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Collins Booksellers
Phone
03 9654 7400
Fax
03 9654 7600
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Collins Booksellers commenced operations in 1922 as a newsagency at 622 Collins Street Melbourne. Founded by Frederick Henry (Harry) Slamen it was registered in 1929 as a Proprietary Limited Company under the name Collins Book Depot when it opened two new branches at 95 Elizabeth Street and 361 Swanston Street in Melbourne. Mr Slamen remained the principal of the company until his untimely death in 1961. Collins acquired both the freehold and bookselling business. The detailed history of of the Hill of Content Bookshop was written by A.H Spencer and published in 1959 by Angus & Robertson.