Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada articles from September 1996

Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada archives from September 1996

Marie Tremaine Medal.
September 22, 1996... The Marie Tremaine Medal is awarded annually by the Bibliographical Society of Canada / La Societe bibliographique du Canada for outstanding service to Canadian bibliography and for distinguished publication in either English or French in that...

Medaille Marie Tremaine.
September 22, 1996... 1996: LA MEDAILLE TREMAINE DECERNEE A ERNIE INGLEES: A la conference de la Societe bibliographique du Canada tenue a Halifax, le 10-11 juin 1996, la citation suivante a ete lue par Thomas B. Vincent, President de la Societe: Suite a la...

Waiting for the barbarians: rare books and the new university in Canada.
September 22, 1996... Many of you, I am sure, will recognize in my rather rhetorical title the name of one of the best-known poems of Constantine Cavafy, the Greek poet born in Alexandria who haunts Lawrence Durrell's `Alexandria Quartet' series of related novels....

Technology and Canadian printing: a history from lead type to lasers.
September 22, 1996... Bryan Dewalt. Technology and Canadian Printing: A History from Lead Type to Lasers. Ottawa: National Museum of Science and Technology, 1995. Transformation Series, vol. 3. 162 pp.; $15.00 (paper). ISSN 1188-2964. Readers of the...

Ces livres que vous avez aimes: les best-sellers au Quebec de 1970 a aujourd'hui.
September 22, 1996... Denis Saint-Jacques, Jacques Lemieux, Claude Martin et Vincent Nadeau. Ces livres que vous avez aimes. Les Best-sellers au Quebec de 1970 a aujourd'hui. Quebec: Nuit Blanche editeur, 1994. 223 p.; 22, 95$ (papier). ISBN 2-921053-31-4. Qui...

Blake studies in Japan: a bibliography of works on William Blake published in Japan, 1893-1993.
September 22, 1996... G.E. Bentley, Jr. with the assistance of Keiko Aoyama. Blake Studies in Japan: A Bibliography of Works on William Blake Published in Japan, 1893-1993. Tokyo: Japan Association of English Romanticism, 1994. XXV, [I], 189, [I] pp.; (paper). ISBN...

William Golding: a bibliography, 1934-1993.
September 22, 1996... Gekoski and P.A. Grogan. William Golding: A Bibliography, 1934-1993. Foreword by William Golding. London: Andre Deutsch, 1994. xiii, [I], 158 pp.; [pounds sterling]75 (cloth), [pounds sterling]150 (printed on special paper and bound in quarter...

Etudes de Minuit, 1942-1955: le devoir d'insoumission.
September 22, 1996... Anne Simonin. Les Etudes de Minuit, 1942-1955. Le devoir d'insoumission. Paris: Institut Memoires de l'edition contemporaine, 1994. 528, [2], 6, [4] p.; 220 FF (papier). ISBN 2-908295-20-2. Les annees qui ont precede le cinquantieme...

Dictionary of 20th century British book illustrators.
September 22, 1996... Alan Horne The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Antique Collectors' Club, 1994. 456 pp., $60.50u.s. (cloth). ISBN 1-85149-108-2. With Alan Horne's The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book...

Bibliography of Bertrand Russell.
September 22, 1996... Kenneth Blackwell and Harry Ruja. A Bibliography of Bertrand Russell. London: Routledge, 1994. 3 vols.;/dp/250, $385.00 U.S. (cloth). ISBN 0-415-11644-9. Betrand Russell (1872-1970) is difficult to categorize. Look him up in a dictionary...

Cooper & Beatty: designers with type.
September 22, 1996... Brief Notices / Notices Abregees Edna Hajnal and Richard Landon. Cooper & Beatty: Designers with Type. An exhibition in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, January 15th to April 26th 1996. Toronto: Sponsored by...

From Cavalcanti to Calvino: 500 years of Italian editions and English translations.
September 22, 1996... Robin Healey. From Cavalcanti to Calvino: 500 Years of Italian Editions and English Translations. An exhibition in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 13 May -- 30 August 1996. Toronto: University of Toronto Library,...

Teaching the world: a celebration of textbooks.
September 22, 1996... Merrill Distad, ed. Teaching the World: A Celebration of Textbooks. An exhibition of textbooks first held at the University of Alberta 28 March to 12 April 1996. Edmonton: Office of the Vice-President (Research and External Affairs) in...

Box of delights: 600 years of children's books.
September 22, 1996... Jill Shefrin. Box of Delights: 600 Years of Children's Books. Based on an exhibition to mark the opening of a new home for The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, October 20, 1995 -- February 10, 1996. Toronto: Friends of the Osborne...

John Newbery and his books: trade and plumb-cake for ever, Huzza!
September 22, 1996... John Rowe Townsend, ed. John Newbery and His Books: Trade and Plumb-Cake for Ever, Huzza! Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994. xv, [3], 173, [3] pp.;$25.00 U.S. (cloth). ISBN 0-8108-2950-9. This book is a tribute to the accomplished...

Transformations du systeme de communication ecrite dans le pays de l'Europe central depuis 1985.
September 22, 1996... Les transformations du systeme de communication ecrite dans les pays de l'Europe central depuis 1985 (Actes du premier colloque international de recherche de l'AIB; Prague, mai 1994). Textes reunis par Robert Estivals. [Prague]: Institut...

History comes to life: collecting historical letters and documents.
September 22, 1996... Kenneth W. Rendell. History Comes to Life: Collecting Historical Letters and Documents. Norman, Oklahoma, and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. [8], v, [3], 279, [I] pp.; $29.95 U.S. (cloth). ISBN 0-8061-2764-3. With the...

Gentle madness: bibliophiles, bibliomanes, and the eternal passion for books.
September 22, 1996... Nicholas A. Basbanes. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. xvi, [2], 638 pp.; $35.00 U.S. (cloth). ISBN 0-8050-3653-9. To the outsider book collecting is...

Antiquarian books: a companion for booksellers, librarians and collectors.
September 22, 1996... Philippa Bernard with Leo Bernard and Angus O'Neill, comps. and eds. Antiquarian Books: A Companion for Booksellers, Librarians and Collectors. Aldershot, Hants: Scolar Press, 1994. xiv, 461, [I] pp.; [pounds sterling]49.50 (papers boards)....

Firebrand: the life of Horace Liveright.
September 22, 1996... Tom Dardis. Firebrand: The Life of Horace Liveright. New York: Random House, 1995. xvii, [I], 394, [4] pp; $27.50 U.S. (cloth). ISBN 0-679-40675-1. No American publisher epitomized the spirit of the roaring twenties more than Horace...