Vulnerable
Vulnerable books
Plan of general development: report of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, 1929
Summary
The subject matter includes Art history, Cinema studies, Cultural studies, English literature, Politics, History, Anthropology, through to Botany, Cartography, and more.
Included in this collection are large art books with full page colour plates, easily damaged.
Examples include:
- Mural painting of the Mexican Revolution, 1921-1960 / Fondo Editorial de la Plastica Mexicana.
- Vida y obras de Goya / por F.J. Sanchez Canton.
- The circus, 1870-1950 / with essays and captions by Dominique Jando ; additional essays by Linda Granfield ; and historical consultation by Fred Dahlinger, Jr. ; edited by Noel Daniel.
- Pictures / Robert Mapplethorpe
- John Gould's The Birds of Australia / selected and annotated by A.H. Chisholm and Vincent Serventy.
Guidelines
- fragile materials
- books with plates which are not bound but loosely inserted or separately housed in a portfolio
- books which have an extensive past history of theft or mutilation irrespective of content
- books whose physical condition makes normal processing and shelving unsuitable.
Exploring the collection
The Circus, 1870-1950 / with essays and captions by Dominique Jando ; additional essays by Linda Granfield ; and historical consultation by Fred Dahlinger, Jr. ; edited by Noel Daniel
Availability
Melbourne campus.
Access
Vulnerable items are located in Storage.
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