Booksellers and bookselling

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  • Here are entered works on the business of selling books.

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Kerr & Begg's book store, Victoria

The item is a copy print made from an albumen print contained within NW 971M S656 "British Columbia: A description of its natural resources, commercial advantages, leading mercantile and business houses, 1891-2" / P.R. Smith.

Spencer's book department : [3 radio spots]

SUMMARY: SIDE 1: Three radio commercials for the book department at Spencer's Department Store, promoting three Canadian novels published in 1947: "Hetty Dorval" by Ethel Wilson, "Who Has Seen the Wind" by W.O;. Mitchell, and "The Tin Flute" by Gabrielle Roy. [SIDE 2: blank?]

The Hornby collection : Nellie McClung ; A civilized pursuit

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. (1) An interview with Nellie McClung, the poet and the grand-daughter of the distinguished Canadian writer and women's rights leader of the same name. [T4303:0063] (2) "A Civilized Pursuit", a documentary about book collecting, with comments and anecdotes by antiquarian book buyers and sellers, revealing the complexity and intensity of what, on the surface, appears to be a distinctly dispassionate occupation. [T4303:0014];

Webster! : 1986-12-30

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Iona Campagnolo hosts the show today and starts with a story by reporter Ted Rutledge about Little Sister's Bookstore [Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium], which is having an ongoing battle with the Canada Customs Service. In the studio, Iona speaks with John Dixon, President of BC Civil Liberties Association, and Jim Deva, owner of Little Sister's Bookstore. Then Frank Ogden, “Dr. Tomorrow”; Frank and Iona talk about Little Sister's Bookstore, robots, ceramic homes, dolphins as midwives, and robot brains that can learn.