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James R. Tyrrell James R. Tyrrell i(A4009 works by)
Born: Established: 1875 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1961
Gender: Male
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1 3 y separately published work icon Postscript : Further Bookselling Reminiscences by James R. Tyrrell; Together With the Poems Of James Lionel Michael as Transcribed By Henry Kendall James L. Michael , James R. Tyrrell (editor), Sydney : Tyrrell's , 1957 Z99367 1957 anthology selected work criticism biography poetry
1 Postscript : Further Bookselling Reminiscences James R. Tyrrell , 1957 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Postscript : Further Bookselling Reminiscences by James R. Tyrrell; Together With the Poems Of James Lionel Michael as Transcribed By Henry Kendall 1957; (p. 1-29)
2 3 y separately published work icon Old Books, Old Friends, Old Sydney James R. Tyrrell , Sydney London : Angus and Robertson , 1952 Z99470 1952 single work autobiography The memoirs of James Tyrrell (1875-1961) - famous bookman, bookseller and owner of several bookshops in Sydney during the late 19th and early 20th centuries - include his boyhood reminiscences of Sydney and his later encounters and experiences in Sydney's cultural and literary circles. He remembers the many 'booksfellows of all sorts' that he had the privilege 'to know or to see in one of my succession of shops or at Angus and Robertson' where he began his career (p.1). Among the many literary identities, illustrators, publishers, collectors, bibliophiles, politicians and public figures he got to know through his work were numerous significant Australian writers and artists, and his book is full of delightful anecdotes and interesting insights into Sydney's cultural, literary, political and social life at the time. The books is richly illustrated with old photos, facsimiles, portraits, cartoons, and a 'Reference Plan of City Streets, Sydney, 1888', reproduced from the Illustrated Sydney News. It also includes several poems by Australian writers celebrating Tyrrell's bookshop .
1 My Bookshop Memoirs James R. Tyrrell , 1948 single work
— Appears in: Across the Years : The Lure of Early Australian Books 1948;
1 y separately published work icon David Scott Mitchell James R. Tyrrell , Sydney : Sunnybrook Press , 1936 Z99569 1936 single work
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