Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada articles from March 2007

Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada archives from March 2007

Editorial note/Preliminaire.(Editorial)
March 22, 2007... Editorial Note 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...

Bibliomania: the felicitous infection and the comforting cure (1).
March 22, 2007... SOMMAIRE Collectionner des livres, des papillons ou des bouteilles est certes un passe-temps agreable et anodin mais peut cependant devenir une manie si l'on s'y adonne de facon irreflechie. L'auteur relate sa propre experience dans le...

The publication of "Mrs. Dalgairns' Cookery": a fortuitous nineteenth-century success story (1).
March 22, 2007... SOMMAIRE En mars 1829, Robert Cadell d'Edimbourg publiait The Practice of Cookery de Mme Dalgairns. Ce livre de cuisine gagna tres tot des critiques plus que favorables dans des journaux ecossais et anglais, les revues litteraires et la...

La formation des ouvriers des metiers du livre au Quebec (1925-1971): le cas de l'Ecole des arts graphiques de Montreal (1).
March 22, 2007... SUMMARY In 1925, a printing department was integrated into the program of the Technical School of Montreal. Twelve years later, a binding workshop, founded and directed by Louis-Philippe Beaudoin, was added to the School's program. The...

Alberto Manguel. La Bibliotheque, la nuit.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Alberto Manguel. La Bibliotheque, la nuit, Arles/Montreal, Actes Sud/Lemeac, 2006. 335 P. 37,95$. ISBN 2-7609-2614-1. Apres Une histoire de la lecture, tres remarquee lors de sa parution en 1998, Alberto Manguel recidive en nous offrant ses...

Phil Baines. Penguin by Design: A Cover Story, 1935-2005.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Phil Baines. Penguin by Design: A Cover Story, 1935-2005. London: Penguin/Allen Lane, 2005. 256 pp.; $35.00. ISBN 0713998393. Richard B. Doubleday. Jan Tschichold, Designer: The Penguin Years. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. 240...

Leslie Howsam. Old Books and New Histories: An Orientation to Studies in Book and Print Culture.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Leslie Howsam. Old Books and New Histories: An Orientation to Studies in Book and Print Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 111 pp.; $40.00 (cloth). ISBN 0802091962. This little book (only 77 pages in length, excluding...

Micheline Cambron, dir. La Vie culturelle a Montreal vers 1900.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Micheline Cambron, dir. La Vie culturelle a Montreal vers 1900, Montreal, Fides et Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, 2005, 413 p. 39,95$. ISBN 2-7621-2222-8. la fois destine au chercheur universitaire et au public interesse par l'histoire...

Carl Spadoni. An e-Bibliography of Stephen Leacock.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Carl Spadoni. An e-Bibliography of Stephen Leacock. 2nd ed. Shelburne, Ont.: The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2004. $20.00. ISBN 1552465888. In 1998, when Toronto's ECW Press published Carl Spadoni's bibliography of Stephen Leacock in an...

Pierre Hebert, Yves Lever et Kenneth Landry, dirs. Dictionnaire de la censure au Quebec. Litterature et cinema.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Pierre Hebert, Yves Lever et Kenneth Landry, dirs. Dictionnaire de la censure au Quebec. Litterature et cinema, Montreal, Fides, 2006, 715 p. 54.95$ ISBN: 978-2-7621-2636-5 Le Dictionnaire de la censure s'adresse a la communaute...

John Hinks and Catherine Armstrong, eds. Printing Places: Locations of Book Production & Distribution Since 1500.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... John Hinks and Catherine Armstrong, eds. Printing Places: Locations of Book Production & Distribution Since 1500. Print Networks Series. New Castle, Del., and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2005. xiii, 208 pp.; US $45.00. ISBN...

David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery. An Introduction to Book History.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery. An Introduction to Book History. New York and London: Routledge, 2005. 160 pp. C$39.95. ISBN 0415314437. En depit de l'extraordinaire croissance du nombre de programmes universitaires en histoire du...

Marieke van Delft, Frank de Glas, and Jeroen Salman, eds. New Perspectives in Book History: Contributions from the Low Countries.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Marieke van Delft, Frank de Glas, and Jeroen Salman, eds. New Perspectives in Book History: Contributions from the Low Countries. Zutphen, NL: Walburg Pers, 2006. 222 pp.; 29,95 [euro]. ISBN 9057304317. The Netherlands is the home of a rich...

Jane R. Pomeroy. Alexander Anderson (1775-1870). Wood Engraver and Illustrator: An Annotated Bibliography.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Jane R. Pomeroy. Alexander Anderson (1775-1870). Wood Engraver and Illustrator: An Annotated Bibliography. 3 vols. New Castle, Del., and Worcester, Mass.: Oak Knoll Press and the American Antiquarian Society, 2005. 2,616 pp.; US $350.00. ISBN...

James N. Green and Peter Stallybrass. Benjamin Franklin: Writer and Printer.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... James N. Green and Peter Stallybrass. Benjamin Franklin: Writer and Printer. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, the Library Company of Philadelphia, and the British Library, 2006. 192 pp.; US $49.95. ISBN 1584561874. The tercentenary in...

Buchanan-Brown, John. Early Victorian Illustrated Books: Britain, France and Germany, 1820-1860.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Buchanan-Brown, John. Early Victorian Illustrated Books: Britain, France and Germany, 1820-1860. New Castle, Del., and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2005. 320 pp.; US $98.00. ISBN 1584561696. The publication of this book...

LeMire, Eugene D. A Bibliography of William Morris.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... LeMire, Eugene D. A Bibliography of William Morris. New Castle, Del., and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2006. 448 pp.; US $98.00. ISBN 1584561734 (US); 071234926X (UK). The initial reaction to Eugene D. LeMire's...

Mike Ashley. The Age of the Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines, 1880-1950.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Mike Ashley. The Age of the Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines, 1880-1950. New Castle, Del., and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2006. x, 308 pp. 132 illus.; US $95.00; 45.00 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 158456170X...

Paul Maravelas. Letterpress Printing: A Manual for Modern Fine Press Printers.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Paul Maravelas. Letterpress Printing: A Manual for Modern Fine Press Printers. New Castle, Del., and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2005. 220 pp.; US $39.95. ISBN 158456167X. Discovering a passion for letterpress printing...