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Nothing New
Published 5 November 2019
ISBN 9781922268303
Format Hardback
Extent 288pp
AU Price $29.99
NZ Price $37.00

Nothing New

A History of Second-hand

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5 Nov 2019
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5 Nov 2019
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Robyn Annear lends her signature wit to this fantastic history of second-hand: from the origins of the op shop to eBay, up-cycling and how new became normal.

‘Given the way we live now,’ writes Robyn Annear, ‘it would be easy to suppose that newness has always been venerated.’ But as this wonderfully entertaining short history makes clear, modern consumerism is an aberration. Mostly, everyday objects—from cast-off cookware to clothing worn down to rags—have enjoyed long lives and the appreciation of serial owners.

Nothing New is itself an emporium: a treasure store of anecdotes and little-known facts that will intrigue and enlighten the devoted bargain-hunter and the dilettante browser alike.
Published 5 November 2019
ISBN 9781922268303
Format Hardback
Extent 288pp
AU Price $29.99
NZ Price $37.00

About the author

Robyn Annear

Robyn Annear is the author of eleven books of history, including Bearbrass, A City Lost & Found: Whelan the Wrecker’s Melbourne, Nothing New, Adrift in Melbourne and Shutter City: Fragments of a forgotten Melbourne. She appeared in the acclaimed 2022 documentary, The Lost City of Melbourne. In her podcast, ‘Nothing on TV’, Robyn presents stories from Trove historical newspapers.
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Also by Robyn Annear

Adrift in Melbourne
Corners of Melbourne
Lost Laneways of Melbourne
The Man Who Lost Himself
Nothing But Gold
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