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...]
Exhibition of Tasmanian cook books (to 16 August 2014)
THIS IS AN EXHIBITION ABOUT COOKERY BOOKS AND THE PLACE OF COOKING IN TASMANIA and the place of cooking in Tasmanian history and society. It marks 150 years since the introduction of salmon to … [Read more...]
Judging a book by its cover
This is the last exhibition curated by Monash University's rare books librarian, Richard Overell; he is retiring. Richard has used the Library's exhibition space to display multiple aspects of this … [Read more...]
Pop up books – virtual exhibition
THERE IS A TERRIFIC EXHIBITION OF POP UP BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LIBRARY. Here is the link. It follows the history of the pop up book. What's great about this online … [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...]