Albert Henry Spencer papers, 1907, ca. 195- to 1959

MLMSS 606

fonds

1907-1959

937238

1 box and 1 folder of textual material - manuscript, typescript, printed

Albert Henry Spencer, bookseller and book collector, founded the Hill of Content Bookshop, Melbourne, Victoria in 1922

BOX 1
a. 'The Hill of Content: and Books, Art, Music, People. A discussive story'. Final draft
Order in manuscript differs from that in printed book, while text is substantially the same. Two sections do not appear in the printed version, the story of William Hunter, etcher, sketching a Melbourne street character, the Greek Scholar, and a discourse on Vizetelly's Extracts principally from English Classics

b. Letters (4) from Angus and Robertson Ltd., 1957-1959 relating to the publication of the above; with pages from first draft

FOLDER 2
c. Copy of Carols of Cockayne by Henry S. Leigh containing a pencil sketch of David Scott Mitchell by Walter Syer on fly leaf, ca. 1907

MS., typescript and printed. Illus.

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-228B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Keyword subject:
Melbourne (Vic.) -- Social life and customs.