Series 8 - Publications Including Registers of Nancye Perry's Book Collection


Date Range1914 - 2010
Quantity38.2 cm, 28 Files and Books
ProvenanceNancye Enid Kent Perry
Description

Series 8 contains a diverse set of publications, as well as registers of books. It includes many publications Nancye Kent Perry received as gifts or prizes in her youth.

Series 8 contains three registers of Nancye Perry's book collection, which document the publications Nancye Perry bought and sold over many years. Nancye Perry looks to have begun collecting books in earnest in 1963, and she continued doing so until 2006. Her areas of specialisation included Australiana, ships, shipwrecks and the sea. Nancye Perry sold her book collection at auction at Australian Book Auctions in March 2010. Series 8 contains the auction catalogue as well as correspondence pertaining to this auction.

Series 8 also includes five copies of Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries, A Journal for Book Collectors, the quarterly journal of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia. Other records of Nancye Perry's participation in the activities of the Victorian Branch of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia, including correspondence, photographs and newsletters, can be found in this series and also in Series 1 and Series 6 of the Perry Guide.

Other records in Series 8 include five copies of 'Dry Rot', the magazine of the Forest Products Research Laboratory in Great Britain. Nancye Perry worked at the Forest Products Research Laboratory from 1946 to 1950.

Readers interested in Nancye Perry's book collecting activities should also check Series 1 Biographical - Personal.


Inventory Listing

PERR00107 Child of the Twenties, Girl of the Thirties

Perry, Nancye Kent. Child of the Twenties, Girl of the Thirties. Hartwell, Victoria: Sid Harta Publishers, 2001.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 2001    Quantity 1 cm, 1 book
Inventory Identifier PERR00107 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00136 Scientist in Russia

Ashby, Eric. Scientist in Russia. Great Britain: Penguin Books, 1947.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1947 - 1948    Quantity 1 cm, 1 item
Inventory Identifier PERR00136 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00142 'Dry Rot' - Magazine of the Forest Products Research Laboratory' and other Publications

Dry Rot, Magazine of the Forest Products Research Laboratory, No. 8, December 1946;
Dry Rot, Magazine of the Forest Products Research Laboratory, No. 9, December 1947;
Dry Rot, Magazine of the Forest Products Research Laboratory, No. 10, December 1948;
Dry Rot, Magazine of the Forest Products Research Laboratory, No. 11, December 1949;
Dry Rot, Magazine of the Forest Products Research Laboratory, No. 12, December 1950;

Wings and Stings, Journal of the Victorian Entomological Society, No. 2, February 1966.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1946 - 1966    Quantity 1.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier PERR00142 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00165 Women's Day and Home - 2 October 1950
Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1950    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 item
Inventory Identifier PERR00165 Series Box Number 71 Series 8
PERR00166 Royal Auto

Royal Auto, April 1968. The magazine of the RACV (Royal Automobile Club of Victoria).

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 item
Inventory Identifier PERR00166 Series Box Number 71 Series 8
PERR00167 Australian Women's Weekly and Newspaper Clippings

Australian Women's Weekly, 23 January 1952. Item also contains newspaper clippings inserted into the magazine from the Sunraysia Daily, The Age etc.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1952 - 1957    Quantity 3 cm, 1 item
Inventory Identifier PERR00167 Series Box Number 71 Series 8
PERR00228 Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries, A Journal for Book Collectors

Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries, A Journal for Book Collectors, volume 24, number 1, March 1999;
Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries, A Journal for Book Collectors, volume 24, number 3, September 1999.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1999    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier PERR00228 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00231 Alice in Wonderland

Miniature copy of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Inscription on inside front cover reads 'Nancye Enid Kent with fondest love from Mother on her 5th Birthday Dec. [December] 16th 1923'.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1923, There is no publication date.    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 book
Inventory Identifier PERR00231 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00232 The World of Little Lives

Froggatt, Gladys H. The World of Little Lives. Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1924. Inscription on inside cover reads 'Nancye Enid Kent from Daddy Xmas 1924'.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1924    Quantity 2 cm, 1 book
Inventory Identifier PERR00232 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00233 The Australian Political System: An Introduction

Evans, K. R. The Australian Political System: An Introduction. Queensland: The Jacaranda Press, 1990. The book includes plastic pocket containing related correspondence.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1990    Quantity 2 cm, 1 book
Inventory Identifier PERR00233 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00234 'Wine and Spirit Buying Guide'

'Wine and Spirit Buying Guide', December 1977. Contains correspondence and newspaper clippings on wine and wineries.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1949 - 2002    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Inventory Identifier PERR00234 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00235 'A Nation United - 9 May 2001 - A Joint Commemorative Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Centenary Commemoration Ceremony'

'A Nation United - 9 May 2001 A Joint Commemorative Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Centenary Commemoration Ceremony', limited edition, 9 May 2001. Includes related booklets, newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 2001    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 book
Inventory Identifier PERR00235 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00290 Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries, A Journal for Book Collectors

Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries, A Journal for Book Collectors. Volume 26, number 4, December 2001.

Includes a review of Child of the Twenties, Girl of the Thirties by Nancye Kent Perry.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range December 2001    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 item
Inventory Identifier PERR00290 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00380 Pattern Poetry Part 1

Wilson, Richard, ed. Pattern Poetry Part 1. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1931. Inscription on inside cover reads 'Nancye Kent, Abbotsleigh, 1932'.

The back of the book contains poems by Nancye Kent Perry from her youth. The poems are from 1927-1950.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1931 - 1951    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 book
Inventory Identifier PERR00380 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00381 More Psychic Roots: Further Adventures in Serendipity and Intuition in Genealogy

Jones, Henry Z. More Psychic Roots: Further Adventures in Serendipity and Intuition in Genealogy, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1997.

Contains correspondence and other papers regarding Nancye Perry's contribution to More Psychic Roots.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1997    Quantity 2 cm, 1 book
Inventory Identifier PERR00381 Series Box Number 37 Series 8
PERR00646 The Child's Own Annual

Book given to Nancye Kent Perry, probably in 1926.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1926?
Inventory Identifier PERR00646 Series Box Number 38 Series 8
PERR00647 Kenilworth

Book given to Nancye Kent Perry in 1930.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1930?    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Book
Inventory Identifier PERR00647 Series Box Number 38 Series 8
PERR00648 Heroes of the Middle Ages

Book awarded to Nancye Kent Perry in 1931.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1914 - 1931    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Book
Inventory Identifier PERR00648 Series Box Number 38 Series 8
PERR00758 Australian Book Auctions - March Gallery Sale - Catalogue

A catalogue of books to be sold at auction on Monday 22 March and Tuesday 23 March 2010.

The catalogue includes a brief introduction to Nancye Kent Perry's library and book collection, as well as a portrait of Nancye Kent Perry. Nancye Kent Perry's collection of books and pamphlets had an Australasian emphasis, about ships, shipwrecks and the sea. Other strengths of her library were general Australiana, genealogy, and colonial directories and almanacs.

The catalogue features Nancye Kent Perry's handwritten annotations.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 2010    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier PERR00758 Series Box Number 90 Series 8
PERR00765 Biblionews And Australian Notes and Queries And Other Records

This inventory item contains Biblionews And Australian Notes and Queries 297th Issue, Volume 18, Number 1, March 1993.

This item also includes the following documents, originally inserted together in the pages of Biblionews:
- Correspondence from Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, United States of America. Envelope includes bookplate featuring the name of Robert M. Rights;
- Biographical 'blurb' about Nancye Kent Perry. Blurb includes bookplate designed by Nancye Kent Perry, featuring a picture of a beagle-hound which represents her dog, Ambrose. Annotated photocopy;
- Correspondence between Nancye Kent Perry and Jeff Bidgood, Secretary of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia. Dated 1993-1994.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1993 - 1994    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Illustrations, Journals and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier PERR00765 Series Box Number 91 Series 8
PERR00768 Catalogue of Nancye Perry's Book Collection Entitled 'Books Australiana Record - Nancye Kent Perry - Volume 1 Numbers 1-1889'

Catalogue in which Nancye Kent Perry kept a record of books she had purchased. The catalogue features the following column headings: catalogue number, author, title, edition, date purchased, where purchased and price paid. Entries are in Nancye Kent Perry's hand. Many entries are crossed out, perhaps indicating that they had been sold.

Catalogued books include works on various subjects including history (including colonial and regional works), literature, natural history, almanacs and bibliographies. There is a focus on Australia and New Zealand.

Inserted into front cover of catalogue are ten further numbered lists, written on the back of used envelopes.

Hardcover book. Pre-printed title reads 'Books Australiana Record - Nancye Kent Perry - Volume 1 Numbers 1-1889.'

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range c. 1946 - c. 1967, (based on purchase dates of catalogued books)    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier PERR00768 Series Box Number 91 Series 8
PERR00769 Catalogue of Nancye Perry's Book Collection Entitled 'Books - Australiana Record - Nancye Kent Perry - Book II Numbers 1890-3429'

Catalogue in which Nancye Kent Perry kept a record of books she had purchased. Catalogue features the following column headings: catalogue number, author, title, edition, date purchased, where purchased and price paid. Entries are in Nancye Kent Perry's hand. Many entries are crossed out, perhaps indicating that they had been sold.

Catalogued books include works on on various subjects including history (including colonial, regional and institutional histories), literature, Australian Aboriginal culture, biography, sea voyages and exploration, shipwrecks, art and painting, fishing, catalogues and bibliographies. They mostly pertain to Australia and New Zealand.

Softcover book, originally enclosed in a labelled folder. Handwritten title reads 'Books - Australiana Record - Nancye Kent Perry - Book II cat. [catalogue] numbers 1890-3429.'

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1963 - 1977, (based on purchase dates of catalogued books)    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier PERR00769 Series Box Number 91 Series 8
PERR00770 Catalogue of Nancye Perry's Book Collection Entitled 'Books - Australiana Record - Nancye Kent Perry - Volume III, Numbers 3430-'

Catalogue in which Nancye Kent Perry kept a record of books she had purchased. Catalogue features the following column headings: catalogue number, author, title, edition, date purchased, where purchased and price paid. Entries are in Nancye Kent Perry's hand. Some entries are crossed out, perhaps indicating that they had been sold.. Two-thirds of the book is blank.

Catalogued books include works on various subjects, including First Fleet and other sea voyages, ships and shipwrecks, genealogy, art, history, literature, almanacs and directories. The focus is Australia.

Hardcover book which features Nancye Kent Perry's bookplate on inside cover. Handwritten title reads 'Books Australiana Record - Nancye Kent Perry - Volume III, Numbers 3430-' and 'Also/ Works relating to Genealogy and Art. A= Art Book'. Binding of book has come unstuck.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1970 - 2006, (based on purchase dates of catalogued books)    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier PERR00770 Series Box Number 91 Series 8
PERR00772 Catalogue Entitled Australian Book Auctions - March Gallery Sale And Other Records

This inventory item contains a catalogue of books to be sold at auction on Monday 22 March and Tuesday 23 March 2010.

Papers inserted into or attached to the catalogue are:
- An annotated Vendor Report, dated 24 March 2010;
- An envelope featuring a list handwritten by Nancye Kent Perry;
- Australian postage stamp, 'Inventive Australia - Ute/B and D Roll-A-Door'.

This inventory item also contains the following correspondence:
- Letters from Gavin de Lacy (two), Australian Book Auctions, regarding auctions held on 22-23 March. Includes final vendor report for Nancye Kent Perry;
- Letter from Gavin de Lacy (18 March 2010) and letter from Charles Stitz (14 April 2010) regarding a publication about Australian book collectors written by the latter. Charles Stitz seeks Nancye Kent Perry's permission to include her as a subject in a planned subsequent volume.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 2010    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Register, General Correspondence and Lists
Inventory Identifier PERR00772 Series Box Number 91 Series 8
PERR00773 'Australian Book Auctions - 2010 - Hince'

Correspondence and related papers regarding the planning and execution of the auctions at which Nancye Kent Perry's library was sold, on 22-23 March 2010, and also regarding another Australian Book Auctions' auction of Nancye Kent Perry's books held in February 2010.

Correspondents: Barbara Hince, Nicholas Dawes, Gavin de Lacy.

For preservation reasons, the documents in this inventory item have been removed from the folder in which they were originally housed.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range May 2007 - March 2010    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier PERR00773 Series Box Number 91 Series 8
PERR00775 "Records of Books Disposed of N. I. L. P. - Also Bookbinding'

This inventory item contains:

- Newsletter of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia (Victorian Branch), informing of a branch meeting on 28 May 2010;
- 'Minor Australiana - Books Disposed of May 1969 to R and M, Melbourne in order to release shelf space for further buying of books'. Three-page handwritten list featuring catalogue number and price paid. For preservation reasons, this list has been removed from the envelope in which it was originally housed;
- Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries - A Journal for Book Collectors, 363rd and 364th Issues, September-December 2009, The Two Editors Double Issue.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1969 - 2010    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Newsletters, Journals and Lists
Inventory Identifier PERR00775 Series Box Number 91 Series 8
PERR00887 The Face of Britain - Chiltern Country by H. J. Massingham (B. T. Batsford Ltd: London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, 1949)

Hardcover book with dust jacket.

Also includes:
- Illustrated book token stub, given to Nancye Kent Perry by the Entomology Section of the Forest Products Reseach Laboratory, Princes Risborough. Date: 16 June 1950;
- Dedication to Nancye Kent Perry in recognition of her 3.5 years of service with the Entomology Section of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research's Forest Products Reseach Laboratory, from January 1947 to June 1950. Dedication features six signatures. Sheet is pasted into prefatory pages of book;
- Two pressed dried flowers and stems, and a flier for 'The London Appreciation Society'. These records were originally interleaved in the pages of The Face of Britain. For preservation reasons, they have been rehoused in a plastic sleeve during processing.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1949 - 1950    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Ephemera, Books and Samples or Specimens
Inventory Identifier PERR00887 Series Box Number 91 Series 8
PERR00905 Stories of the Painters by Amy Steedman (London: T. C. and E. C. Jack Ltd, no date)

School prize received by Nancye Kent Perry on 12 December 1934, as a Form V Upper A student at Abbotsleigh school, for the subject of Design. The award is pasted onto the first page of the volume.

Creator Nancye Enid Kent Perry
Date range 1934    Quantity 4 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books and Prizes or Awards
Inventory Identifier PERR00905 Series Box Number 91 Series 8

Published by the The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, March 2010
Listed by Anne Holloway, Michael Jones, Gavan McCarthy, Ailie Smith, Jenny Smith, Rachel Tropea and Ann McCarthy
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Updated 19 December 2012
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