This edition focuses on books - collectors of books, bookshop owners, a 1649 atlas, a rare book of hours printed in Paris in 1531 by humanist Geofroy Tory, the first Indigenous Australian children's book, and more.
List of contents
- From the Editorial Chair
- The Library of Robert Carl Sticht by Heather Gaunt
- A Note on A. H. Spencer and the Hill of Content Bookshop by John Arnold
- A Little Master's Piece by Dorothy Prescott
- Geofroy Tory's 1531 Book of Hours by Hilary Maddocks
- Linnaeus Tripe's Views of Burma by Olga Tsara
- The Legends of Moonie Jarl: Our first Indigenous Children's Book by Juliet O'Conor
- A Life of Scholarship: A. B. Foxcroft at the Melbourne Public Library by Shane Carmody
Feature article
Juliet O'Conor explains the background of the author and the illustrator of The Legends of Moonie Jarl, the first Indigenous Australian children's book written and illustrated by the Indigenous people to whom the stories belonged.
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