The Melbourne Rare Book Fair is clearly a peak event – if not THE peak event – in the antipodean book collector’s calendar. Coming at the the end of Rare Book Week, which is devoted to free events that celebrate all things bookish, the Fair welcomes experienced and beginning collectors alike, with prices ranging from single […]
This July I had the very good fortune to attend the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS) in Colorado Springs just south of Denver. I’ve been home for just 48 hours, and while I suspect it will take time to properly digest the experience, I am keen to share my excitement about this unique learning environment […]
We are delighted to announce the publication of our Winter catalogue. You can down load it here Winter 2015-WEB NB you will need Acrobat Reader 9.0 to read it. Enjoy!
After a dramatic end to 2014 with the late November super-storm wreaking havoc inside our building, we are happy to announce and calm and positive start to 2015. Late January is always a slightly quieter time for us, so we take advantage of the pause to appraise you of our plans and aspirations for the […]
We are delighted to announce the publication of our inaugural Archives Fine Books Summer Brochure! Whether you are the experienced or novice collector, or simply looking for the perfect gift for the bibliophile in your family, we hope this publication will give you some enjoyment and some ideas. In this document we have chosen to […]
Our Oldest Book. In our last post we talked about the oldest book in the shop, a copy of Theocritus’ Idylla and Epigramma published in 1554. In fact, when when I wrote those words, our Theocritus was no longer our oldest book, only we didn’t yet know it. Early in the year we bought a […]
From Monday June 30, 2014 we will have new opening hours. The biggest change to note is that we will no longer be opening our doors on Sundays. We apologise if Sunday has been your favourite book-browsing day, and we hope you will be able to find another day of the week to come in […]
Understanding Book Collecting Since launching this website in July last year our knowledge of old books has been growing at a rapid rate, as has our realisation of how much there is still to learn! I want to say an immediate and big ‘Thank You’ to Jörn Harbeck of Harbeck Rare Books for his generous […]
January 26 this year was an unabashed experiment for us – and we liked the results. We invited our friends, Ladyfinger and Mundy-Turner, to join us in presenting some ‘pop-up’ performances throughout the afternoon. Our aim was to explore the performance potential of the space and to give voice to a few different literary, cultural and […]
Hamish, Dawn, and the shelf elves at Archives Fine Books would like to wish you a Magnificent Christmas Season and a Prosperous and Peaceful New Year. Thank you for supporting us in 2013, and we hope you continue to find special gifts, for yourself and your loved ones, here in the future. Please Note Our […]
“It’s like Dr Who’s Tardis, tiny on the outside, huge wonderland once you’re in the door. And the smell of old books permeates to the soul! Love love love”
“Everything you want a bookstore to be really; crowded, quiet and scented with that wonderful smell that says great ideas have been captured in pages that are stored here.”
