06/10/2026
📜 DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE A VAST RANGE OF EPHEMERA AT HAYMES? 📜
You might be wondering… what exactly is ephemera?
Ephemera is the name given to printed or written items that were originally intended to be temporary or short-lived, but which have survived and become fascinating pieces of history.
Think of the things people once used, read, collected and kept — programs, postcards, menus, magazines, manuals, comics, souvenirs and other printed pieces of everyday life.
And our collection at Haymes is wonderfully eclectic! 📚
You can discover fascinating pieces including:
👑 Official souvenir programs from the Queen’s Coronation in 1953
📸 Photobooks and photographic publications
💌 Punning and novelty postcards
😂 Digest-size cartoon and joke magazines
🤠 Cowboy Picture Library — British comic publishing
🕵️ Super Detective Picture Library comics
👑 The 1927 visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Beaudesert, Queensland
🚗 Vintage car manuals
🚜 Tractor manuals
🍽️ Souvenir menus
…and plenty of other wonderful and unusual pieces of printed history.
Some are nostalgic. Some are quirky. Some are beautifully illustrated. And some offer a fascinating glimpse into how Australians lived, travelled, entertained themselves and experienced important moments in history.
This is the sort of material you don't necessarily set out looking for — until you see it!
Come and have a rummage through our ephemera collection at Haymes Bookdealers. You never know what piece of history you might discover. 🔎📜
📍 46 Marine Parade, Kingscliff
☕ Open daily 7:30am–4pm
🌊 Directly opposite the beach
Books, comics, ephemera and all sorts of wonderful things for curious minds.