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John Holroyd (1911-2000) was an Australian antiquarian bookseller and historian.
Early life and education edit
Born John Percy Holroyd on (date)...
"John Holroyd, OAM" The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 December 2000, p. 26
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http://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-66/t1-g-t6.html
https://www.librarything.com/author/holroydjohn
Book labels of Australia. The Holroyd Collection. Catalogue of an exhibition in the Queen’s Hall, State Library of Victoria, 15 June – 31 July 1987. Publishing details: Melbourne : State Library of Victoria, 1987. Duodecimo, wrappers with paper label, pp. [xvi]; reproductions. https://www.artresearch.com.au/results/?criteria=&skip=89750&max=50
QUOTE The 1987 exhibition ... includes a flyer, an invitation to the opening, a 16-page booklet, and a sheet of labels from Hall’s Book Store in Melbourne and Prahran. UNQUOTE https://www.facebook.com/groups/255807868673068/posts/557495808504271
QUOTE The booklet contains a brief bio of Holroyd and a short history of booksellers’ labels. The sections include The Angus and Robertson Empire; Some Labels Speak Volumes; The Bookshop of Margareta Webber; Religious Bookshops; Melbourne’s Radical Bookshops; Cole’s Book Arcades; and A Logo Evolves (Sydney’s Grahame Book Company). UNQUOTE https://www.facebook.com/groups/255807868673068/posts/557495808504271
ALSO: The exhibition is listed at: https://bookcollectors.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Biblionews-Combined-Index-1-400.pdf
Bibliography edit
- The Australian Book Trade : A Bookseller's Contribution to its History, Melbourne: Braidwood Press, 2015.
- George Robertson of Melbourne 1825-1898: Pioneer Bookseller & Publisher, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1968.
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