YOUNGER COLLECTOR JANE MB EXPLAINS how she got interested in collecting: Nancy Drew has been around since 1930. But I, having read a couple of the books as a little girl, only began collecting the … [Read more...]
Corrie Allegro talks about pop up books 26 Sept at 6 pm
6 pm, FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER, HAWTHORN. WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT CORRIE ALLEGRO'S COLLECTION. Many older ESA members will remember an excellent talk by Corrie probably two decades ago … [Read more...]
Love, love, love
SPRING IS FOREVER ASSOCIATED WITH LOVE. We look at some ephemera related to love. 'There is no love sincerer than the love of food', G. B. Shaw, Man and Superman. 'My heart, which is so full to … [Read more...]
New book about war time advertising
THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY HAS PUBLISHED A BOOK OF INTEREST TO EPHEMERISTS. The Huns have got my gramophone! Advertisements from the Great War, the authors, Amanda Jane Doran and Andrew McCarthy, advise … [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...]