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Australian "tramwayana". It publishes book reviews relating to book collecting or aspects of the book, news of auctions, publications and trade catalogues, bibliographies and checklists, private press books, exhibitions, appointments, departures and deaths. It runs series on book collectors past and present, uncollected authors, unfamiliar libraries (public and private) and book bindings new and old.
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24:) has been a focus for Australian book collectors to share their enthusiasm for books of all kinds, Australian and foreign, including antiquarian books. It was founded in Sydney in 1944, and its journal
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Bidgood, Jeff (2009). Some reminiscences of a member of the Book
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The BCSA was established by five Sydney book collectors at a meeting in Sydney in 1944. They were
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Hough, Michael (2017). A short history of the Book
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The Passionate Bibliophile: The Story of Walter Stone, Australian Bookman Extraordinaire
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