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'Australia's greatest book collector, David Scott Mitchell, gave his extraordinary library and a bequest for its development to the people of Sydney and the world.

'This is the first comprehensive account of his life and what, how, and why he collected, told through his books, reading, and contemporary correspondence.

'Mitchell's life and his collecting opens a window on the world of ideas, literature, libraries, and philanthropy in the nineteenth century.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2011 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: xvi, 477 p., [32] p. of platesp.
      Limited edition info: [Limited] ed. of 500 copies
      Description: illus. (some col.), facsims., geneal. tables, ports.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 30 April 2011.
      • Includes brief chronology, bibliographical references (p. [349]-455) and index.
      • Foreword by Bob Carr, Premier, New South Wales 1995-2005
      ISBN: 9781921509872
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Works about this Work

[Untitled] Julia Horne , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 37 no. 3 2013; (p. 405-406)
— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography
Book Notes Anne-Maree Whitaker , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , December vol. 97 no. 2 2011; (p. 254-256)
— Review of John Alexander Ferguson : Preserving Our Past, Inspiring Our Future James Ferguson , 2011 single work biography ; Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography
Paul Brunton Replies: Paul Brunton , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 335 2011; (p. 6) Paul Brunton replies to John Thomspon's assertion that readers of ABR should have been alerted to Brunton's association with the State Library of New South Wales's Mitchell collection when Brunton reviewed Eileen Chanin's Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836-1907.
Declaring an Interest John Thompson , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 335 2011; (p. 6) John Thompson argues that ABR, in publishing Paul Brunton's review of Eileen Chanin's Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836-1907, should have ackowledged Brunton's association with the Mitchell collections of the State Library of New South Wales. Thompson says: 'I think readers of ABR should be alerted to any special interest which either colours a review or which adds substantial value both to commentary and to wider critical debate'.
Paul Brunton Replies: Paul Brunton , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 4)
Off the Shelf : Biography Owen Richardson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 June 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography
Great Australian Collectors Colin Steele , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 June 2011; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography ; Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
Indebted to a Grand Obsession Ross Fitzgerald , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 - 26 June 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography
Biography by the Book Simon Caterson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25 -26 June 2011; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography
Mitchell's Cockatoo : The Abiding Enigma of Australia's Greatest Book Collector Paul Brunton , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 333 2011; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work biography
Mitchell Revealed Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 4)
Paul Brunton Replies: Paul Brunton , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 4)
Declaring an Interest John Thompson , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 335 2011; (p. 6) John Thompson argues that ABR, in publishing Paul Brunton's review of Eileen Chanin's Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836-1907, should have ackowledged Brunton's association with the Mitchell collections of the State Library of New South Wales. Thompson says: 'I think readers of ABR should be alerted to any special interest which either colours a review or which adds substantial value both to commentary and to wider critical debate'.
Paul Brunton Replies: Paul Brunton , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 335 2011; (p. 6) Paul Brunton replies to John Thomspon's assertion that readers of ABR should have been alerted to Brunton's association with the State Library of New South Wales's Mitchell collection when Brunton reviewed Eileen Chanin's Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836-1907.
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