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THE MILK BARS BOOK VOLUME II: A SWEET HISTORY [2023] — Signed & Numbered All-White Limited Edition of 50 + Print

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THE MILK BARS BOOK VOLUME II: A SWEET HISTORY [2023] — Signed & Numbered All-White Limited Edition of 50 + PrintSigned & Numbered All White Cover Colour Limited Edition of 50 + Print [Available numbers can be selected from the drop down menu]. Print: Gicle Fine Art Print of The Rio Milk Bar, Summer Hill, Sydney, printed on Canson Rag Acid Free [GLOSSY] Archival Paper, 310gsm in weight and 100% cotton. Print Size: 210 x 297mm 8. 3 x 11. 7 inches. Print is stamped, signed, titled, and dated on the reverse by Eamon Donnelly and includes a signed Certificate of

Signed & Numbered All-White Cover Colour Limited Edition of 50 + Print [Available numbers can be selected from the drop-down menu].

Print: Giclée Fine Art Print of The Rio Milk Bar, Summer Hill, Sydney, printed on Canson Rag Acid-Free [GLOSSY] Archival Paper, 310gsm in weight and 100% cotton. Print Size: 210 x 297mm / 8.3 x 11.7 inches. Print is stamped, signed, titled, and dated on the reverse by Eamon Donnelly and includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity.

Condition: New
Signed: Yes — Signed & Numbered by the author
Edition: Limited Edition of 50
Format: Hardcover 
Size: 30 x 24 x 35 cm / 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.3 in portrait 
Pages: 356
Illustrations: 426 
Publisher: Eamon Donnelly Publications
Year: December 2023 
Text & Images: Eamon Donnelly
Head and tail bands: White
End papers: Fluorescent orange 
Packaging: Clamshell collectable cardboard box
ISBN: 978-0-646-86236-1 

Blurb:
"I’ll have one of those, and one of those, umm . . . and two of them . . . umm, no, three of them, please? How much is that?" In the follow-up to Eamon Donnelly's sold-out, out-of-print first title from 2018, The Milk Bars Book Volume II: A Sweet History goes beyond the closed shopfronts and back to where it all began. Documenting over a century of sweet memories, archival photography, advertising, packaging, signage, stories, and history, the book is split into chapters for each decade-from 1900 to now. Volume 2 is a 356-page celebration of family, food, community, advertising, and childhood memory — a visual feast chronicling what we used to have and what has slowly faded away.

Bio:
Eamon Donnelly is an award-winning illustrator [Cannes Lion, Clio, D&AD], photographer, designer, collector, publisher, and author of the acclaimed tome, The Milk Bars Book: Milkshakes, Memories & Mixed Lollies: Documenting Australia’s Colourful Corner Stores [2018] and the sequel, The Milk Bars Book Volume II: A Sweet History [2023]. Eamon’s unrivalled passion for all things milk bars and corner stores has made him one of Australia’s leading experts on the topic. In a career spanning 20+ years, Donnelly has worked in all facets of the creative industry; his work as a commercial illustrator has appeared in the pages of Rolling Stone, Playboy, GQ, and Billboard, and in campaigns for The Walt Disney Company, American Express, VH1, Red Bull, and Peters Ice Cream. He has spoken at design conferences and lectured in design, makes regular media appearances, and consults on productions about the history and culture of Australian milk bars, corner stores, ice cream, and confectionery; he also served as the history consultant on Back in Time for the Corner Shop, ABC TV, 2023.

Subjects: Australian History, Social History, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Confectionary,  Photography, Design, Packaging, Advertising.

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