{"product_id":"2026200017318-secondhand-peeps-into-the-past-a-book-of-melbournes-curiosities","title":"Peeps Into The Past: A Book Of Melbourne's Curiosities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStep back in time to the sun-baked streets and shadowed laneways of old Melbourne, where the city's strangest secrets and most fascinating curiosities lie waiting to be uncovered. Peeps into the Past: A Book of Melbourne's Curiosities chronicles the hidden histories, eccentric characters, and forgotten episodes that shaped one of Australia's most storied cities, presenting a vivid portrait of colonial and early urban life that conventional history books rarely dare to illuminate.\n\nMary Maxwell writes with the keen eye of a local historian and the warmth of a gifted storyteller, drawing readers into a Melbourne that was raw, ambitious, and endlessly surprising. Each vignette uncovers a layer of the city's social fabric — its landmarks, its legends, and the remarkable people who left their mark upon it — leaving the reader to wonder just how much more of Melbourne's extraordinary past remains hidden beneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210260783323,"sku":"2026200017318-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0bc35dac-a050-4a82-be78-406bd6d8c1cb.png?v=1788268233","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017318-secondhand-peeps-into-the-past-a-book-of-melbournes-curiosities","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}