The Mitchell Library, Sydney. Historical and Descriptive Notes
Sydney, Trustees of the Public Library of NSW, 1936.
Quarto, [xii], 122 pages plus 22 plates (including 2 tipped-in colour plates).
Quarter cloth and papered boards; covers a little marked and sunned; bottom corners slightly bumped; spine lettering faded (as often); a very good copy.
One of of 1,000 copies; with the original purchase receipt loosely inserted. 'Under Ida Leeson's direction the Mitchell Library, in the 1930s, consolidated its position as the pre-eminent repository of Australian and Pacific documents ... important exhibitions were mounted for the 1936 centenary of Mitchell's birth and for the 1938 150th anniversary celebrations. For the former, Ida Leeson produced 'The Mitchell Library, Sydney: Historical and Descriptive Notes, a definitive guide'' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography').
Item #126920
Price (AUD):
$40.00