Spencer, Albert Henry, 1886-1971.

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Melbourne antiquarian bookseller who founded the Hill of Content bookshop in 1922. After selling it in 1951, he conducted the Shining Sea Bookroom from 1952 to 1958. He published his memoirs "The Hill of content" in 1959.

From the description of Papers. 1909-1970. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225645422

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creatorOf Mackaness, George, 1882-1968. Letters. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Spencer, Albert Henry, 1886-1971. Papers. Libraries Australia
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correspondedWith Croll, R. H. (Robert Henderson), 1869-1947 person
correspondedWith Dixson, William Sir, 1870-1952 person
correspondedWith Ferguson, John, 1852-1925 person
associatedWith Hill of Content Bookshop (Melbourne) corporateBody
correspondedWith Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955 person
correspondedWith Lindsay, Daryl, 1890-1976 person
correspondedWith Lindsay, Lionel, Sir, 1874-1961 person
associatedWith Mackaness, George, 1882-1968. person
correspondedWith Robertson, George, 1860-1933 person
correspondedWith Roberts, Tom, 1856-1931 person
associatedWith Shining Sea Bookroom (Melbourne, Vic.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Sibbald Currie, C. person
correspondedWith Smith, Sydney Ure, 1887-1949 person
correspondedWith Streeton, Arthur, Sir, 1867-1943 person
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Australia
Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)
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Booksellers and bookselling
Antiquarian booksellers
Book industries and trade
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Birth 1886

Death 1971

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