Some early booksellers and publishers: An address given to the Royal Australian Historical Society b...
Some early booksellers and publishers: An address given to the Royal Australian Historical Society by George Ferguson, September 1967
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Date
September 1967
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9769
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1 folder, 48 pp. - Carbon copy of typescript
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Fonds
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Contents
This speech, discussing 19th century booksellers, was given by George Ferguson to the Royal Australian Historical Society, and formed the basis of his book 'Some early Australian bookmen' (1978). The typescript contains additional typed and ink corrections and insertions. Endnote numbers are inserted in pencil.
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Full title
Some early booksellers and publishers: An address given to the Royal Australian Historical Society by George Ferguson, September 1967
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Source
Harbeck Rare Books, Manuscripts, Photographs, Maps
Collection history
Acquired from Lloyd's Bookshop, Brisbane in ca. 1990.
Administrative / Biographical history
George Ferguson was the grandson of one of Angus and Robertson's founders George Robertson. His father was the bibliographer John Alexander Ferguson. He began working for the company in 1927, and took over as Angus and Robertson's publisher after World War II.
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 9769
Record Identifier
YRlBoj2n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlBoj2n
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Reference code
1000012
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