Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada articles from September 2005

Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada archives from September 2005

Editorial note/Preliminaire.(Editorial)
September 22, 2005... 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...

Distributors, agents, and publishers: creating a separate market for books in Canada 1900-1920. (1) Part I.
September 22, 2005... If books are to be distributed to Canadian readers, the work must be done by Canadian publishers. --George N. Morang, "The Development of Publishing in Canada and the Canadian Copyright Question," 1899 (3) I. "Toronto's Wholesale District...

"The foundling has come a long way": Lorne Pierce, Canadiana Collecting, and the founding of the Bibliographical Society of Canada (1).(Biography)
September 22, 2005... RESUME Lorne Pierce, qui fut entre les annees 1920 et 1960 editeur a Ryerson Press, joua un role crucial dans la fondation de la Societe bibliographique du Canada mise sur pied officiellement en 1946. Il organisa a cet egard durant les...

John Lane. Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Annotated Descriptions of the Specimens to ca. 1850 (Mostly from the Low Countries and France) with Preliminary Notes on the Typefoundaries and Printing Offices.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... John Lane. Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Annotated Descriptions of the Specimens to ca. 1850 (Mostly from the Low Countries and France) with Preliminary Notes on the Typefoundaries and Printing Offices. New Castle, Del.;...

Stephen Fussel. Gutenberg and the Impact of Printing.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Stephen Fussel. Gutenberg and the Impact of Printing. Trans. by Douglas Martin. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. 200 pp.; US $59.95. ISBN 0754635376. Noting in his foreword that an American team of journalists designated Johann Gutenberg as the...

Ari Rafaeli. Book Typography.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Ari Rafaeli. Book Typography. New Castle, Del. and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2005. 160 pp.; $34.95 (US). ISBN 0712306935. In Book Typography, Ari Raphaeli provides an overview of the essential background and knowledge...

Yvan Lamonde et Sophie Montreuil dirs. Lire au Quebec au XI[X.sup.e] siecle.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Yvan Lamonde et Sophie Montreuil dirs. Lire au Quebec au XIXe siecle, Montreal, Fides, 2003, 330 p. 29,954. ISBN 2-7621-2-2500-6. La publication de ce livre doit etre marquee d'une pierre blanche. Il s'agit du premier volume qui approche...

Dominique Marquis. Un quotidien pour l'Eglise.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Dominique Marquis. Un quotidien pour l'Eglise. L'Action catholique, 1910-1940, Montreal, Lemeac, 2004, 220 p. 22,95$. ISBN 2-7609-0598-5. L'entree dans le XXe siecle marque un tournant majeur sur le plan de la presse et, plus generalement,...

Joseph Jones. Reference Sources for Canadian Literary Studies.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Joseph Jones. Reference Sources for Canadian Literary Studies. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. xiv, 464 pp; $128.00. ISBN 080208740 x. According to the introduction, this book started as "a 1990 three-page library handout,"...

Alan Twigg. First Invaders: The Literary Origins of British Columbia.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Alan Twigg. First Invaders: The Literary Origins of British Columbia. Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2004. 299 pp.; $21.95 (paperback). ISBN 1553800184. Alan Twigg is best known as editor of BC BookWorld. He is a photographer and the author of...

Don Kerr. A Book in Every Hand: Public Libraries in Saskatchewan.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Don Kerr. A Book in Every Hand: Public Libraries in Saskatchewan. Regina: Coteau Books, 2005. 279 pp.; $19.95. ISBN 1550503138. Prolific Saskatoon poet, playwright, short-story writer, and scholar, Don Kerr, has written a history of...

Mary McConnell, Cameron Treleaven, Aritha van Herk. Editions and Impressions: Collectors and Their Love of the Works of L.M. Montgomery.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Mary McConnell, Cameron Treleaven, Aritha van Herk. Editions and Impressions: Collectors and Their Love of the Works of L.M. Montgomery. Calgary: Information Resources, University of Calgary, 2005. 42 pp.; $10.00. ISBN 0-88953-279-6. It is...

Sophie Montreuil et Isabelle Crevier dirs. << Tous ces livres sont a toi.! >> De l'oeuvre des bons livres a la Grande Bibliotheque (1844-2005).(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Sophie Montreuil et Isabelle Crevier dirs. > De l'oeuvre des bons livres a la Grande Bibliotheque (1844-2005), Montreal / Quebec, Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec / Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2005, 182 p. 39,95 $ (papier). ISBN...

Francoise Lepage dir. La litterature pour la jeunesse 1970-2000.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Francoise Lepage dir. La litterature pour la jeunesse 1970-2000, Montreal, Fides, 347 P. 34,955. ISBN 2-7621-2404-2. Paru en 2003, ce tome XI des Archives des lettres canadiennes, publication du Centre de recherche en civilisation...

Monique Lebrun dir. Les pratiques de lecture des adolescents quebecois.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Monique Lebrun dir. Les pratiques de lecture des adolescents quebecois, Montreal, Editions Multimondes, 2004, 313 p. 34,95$. ISBN 2-89544-049-2. Paru en 2004, ce collectif comprend dix chapitres signes par six auteures qui abordent, tour a...

Sian Echard and Stephen Partridge, eds. The Book Unbound: Editing and Reading Medieval Manuscripts and Texts.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Sian Echard and Stephen Partridge, eds. The Book Unbound: Editing and Reading Medieval Manuscripts and Texts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. xxi, 235 pp; $50.00. ISBN 0802087566. In September of 1999, the University of British...

Marvin Spevack, ed. Isaac D'Israeli on Books: Pre-Victorian Essays on the History of Literature.(The Scholar-Librarian: Books, Libraries, and the Visual Arts)(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Marvin Spevack, ed. Isaac D'Israeli on Books: Pre-Victorian Essays on the History of Literature. London and New Castle, Del.: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 2004. 304 pp.; $49.95 (US). ISBN 0712348298 (UK); 1584561319 (US). ...

Yves Gauthier. Monsieur Livre: Henri Tranquille.(Brief Notices)(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Yves Gauthier. Monsieur Livre : Henri Tranquille, Sillery, Septentrion, 2005, 277 p. 24,95$. ISBN 2-89448-423-2. En 1936, Henri Tranquille doit abandonner son cours classique par manque d'argent. Il a 20 ans et la litterature le passionne....

Suzanne Pouliot et Noelle Sorin dirs. Litterature pour la jeunesse: les representations de l'enfant.(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Suzanne Pouliot et Noelle Sorin dirs. Litterature pour la jeunesse: les representations de l'enfant, Montreal, Acfas, 2005, 15 p. (Cahiers scientifiques de l'Acfas; 103) 20$. ISBN 2-89245-128-0. Coiffe d'une introduction redigee par les...