Note: Contributors: John Arnold, Nicholas Dawes, Frances Devlin-Glass, John Fletcher, Heather Gaunt, Lionel Gilbert, Kenneth Hince, Cheryl Hoskin, Ann-Mari Jordens, Stuart Kells, Wallace Kirsop, Ian McLaren, Charles Stitz, Lurline Stuart, Peter Tinslay, Jonathan Wantrup, and Ian Wilson.
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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'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 Australia's history, first as a disparate group of British colonies, and then as an independent commonwealth. Biographical accounts of the collectors are given, together with details of their collecting careers, outlines of the collections and of their fates. Some of the collectors were also authors, and in those cases their major works are noted. Provenance is an important focus of the book, and attention is given to available information on the bookplates, booklabels, shelf marks, signatures and other marks of ownership employed by the collectors.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Bendigo, Bendigo area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,: Bread Street Press , 2010 .
      Extent: 322p., [6]p. of platesp.
      Limited edition info: 'This edition is limited to 500 copies, of which 490 are cloth bound, and ten, signed by the editor and numbered, are half-leather.' (t.p. verso)
      Description: illus. (some col.), facsims (some col.), ports (some col.)
      Note/s:
      • Includes index.
      • Published in association with the Australian Book Auction Records.
      ISBN: 9780646533407 (hbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Andrew Sergeant , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Script and Print , September vol. 35 no. 3 2011; (p. 180-182)

— Review of Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
Untitled Colin Steele , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries , June no. 370 2011; (p. 67-68)

— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography ; Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
The Story of Australian Book Collectors Charles Sidney Stitz , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries , June no. 370 2011; (p. 51-66)
Great Australian Collectors Colin Steele , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 June 2011; (p. 30-31)

— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography ; Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
Signs of Passion from the Library Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 February 2011; (p. 35)

— Review of Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
Signs of Passion from the Library Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 February 2011; (p. 35)

— Review of Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
Great Australian Collectors Colin Steele , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 June 2011; (p. 30-31)

— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography ; Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
Book Collectors in Australia Alan Ives , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Margin , November no. 82 2010; (p. 5-7)

— Review of Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
Untitled Colin Steele , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries , June no. 370 2011; (p. 67-68)

— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography ; Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
Untitled Andrew Sergeant , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Script and Print , September vol. 35 no. 3 2011; (p. 180-182)

— Review of Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
The Story of Australian Book Collectors Charles Sidney Stitz , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries , June no. 370 2011; (p. 51-66)
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  • 1800-1899
  • 1900-1999
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