Papers of The Bibliographical Society of Canada
Literature
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“Chance volumes of the most miscellaneous character”
From 1885 to 1898, the Reverend Dr. Henry Scaddding (a polymathic Toronto cleric, local historian, and bibliophile) drew upon his extensive personal collection to curate annual book displays at the Toronto Industrial Exhibition. (These displays were...
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Embracing Elsewhereness
Authorship in Canada during the nineteenth century was fundamentally transatlantic. Authors who resided in British North America, and later Canada, needed to navigate the system of trans-border publishing if they wished to see much in the way of fina...
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Monstrous Origins
In 1966, Margaret Atwood and her long-time artist friend Charles Pachter produced a handmade collaborative text entitled Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein. The book is a series of poems by Atwood, spoken through the imagined voice of Doctor Frankenste...
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COMPTE RENDU : Histoire du livre et de l’édition : production et circulation, formes et mutations
Yann Sordet. Histoire du livre et de l’édition : production et circulation, formes et mutations, Paris : Albin Michel, 2021, 800 p., 32,00 € (broché), ISBN 9782226457677.
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COMPTE RENDU : Les bibliothèques de proximité
Stéphanie Khoury et Maël Rannou. Les bibliothèques de proximité, Clermont-Ferrand : Presses universitaires Blaise-Pascal, coll. « L’Opportune », 2022, 64 p., 4,50 € (broché) ISBN 978-2-38377-083-1.
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BOOK REVIEW: Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000: Exploring Unfinished, Unpublished, Unsuccessful Encyclopedic Projects
Linn Holmberg and Maria Simonsen, eds., Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000: Exploring Unfinished, Unpublished, Unsuccessful Encyclopedic Projects, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 330 p., $109.96 (e-book) e-ISBN 9783030643003
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BOOK REVIEW: Collection Thinking: Within and Without Libraries, Archives and Museums
Jason Camlot, Martha Langford, Linda M. Morra, eds., Collection Thinking: Within and Without Libraries, Archives and Museums, New York: Routledge, 2023, 342 p., $81.50 (paperback) ISBN 9781032252551
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COMPTE RENDU : Faire œuvre à deux. Le Livre surréaliste au féminin.
Andrea Oberhuber. Faire œuvre à deux. Le Livre surréaliste au féminin, Montréal et Rennes : Presses de l’Université de Montréal et Presses de l’Université de Rennes, coll. « Art+ », 2023, 352 p., 39,95 $ (broché) ISBN 978-2-7606-4826-5.
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