Draft:John Holroyd (bookseller)

John Holroyd (1911-2000) was an Australian antiquarian bookseller and historian.

Early life and education
Born John Percy Holroyd on (date)...

"John Holroyd, OAM" The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 December 2000, p. 26 (obit)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/121489342

http://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-66/t1-g-t6.html

https://www.librarything.com/author/holroydjohn

Book labels of Australia. The Holroyd Collection. Catalogue of an exhibition in the Queen’s Hall, State Library of Victoria, 15 June – 31 July 1987. Publishing details: Melbourne : State Library of Victoria, 1987. Duodecimo, wrappers with paper label, pp. [xvi]; reproductions. https://www.artresearch.com.au/results/?criteria=&skip=89750&max=50

QUOTE The 1987 exhibition ... includes a flyer, an invitation to the opening, a 16-page booklet, and a sheet of labels from Hall’s Book Store in Melbourne and Prahran. UNQUOTE https://www.facebook.com/groups/255807868673068/posts/557495808504271

QUOTE The booklet contains a brief bio of Holroyd and a short history of booksellers’ labels. The sections include The Angus and Robertson Empire; Some Labels Speak Volumes; The Bookshop of Margareta Webber; Religious Bookshops; Melbourne’s Radical Bookshops; Cole’s Book Arcades; and A Logo Evolves (Sydney’s Grahame Book Company). UNQUOTE https://www.facebook.com/groups/255807868673068/posts/557495808504271

ALSO: The exhibition is listed at: https://bookcollectors.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Biblionews-Combined-Index-1-400.pdf