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Main Title:	Book life : the life and times of David Scott Mitchell / Eileen Chanin.
Author:	Chanin, Eileen
Imprint:	North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2011.
Collation:	xvi, 477 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), geneal. tables, portraits, notes, bib., index, hbk ; 24 cm.

Summary:	Australia's greatest book collector, David Scott Mitchell, gave his extraordinary library and a bequest for its development to the people of Sydney. This is the first comprehensive account of his life and what, how, and why he collected, told through his books, reading, and contemporary correspondence.
Subject:	Mitchell, David Scott, 1836-1907 Mitchell Library, Sydney Libraries Private libraries Book collecting and collectors State libraries Biography
ISBN:	9781921509872
Notes:	"[Limited] ed. of 500 copies"--T.p. verso.

Result	Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
	Non-Fiction	Stacks	002 MIT	Available

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