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Albury and wodonga are twin cities situated on opposite banks of the murray river, at the point where it is crossed by the hume freeway the main highway between sydney and melbourne. Charles stitz has followed his acclaimed first volume of australian book collectors 2010, with another substantial and impressive contribution to australian book collecting history. Professor wallace kirsop events at the university of. The book collector has been trading since 1993 and has been selling on abe books since 2009. The book collectors society of australia bcsa has been a focus for australian book collectors to share their enthusiasm for books of all kinds. Walter stone, a bibliophile from an early age, was a founding member of the book collectors society of australia bcsa in 1944, and was its major supporter for all his life. Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given collector. Series 8 publications including registers of nancye. Melbourne rare book week looking at the 2017 programme. Several sources claim that at that time he probably had the largest collection of books on magic in the world. Australian book auctions is most grateful to charles stitz, author of. Collectors of australian and british juvenile publications of the 20th century, especially english story papers, pocket libraries and comic papers. Collectors books and price guides collectors weekly. Aboriginal australia adelaide booksellers, antipodean.

Australian book auctions is most grateful to charles stitz, author of three series a fourth in preparation of australian book collectors, for generously providing an illuminating biographical sketch of john lane mullins as collector. Abebooks has been part of the rare book world since going live in 1996. Colin steele australian library and information association. Australiana,ion idriess biggles and other collectible childrens books warmilitary history, hunting, wildlifeconservation,cricket, craft. Books on dean rare, antiquarian and out of print books. Stitz uses bookplates and other marks of ownership to illustrate many of the entries in this valuable contribution to the topic. You can also connect with others in the comic industry to further and enhance everyones comic experience. Australian book collectors a groundbreaking guide to australian book collections is bound to become a collectable itself. Australian book collectors charts the lives and fascinating collecting careers of more than a hundred bibliophiles who lived during the first two completed centuries of australias history, first as. The collector of books is a detective, prospector, hunter, hoarder and eventually a philanthropist, all in one. Mar 04, 2020 abc for book collectors by john carter 6th edition, london, 1980.

Sell your rare, old, and collectible books we buy quality. Australia post annual year books and special limited edition. An independent cognate society also exists in adelaide. Australian book collectors charts the lives and fascinating collecting careers of more than a hundred bibliophiles who lived during the first two completed centuries of australias history, first as a disparate group of british colonies, and then as an independent commonwealth.

Defence housing authority, and since 2009 he has held a senior position at the australian institute of health and welfare. Australian bookplate society collectors, bibliophiles. Great australian book collectors of the 20th century with a more than passing interest in juvenile literature. It was founded in sydney in 1944, and its journal biblionews has been published since 1947. Australian artists, australian birds pearce, barry. Australian book collectors, edited by charles stitz. We are located in the north western suburbs of sydney,australia and specialize in the following subject areas. Thomas scott collection 1 wallace kirsop, thomas scott 1800 1855, in charles stitz ed. After that, the ebooks can be opened right from your book details panel. Book collector desktop software catalog your home library. The collection documents nancye perrys scientific research as well as her subsequent community involvement as a. The editor of australian book collectors charles stitz has received a medal and certificate of honour from the international federation of exlibris societies fisae founded in 1966 in hamburg, germany to cultivate and promote an interest in. There is also an equally active branch in melbourne.

The internet has made searching for used or rare books more convenient than ever, and collectors now only have to look to the nearest computer to browse large selections of antique and outofprint titles. Sep 22, 2019 benefits of membership 2 journals and 2 newsletters each year. Acdbas work in improving the collections environment legislative and regulatory provides appreciable benefits to members, clients and other practitioners. Jun 20, 2017 the editor of australian book collectors charles stitz has received a medal and certificate of honour from the international federation of exlibris societies fisae founded in 1966 in hamburg, germany to cultivate and promote an interest in, and devotion to, bookplates and enhance their artistic qualities. Gary is a keen genealogist and book collector, focusing on colonial victoria, and a contributor to the series australian book collectors, edited by charles stitz. Walter william stone oam 24 june 1910 29 august 1981, known as wal stone, was a noted australian book publisher, book collector. Charles stitz has followed his acclaimed first volume. Part ii volume v, lz edited charles stitz green olive press sydney, nsw 2016. That book was the property of the school, so i did not retain a copy, but i can still remember some of the short stories in it.

Godfrey gordon gustavus gore was a boy who would never shut the door. Bibliophilia book collectors catalogue national library of australia. Report of the acting president for the annual general meeting of the book collectors society of australiato be held at 2pm at the community centre, summer hill, on 2 december 2008 as prepared for the cancelled agm originally to be held at the royal australasian college of physicians at 1. Australian book auctions is the premier auctioneer in australia dedicated to rare books and historical properties. Australian book collectors volumes iiii stitz, charles editor australian book collectors some noted australian book collectors and collections of the 19th and 20th centuries stitz, charles editor. We are australias only specialist auctioneers of books, manuscripts, maps. Launch of the final volumes of this work, edited by charles stitz. My great australian storybook collection was not in my paper when i purchased it what do i do. Located in sydney, queensland and the southern highlands, berkelouw books is australias largest second hand and antiquarian bookseller.

Colins specialist work in the bodleian led to the publication of several books. We buy and sell rare, old, and collectible books as well as fine, used and quality second hand books. Andrew peake and charles stitz, both from australia, who were awarded the udo ivask memorial medal for bookplate scholarship. He edited and printed the journal of the society, biblionews, from 1947 until his death in 1981, whence he was succeeded by john edward fletcher. Australian book collectors national library of australia. Stitz drew on previously published material, reprinting articles from sources where the history of australian bibliophiles is sometimes addressed. Mar 25, 2020 organize your e book files by scanning your folders. Any separation is inevitably artifi cial, and even someone like. The book collectors society of australia bcsa has been a focus for australian book. Can highly recommend this app and the rest of the collectors software. Valuation of books and other printed items rare books. Charles stitz is a retired lawyer who is now an antiquarian bookseller in albury.

Devlinglass, frances 2010, two and a half tons of books. Informative and often entertaining definitions of the terms which serious book collectors should know. Some noted australian book collectors and collections. Bread street press in association with the australian book auction records, 2010. Australian army insignia 1903 1966 festberg, alfred n. Book collecting, thanks to the internet has become a growing pastime open to all, even collectors without a great deal of money or time. Collectors book collectors charles stitz in biblionews, june 2019, issue 42, p86 gives a fascinating account of some significant australian book collectors. Gibbons, the fate of the library of alexander macleay, australian book collectors, edited by charles stitz, third series, woollahra, nsw green olive press, and melbourne, book of kells, in press, 2016. Australian book collectors charles stitz, editor, pages 264 268. Australian book auctions is the premier auctioneer in australia dedicated to rare. When houdini died, he left his private collection book on magic, theater, and spiritualismto the library of congress. Fellowship conferred 1998 colin robert steele has made a distinguished contribution to librarianship in australia. As the worlds leading auctioneer of australian books and manuscripts we now hold all of the top four prices achieved at auction for printed australiana, a feat achieved by no other auction house. Our bookshop is located next to the cinema centre, at the railway end of dean street, in albury, n.

Articles, books and book chapters odonnell marginalia. Australian book collectors some noted australian book collectors and collections of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Usually private people, and unknown to the wider public, most of the significant australian collectors since 1788 appear in this fascinating set of five volumes. He is particularly interested in the history of ownership of the preloved books that he stocks. Our rare and antiquarian book department, which houses over 40,000 items, is located on bendooley estate, a property just north of berrima in the beautiful southern highlands of nsw. These are now themselves collectors pieces and significant works of reference charles stitz, australian book collectors. Benefits of membership 2 journals and 2 newsletters each year. The state library has a significant collection of rare books and manuscripts from all over the world.

Famous book collectors books and bidders book collecting is an activity that dates back to the renaissance, in the 15th century, when the educated elite amassed collections of illuminated manuscripts to display both their wealth and knowledge. One segment of my book collection is of shakespeare, and in april. The books, pamphlets and journals cover an extraordinary range of topics and periods forming a collection that will interest most book collectors. As with the first series, provenance is an important aspect, and available information is given on the bookplates, booklabels, book signatures and inscriptions of. Valuation of books and other printed items rare books and. The love of books is bibliophilia, and someone who loves to read, admire, and collect books is called a bibliophile. The first book i learned to read was a primer of reading in second class in the infants school. Antiquarian book collectors are not exclusively interested in first editions and first printings, although they can be.

He is past president of the victorian branch of the book collectors society of australia and has contributed fifteen substantial articles to the fivevolume series of australian book collectors edited by charles stitz between 2010 and 2016. Colins bibliophilic memoir can be found in in charles stitz australian book collectors, volume 5, melbourne, books of kells, 2017, pp 504 511. Some noted australian book collectors and collections of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries author. The first three volumes of this encyclopaedic reference on notable book collectors and collections in australia. Charles stitz in biblionews, june 2019, issue 42, p86 gives a fascinating account of some significant australian book collectors. Charles stitz in biblionews, june 2019, issue 42, p86 gives a fascinating. This is the first printing of what dreams may come by richard matheson, published by g. Well known to book collectors and booklovers, our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. Sydney philatelics grahame fudge browse our comprehensive lists and almost complete quality stocks of australia post annual year books and special limited edition issues available online. Charles stitz has just published the last two volumes in his massive 5volume work. We have a real passion for books having been booksellers for over fifty years.

Australian book collectors charts the lives and fascinating collecting careers of more than a hundred bibliophiles who lived during the first two completed centuries of australias. A set of monumental auction catalogues, the most substantial book auction catalogues ever produced in australia. Professor wallace kirsop events at the university of melbourne. Stitz begins by describing how he got into the book selling game and then how he got interested in collectors and their books. Stitz begins by describing how he got into the book selling game and then how he got interested in collectors and their books an association copy. Search by party australian free ship charles book english eden henry paperback paperback henry eden search charles book ship by english australian party free. We are always collecting and cataloguing books, prints, maps, and ephemera. Comic book realm use our database to track your comic. The elizabeth bay house lost library project sydney. When searching on its important to find copies that match the book in your possession as accurately as possible. Virtually all books from the collection of john lane mullins show marks of. Rare, antiquarian and out of print books books on dean bookshop. They have been donated or purchased over many years, often with the assistance of the friends of the state library of south australia.

List of 2017 entries royal historical society of victoria. Just let it scan your computer for e book files, then link the files to the book entries in your database. The second series of australian book collectors traces the careers and collections of a further 125 bibliophiles, australian by birth, migration or association, who lived and collected in the 19th or 20th centuries. Australian book collectors first series books on dean rare. Matheson was best known as the author of i am legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that was adapted for the screen three times, the first of which, the last man on earth, was coscripted by him. Antiquarian book collecting may be roughly defined as an interest in books printed prior to 1900 and can encompass interest in 19th, 18th, 17th, 16th, and 15thcentury books.