Rambles in Bookland

Charles Wilson was Chief Librarian of the Parliamentary Library and Advisory Director of the Alexander Turnbull Library. This work follows on from his popular Rambles in Bookland published in 1922. The two-colour printing job gives the work a particular flair. This copy is signed by Wilson and bears the Whitcombe and Tombs imprint number 49737.

Further reading:

• Penny Griffith, "Some notes on dating Whitcombe and Tombs's Publications 1880-1960" in Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand volume 6, number 2 (1982).