Pass beneath the painted rainbow and enter a world of a million books, where bright parrots flash through the fernery, and monkeys swing from the rafters. This is Marvellous Melbourne, the home of E.W. Cole and his famous Book Arcade.
Lisa Lang introduces us to Melbourne’s most eccentric entrepreneur, from his humble beginnings selling cordial on the Victorian goldfields to the establishment of the world’s largest bookstore and the publication of the iconic and enduring Cole’s Funny Picture Book. Rediscover the quirky pictures that delighted generations, meet the man behind a million rainbows – passionate advocate for education, staunch idealist, retailer extraordinaire and Melbourne’s own utopian.
Format: A6 format (150 x 105 mm)
ISBN: 978-0-9804367-0-9
Extent: 96pp paperback
Genre: Australian non-fiction
Publication date: 2007, 2024 (revised edition)
Author bio: Lisa Lang wrote EW Cole: Chasing the Rainbow with the assistance of a City of Melbourne grant. It’s her first work of creative non-fiction and she’s currently working on a novel about the same great man.
$25.00
