Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada articles from March 22 2001

Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada archives from March 22 2001

Editorial Note.
March 22, 2001... The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada are the official publication of the Society and are distributed to members together with a semi-annual Bulletin. Membership fees are $35.00 yearly for individual members and $50.00 for...

"Just a little like an explorer": Mina Hubbard and the Making af A Woman's Way(1).
March 22, 2001... On 13 July 1905, Mina Hubbard's expedition reached the portage that led to Seal Lake, the first major landmark on her journey into central Labrador. Hubbard recorded the arrival in her field notes in terms that signal not only the...

William Collins During World War II: Nationalism Meets a Wartime Economy in Canadian Publishing.
March 22, 2001... In the early 1940s, Canadian publishing underwent profound changes, resulting from economic and cultural pressures related to Canada's involvement in the Second World War. In particular, the rise of Canadian nationalism infiltrated the...

Robert W. Service: A Bibliography.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Peter J. Mitham. Robert W. Service: A Bibliography. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 416 pp.; $65.00 US (hardcover). ISBN 1-58456-011-8. Upon opening Peter Mitham's bibliography of Robert Service, I was reminded of a morning in...

The Ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat: Travels on the Athabasca, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon Rivers in 1926.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Clara Vyvyan. The Ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat: Travels on the Athabasca, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon Rivers in 1926. I.S. MacLaren and Lisa LaFramboise, eds. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1998. 364 pp.; $29.95 (paper). ISBN 0 88...

English Studies in Canada.(Review)
March 22, 2001... English Studies in Canada 25, nos. 3-4 (September/December 1999): 241-502. Special Issue: The History of the Book. $15.00 (paper) ISSN 0317-0802. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of English Studies in Canada (ESC), it...

The Challenge of Change: A Consideration of the Canadian Book Industry.(Review)
March 22, 2001... The Challenge of Change: A Consideration of the Canadian Book Industry / Le defi du changement: Etude de l'industrie canadienne du livre. Ottawa: Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, 2000. 109 pp.; $32.00 (paper). ISBN 0-660-61326-3. ...

A Black Canadian Bibliography.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Flora (Blizzard) Francis. A Black Canadian Bibliography. Ottawa: Pan-African Publications, 2000. 152 pp. $20.00 (paper). ISBN 0-9682734-3-2. Bibliography making is an art for elitist democrats. The process is `elitist' because a...

The Elements of Typographic Style.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Robert Bringhurst. The Elements of Typographic Style. Second edition. Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1999. 350 pp.; $34.95 (paper). ISBN 0-88179-132-6. Robert Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style was first published in 1992 and appeared...

A Short History of the Printed Word.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Warren Chappell. A Short History of the Printed Word. Second edition, revised and updated by Robert Bringhurst. Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1999. xx, 313 pp.; $32.95 (paper). ISBN 0-88179-154-7. Robert Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic...

Imaging the Early Medieval Bible.(Review)
March 22, 2001... John Williams, ed. Imaging the Early Medieval Bible. The Penn State Series in the History of the Book. University Park, Penn.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. 227 pp.; $75.00 US (hardcover). ISBN 0-271-01768-6. The relatively...

The Bible as Book: The First Printed Editions.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Paul Saenger and Kimberly Van Kampen, eds. The Bible as Book: The First Printed Editions. London/New Castle: The British Library & Oak Knoll Press in association with The Scriptorium: Center for Christian Antiquities, 1999. xii + 164 pp.;...

A History of the Book in America, Volume I: The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Hugh Amory and David D. Hall, eds. A History of the Book in America, Volume I: The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xxiv + 638 pp.; $125 US (hardcover). ISBN 0-521-48256-9. In his spiritual...

Publishing Drama in Early Modern Europe.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Chartier, Roger. Publishing Drama in Early Modern Europe. The Panizzi Lectures, 1998. London: The British Library, 1999. x, 73 pp.; $32.00 (paper). ISBN 0-7123-4635-X. Roger Chartier's is the fourteenth of the Panizzi Lectures inaugurated...

Medicine, Mortality and the Book Trade.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Robin Myers and Michael Harris, eds. Medicine, Mortality and the Book Trade. Publishing Pathways Series. Folkestone, Kent: St. Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 1998. xii, 158 PP.; $39-95 US (hardcover). ISBN...

Ottmar Mergenthaler: The Man and his Machine.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Basil Kahan. Ottmar Mergenthaler: The Man and his Machine. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll, 2000. 224 pp.; $55.00 US. (hardcover). ISBN 1-58456-007-X. After the introduction of high speed steam presses in the mid-19th century, the hand...

Practice to Deceive: The Amazing Stories of Literary Forgery's Most Notorious Practitioners.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Joseph Rosenblum. Practice to Deceive: The Amazing Stories of Literary Forgery's Most Notorious Practitioners. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. xx, 394 PP.; $39-95 (cloth). ISBN 1-58456-010-X. Forgery is as ineluctably fascinating...

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict between Word and Image.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Shlain, Leonard. The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict between Word and Image. New York: Viking-Penguin, 1998. xiv, 464 pp.; $20.99 US (paper). ISBN 0 14 01.9601 3. Bibliographers of an earlier generation were largely insulated from...

The Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators: The Published Graphic Art of the English Pre-Raphaelites and Their Associates.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Gregory R. Suriano. The Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators: The Published Graphic Art of the English Pre-Raphaelites and Their Associates. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll, and London: The British Library, 2000. 336 pp.; $49-95 US (hardcover). ISBN...

By His Own Labor: The Biography of Dard Hunter.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Cathleen A. Baker. By His Own Labor: The Biography of Dard Hunter. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 239 pp.; $49.95 US (hardcover). ISBN 1-58456-020-7. Cathleen Baker's well researched and enjoyable biography of Dard Hunter was...

Across Boundaries: The Book in Culture & Commerce.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Bill Bell, Philip Bennett, and Jonquil Bevan, eds. Across Boundaries: The Book in Culture & Commerce. Winchester and New Castle, Del: St. Paul's Bibliographies and Oak Knoll Press, 2000. x, 160 pp.; 25.00 [pounds sterling] (hardcover). ISBN...

My Gracious Silence: Women in the Mirror of 16th Century Printing.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Axel Erdmann. My Gracious Silence: Women in the Mirror of 16th Century Printing. Luzern, Switzerland: Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1999. xxx, 319 pp.; $90.00 US (hardcover). Available from Oak Knoll Press. The purpose of this collection of...

The English Medieval Book: Studies in Memory of Jeremy Griffiths.(Review)
March 22, 2001... A.S.G. Edwards, Vincent Gillespie, and Ralph Hanna, eds.The English Medieval Book : Studies in Memory of Jeremy Griffiths. London: The British Library, 2000. xii, 264 pp.; $75.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0 7123 4650-3. Vincent Gillespie and...