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29 june–
8 july 2018
for the love of books
www.rarebookweek.com
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events program at a glance
Friday 29 June page 5 Thursday 5 July pages 14–15
Theft from collecting institutions 11:00am 12:00pm Criminals, coppers, and columnists 11:00am 11:45am
Surveying the Rare Book Collection 2:00pm 3:00pm Guests of the Unspeakable 12:00pm 1:00pm
The remarkable library of Bishop Goold 6:00pm 8:30pm Ghastly Gothic reads for kids 2:00pm 3:00pm
Kindertotenlieder by Bill Henson 5:00pm 7:00pm
Saturday 30 June pages 6–7 Criminals, coppers, and columnists 6:00pm 6:45pm
Rare book appraisals 12:00pm 1:30pm The Gothic novel 6:00pm 8:00pm
A glassful of wine words 2:00pm 3:30pm The story of J. P. Quaine 7:00pm 8:00pm
Fanfrolicana collecting and collectors 2:30pm 4:00pm Friday 6 July page 16
Curators’ tour of World of the Book 3:00pm 3:45pm
Brief Encounters 6:00pm 7:30pm Australian artists’ books recent acquisitions11:00am 11:45am
Legal luminaries and their books 1:00pm 2:00pm
Sunday 1 July page 7 Australian artists’ books recent acquisitions 2:00pm 2:45pm
The Australian Sketchbook 2:30pm 3:30pm The Malcolm Fraser personal library 3:00pm 3:45pm
Monday 2 July pages 8–9 Saturday 7 July page 16
The MV Anderson chess collection 11:00am 11:45am Curators’ tour of World of the Book 3:00pm 3:45pm
Artist’s books
”Oppy”
11:00am 12:00pm
1:00pm 2:00pm workshops
Rare score an ode to music 1:00pm 2:00pm Monday 2 July to Friday 6 July page 17
The MV Anderson chess collection 6:00pm 6:45pm
Dark tales 6:30pm 7:30pm School holiday workshop:
The music of war 7:00pm 8:00pm Pop-ups and paper mechanics 10:30am 12:00pm
Tuesday 3 July pages 10–11 Thursday 5 July page 17
The medieval art of dying 11:00am 11:45am Make your own rare Life Book 10:00am 11:00pm
Preservation of books, photographs...
Dark Imaginings
12:00pm 1:00pm
12:00pm 1:00pm exhibitions
The Australia to come 2:00pm 3:00pm page 17
Sappho of Lesbos 3:00pm 4:00pm
The medieval art of dying 6:00pm 6:45pm World of the Book
Collecting cook books 6:00pm 7:00pm Synthesizers: sound of the future
Vampires and Victorian eroticism 6:00pm 7:30pm Dark Imaginings
Discover William Blake 6:30pm 7:30pm Multidisciplinary art making
Wednesday 4 July pages 12–13 rare book fair
pages 19-22
Moveable and pop-up books 11:00am 11:45am
Material as metaphor 11:00am 12:00pm Information page 19
Collecting sporting books 1:00pm 2:30pm Exhibitors pages 19-21
A gentleman’s library 3:00pm 4:00pm Floorplan & how to get there page 22
Moveable and pop-up books 6:00pm 6:45pm
Multidisciplinary art making 6:00pm 7:00pm bookings
The ABC of ABC 6:00pm 7:30pm Most events require bookings
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Friday 29 June events
Theft from collecting institutions
An Australian history
Presented by Museums Victoria
11am–12pm
Thefts from cultural institutions can be the Melbourne Museum
focus of intense scrutiny and sensational 11 Nicholson Street
reporting, but can then also be quickly Carlton
forgotten. Bookings required
RSVPlibrary@
Join one of our experts to hear about museum.vic.gov.au
astonishing histories of thefts from major Australian cultural institutions, including www.rarebookweek.com/1
thefts of valuable rare books. The talk will also identify patterns and trends in
Australian cases.
DISCOVER
Rare
Surveying the Rare Book Collection
Conservation at the Museums Victoria Library
Presented by Museums Victoria 2–3pm
Ever wondered about the work that goes on Melbourne Museum
behind the scenes to protect our rare books? 11 Nicholson Street
From 2012 to 2016 an in-depth conservation Carlton
Bookings required
&
survey was conducted of Museums’ our Rare RSVPlibrary@
Book Collection. museum.vic.gov.au
Collectible
Join our paper conservator to hear about the survey, results, key learnings, and how www.rarebookweek.com/2
the findings can be used to improve collection care. The library will display some
beautiful items from their little-known Rare Book Collection.
Books
The remarkable library of Bishop Goold
Its creation, loss and rediscovery
Presented by The C. J. La Trobe Society 6–8:30pm
Speaker: Shane Carmody Tonic House
Ground floor
Historian Shane Carmody will draw on research 386 Flinders Lane
from the current ARC project on the cultural Melbourne
legacy of James Alipius Goold (1812-1884), first Bookings required
Catholic Bishop of Melbourne. He built on the secretary@
Explore a vast selection of foundations set by Charles Joseph La Trobe to latrobesociety.org.au
(03) 9646 2112
create a European culture in a new landscape.
first editions, signed copies www.rarebookweek.com/3
and antiquarian books from
independent booksellers
around the world.
www.abebooks.com
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Saturday 30 June Saturday 30 June–Sunday 1 July events
Rare book appraisals Curators’ tour of World of the Book
Presented by ANZAAB Presented by State Library Victoria
12–1:30pm Speakers: Des Cowley & Anna Welch 3–3:45pm
Is there a priceless treasure on your bookshelf? Tonic House State Library Victoria
Are your family favourites, collected items, or Ground floor Join curators Des Cowley and Anna Welch for a Dome Galleries
inherited books of sentimental or market value? 386 Flinders Lane special tour of World of the Book, where you will Level 4, 328 Swanston Street
Melbourne view rare, beautiful and historically significant Melbourne
ANZAAB members Peter Arnold (Peter Arnold No bookings required books, from Audubon’s Birds of America to Bookings required
Pty. Ltd.), Mike O’Brien (Bradstreet’s Books) www.rarebookweek.com/4 1950s pulp fiction and contemporary works of (03) 8664 7099
art and design. www.rarebookweek.com/7
and Daffyd Davies (Sebra Prints) will offer free
appraisals.
Located in the galleries overlooking the magnificent La Trobe Reading Room, this exhibition celebrates the
Please note: a maximum of three items per person can be viewed. unique place of books in our hearts and minds.
A glassful of wine words Brief Encounters
Presented by Hince on Wine Literary travellers in Australia
Speaker: Michael Hince 2–3:30pm 6–7:30pm
Armadale Cellars Presented by Melbourne Library Service
Speakers: Susannah Fullerton & Chris Browne East Melbourne Library
Wine writer, broadcaster and historian Michael 813-817 High Street 122 George Street
Hince takes a look at the history of wine in Armadale Many literary giants have visited Australia East Melbourne
print in its various guises from the late 1950s Bookings required and recorded their observations. Was Darwin Bookings required
to today, when on-line and social media have www.rarebookweek.com/5 impressed with what he saw? Did Kipling prefer library@
spawned a plethora of wine bloggers. So much Melbourne or Sydney? Why did Trollope stay so melbourne.vic.gov.au
so there is almost as much written about wine as there are wine labels! long? Was Mark Twain’s humour appreciated? (03) 9658 9600
So if you have a nose for wine, enjoy an odd glass or two and like reading www.rarebookweek.com/8
Why was Conan Doyle here? Come along and
about wine and gastronomy, you will enjoy this entertaining glimpse into hear where these visitors went and what they
Australia’s contemporary world of wine words. had to say. Learn more about Susannah’s book Brief Encounters.
Image: watercolour drawing by Alissa Duke
Fanfrolicana: collecting and collectors Sunday 1 July
Presented by Private Libraries Association
Speaker: John Arnold 2:30–4pm The Australian Sketchbook
Tonic House Colonial life and the art of S T Gill
The Fanfrolico Press was started in Sydney in 2:30–3:30pm
Ground floor Presented by Old Treasury Building Old Treasury Building
the mid-1920s by Norman and Jack Lindsay 386 Flinders Lane Speaker: Dr Dianne Reilly AM 20 Spring Street
and John Kirtley. It was based in London from Melbourne
1926 to 1930 before folding. In its short life Bookings required Samuel Thomas Gill was well-known as ‘the Melbourne
artist of the goldfields’, his many sketches and Bookings required
it published some 47 books and a literary info@rarebookweek.com (03) 9651 2233
periodical. (03) 9654 8506 watercolours depicting the daily life of diggers
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www.rarebookweek.com/6 in search of that elusive metal - gold.
This talk will cover the publications of the press
and discuss some of the major Australian collectors of Fanfrolicana. Dr Dianne Reilly AM FRHSV, former La Trobe Librarian of the State Library of Victoria and co-founder of
The C J La Trobe Society, draws on the resources of State Library Victoria to illuminate Gill’s intriguing life
and great talent.
Join the enthusiasts for book collecting!
Periodic expert talks
& subscription to
Biblionews
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Monday 2 July events
The MV Anderson chess collection Rare score an ode to music
Presented by State Library Victoria A lost manuscript finds its rightful home
11–11:45am 1–2pm
Speaker: Jan McDonald Presented by Royal Historical Society of Victoria RHSV
6–6:45pm Speaker: Rod Reynolds
The two knights of our story are Magnus Victor State Library Victoria Drill Hall
Anderson, original donor of the collection, 328 Swanston Street The RHSV shares its home, the Drill Hall, with 239 A’Beckett Street
and Ken Fraser, its first true curator. Although Melbourne the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, founded in Melbourne
her tour will not visit all 64 squares on the (Meet in front foyer) 1853 to bring musical culture to the colony of Bookings required
Bookings required (03) 9326 9288
chessboard, Jan McDonald will outline the Victoria. An early performance was the opening www.rarebookweek.com/13
history of the collection, one of the largest in (03) 8664 7099 of the Melbourne Town Hall in 1870 at which
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in the world, and introduce you to some of the Euterpe, composed by Charles Horsley with librettist, poet Henry Kendall,
great chess treasures of the State Library, and was first performed. The conductor’s full score, of nearly 180 handwritten
demonstrate the history of writing on chess. pages, ‘went missing’ for 120 years in about 1890. As far as is known, it
only exists in a single copy.
Artist’s books Dark tales
What and why Gothic traditions in children’s books & fairy tales
Presented by Ephemera Society of Australia Inc. 11am–12pm Presented by Melbourne Library Service 6:30–7:30pm
Speaker: Mary Newsome RHSV Speaker: Bernadine Nolen North Melbourne Library
Officers’ Mess 66 Errol Street
Pop-up book, haiku on a kimono, artist’s 239 A’Beckett Street From the macabre to the morbid, from romance North Melbourne
bookish record of life. Charming and thought- Melbourne to horror, the Gothic tradition and motifs play Bookings required
provoking, the artist takes us through this Bookings required important roles in children’s books. What is the library@melbourne.vic.gov.au
focused or sometimes tangential written and mmbede810@gmail.com difference between a Gothic tale and a horror (03) 9658 9700
visual record of the experiences of the French SMS 0402 575 405 tale? Please join us for an evening of children’s www.rarebookweek.com/14
www.rarebookweek.com/11 Gothic tales, where the history of this genre
cake shop and the Australian bush. Delightful
and gorgeous books. will be revealed. Selected readings will be conducted. Gothic dress is
optional! Please note: This talk is for an adult audience.
Image: A rose is a rose is a book. Mary Newsome 2006. A hybrid rectangular rose printed
with title. Image: watercolour drawing by Alissa Duke
“Oppy” The music of war
The life of Sir Hubert Opperman Popular sheet music of the two World Wars
Presented by Melbourne Cricket Club Library 1–2pm Presented by Royal United Services Institute of Victoria 7–8pm
Speaker: Daniel Oakman Melbourne Cricket Club Australian Catholic University
Library Speaker: Major General (Ret’d) Michael O’Brien CSC Cathedral Hall
Hubert “Oppy” Opperman was a sporting icon, Level 3, Members Stand The Library of the Royal United Services 20 Brunswick Street
a cycling phenomenon whose epic feats of MCG, Yarra Park Institute of Victoria (founded 1890) has a Fitzroy
endurance captivated the cycling world. Until East Melbourne Bookings required
(Enter next to Gate 2) military collection recognised as one of national secretary@rusivic.org.au
now, Oppy has never been the subject of a significance. It has a remarkable collection
complete biography. By peeling away decades Bookings required www.rarebookweek.com/15
library@mcc.org.au of sheet music relating to war. This talk will
of mythology, Daniel Oakman tells Opperman’s (03) 9657 8876 be illustrated by many examples of this music, looking at its popular,
story like never before. As well as vividly www.rarebookweek.com/12 patriotic and propaganda values. There will be a live performance of
retelling his sporting triumphs, this book is the some of the songs. The collection will also be available for viewing.
first to consider the legacy of Opperman’s post-cycling career.
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Tuesday 3 July events
The medieval art of dying Sappho of Lesbos
Library Expeditions 2 11–11:45am and representations of women’s sexuality in Special Collections
Presented by State Library Victoria 6–6:45pm Presented by Monash University Library
Speaker: Dr Anna Welch State Library Victoria Speaker: Mia Goodwin 3–4pm
328 Swanston Street Monash Conference Centre
Medieval Christians were acutely aware of Melbourne This talk explores the archival process
death, and spent much of their lives preparing of historical recordings of sexuality, as Level 7, 30 Collins Street
(Meet in front foyer) Melbourne
for it. Through illuminated manuscripts and Bookings required represented in fictive works. Rather than Bookings required
early printed works from the State Library (03) 8664 7099 titillating representations aimed at heterosexual (03) 9905 2689
collection, Anna Welch will explore the www.rarebookweek.com/16 male audiences, this talk explores which www.rarebookweek.com/20
medieval ars moriendi (‘art of dying’) and the woman-centric works have been collected
iconographic theme of memento mori (‘remember that you have to die’), historically, and why.
including the ever-popular ‘dance of death’. Image: Woodcut illustration from an incunable German translation by Heinrich Steinhowel of Giovanni Boccaccio’s De mulieribus claris.
1474, photo by kladcat (CC BY)
Preservation of books, photographs and Collecting cook books
paper-based items 12–1pm
Presented by The Melbourne Athenaeum Library
6–7pm
Speaker: Richard Overell
Presented by Genealogical Society of Victoria GSV Meeting Room The Melbourne
Speaker: Debra Parry Level 6, 85 Queen Street Join Richard as he explores 19th and 20th Athenaeum Library
Many people have precious items such as Melbourne century English and Australian general cookery Level 1, 188 Collins Street
documents, photographs, memorabilia, artwork, Bookings required books, by such authors as Ambrose Heath and Melbourne
(03) 9662 4455 Elizabeth Craig. Richard will also be showing Bookings required
or other items that they would like to preserve www.rarebookweek.com/17 library@
and pass down to descendants. Such items are examples of works produced during World War
melbourneathenaeum.org.au
often in poor condition due to improper storage, II, books on meat, poultry, fish and vegetarian (03) 9650 3100
display or handling. This presentation will provide information on how cookery, cake-baking and sweet-making, www.rarebookweek.com/21
materials deteriorate and how to properly handle, store and display items cookbooks produced to promote electric and
to preserve them for the future. gas stoves, books on how to serve wine, and various Women’s Weekly
cookbooks.
Dark Imaginings Vampires and Victorian eroticism
Curator’s Floor Talk Presented by Melbourne Library Service
12–1pm 6–7:30pm
Presented by University of Melbourne Library Speaker: Chris Browne City Library
Speaker: Jen Hill Noel Shaw Gallery
1st floor, Baillieu Library Everyone has heard of Dracula on the one hand 253 Flinders Lane
Join exhibition curator Jen Hill for a walk University of Melbourne and Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the other. But how Melbourne
through the exhibition Dark Imaginings: Bookings required did the idea of the vampire enter literature and Bookings required
Gothic Tales of Wonder, which explores the www.rarebookweek.com/18 popular culture? We will show you the development library@melbourne.vic.gov.au
(03) 9658 9500
expression of the Gothic from the mid-18th of vampire literature from its roots in folk myth www.rarebookweek.com/22
century to the end of the 19th century, as represented in the University through high and not so high art to popular culture
Special Collections. It marks a number of important gothic anniversaries, in comic books, film and television. See how the link between the horrific and
including the bicentenary of the first publication of Frankenstein by Mary the erotic in 19th century vampire literature has created the contemporary
Shelley and the 200th birthday of Emily Bronte, author of Wuthering vampire that we all know. The event will feature readings and film clips.
Heights. Image: watercolour drawing by Alissa Duke
The Australia to come 2–3pm Discover William Blake
Exploring nineteenth-century visions Monash Conference Centre Artist, Poet, Visionary
of Australia’s future Level 7, 30 Collins Street 6:30–7:30pm
Melbourne Presented by National Gallery of Victoria
Speaker: John Windle Clemenger BBDO Auditorium
Presented by Monash University Library Bookings required NGV International
Speaker: Zachary Kendal (03) 9905 2689 William Blake used drawing and print media to Ground level
What kinds of futures did nineteenth-century www.rarebookweek.com/19 express his own visionary universe, as well as 180 St Kilda Road
Australian writers imagine? From stories those of authors such as Dante and Milton. His Melbourne
looking forward to better, utopian societies, to those warning against radiant watercolours and printed illustrations Bookings required
dark, dystopian turns, this body of literature engages with a broad range remain some of the most inspired and (03) 8620 2222
of contemporary Australian issues. Join Zachary Kendal, a librarian www.rarebookweek.com/23
innovative images of the Romantic era. American antiquarian bookseller John Windle
in Rare Books at Monash University, as he explores the diversity, and discusses the incredible life and work of this English artist and poet.
strangeness, of these speculative fictions.
Image: William Blake Dante running from the Three Beasts 1824, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno I, 1-90), pen & ink and
Image: P. A. Leason’s frontispiece to Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward: 2000-1887, Sydney: Socialist Labor Party, 1942. watercolour over pencil & black chalk, NGV, Melbourne, Felton Bequest, 1920
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Moveable and pop-up books Multidisciplinary art making
Library Expeditions 3 Prints, paintings, limited edition books and zines
Presented by State Library Victoria 11–11:45am Presented by The Melbourne Athenaeum Library
Speaker: Dr Juliet O’Conor 6–6:45pm Speaker: Deborah Klein 6–7pm
State Library Victoria The Melbourne
Pop-up books invite readers to participate 328 Swanston Street An artist working across a range of techniques Athenaeum Library
in story, combining imaginative inspiration Melbourne and disciplines, artist-in-residence Deborah Level 1, 188 Collins Street
in pictures and text with moveable parts. (Meet in front foyer) Klein will discuss her methods, materials, Melbourne
This presentation explores developments in Bookings required personal mythology, the importance of Bookings required
paper engineering from concertina books to (03) 8664 7099 storytelling and the theme that primarily library@
complex pop-ups from the 19th century to www.rarebookweek.com/24 melbourneathenaeum.org.au
underpins her work: the absence of women from history. An exhibition of her books (03) 9650 3100
today, showcasing early works published by Ernest Nister and Raphael Tuck, and and zines, including illustrations from the artist’s book Leaves of Absence, recently www.rarebookweek.com/28
contemporary creations by Robert Sabuda, David Carter, Sam Ita and David Pelham. acquired by the library, will provide a backdrop to the talk.
Please note: this talk is for an adult audience.
Material as metaphor 11am–12pm
The ABC of ABC 6–7:30pm
Presented by RMIT Design Archives Any Body Can (be an) Antiquarian Book Collector Tonic House
RMIT Design Archives Ground Floor
Speakers: Jenny Grigg & David Lancashire RMIT UNIVERSITY Presented by Book Collectors’ Society of Australia (Vic.)
Speaker: John Windle 386 Flinders Lane
A conversation between graphic designers Building 100 Melbourne
Jenny Grigg and David Lancashire. They will Cnr. Victoria & American antiquarian bookseller John Windle Bookings required
discuss their design practice with particular Swanston Streets talks about an amazing find during his time info@rarebookweek.com
Melbourne in the book trade, which led to his working at www.rarebookweek.com/29
reference to Lancashire’s career-long Bookings required
exploration of the materiality of paper. Quaritch in the 1960s before opening his own
rmitdesignarchives@
The session will include a special viewing of the rmit.edu.au business. John will explore the most commonly asked questions by
collections of Jenny Grigg and the Archives. (03) 9925 9942 book collectors: what is a “rare book” and how do you define “collecting”,
www.rarebookweek.com/25 the difference between “rare” and “collectible” and of course what
Image: David Lancashire, Hallelujah Christmas Promotion for KW Doggett Fine Paper, 2009, RMIT everyone secretly wants to know - “how can you judge the commercial value of rare books” and “will they
Design Archives. Photographed by Matthew Stanton
appreciate over time?”
Image: John Carter’s ABC for book collectors, Oak Knoll Press, 2016
Collecting sporting books
Annual rare sporting books panel discussion 1–2:30pm The University of Melbourne Library
Melbourne Cricket Club
Presented by Melbourne Cricket Club Library
Speakers: Gideon Haigh, Russell Jackson & Library has a long history of support by friends
Level 3, Members Stand
David Studham
MCG, Yarra Park since George McArthur gave his
Our expert panel of writers, historians and the East Melbourne
MCC librarian discuss highlights of our rare (Enter next to Gate 2)
Bookings required
outstanding collection to the University
book collection. Special emphasis this year on
pulped/recalled sporting books - those gems library@mcc.org.au
(03) 9657 8876
over 100 years ago. This was the
that were supposed to be recalled from sale for
legal or factual error reasons.
www.rarebookweek.com/26 Library’s first major bequest.
A gentleman’s library
Behind the scenes of the Parliament of Victoria’s 3–4pm Join the Friends of the Baillieu Library
Parliament House
rare book collection. Spring Street Breviary [use of Sarum] Benefits include:
Presented by Parliament of Victoria Melbourne England, south, perhaps
Speakers: Victoria Spicer and Sarah Edwards Bookings required • special events, including talks & visits to libraries
Oxford or London, c. 1340- • priority invitations to the Library’s exhibitions
Established on 14 November 1851, the rarebooks@
parliament.vic.gov.au 1350. Presented by Friends
Victorian Parliamentary Library is the second • discount on Library membership & borrowing fee
(03) 9651 8644 of the Baillieu Library,
oldest in Victoria. As one of Melbourne’s hidden www.rarebookweek.com/27 1974. Special Collections, • free Collections magazine subscription
treasures, this is a unique opportunity to view Baillieu Library, University
a selection of the Parliamentary Library’s extensive collection of rare Enquiries: leannelm@unimelb.edu.au
of Melbourne
books that reflect the cultural aspirations of Melbourne’s fledgling colony.
A selection of rare books will be on display including John Gould’s The Phone: 03 8344 5997
Birds of Australia and William Dampier’s A Collection of Voyages.
12 13Thursday 5 July events
Criminals, coppers, and columnists Kindertotenlieder by Bill Henson
The craft of collecting crime Presented by Douglas Stewart Fine Books
11–11:45am 5–7pm
Presented by State Library Victoria In an outpouring of grief after the death of his Douglas Stewart Fine Books
Speaker: Daniel Wee 6–6:45pm
State Library Victoria children from scarlet fever in 1833, German 720 High Street
From the seedy back alleys of early 20th 328 Swanston Street poet Friedrich Ruckert wrote 428 poems on the Armadale
century Melbourne to the unforgiving landscape Melbourne deaths of children. 70 years later the composer Bookings required
of the high country, discover the gritty and (Meet in front foyer) Gustav Mahler was so moved by these poems, info@douglasstewart.com.au
Bookings required (03) 9066 0200
sordid underbelly of crime through the State he began work on a song cycle, eventually www.rarebookweek.com/33
Library’s rich and surprising collections. (03) 8664 7099 scoring five of the poems. In 1976 Bill Henson
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From heart-wrenching letters to intriguing began work on a series of works inspired by
scrapbooks, Daniel Wee will tell the tale of some of Victoria’s most violent Ruckert’s poems and by Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder. He continued to work
crimes. on this series for 40 years.
The artist will be in attendance to sign copies at this book launch.
Guests of the Unspeakable The Gothic novel 6–8pm
A grand tour through lurid worlds Library at the Dock
Presented by Genealogical Society of Victoria Performance Space
Speaker: Douglas Heywood 12–1pm Presented by Melbourne Library Service
GSV Meeting Room Speaker: Chris Browne 107 Victoria Harbour
A presentation of the letters and diary of Level 6, 85 Queen Street Promenade, Docklands
Warrant Officer 1 William Scott Heywood, 2018 is the 200th anniversary of the Bookings required
Melbourne
POW Thai Burma Railway and Japan. The Bookings required publication of Frankenstein and is also the library@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Prelude: his letters to his wife before his (03) 9662 4455 200th anniversary of the birth of Emily Bronte, (03) 9658 9998
departure to Singapore; The Journey: his www.rarebookweek.com/31 author of Wuthering Heights. To mark these www.rarebookweek.com/34
letters while stationed at Malacca prior to the occasions, we are presenting a brief history of
fall of Singapore; A Prisoner: his diary as a POW in Burma from July the Gothic novel, highlighting important elements and influences of the
1942-March 1944; and At home: correspondence to his wife from the Gothic tradition. Readings will be given from key books, and brief clips
Defence Force and friends. from influential films will be shown. Chris’s personal choice of collectible
editions of Gothic novels will also be presented.
Watercolour drawing by Alissa Duke
Ghastly Gothic reads for kids The story of J. P. Quaine
Presented by Melbourne Library Service Presented by PMI Victorian History Library
Speaker: Jeanette Becklar 2–3pm Speaker: Professor Wallace Kirsop 7–8pm
East Melbourne Library PMI Victorian History Library
Can you remember the first scary story you 122 George Street J P. Quaine opened a secondhand and 39 St Edmonds Road
ever heard? The dark, mysterious and spooky East Melbourne antiquarian bookshop in Prahran during the Prahran
have always held a fascination for young Bookings required First World War, and continued in business Bookings required
readers. Come and listen to some favourite library@melbourne.vic.gov.au for the next four decades. He was noted as a (03) 9510 3393
ghastly stories and be inspired to create your (03) 9658 9600 collector and seller of “bloods”. In addition he www.rarebookweek.com/35
own Gothic masterpiece. You will discover the www.rarebookweek.com/32 was active as a journalist and contributor of
compulsory elements to write or illustrate a articles on collecting to newspapers and magazines. In this talk, Wallace
Gothic story. Suitable for 10 years and over. Kirsop will explore Quaine’s career.
Image: watercolour drawing by Alissa Duke
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Mobile-ready e-commerce websites for booksellers
with timed uploads to other marketplaces
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14 15Friday 6 July–Saturday 7 July workshops
Australian artists’ books: recent acquisitions School holiday workshop Mon–Fri 10:30am–12pm
Presented by State Library Victoria Pop-ups and paper mechanics State Library Victoria
Speaker: Des Cowley 11–11:45am 328 Swanston Street
Presented by State Library Victoria (Learning Services) Melbourne
2–2:45pm
American author and book artist Johanna State Library Victoria Be inspired by the State Library’s magnificent collection of rare (Meet in front foyer)
Drucker has categorised the artist book as “the 328 Swanston Street books, then use your imagination to create your own pop-up Bookings required
quintessential 20th-century art form”. State Melbourne masterpiece to take home! This free workshop includes a tour of the Library’s (03) 8664 7555
Library Victoria has been actively collecting (Meet in front foyer) beautiful exhibition World of the book, with sessions for children aged 5-8 and 9-12 www.rarebookweek.com/41
limited edition books made by Australian artists since the late 1980s, and holds one Bookings required years, their parents and carers.
of the major collections in the country. (03) 8664 7099
This session provides an opportunity to view a selection of recently acquired artists’
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Make your own rare Life Book Thu 10–11am
books by Deanna Hitti, Phil Day, Gracia & Louise, Deborah Klein, and others. Presented by Monash Public Library Service Mount Waverley Library
41 Miller Crescent
Image: courtesy of Suzanne Schmollgruber. Design your very own rare Life Book. Bring photographs of your Mount Waverley
proudest moments: those you would like to be remembered Bookings required
by, that show your profession, your passions and the ones that (03) 9807 5022
Legal luminaries and their books define who you are. Library staff will help you get started scanning and compiling www.rarebookweek.com/42
Presented by Law Library of Victoria these photos into your own Life Book. They will tell you how you can order a printed
1–2pm book that you and your loved ones can cherish for years to come.
The Law Library of Victoria brings together a Supreme Court Library
discussion panel of eminent members of the 210 William Street
legal community to share their passion for Melbourne exhibitions
books. Bookings required
libraryevents@ World of the Book Daily10am–6pm
Held annually in the iconic Supreme Court supcourt.vic.gov.au Presented by State Library Victoria Thu 10am–9pm
Library, this session is intended to celebrate (03) 9603 6282 An annually refreshed display of rare books, housed on the 4th State Library Victoria
the richness of the written word and the beauty of the book. After the presentations, www.rarebookweek.com/37 floor of State Library Victoria’s magnificent domed reading room. Dome Galleries
audience members will be invited to offer questions to the panel to stimulate further View rare, beautiful and historically significant books, from Level 4
discussion. 328 Swanston Street
Audubon’s Birds of America to 1950s pulp fiction and contemporary works of art and Melbourne
design. This free exhibition celebrates the unique place of books in our hearts and No bookings required
minds. www.rarebookweek.com/43
The Malcolm Fraser personal library
Presented by Melbourne Law School Library Synthesizers: sound of the future Sun-Fri 12–4pm
Speakers: Carole Hinchcliff & Katie Wood 3–3:45pm Presented by Grainger Museum Sat closed
Malcolm Fraser Room Grainger Museum
Law School Librarian, Carole Hinchcliff, and Melbourne Law School Today’s musical hackers, sound artists and digital musicians Gate 13, Royal Parade
Katie Wood, Archivist - Access and Outreach, University of Melbourne who patch and share and experiment with sound are the direct Parkville
will show highlights of The Malcolm Fraser University Square beneficiaries of innovators in electronic sound in the second half of the twentieth No bookings required
Collection at the University of Melbourne, which 185 Pelham Street century. The Grainger Museum was at the heart of musical experimentation in www.rarebookweek.com/44
currently consists of one hundred metres of Carlton Melbourne in the late 1960s.
family and personal records relating to the Bookings required
Multidisciplinary art making
www.rarebookweek.com/38
former Prime Minister of Australia, the Rt. Hon. Sat 10am–2pm
Malcolm Fraser and his personal library. Presented by The Melbourne Athenaeum Library Mon, Tue, Thu 10am–6pm
Wed 10am–8pm
During her exhibition and residency, Deborah Klein will develop
Saturday 7 July drawings and linocuts for two artist books influenced by female
Fri 10am–4pm
The Melbourne
characters in the Gothic Novel, with a particular focus on Emily
Curators’ tour of World of the Book Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.
Athenaeum Library
Level 1, 188 Collins Street
Presented by State Library Victoria Melbourne
3–3:45pm A selection of Deborah’s books and zines, including illustrations from the artist book No bookings required
Speakers: Des Cowley & Anna Welch Leaves of Absence, recently acquired by the library, will be on display.
State Library Victoria www.rarebookweek.com/45
Join curators Des Cowley and Anna Welch for a Dome Galleries
special tour of World of the Book, where you will Level 4, 328 Swanston Street Dark Imaginings
view rare, beautiful and historically significant Melbourne Gothic tales of wonder Daily 10am–5pm
books, from Audubon’s Birds of America to Bookings required Presented by University of Melbourne Library Noel Shaw Gallery
1950s pulp fiction and contemporary works of (03) 8664 7099 1st floor, Baillieu Library
www.rarebookweek.com/39 This exhibition explores the expression of the Gothic from University of Melbourne
art and design. the mid-18th to the end of the 19th centuries, marking the No bookings required
Located in the galleries overlooking the magnificent La Trobe Reading Room, this exhibition celebrates the bicentenary of the first publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. www.rarebookweek.com/46
unique place of books in our hearts and minds. Displayed are rare early gothic novels and works of the Graveyard
poets. Also explored is scientific work of anatomists and the proponents of galvanism, whose attempts at re-
animation influenced Shelley, and the role of technology in the raising of ghosts.
16 17Friday 6 July–Sunday 8 July rare book fair
The 46th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair
Presented by The Australian and New Fri 6–9pm
Zealand Association of Antiquarian Sat 10am–5pm
Booksellers Sun 10am–5pm
Thirty-two Australian and international
antiquarian booksellers will offer a rich Wilson Hall
and diverse array of items catering for University of Melbourne
all who genuinely love print on paper Grattan Street, Carlton
and who share a passion for books. No bookings required
Millions of dollars worth of rare and
collectible books, maps, photographs www.rarebookfair.com
and manuscript material will be on offer
at this major event in the Australian antiquarian book calendar, at
prices to suit all levels of collecting.
rare book fair exhibitors
Adelaide’s Pop-Up Bookshop 27 Archives Fine Books 24
Kate Treloar & Nick Patrick Hamish Alcorn & Dawn Albinger
Eastern Roadway, Central Market, Adelaide SA 5000 40 Charlotte Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
PO Box 12123, Adelaide SA 5000 archivesfinebooks@gmail.com
thepopupbookshop@gmail.com www.archivesfinebooks.com.au
www.adelaidespopupbookshop.com.au (07) 3221 0491
0402 344 690 Antiquarian; Australiana; Ephemera; Literature
Literature Poetry; Military & Naval
Ankh Antiquarian Books 17 Peter Arnold 19
Jennifer A Jaeger Peter Arnold
3 Westbrook Street, Chadstone VIC 3148 606 High Street, Prahran VIC 3181
PO Box 133, Darling VIC 3145 PO Box 3023, Prahran East VIC 3181
jennifer@ankhantiquarianbooks.com.au books@peterarnold.com.au
www.ankhantiquarianbooks.com.au www.peterarnold.com.au
(03) 9888 1990 (03) 9529 2933
Academic Books; Antiquarian; Archaeology Australiana; Colonial Paintings & Prints; Fine & Rare Books;
Classics; Egyptology; History Manuscripts; Maps; Photographs
The Antique Bookshop & Curios 15 Asia Bookroom 10
Peter Tinslay & Sean Tinslay Sally Burdon
Level 1/328 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest NSW 2065 Unit 2, 1-3 Lawry Place, Macquarie ACT 2614
PO Box 7127, McMahons Point NSW 2060 books@AsiaBookroom.com
peter@antiquebookshop.com.au www.AsiaBookroom.com
www.antiquebookshop.com.au (02) 6251 5191
(02) 9966 9925 Asia; China; Japan; South East Asia
Australiana; Bookplates; Fine Bindings; Children’s Books Travel; Voyages & Exploration
Holocaust & Nazi Germany;
Antique Print Map Room 20 Astrolabe Booksellers 8
Louis & Susie Kissajukian Michael Sprod
Shop 189/392 Jones Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 PO Box 3113, West Hobart TAS 7000
info@antiqueprintmaproom.com michael@astrolabebooks.com.au
www.antiqueprintmaproom.com www.astrolabebooks.com.au
(02) 9267 4355 0408 132 970
Antique Prints; Australiana; Botanical Art & Prints Antarctica; Australiana; Fine & Rare Books
Colonial Paintings & Prints; Maps; Photographs History; Local History; Maritime
19rare book fair exhibitors
Books for Cooks 5 Peter Harrington 18 Louella Kerr Books 7 Shapero Rare Books 3
Tim White & Amanda Schulze Peter Harrington Louella Kerr Bernard Shapero
129-131 Therry Street, Queen Victoria Market 100 Fulham Road 17 Palace Street, Petersham NSW 2049 32 Saint George Street
Melbourne VIC 3000 London SW3 6HS UK books@louellakerrbooks.com.au London W1S 2EA UK
shop@booksforcooks.com.au mail@peterharrington.co.uk www.louellakerrbooks.com.au rarebooks@shapero.com
www.booksforcooks.com.au www.peterharrington.co.uk (02) 9569 0156 www.shapero.com
(03) 8415 1415 (+44) 20 7591 0220 Fine & Rare Books; Australiana; Literature (+44) 20 7493 0876
Food & Cookery; Wine; Gastronomy Fine & Rare Books; Literature; Military & Naval; Science Illustrated Books Colour Plate Books; First Editions; Hebraica & Judaica
Travel; Voyages & Exploration; Economics Natural History; Russia; Travel; Voyages & Exploration
Books on Dean 25 Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc. 30 Josef Lebovic Gallery 13 Somerset House Books 6
Charles & Mary Stitz Jonathan A. Hill Josef & Jeanne Lebovic Margaret Dunstan
3/444 Dean Street, Albury NSW 2640 325 West End Avenue, Apt. 10B 103A Anzac Parade, Kensington NSW 2033 563 Willoughby Road, Willoughby NSW 2068
booksondean@bigpond.com New York NY 10023 USA PO Box 93, Kensington NSW 2033 PO Box 1305, Potts Point NSW 2011
www.booksondean.com.au jonathan@jonathanahill.com josef@joseflebovicgallery.com margaret@somersethousebooks.com.au
(02) 6021 3230 www.jonathanahill.com www.joseflebovicgallery.com www.lovevintagebooks.com.au
Australian History; The Classics; Military History (+1) 917 294 2678 0411 755 887 (02) 9967 0017
Fly Fishing; Guns & Hunting; Archery Books about Books; Early Printing; Japan; Medicine Antique Prints; Photographs; Paintings; Posters Transport; Australiana; Aboriginal Australia; Australian Art
Travel; Voyages & Exploration Books; Australian ephemera Local History; History; Children’s Books; Ephemera
Bradstreet’s Books 22 Kenneth Hince Old & Fine Books 14 Littera Scripta 1 Douglas Stewart Fine Books 21
Mike O’Brien Barbara Hince Andrew Leckie Douglas Stewart
PO Box 1085, Carlton VIC 3053 PO Box 1178, Hartwell VIC 3124 18 Mitchell Street, Baringhup VIC 3463 720 High Street, Armadale VIC 3143
mikeobrien@bigpond.com bookshop@hincebooks.com.au info@litterascripta.com.au info@douglasstewart.com.au
0419 263 625 www.hincebooks.com.au www.litterascripta.com.au www.douglasstewart.com.au
Australian Military; Australian Literature (03) 9809 1367 0409 020 768 (03) 9066 0200
Australian & Pacific Voyages; Australian Discovery & Exploration; Early Printed Leaves; Illuminated Manuscripts Leaves Art: Australian; Australiana; China; Norman Lindsay
Travel; English Literature; Antiquarian Artworks on Paper Travel; Voyages to Australia
Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller 9 Hordern House Rare Books 29 Mark’s Book Barn 16 Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers 31
Kay Craddock AM & Jonathan Burdon AM Anne McCormick OAM & Derek McDonnell Mark Burgess Michael & Susan Treloar
156 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Level 2, 255 Riley Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 215 Homer Street, Earlwood NSW 2206 196 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
books@kaycraddock.com PO Box 588, Darlinghurst NSW 1300 PO Box 198, Earlwood NSW 2206 GPO Box 2289, Adelaide SA 5001
www.kaycraddock.com books@hordern.com markfb@bigpond.net.au treloars@treloars.com
(03) 9654 8506 www.hordern.com 0417 065 089 www.treloars.com
Australiana; Books about Books; Children’s Books (02) 9356 4411 Australiana; Ephemera; Local History; Militaria (08) 8223 1111
Literature; Militaria; Private Press Books Colonial Paintings & Prints; Pacific; Travel Sporting Books; Transport Australiana; Ephemera; Illustrated Books; Manuscripts;
Voyages & Exploration; Voyages to Australia Photographs; Travel; Voyages & Exploration
Grant’s Bookshop 2 Andrew Isles 23 Sainsburys Books 4 Ursus Rare Books 11
Nick Dawes Andrew & Belinda Isles John & Prue Sainsbury Adam Gorfin
Unit 4, 91 Tulip Street, Sandringham VIC 3191 Rear 115 Greville Street, Prahran VIC 3181 534 Riversdale Road, Camberwell VIC 3124 50 East 78th Street, Suite 1C
PO Box 599, Black Rock VIC 3193 books@AndrewIsles.com john@sainsburysbooks.com.au New York NY 10075 USA
rarebooks@grantsbookshop.com.au www.andrewisles.com www.sainsbuysbooks.com.au agorfin@ursusbooks.com
www.grantsbookshop.com.au (03) 9510 5750 (03) 9882 7705 www.ursusbooks.com
(03) 9585 4181 Antiquarian; Botany; Fine & Rare Books Architecture; Art; Literature; Photographs (+1) 212 772 8787
Australiana; Children’s Books; Australian Literature Natural History; Ornithology Architecture; Art; Artists’ Books; Avant-Garde Books
Modern First Editions Illustrated Books
Harbeck Rare Books 26 Kagerou Bunko 12 Sebra Prints 32 John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller 28
Jörn Harbeck Ryu Sato Dafydd Davies John Windle
PO Box 1610, Carindale, Brisbane Qld 4152 3-26-3 Ogawamachi, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku PO Box 7009, Doncaster East VIC 3109 49 Geary Street, Suite 233
info@harbeck.com.au Tokyo Japan daf@sebraprints.com.au San Francisco CA 94108 USA
harbeck.com.au info@kageroubunko.com www.sebraprints.com.au john@johnwindle.com
0416 362 443 www.kageroubunko.com 0410 520 100 www.johnwindle.com
Australiana; Manuscripts; Natural History; Pacific & Papua New (+81) 03 3291 5001 Antique Prints; Australiana; Botanical Art & Prints 01 415 986 5826
Guinea; Photographs; Queensland; Travel; Voyages & Exploration Art; Illustrated Books; Japan; Asia; Photography Colonial Paintings & Prints; Voyages to Australia Bindings; William Blake; Children’s Books; Illustrated Books;
Children’s Books Illuminated Manuscripts; Press Books & Fine Printing
20 21rare book fair floorplan
1–Littera Scripta
9 10 11 12 2–Grant’s Bookshop
3–Shapero Rare Books
4–Sainsburys Books
8 26
5–Books for Cooks THE ABA CHELSEA
13 6–Somerset House Books
7
7–Louella Kerr Books
8–Astrolabe Booksellers
RARE BOOK FAIR
14 25 27 9–Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller
6 10–Asia Bookroom
15 24
SAVE THE DATE
www.chelseabookfair.com
11–Ursus Rare Books
5 12–Kagerou Bunko
28
16 23 13–Josef Lebovic Gallery
14–Kenneth Hince Old & Fine Books
15–The Antique Bookshop & Curios
17 22 16–Mark’s Book Barn
17–Ankh Antiquarian Books
29 18–Peter Harrington
4 19–Peter Arnold
18 21
20–Antique Print Map Room
21–Douglas Stewart Fine Books
30 22–Bradstreet’s Books
3 23–Andrew Isles
24–Archives Fine Books
19 20 25–Books on Dean
31 26–Harbeck Rare Books
2 27–Adelaide’s Pop-Up Bookshop
28–John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
29–Hordern House Rare Books
1 32 30–Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc.
31–Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
32–Sebra Prints
How to get there
Melways: 2B, 43 and 75A
Trams: Swanston Street—1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67, 72
2-3 November 2018
Elizabeth Street/Royal Parade—19
Parking: University Square Car Park
(fees apply)
Entry Berkeley Street
(near cnr of Grattan Street)
CHELSEA OLD TOWN HALL
Note: There is no parking on campus
Grattan Street is closed due to Metro KING’S ROAD, LONDON SW3 5EE
Tunnel work.
Consult University website for more
information.
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