Richmond And East Melbourne Sketchbook
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — tears and chips along folds and corners of jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact.
A love letter to two of Melbourne's most historically rich inner suburbs, Richmond and East Melbourne Sketchbook presents a vivid portrait of the streetscapes, architecture, and character that define these iconic neighbourhoods. Brian Carroll's authoritative text chronicles the social and historical layers of Richmond and East Melbourne, tracing their evolution from colonial settlement to established urban precincts, while Arno Roger-Genersh's detailed pen-and-ink drawings capture the textures and rhythms of everyday life with extraordinary precision. Part of the celebrated Sketchbook series that documented Australia's built heritage through the mid-twentieth century, this volume stands as both an artistic record and a work of local history. Roger-Genersh's illustrations render Victorian terraces, bluestone laneways, and leafy gardens with an intimacy that photography rarely achieves, while Carroll's prose anchors each scene in its broader civic and cultural context. Together, they illuminate a Melbourne that is at once familiar and fast disappearing — making this a volume that rewards both the nostalgic local and the curious newcomer.
Author: Arno Roger-Genersh (Drawings); Brian Carroll (Text)
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — tears and chips along folds and corners of jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact.
A love letter to two of Melbourne's most historically rich inner suburbs, Richmond and East Melbourne Sketchbook presents a vivid portrait of the streetscapes, architecture, and character that define these iconic neighbourhoods. Brian Carroll's authoritative text chronicles the social and historical layers of Richmond and East Melbourne, tracing their evolution from colonial settlement to established urban precincts, while Arno Roger-Genersh's detailed pen-and-ink drawings capture the textures and rhythms of everyday life with extraordinary precision. Part of the celebrated Sketchbook series that documented Australia's built heritage through the mid-twentieth century, this volume stands as both an artistic record and a work of local history. Roger-Genersh's illustrations render Victorian terraces, bluestone laneways, and leafy gardens with an intimacy that photography rarely achieves, while Carroll's prose anchors each scene in its broader civic and cultural context. Together, they illuminate a Melbourne that is at once familiar and fast disappearing — making this a volume that rewards both the nostalgic local and the curious newcomer.