more...]
Jubilee Harbor Trust – Op shop
LOOK WHAT PEOPLE (MAKE THAT RELATIVES) DISPOSE OF. Maybe working in libraries and op shops (and no doubt book shops) have the same joys of great unexpected finds. This turned up recently and is on … [Read more...]
Symbols of Australia– still available
Buy the book - 'Symbols of Australia' by Mimmo Cozzolino & Fysh Rutherford The first and only book on the visual history of Australian trademarks from the 1880s to the 1950s showing the marks and … [Read more...]
Talk about the changes in books and bookselling – Nick Dawes
TALK ABOUT BOOK SELLING THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER. You are invited to attend the next meeting of the Book Collectors Society at 6.00 pm. Thursday 27th November 2014. The speaker is Nick Dawes. He will be … [Read more...]
Pop up books at the Book Collectors’ meeting in October
CORRIE ALLEGRO'S FINE COLLECTION OF POP UP BOOKS WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE RECENT BOOK COLLECTORS' MEETING. Here are some photographs, apologies about the quality. Next time, come and see the real … [Read more...]