CANADIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1799-1939
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Sources of information on individual publishers and printers are cited at the beginning of the Index of Publishers and Printers. The following are the most frequently used sources used to authenticate bibliographic details and to identify persons and corporate bodies everywhere else in this catalogue. Use of any of these sources is acknowledged at the appropriate place in a full description or in an entry in the Index of Illustrators and Engravers by the use of the relevant abbreviation below. Sources used infrequently are cited fully where applicable.
AC The American Catalogue, 1861-1910. Reprint: New York: Peter Smith, 1941.
Allibone Allibone, S. Austin. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and American Authors. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1891. 3 vols.
Allibone Supp Kirk, John Foster. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors. Philadelphia:Lippincott, 1891. 2 vols.
Am A&B Burke, WJ., and Howe, D.W. Ametican Authors and Books, 1640-1940. New York: Gramercy Publishing Co., 1943.
Amtmann 1 Amtmann, Bernard. Early Canadian Children's BooksILivres de 1'enfance & livres de la jeunesse au Canada, 1763-1840. Montreal, 1976.
Amtmann II Amtmann, Bernard. A Bibliography of Canadian Children's Books and Books for Young People Livres de 1'enfance & livres de la jeunesse au Canada, 1841-1867. Montreal, 1977.
Arctic Bib Arctic Institute of North America. Arctic Bibliography. Ed. by Marie Tremaine. Washington, D.C: United States Department of Defense; Montreal: McGill University Press, 1953-1975. 16 vols.
Art Can Artists in Canada. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1968.
AWW The Author's and Writer's Who's Who. London: Burke's Peerage, 1971.
Benezit Benezit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpture, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et tous des pays par un groupe d'ecivains specialistes francais et etrangers. Nouv. ed. Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976. 10 vols.
Bib Can Morgan, Henry J. Bibliotheca Canadensis, or, A Manual of Canadian Literature. Ottawa: G.E. Desbarats, 1867.
Bib du Q Bibliographie du Quebec, 1821-1967. Quebec: Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec, 1980.
Blanck Blanck, Jacob. Peter Parley to Penrod. Waltham, Massachusetts: Mark Press, 1974.
BM British Museum. General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955. New York: Readex Microprint Corporation, 1967.
BN Catalogue general de la librairie francaise, 1840-1925. Paris: Lorenz, 1867- 1945. 34 vols. Reprint: Nendeln, Liechtenstein, 1966-1967.
BNB British National Bibliography. London: Council of the British National Bibliography, 1950-1972; British Library, 1973 to the present.
Bryan Bryan, Michael. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. New ed., rev. & enl. London: G.Bell, 1921. 5 vols.
BUCP Stewart, James D. and Others, eds. British Union - Catalogue of Periodicals. London: Butterworth Scientific Publications, 1955. 4 vols.
Can Encyc The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988.
Can Cat The Canadian Catalogue of Books, 1921-1949. Toronto: Toronto Public Libraries, 1959. 2 vols.
Can WW The Canadian Who's Who. Toronto: Trans-Canada Press, 1910 to the present.
Carpenter Carpenter, Humphrey and Prichard, Mari, comps. The 0xford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984.
CBD The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men. Quebec and Maritime Provinces Volume. Chicago: American Biographical Publishing Company, 1881.
CBI Cumulative Book Index, 1928/1932 to the present. New York: Wilson, 1933 to the present.
CCB Rose, Geo. MacLean, ed. A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography. Toronto: Rose Publishing Company, 1888. 2 vols.
CF Canadiana 1867-1900.. Canada's National Bibliography. Microfiche Edition. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1980.
CIHM Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions. P.O.Box 2428, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5W5.
DAB Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Scribner; London: Milford, 1928-1937. 20 vols. and Index.
Dartt Dartt, Robert L. G.A. Henty. A Bibliography. Cedar Grove, New Jersey: Dar-Web, Inc., 1971.
DBA Johnson, J. and Greutzner, A., comps. The Dictionary of British Artists, 1880-1940. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors'Club, 1976.
DCB Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966 to the present.
Dionne Dionne, N.-E. Inventaire chronologique des livres, brochures, joumaux et revues ... 1764-1905. New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. 2 vols.
DNB The Dictionary of National Biography. London: Oxford University Press, 1882 to the present.
DNAA Wallace, W. Stewart, comp. A Dictionary of North American Authors Deceased Before 1950. Toronto: Ryerson, 1951.
Doyle Doyle, Brian. The Who's Who of Children's Literature. London: Hugh Evelyn, 1968.
EC English Catalogue of Books ... issued... in Great Biitain and Ireland... 1801- 1965. London, S.Low, 1864-1966.
Gagnon I,II Gagnon, Phileas. Essai de bibliographic canadienne.. Quebec: Imprime pour 1'auteur, 1895. 2 vols.
Gallagher Gallagher, Edward J. Jules Verne: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980.
Groce Groce, George C. and WaIlace, David H. Dictionary of artists in America, 1564-1860. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957.
Hamilton Hamilton, Sinclair. Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 1670-1870. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Library, 1958. 2 vols.
H-S Haring-Smith, Tori. AA. Milne: A Critical Bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1982.
Harper I Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970.
Harper II Harper, J. Russell. Painting in Canada: A History. 2nd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977.
Havlice Havlice, Patricia Pate. Index to Artistic Biography. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1973. 2 vols. (With First Supplement, 1981).
Houfe Houfe, Simon. The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists, 1800-1914. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Baron Publishing, 1978.
JBA Kunitz, Stanley J. and Haycroft, Howard, eds. The Junior Book of Authors. 2nd ed. rev. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1951.
Johnson Johnson, Deirdre, comp. Stratemeyer Pseudonyms and Series Books. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Lande I Lande, Lawrence. The Lawrence Lande Collection of Canadiana in the Redpath Library of McGill University. A Bibliography. Montreal: McGill University, 1965.
Lande II Lande, Lawrence. Rare and Unusual Canadiana. Montreal: McGill University, 1971.
Larousse Larousse, Pierre. Grand dictionnaire universal du XIXe Siecle ... Geneve: Statkine, 1982. 15 vols.
Lofts Lofts, W.O.G. and Adley, D.J. The Men Behind Boys'Fiction. London: Howard Baker, 1970.
Macdonald Macdonald, Colin S., comp. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. Ottawa: Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Limited, 1967-.
Macmillan The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 4th ed. rev., enl., and updated by WA. McKay. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1978.
Mahony Mahony, Bertha E. and others. Illustrators of Children's Books, 1744-1945. Boston: The Horn Book Inc., 1947.
MJA Fuller, Muriel, ed. More Junior Authors. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1963.
Moon Moon, Marjorie, comp. John Haffis's Books for Youth, 1801-1843. Cambridge: Five Owls Press, 1976.
Moyles Moyles, R.G. English-Canadian Literature to 1900: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976.
M&W Mahony, Bertha and Witney, Eleanor. Contemporary Illustrators of Children's Books. Boston: The Bookshop for Boys and Girls, 1930.
NUC Library of Congress. The National Union Catalogue, pre-1956 Imprints. London: Mansell, 1968.
OCCHL Story, Norah. The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967.
OCCL Toye, William, ed. The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1983.
O'Dea O'Dea, Agnes C., comp. Bibliography of Newfoundland. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986. 2 vols.
Osborne I,II St. John, Judith, comp. The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1566-1910: A Catalogue. Toronto: Toronto Public Libraries, 1958. 2 vols.
Peel Peel, Bruce Braden, comp. A Bibliography of the Prairie Provinces to 1953 with Biographical Index. 2nd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973.
Peppin Peppin, Brigid and Micklethwait, Lucy. Book Illustrators of the Twentieth Century. New York: Arco Publishing, 1984.
Pomeroy Pomeroy, M.E. Sir Charles G.D. Roberts: A Biography. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1943.
Quayle Quayle, Erie. R.M. Ballantyne: A Bibliography of First Editions. London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1968.
Rhodenizer Rhodenizer, Vernon Blair. Canadian Literature. Montreal: Quality Press Ltd., 1965. (With Index to Canadian Literature in English, comp. by Lois Mary Thierman. Edmonton: La Survivance Printing Ltd., 1968).
Roorbach Roorbach, Orville Augustus. Bibliotheca Americana, 1852-1861. New York: Roorbach, 4 vols.
RSBA Works Exhibited at The Royal Society of British Aitists, 1823-1893. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors'Club, 1975.
Russell Russell, Ruth Weber, and others, comps. Lucy Maud Montgomery.. A Preliminary Bibliography. Waterloo, Ontario: University of Waterloo Library, 1986.
Sabin Sabin, Joseph. Bibliotheca Americana. New York: Sabin, 1868-1892; Bibliographical Society of America, 1928-1936. 29 vols.
Sadleir Sadleir, Michael. XIX Century Fiction. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1969. 2 vols.
Strathern Strathern, Gloria M., comp. Navigations, Traffiques & Discoveries, 1774- 1884. Victoria, British Columbia: University of Victoria, Social Sciences Research Centre, 1970.
Thomas Thomas, Clara. Canadian Novelists, 1920-1945. Toronto: Longmans, Green & Company, 1946.
TPL Staton, Frances M. and Tremaine, Maric, eds. A Bibliography of Canadiana. Toronto: Toronto Public Libraries, 1934. (With lst supp., 1959); 2nd supp., 1985.
Tremaine Tremaine, Maric. A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751-1800. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1952.
T&C Tod, Dorothea D. and Cordingley, Audrey, comps. A Check List of Canadian Imprints, 1900-1925. Ottawa: Kings Printer, 1950.
US Cat United States Catalog. New York: Wilson, 1912-1927.
Viguers Viguers, Ruth Hill and Others, comps. Illustrators of Children's Books, 1946-1956. Boston: The Horn Book, 1958.
Wadland Wadland, John Henry. Ernest Thompson Seton: Man in Nature and the Progressive Era. New York: Arno Press, 1978.
Wallace Wallace, W. Stewart, comp. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1926.
Ward Ward, A.C. Longman Companion to Twentieth Century Literature. London: Longman, 1970.
Watters Watters, Reginald Eyre. A Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials, 1628-1960. 2nd ed., rev. & enl. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972.
WHWNAA Who Was Who Among North American Authors, 1921-1939. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976. 2 vols.
WWW Who Was Who. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1897 to the present.
WWWA Who Was Who in America. Chicago: Marquis, 1942 to the present.
WWWAA Falk, Peter Hastings, ed. Who Was Who in American Art. Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1985.
WWWL Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1979. 2 vols.
Young Young, William, ed. & comp. A Dictionary of American Artists, Sculptors and Engravers from the Beginning Through the Turn of the 20th Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Young & Co., 1968.
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