In A Bind

Trisha Valliappan (top), 25, has worked as a publishing assistant at antiquarian booksellers Hordern House in Potts Point for two and a half years. She has completed a course in book restoration. Derek McDonnell, 51, is a director of Hordern House. He has dealt in many aspects concerning the colonial history of Australia for more than 30 years. He established Hordern House with his partner Anne McCormick in 1985.