RARE AND BEAUTIFUL BOOKS
IN THE BLUESTONE
WESLEY COLLEGE BLUESTONE | 14 SERVICE STREET CLUNES
STATE LIBRARY VICTORIA
State Library Victoria are displaying a selection of rare
and beautiful books, including a volume of Samuel
Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language
(1755), and other milestones in the European quest to
organise and record knowledge of the world between
th e covers of a book. Staff from the Library will be on
hand to talk to visitors and interpret the works. These
titles provide a small snapshot of the vast collection
of rare books housed at State
Library Victoria.
For more information
visit www.slv.vic.gov.au
ANKH ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
Established 1989, specialising in rare books on
Ancient Egypt and Ancient History. See Egyptian
Mummies by Pettigrew, a 1605 Seneca Opera in
Latin, David Roberts Holy Land pages, Rollin’s Egypt,
Latin and Ancient Greek books, and an elephant folio
of beautiful views of Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land.
Jennifer A. Jaeger
0419 395 782
[email protected]
www.ankhantiquarianbooks.com.au
ASTROLABE
Bringing a range of good quality books, largely (but
not only) relating to Australiana, Tasmaniana, maritime
and polar topics, but with more of an emphasis
this year on old and rare titles from a variety of
subjects. Member of the Australian and New Zealand
Association of Antiquarian Booksellers, affiliated ILAB.
Michael Sprod
0408 132 970
[email protected]
www.astrolabebooks.com.au
04 CLUNES BOOKTOWN FESTIVAL 2017
BELLCOURT BOOKS
Early Australian settlement and exploration including
first fleet journals, Australian local histories, rare
bookplate books from 1930’s Sydney, Dickens first
edtions, a 500 year-old breviary, medieval history, a
set of Robert Surtees sporting novels, military history
- Crimean War. MINERVA’S BOOKS
Minerva’s Books is a new second hand bookshop
situated at the front of the Mechanics’ Institute
on Sturt St, Ballarat. We focus on books with
longevity, and stock a quality mixture of classic and
contemporary fiction, history, Australiana, special
interest, and antiquarian.
Guy Stephens
63 Gray Street Hamilton
03 5572 1310 | 0409 786 276
[email protected] Julian Potter
121 Sturt Street, Ballarat
03 4310 6623
[email protected]
www.minervasbooks.com
CLUNES REGIONAL ART GROUP
ARTISTS’ HANDMADE BOOKS
A collection of handmade books by members of the
Clunes Regional Art Group. Each artist has explored
the notion of “what is a book”. With a diverse range
of media and materials, a creative exploration of
structure and content, and a limited criteria - A5 size
or smaller and at least four “pages” - the artists have
shown that anything is possible and that a book is still
and always a precious thing of great inherent value.
NICHOLAS JONES BOOK SCULPTURE
Obsolete text books, tattered pulp fictions and disused
dictionaries are a source of creative inspiration for
sculptor Nicholas Jones. In most cultures, books are
revered as repositories of stories, factual information
and images. Jones’ use of books as the basis of his
art shifts our ‘reading’ of these familiar objects to a
sculptural idiom appreciated for its physical shape
and allusion.
www.bibliopath.org
LITTERA SCRIPTA
As Australia’s specialist dealer in medieval/
renaissance documents, we will be bringing original
illuminated manuscript leaves, dated 12th to 15th
century as well as original printed leaves from the
15th to 17th century. All items are original, definitely
no reproductions. ILAB & ANZAAB member.
Andrew Leckie
03 5475 1474 | 0409 020 768
[email protected]
www.litterascripta.com.au
THE LYTLEWODE PRESS
publishes books about artists and aspects of art. Most
often these books contain original graphic prints. The
Lytlewode Press is one of Australia’s leading private
press publishers, with a history of producing fine
volumes over several decades on established and
outsider artists. The Lytlewode Press is exclusively
represented in Australia by Art Bitch Pty. Ltd.
Robert C. Littlewood
[email protected]
0422 635 327
P. O. Box 7 Central Park Victoria 3145
www.lytlewode.com
THE VICTORIAN BOOKBINDERS’ GUILD
Formed by a group of professional and amateur
bookbinders to maintain and foster the art, craft
and practice of bookbinding, both contemporary
and historical, so that traditional techniques will be
preserved. At Clunes, the guild will be displaying a
range of historical and contemporary binding styles
and holding demonstrations of section sewing and
end banding – come along and have a go! If you have
a book that needs repairing, why not bring it along for
an assessment?
Robert Ford and Jim Finger
0419 524 320
[email protected]
www.vbg.net.au
VICTORIAN SCRABBLE ASSOCIATION AND THE
BALLARAT SCRABBLE CLUB
The Ballarat Scrabble Club and Victorian Scrabble
Association will be hosting games through the
weekend. Come along and enjoy some word play.
They’ll also be selling a range of Scrabble games and
merchandise.
Neville Hesketh (Ballarat Scrabble Club)
0417 057 598
[email protected]
WILLO PRESS
Joy Serwylo creates an eclectic variety of creative
artist’s books that will be exhibited at the Wesley
Bluestone church. In addition will be the sale of her
miniature tomes. Seriously small sometimes funny,
but traditionally hardbound.
Joy Serwylo
0438 272 779
[email protected]
willopress.wordpress.com
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