BRICK

Brick 25 a Journal of Reviews Fall, 1985

Toronto, Ontario, Brick/The Canada Council/The Ontario Arts Council. 1985. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 47pp. 4to. 19 books reviewed, including Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale". Brick is published three times a year. A clean, bright copy, with only the lightest wear to the front cover.

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Book number: 126764

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Keywords: Literary Reviews, Canadian Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Reviews, Periodicals

BRIDGES, R.C.; HAIR, P.E.H. (EDITOR)

Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth; Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996; With a Complete List of the Society's Publications

London, England, The Hakluyt Society. (ISBN: 0 904180 44 1). 1996. (hardcover) Fine in very good dust jacket. 336pp. 8vo. Published in celebration of the Hakluyt Sociey's sesquicentennial anniversary. A collection of essays about people in the society since 1846. Includes a listing of Hakluyt Society publications from 1847-1995. DJ shows modest wear. Blue cloth over boards, withe silver to the front and spine. Very clean, tight, bright copy.

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Book number: 123517

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Keywords: Books About Books, Books on Books, Exploration, Geography, History, Navigation, Travels 0904180441

CAMPBELL, H.C.

Canadian Libraries

Toronto, Pendragon House. 1971, 2nd edition, revised; first printing. (hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 114pp. 8vo. DJ shows light rubbing, and is otherwise clean. The book has navy boards with silver title to spine, pristine and seemingly never read. The author was, at the time of publication, was the Chief Librarian, Toronto Public Libraries. Second edition fully revised and expanded. Comparative Library Studies.

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Book number: 124769

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Keywords: Librairies, Canadiana, Libraries, Library Studies

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA

The British American Almanack for the Year 1792 [Saint John, 1791]

Toronto, the Society. 1953, 1st ptg. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. Slightly sunned spine. Facsimile Series no.5. Publication 9.

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Book number: 110781

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Keywords: Bibliography, Almanac, Canada

(BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES); CARGO, ROBERT T.

Baudelaire Criticism 1950-1967; a Bibliography with Critical Commentary

University, University of Alabama Press. 1968, 1st Edition. (Cloth) As new. 171pp. Frontispiece.

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Book number: 203525

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, French, Poetry

CASHDAN, SHELDON

The Witch Must Die; How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives

New York, Basic Books/Perseus Books Group. (ISBN: 0-465-09148-2). 1999. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. x, [2], 282pp. 8vo. A narrative of how fairy tales speak to the basic human condition and highlight the roles played by iconic images like glass slippers, evil stepmothers, gingerbread houses, sorcery, and how they differ from culture to culture. Illustrated jacket shows light wear, markings at rear. Quarter-bound, ivory paper boards. Small bump at head of spine; else is clean, tight, bright, solid. Features a parents' guide to choose and use fairy tales.

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Book number: 126646

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, Archetypes, Fairy Tales, Literature 0465091482

PICKERING AND CHATTO

An Illustrated Catalogue of Old and Rare Books; for Sale, with Prices Affixed

London, Pickering and Chatto. 1902. (4to, cloth) Very good. 434pp. Frontispiece, illus. ports. Institutional buckram, the original wraps bound in at rear. Frontispiece and occasional plates in colour; many b / w illus. Joints tender. Some rubbing. Internally, very clean.

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Book number: 202205

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Keywords: Books on Books, Books on Books, British

HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY

List of Books Relating to Hudson's Bay Company, Incorporated May 2, 1670

London, Hudson's Bay Company. 1935. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 13pp. Annotated bibliography by the Company. Peel(3) 5884.

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Book number: 105441

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Keywords: Bibliography, Canada, Canadian Prairies, French, Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company, North

DESALVO, LOUISE

Virginia Woolf; The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work

New York, Ballantine Books. (ISBN: 0-345-36639-5). 1989. (Mass market paperback) Very good. xxiii, 372pp. 8vo. In part biography, in part literary criticism, this looks at Woolf as the incest survivor she was, from a classically dysfunctional family dynamic and the ways in which that experience influenced her work and indeed, her life. Black and white photographs. Clean, bright copy.

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Book number: 130987

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, Bloomsbury Group, British - Literature, Incest Victims, Literary Biography, Literary History, Literature - British, The Hogarth Press, Virginia Woolf 0345366395

DESALVO, LOUISE

Virginia Woolf; The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work

Boston, Beacon Press. (ISBN: 0-8070-6326-6). 1989. (hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. xxiii, 372pp. 8vo. In part biography, in part literary criticism, this looks at Woolf as the incest survivor she was, from a classically dysfunctional family dynamic and the ways in which that experience influenced her work and indeed, her life. Black and white photographs. Jacket clipped, lightly rubbed. Fine / near fine copy.

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Book number: 130988

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, Bloomsbury Group, British - Literature, Incest Victims, Literary Biography, Literary History, Literature - British, The Hogarth Press, Virginia Woolf 0807063266

DUFF, E. GORDON

The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535

New York, Arno Press. 1977. (Fabricoid) Fine. 256pp. Illus.

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Book number: 109744

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Keywords: Books About Books, Book Related, Bookbinding

DUKE, DOROTHY MARY

Agricultural Periodicals Published in Canada, 1836-1960

Ottawa, Information Division, Canada Department of Agriculture. 1962. (Mass market paperback) Very good plus. 101pp. 4to. In original yellow card wraps, printed in black. Sticker residue at head of top cover; stamped Sep 10 1962. Internally unblemished; tight, bright, and clean. A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, McGill University Library School, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master of Library Science, 1961.

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Book number: 120045

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Keywords: Bibliography, Books About Books, Canadian Prairies

DUNLAP, JOSEPH R.; BURNE-JONES, EDWARD (ILLUS.)

The Book That Never Was: The Argument; How William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones Attempted to Make of the Earthly Paradise a Big Book with "Lots of Stories and Pictures"; How They Fared in This Endeavor; And How Their Dream, Though It Evaded Them, Has Yet Outlived Them.

New York, Oriole Editions. 1971. (hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 86pp. 4to. Housed in original plain brown slipcase. Slipcase spine worn, paper splitting at edges of spine. Volume in dust jacket; jacket with small bump at head of spine, else fine. Quarter ecru cloth over smooth blue cloth boards, lettering in dark blue to spine. Volume in fine condition. Internally bright and clean. B&W illus.

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Book number: 120929

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Keywords: Books About Books, Bibliophile, Books on Books

EATON, WALTER PRITCHARD

Penguin Persons & Pepermints

Boston, W.A. Wilde Company. 1922, 1st edition. (Cloth, 8vo) Very good, no dust jacket. xii, 251pp. Inscribed by the author on ffep.

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Book number: 116694

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Keywords: Literary Criticism, American Literature, Essays

FAUTEUX, AEGIDIUS

The Introduction of Printing into Canada

Montreal, Rolland Paper Company. 1930. (Cloth) Very good. 178pp. A classic of early Canadian printing.

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Book number: 200610

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Keywords: Books on Books, Print History, Print Industry, Printing Presses