About
The BOOK COLLECTORS’ SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
Active since 1944, the Society is a focus for collectors to meet and share their enthusiasm for books of all kinds.
There are four meetings a year, with a guest speaker, often one of the members, who shares with others some of the treasures of his or her collection. (By ‘treasures’ we don’t necessarily mean rare and expensive books, though if you have some of those we’d love to know about them; we mean books which are special to you.)
The last meeting of the year is traditionally the ‘Show and Tell’ meeting, when members are invited to bring an item from their collection and talk about it for a few minutes. It’s always a lively and interesting meeting.
Members receive a quarterly journal, Biblionews, which publishes articles about books and collecting, book reviews, and notes about meetings and news.
We hope you’ll join us. The annual subscription is AU$30, but why not come along to a few meetings (there’s no charge) and experience the pleasure of being among fellow enthusiasts? We usually meet on Saturday afternoons at the Summer Hill Community Centre, near Summer Hill station and adjacent to a free car park.
For further information feet free to contact the Secretary, Dr Mark Ferson, 4 Sofala Ave., Riverview NSW 2066
e-mall: m.ferson@unsw.edu.au
Links
Alcuin Society A voluntary association of people who care about the past, present and future of fine books
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America An association of rare book sellers in the United States
Collecting Books and Magazines: Authors and Artists Resource material for collectors of children’s books and magazines
Collegiate Book Collecting Championship Annual collegiate book collecting contest, promoting book collecting to the next generation
Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, by Matt T. Roberts and Don Etherington
Books and Book Collecting Information and resources for book collectors
The conservation of books and documents: ten frequently asked questions At the National Library of the Netherlands
Conservation OnLine: Resources for Conservation Professionals A project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries
Digital Librarian A librarian’s choice of the best Web resources for book collectors
“Terms of the Trade” from the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Useful Guides for Book Collectors from Vintage Paperbacks blog
Infography about Book Collecting A book collector’s choice of the best books, articles, and online resources.
http://www.penguincollectorssociety.org/home.htm The Penguin Collectors’ Society.
http://www.plabooks.org/ The Private Libraries Association.
http://www.thebookcollector.co.uk/index.html The Book Collector (UK collectors’ journal).
http://www.collectors-club-of-great-britain.co.uk/magazines/default.asp?magazine=12 Book & Magazine Collector (UK).
http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/clubs.html Book & Magazine Collector (Australia).
http://www.stoplaughing.com.au/bookplatesociety/ The New Australian BOOKPLATE Society
