Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada articles from September 2007

Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada archives from September 2007

Note of welcome/Mots de bienvenue.(Brief article)
September 22, 2007... This issue of Papers/Cahiers is an occasion for celebration, a celebration first of Sheila Latham's distinguished tenure as Editor flora Volume 39/1 in 2001 to Volume 45/1 earlier this year, a total of thirteen issues shaped by thoughtful and...

"Sidown, Brother, Sidown!": the problem of commitment and the publishing history of Irene Baird's Waste Heritage.(Critical essay)
September 22, 2007... SOMMAIRE Le roman d'Irene Baird intitule Waste Heritage (1939) qui se deroule durant les annees de la crise economique a suscite recemment un regain d'interet au Canada. Alors que la critique litteraire de l'epoque presentait cette oeuvre...

Le livre & la geographie (1747-1829): sedimentation & erosion du savoir (1).(Critical essay)
September 22, 2007... SUMMARY The portable Dictionary by Vosgien (Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat aka Vosgien, a teacher at the Sorbonne) was a best-seller and was printed and translated from 1747 to 1858. To record the discoveries and changes in the world (which meant...

2007: Tremaine Medal and Watters-Morley Prize awarded to Elizabeth Driver/2007: Remise de la Medaille Marie-Tremaine 2007 et de Prix Watters-Morley a Elizabeth Driver.
September 22, 2007... At the Annual Meeting of the Bibliographical Society of Canada on 20 June 2007 in Montreal, the following citation was read by Carl Spadoni. On the unanimous recommendation of the Tremaine Medal Committee, the Council of the...

Carole Gerson and Jacques Michon, eds. History of the Book in Canada.(books on book publishing culture)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Carole Gerson and Jacques Michon, eds. History of the Book in Canada. Volume 3. 1918-1980. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. xxxiv + 638 pp.; $85.00 ISBN 0802090478 Craig Munro and Robyn Sheahan-Bright, eds. Paper Empires: A...

Cathy Moulder, ed. and comp. Carol Mazur. Alice Munro: An Annotated Bibliography of Works and Criticism.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Cathy Moulder, ed. and comp. Carol Mazur. Alice Munro: An Annotated Bibliography of Works and Criticism. Lanham, MD; Toronto: Scarecrow Press, 2007. xiii, 457 pp.; US $75.00 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-59224-1 Shannon Hengen and Ashley Thomson,...

Corbo, Claude, dir. Monuments intellectuels quebecois du XXe siecle. Grands livres d'erudition, de science et de sagesse.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Corbo, Claude, dir. Monuments intellectuels quebecois du [XX.sup.e] siecle. Grands livres d'erudition, de science et de sagesse. Sillery, Quebec: Septentrion, 2006. 290 p. 49.95 $ (relie). ISBN 2-89448-450-x. Depuis quelque temps, il se...

Konstantinos Sp. Staikos. The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Cicero to Hadrian.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Konstantinos Sp. Staikos. The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Cicero to Hadrian. Trans. Timothy Cullen. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; MS 't Goy-Houten, (Utrecht), NL: HES & De Graaf, 2005. 428pp.; US $75.00 ISBN...

J.F. Coakley. The Typography of Syriac: A Historical Catalogue of Printing Types, 1537-1958.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... J.F. Coakley. The Typography of Syriac: A Historical Catalogue of Printing Types, 1537-1958. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library, 2006. 272 pp.; US $75.00 ISBN 1584561920 Syriac is a Semitic language and belongs to a...

Colin White. A Guide to the Printed Work of Jessie M. King.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Colin White. A Guide to the Printed Work of Jessie M. King. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library, 2-007.230 pp.; US $90.00 ISBN 9781584562047 Where are all the books about the art of Jessie M. King 0875-1949)? Jessie M....

John Hinks and Catherine Armstrong, eds. Worlds of Print: Diversity in the Book Trade.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... John Hinks and Catherine Armstrong, eds. Worlds of Print: Diversity in the Book Trade. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: British Library, 2006. 240 pp.; US $45.00 ISBN 1584561912 A stimulating mix of Masonic pocket companions, true...

Ronald I. Cohen. Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Ronald I. Cohen. Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill. 3 vols. London: Thoemmes Continuum, 2006. 2176 pp.; US $990.00 ISBN 0826472354. Sir Winston Churchill's daughter Mary, now The Lady Soames, remembers her father as a...

Scott-Martin Kosofsky, ed. The SP Century: Boston s Society of Printers Through One Hundred Years of Change.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Scott-Martin Kosofsky, ed. be SP Century: Boston s Society of Printers Through One Hundred Years of Change. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press/Society of Printers, and Boston Public Library, 2006. 268 pp.; US $45.00 ISBN 1584561947 The SP...

Sidney E. Berger. Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Sidney E. Berger. Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 9.006. 80 pp.; US $150 ISBN 1-58456-189-0 Another addition to the Oak Knoll Press list of publications about the crafts attendant to book...