History Of The Book In Canada: Volume One: Beginnings To 1840 -

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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… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (2004).. First edition. Large hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. An as new copy: tight clean and unmarked. 540pp. Illustrated..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xxix, 540pp., index, biblio., notes, ill. Volume I only. Due to weight, additional postage may apply for some destinations or express delivery; please enquire..

Canada: University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxx, 540 pages. Index and extensive footnotes. "Examines the role of print in the political, religious, intellectual, and cultural life of the colonies that eventually became Canada." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy..