Mount of Alex in Castlemaine, Victoria | Book shop

Mount of Alex

Locality: Castlemaine, Victoria

Phone: +61 410 650 923

Address: 273 Barker Street 3450 Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mountofalexbookstore.com

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24.01.2022 A Pad in the Straw by Christopher Woodforde. 1st edition, 1952. J.M.Dent and Sons, London. A gloriously creepy cover on this collection of eerie tales. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookporn #booksofinstagram #shelfie #oldbooks #supernaturalfiction #creepybooks #christopherwoodforde #weirdfiction #wyrdfiction #jmdentandsonsltd #weirdtales #eerietales #vintagecastlemaine #castlemainelife #corndollies

22.01.2022 Enough said.... open as usual, in air conditioned comfort, this holiday weekend 10-5pm

22.01.2022 King Penguins, lots of them ... as far as the eye can see. Most titles, including the significant ones, the usual variable condition, but many superb. Message if you are looking for particular volumes.#mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #kingpenguins #penguinfirsteditions #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar #shelfie #bookporn #oldbooks #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #allenlanebooks #edwardbawden #johnpiper

22.01.2022 Princess Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. The Vakhtangov Theatre production, Moscow 1921. A tragic Chinese folk tale in 5 Acts. State Publishing Office, Moscow and Petrograd, 1923. First edition, bespoke decorated cloth, ex-Libris noted collector of Russian stage design 1880-1930, Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky, with his pre-printed ownership signature to lower board, original cubist cover bound in. Illustrated by numerous black and white photographs and colour paintings of the set and cos...tume design. Text in Russian. A classic of Russian avant-garde theatre. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #castlemainevintagebazaar #castlemainelife #shelfie #bookporn #bookstagram #bookshelf #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #carlogozzi #princessturandot #turandot #chinesefolklore #yevgenyvakhtangov #vakhtangovtheatre #moscow #theatre #russianavantgarde #avantgarde #avantgardetheatre #stagedesign #stagedesigner #setdesign #theatredesign See more

20.01.2022 ‘Beresford Egan’s Epitaph. A Double-Bedside Book for Singular People’. First edition, The Fortune Press, London. 1943. Signed by the author. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar #castlemainebazaar #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #bookporn #shelfie #oldbooks #books #weirdbooks #beresfordegan #aleistercrowley #satire #satiricalillustration #illustration #epitaph #britishartdeco #artdeco

19.01.2022 ‘Hellflower’ by George O. Smith (1st UK Bodley Head, 1955). Fantastic period artwork by E.J.Pagram. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #sf #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #vintagebooks #georgeosmith #georgesmith #bodleyhead #spaceopera #bookporn #shelfie #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #ejpagram #rarebooksofinstagram

19.01.2022 Those in the know will know... a great pick from amongst the remainders at @castlebooks @bookgrocer. About time I posted something connected to the shop’s core strength - mountains and mountaineering! #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #shelfie #bookporn #oldbooks #bookgrocer #castlebooks #petergillman #lenigillman #extremeeiger #eiger #northface #eigerextreme #jochenhemmleb #dougalhaston #johnharlin #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar #berneseoberland #alpinism #alpinist #thealps #mountaineeringbooks #climbingbooks #mountaineering #mountains

18.01.2022 Isaac Asimov ‘I, Robot’ undated, c.1953 (Digit Books, Brown Watson Ltd, London), probably first British paperback issue. A very early edition of one of the most influential works in post-war science fiction, defining the ‘Three Laws of Robotics’. Pages loosening but easy and well worth fixing for the striking period cover design. Probably the best cover illustration I have seen on this title. Note the misspelling of the author’s name as ‘Issac’, who at that time was relatively unknown. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #castlemainelife #vintagecastlemaine #pulpfiction #pulp #pulpsciencefiction #irobot #robotics #sf #sciencefiction #isaacasimov #shelfie #shelfies #bookporn #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #digitbooks #arapilesmountainbooks

18.01.2022 The Master may be away but Mount of Alex is still open for trade this weekend. Great weather for getting cosey with books.

17.01.2022 Dris Martini Luther’s Colloquia Mensalia: or, Dr Martin Luther’s Divine Discourses. First English edition, translated by Capt. Henrie Bell. William Du-Gard, London,1652. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #castlemainelife #martinluther #lutheran #lutheranchurch #protestant #protestantreformation #reformation #theology #divinity #philosophy #bookporn #bookstagram #shelfie #antiquarian #antiquarianbooks #bookshelf #book #bookshop

17.01.2022 ‘The Hounds of Tindalos’ by Frank Belknap Long (1st UK, The Museum Press 1950). Brilliantly garish dustwrapper to match this master of the eerie. #arapilesmountainbooks #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar #frankbelknaplong #eerietales #weirdtales #horror #fantasyfiction #supernaturalfiction #hplovecraft #cthulhu #houndsoftindalos #shelfie #bookporn #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #oldbooks

16.01.2022 Two vintage Edgar Rice Burroughs pulps, both in lovely condition. Lost on Venus (c.1948) and Pirates of Venus (c.1958), published by Pinnacle Books / Mark Goulden Ltd, London. $25 each. Message for more info. #mountofalex #arapilesmountainbooks #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar #sciencefiction #edgarriceburroughs #venus #piratesofvenus #lostonvenus #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #shelfie #bookporn #pulpfiction #vintagepaperbacks #vintagepaperback #vintagebooks #sf #venusian #venusiana

16.01.2022 A small group by or connected with Rudolf Steiner, going down @castlemainebazaar with other esoterica in time for Xmas. #arapilesmountainbooks #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar #rudolfsteiner #biodynamic #esoteric #esoterica #sustainability #shelfie #oldbooks #bookporn #bookstagram #bookshelves #bookstagramer #booksofinstagram #goethe

14.01.2022 Classic Jean de Brunhoff illustration from an early French edition of ‘Histoire de Babar, le Petit Elephant’.... an elephant’s wedding party, too big for instagram! #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar #arapilesmountainbooks #jeandebrunhoff #babartheelephant #vintagechildrensbooks #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #bookporn #shelfie #frenchbooks #childrensbooks #histoiredebabar #antiquebooks #antiquarianbooks

11.01.2022 Curious book of the day - Gimlet Off the Map, Swedish edition.... with original period artwork. B. Wahlstroms, Stockholm 1952. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #vintagebooks #oldbooks #shelfie #bookporn #vintagecastlemaine #castlemainelife #wejohns #captainwejohns #biggles #gimlet #boysfiction #adventurefiction #fictionalcommandos

09.01.2022 New look to the shop, reopened today #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #shelfie #bookporn #vintagecastlemaine #castlemainelife #vintagebazaar

08.01.2022 Rumfustian. A novel by Judith Fay. 1st 1936. J.M.Dent and Sons, London. Striking cover design by Scottish artist Anna Zinkeison. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #bookstagram #bookporn #shelfie #bookstagrammer #vintagedustjackets #annazinkeisen #modernliterature #oldbooks #rumfustian #judithfay

07.01.2022 Mount of Alex at the ANZAAB Rare Book Fair, in McLaurin Hall at the University of Sydney. Thanks to Kate Treloar, Orchard Books, for photo. #anzaab

06.01.2022 In store today. Includes several items of related ephemera.

05.01.2022 .... because that's what bunnies do on beautiful summer days. From 'The Rabbit's Wedding', by Garth Williams.

05.01.2022 A godly man taken before his time... a French medieval illustration of Jonah and the whale from Jacques Cousteau and Yves Paccalet’s ‘Whales’. Seemingly more monstrous pike than authentic cetacean to the Medieval imagination #mountofalex #arapilesmountainbooks #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #bookporn #shelfie #oldbooks #mobydick #jacquescousteau #yvespaccalet #whaling #whales #jonah #illuminatedmanuscript #medievalallegory #medievalimages #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar

04.01.2022 A reminder to all folk that John Wolseley will be launching Ross Brownscombe's 'In Search of Space' at 5.00pm today, at Mount of Alex Bookshop, 273 Barker Street Castlemaine. Hope to see you there!

04.01.2022 ‘Twice-Told Tales. second series’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1st UK edition, 1852. George Routledge & Sons, London. Ex-Libris John Pascoe Fawkner, founding father of Melbourne and himself a one-time resident at the failed Sullivan Bay, Sorrento convict settlement as a 10 year old boy in 1803. Here is both his original acquisition signature (as initials ‘J.P.F’) and later presentation inscription to Gisborne Mechanics Institute. #vintagecastlemaine #castlemainelife #arapilesmountainbooks #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #bookporn #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #shelfies #shelfie #melbourne #johnpascoefawkner #victoria #victoriana #gisborne #australianhistory #victorianhistory #sullivanbaysorrento #sullivanbay #sorrento #nathanielhawthorne #twicetoldtales #hobart #tasmanianhistory

03.01.2022 Alpine Exposures by Jon Griffith. First edition, 2014. Vertebrate Publishing, Sheffield. Superb climbing photography, signed by both the author and Ueli Steck. #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #arapilesmountainbooks #vintagecastlemaine #castlemainelife #bookporn #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #shelfie #booksofinstagram #vertebratepublishing #jongriffith #uelisteck #alpinephotography #signedclimbingbooks #climbingbooks #mountaineering #alpinism #signedbooks

02.01.2022 Master of all he surveys...Robin Schmidt of @hucandgabet in his wonderfully curated book boutique at Clunes. An enjoyable day of book hunting and trading in Central Victoria.#booksofinstagram #mountofalex #mountofalexbookshop #mountofalexbookstore #bookstagram #shelfie #hucandgabet #clunesbooktown #castlemainelife #castlemainevintagebazaar #oldbooks #oldbookshop