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Quarto, 124p., brown cloth, ill dj (small repaired tear bottom spine) color b&w illustrations. Introduction By J. Russell Harper . Complimentary tipped in invoice of the Bank of Montreal & Harris Bank

8vo, XXIX, 540p., ill., cloth, dj, As newjn 1997, a team of historians, librarians, and literary scholars from across the country joined the growing number of researchers around the world studying print culture on a national scale and took up the task of producing a history for Canada. Volume one of the History of the Book in Canada – the first of three volumes in this collaborative project – examines the role of print in the political, religious, intellectual, and cultural life of the colonies that eventually became Canada.This volume begins with Aboriginal peoples who maintained their stories and history both orally and in writing. When Europeans arrived, the printing press was not yet a century old, but once printing began in Halifax in 1752, it spread rapidly. Printers set up shops through the eastern provinces, in Quebec and Ontario, and by 1840, as far west as a mission near Lake Winnipeg. Their productions were largely utilitarian: newspapers, handbills, almanacs, textbooks, and works of… Leer más

8vo, XXXIII, 659p., cloth, dj, b&w ill. As new.Vast in its scope and depth of scholarship, this second volume of the History of the Book in Canada extends the landmark research on Canadian book and print culture from 1840 to the end of the First World War. During this time, the lives of Canadians were shaped by technological innovation, political change, and settlement of the West by immigrants from Europe and migrants from eastern and central Canada and the United States. The development of steam power, telegraphy, photography, electricity, and the railroads transformed the book trades.Whether it was an urban daily, a small-town weekly, a newspaper published in one of a dozen languages, or a magazine, the periodical press reached readers across the country. The period also saw Canadian authors such as L.M. Montgomery write bestsellers that are still popular today, and marked the introduction of new voices, including those of Black communities, Native peoples, and the Métis led by Louis Riel, into… Leer más

140p., broché, illustrations n&b.

in 12, 74p., br. couv. illustree, un des 500 exemplaires sur Zéphyr coquille des Papeteries Rolland.

392p. broché

in4, Cartonnage de l'éditeur, toile rouge, titre embossé, dos muet, non paginé (38p.) illustré

2 vol., in 8, 418,418p., ill.,

8vo, X,191p.,  Illus from photos, drawings and maps, no dj, second ed.

4to, 239p., hardcover, ill. dust jacket. ill. b&w photos. very nice condition.

Br., couv. ill.,357p., Cahier du Quebes, collection litterature

in4, 48p.,condition impeccable

Rel. toile bleue (tache au plat arriere),viii, 442p ill. 8 signatures d'employés de la United Aircraft

in 4, rel. toile, jaquette ill., qq dechirures reparees, 304p., illustre, cartes

format poche, 245p., br., carte pliante, pli de lecture au dos.

332p., couv ill.

in 8 cartonné, xxiv-671 p. reproduction de l'édition originale de 1909, très bel exemplaire.

Folio, cartonnage sous jaquette, 223p., ill.

Broché,215p., couv. souple ill., ill. n&b, cartes et plans, signature de l'ancien proprio. État convenable.

in 8 oblong, 88 p., ill. couleur n&b., état de neuf