136pp. Unpaginated b/white plates (one full colour), line-drawings, and facsimiles, throughout. Book clean and square. Illustrated card wrapper has (price) sticker removal damage on front, else good. Textblock has occasional ball-point pen underlining (mostly names) throughout. The memoirs of little 'Johnny' Ventura, born in 1934 to a Sicilian migrant father and Danish mother, is a collection of Collingwood (Victoria) memoirs, adventures, stories and anecdotes of the author's life in this diverse Melbourne suburb and surrounds, from 1934 to the 1950s . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction. Part 1/ Family Background and Childhood. 2/ Fish Shop, Market and School. 3/ My Youth. 4/ A Tribute to My Mother . . . Notes and Refs. Book weight approx. 820g. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote.