The British North American Book Trade in the 1840's : The First Crisis

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Author/collaborator
Title
The British North American Book Trade in the 1840's : The First Crisis
Abstract
The author examines the 1842 Literary Copyright Act on the British North American book trade, He points out that, in the 1840s, Montreal was the undisputed centre of the book trade for the Canadas, if not for all the BNA colonies. In 1843-44, there were 16 booksellers, stationers, and bookbinders, 15 printing offices, two engravers, and one type-foundry agency in the city.
Publication
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada/Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada
Volume
Vol. 12
Issue
no. 1
Pages
82-99
Date
1973
Language
en
URL
Citation
Parker, George L. “The British North American Book Trade in the 1840’s : The First Crisis.” Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada/Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada Vol. 12, no. 1 (1973): 82–99. https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/bsc/article/view/16911/13901.
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