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  •  (162)
  • Authorship (190)
  • People in Publishing (167)
  • Production (Design, Illustration, Technology) (59)
  • Publishing and Canadian Identity (106)
  • Publishing Houses and the Periodical Press (256)
  • The Business of Publishing (200)

Case Study

  • "To Dress Our Letters in Such Strong Fancy": The Indian File Poetry Series (2)
  • '"Carefully Drawn by Thoreau MacDonald" ; The Prodigious Career of Charles G.D. Roberts' (1)
  • '"Carefully Drawn by Thoreau MacDonald"' (19)
  • '"Dreaming of the Millions": Austin Clarke's More' (22)
  • '"In Kamloops I'll eat your boots": Dennis Lee's Alligator Pie' (10)
  • '"The Boat Who Wouldn't Float: The Happy Adventure of Farley Mowat and Jack McClelland"' (8)
  • '"The Queen Bee of the Canadian Book Trade": Anna Porter and Key Porter Books' (18)
  • '"The Queen Bee of the Canadian Book Trade": Anna Porter and Key Porter Books' ; 'Gardening in the Great White North: Marjorie Harris's The Canadian Gardener ; The Perilous Trade Collection, with Audio Interviews' (1)
  • '"Yours Aboriginally": Twentieth-Century Aboriginal Authorship in Canada' (5)
  • 'A Concise History and Video Tour of Coach House Press ; Stan Bevington: The Making of a Master Printer with Audio Interview ; Coach House Press: Crucible of Electronic Publishing Technology' (1)
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Case Study Author

  • Alexander Globe, University of British Columbia (1)
  • Andrew Nurse, Mount Allison University (1)
  • Anne Dondertman, University of Toronto (2)
  • Benjamin Lefebvre, University of Worcester (1)
  • Brendan Frederick R. Edwards (5)
  • Carl Spadoni, McMaster University (3)
  • Cheryl Cundell, Queen’s University (2)
  • Christopher Ernst, University of Toronto (1)
  • David Hobbs, Queen's University (1)
  • David McKnight, University of Pennsylvania (1)
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Creator

  • Moore, Brian, 1921- (1)
  • [Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942] (1)
  • 68 Publishers (1)
  • Adachi, Ken (1)
  • Ahenakew, Edward, 1885-1961 (1)
  • Aiken, Joan, 1924-2004 (1)
  • Aikman, Audrey (1)
  • Alden, H.M. (1)
  • Anderson, Patrick, 1915-1979 (2)
  • Arthur, Paul, 1924- (1)
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Publisher

  • 68 Publishers (3)
  • Alfred A. Knopf Canada (1)
  • Anansi (4)
  • Antonio D'Alfonso (1)
  • B. Bissett (1)
  • Barbarian Press (3)
  • Belden Bros. (1)
  • Belford Bros. (1)
  • Bibliographical Society of Canada (1)
  • Black Moss Press (1)
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Era

  • 1840-1918 (168)
  • 1918-1980 (777)
  • 1980-present (243)
  • pre-1840 (10)

Subject

  • Education --Quebec (Province) (1)
  • McClelland & Stewart -- Imprints (1)
  • Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942 (1)
  • Moore, Brian, 1921- (1)
  • Phillips, Walter J., 1884-1963 (1)
  • Poets, Canadian – 20th century – Correspondence (1)
  • Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir, 1860-1943 (1)
  • Ahenakew, Edward, 1885-1961 (2)
  • Aiken, Joan, 1924-2004 (1)
  • American poetry (1)
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Contributing Institution

  • McMaster University Libraries (837)
  • Queen's University Archives (125)
  • Queen's University Library (9)
  • Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto (111)
  • University of Toronto Archives (1)

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  • Lorne and Edith Pierce collection

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  • Pierre Berton fonds

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  • Dorothy Livesay fonds (University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections)

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  • Dorothy Dumbrille fonds

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  • Barbarian Press

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  • Canadian Women Authors

     (1)

  • William Arthur Deacon

     (7)

  • Dennis Lee

     (5)

  • Alberto Manguel Papers

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Date

  • 2008-2009 (9)
  • 1927 (8)
  • 1973 (8)
  • 1977 (8)
  • 1967 (7)
  • 1979 (7)
  • 1934 (6)
  • 1976 (6)
  • 1985 (6)
  • 1986 (6)
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Place

  • Agincourt, Ont. (2)
  • Amalfi, Italy (1)
  • Avignon, France (1)
  • Boston, Mass. (15)
  • Brantford, Ont. (10)
  • Brisbane, Qld. (1)
  • Budapest, Hungary (1)
  • Burgeo, Nfld. (1)
  • Caledon East, Ont. (1)
  • Cambridge, Mass. (1)
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Material Type

  • advertisement (17)
  • album annotation (1)
  • artwork (23)
  • audio recording (21)
  • book (354)
  • book case cover (2)
  • book cover (155)
  • broadside (6)
  • calendar (2)
  • card (11)
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