Classic film literature and culinary guides in one listing
A survey of books published by Spring Books and other presses, highlighting cinema history titles by Paul Rothe and Richard Siffith and the Larousse Gastronomique. It includes accounting texts, tax guides, bird lists, and the Bartenders Guide, with prices and publication details in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Paul Rothe
Richar Siifith
Spring Books
Searles
Roneli Searies
Dennis
Larousse Gastrosomique
Prosper Mon
Sener
Taut
Ictires
Kamlasraive
Brown
Wlifon
Emisthein
Royal, Australasian Ornithologists Union
Soe
A. Ind R
Indy
A.C.T
P. Te Falggi
Garden City
Sma
Grimwade biography reveals a pivotal Australian industrialist
The article reviews a book on Russell Grimwade, detailing his role across fertiliser, glass, industrial gases, and dry ice firms, and his influence on Australian capitalism. It notes his mix of size driven enterprise with personal restraint, and highlights anecdotes from early motoring to wartime crutch making, praising it for readers with Victorian ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimwade
Miegunyah
Felton
Cuming Smith
Australian Glass Manufacturers
Commonwealth Oxygen
Carba
Australian Consolidated Industries
JCI
Duntevy
Poynter
Boswell
Russell Grimwade
Melbourne
Adelaide
Australia
An age of grace and lusty living
Elizabeth Burton surveys the Georgian upper crust from 1714 to 1830 in a witty, entertaining account. She contrasts rich and poor, notes smallpox and vaccination, quacks, and royal patronage. The text covers dieting, dining, seating, cosmetics, wigs, architecture, furniture, pottery, gardens, theatres, spas, and social manners with vivid period detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aving
Elizabeth Burton
Gloucestershire
Edward Jenner
Surgeons’ Company
Royal Crescent
Bath
Sheraton
Chippendale
Hepplewhite
Adam and Regency
Felix Kelly
Sheffield Plate
Britannia
Minton
Spode
Wedgwood
Worcester
New local history explodes a myth Riverina 1861 1891 study review
A critical review of G. Le Buxton’s Riverina 1861 1891 Australian regional study. The Melbourne University Press volume challenges prior views, revises Crown Lands history, and highlights cattle dominance, Robertson’s Acts, and the shift in land and people relations with extensive documentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverina
G. le Buxton
Melbourne University Press
Robertson
Murray
Murrumbidgee
Tom Collins
Arthur Boyd
Buxton
Hancock
Australia
Melbourne
Victorian
Roberts
Shann
Morris and Ranken
Crown Lands
Deniliquin
Wagga
Albury
Morris and
Ranken
Tolkien for all ages YOUNG READERS TALES OF FAERY
A Jackson era review notes Tolkien and Welch juvenile fiction. Tolkien is praised for characterisation and village life contrasts with Faery realms in Young Readers Tolkien is for all ages. The Welch book follows Henry Carey in Elizabethan seafaring adventures with vivid nautical detail and fencing craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolkien
Ronald Welch
Carey
Holy Land
Henry Carey
Earl of Aubigny
Elizabeth
Mr Welch
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Cumberland Terrace
John Nash
George Stephenson
Angus & Robertson
Asm
Angus & Robertson Ltd
Foot
Ana Supplies
Kingsto East
Rom
Pirie
Fyshwick
Geoffrey Saver
Pauling Baynes
Smith
Wootton Major
Longinus
By Susan Bambrick
Vauxhall
Ranelagh
Marypone
Ise Street
D. W. A. Baker
Survey Department
Buston
G. P. Smith
Fantasia
J. R. R. Tolkien
Faery
Land of
Toms and Manners
Gareth Floyd
Babington
Russia
Sputnik
Ussr
Klistory
Soviet Union
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