THE MILK BARS BOOK VOLUME II: A SWEET HISTORY [2023] Signed — LAST COPIES!

Condition: New
ISBN: 978-0-646-86236-1 
Format: Hardcover 
Size: 30.5 x 24.5 x 3.5 cm / 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.3 portrait format
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
Cover options: Milk [white], Raspberry Spider [neon pink] SOLD OUT, Orange Fizz [neon orange], Lemon Sherbet [neon yellow]
Signed by author

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

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Blurb:
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 Lions, 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 over 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, has made 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.