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        Bruce Peel Special Collections

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        A Contemplative Angler

        A Contemplative Angler

        Selections from the Bruce P. Dancik Collection of Angling Books

        by Justin Hanisch

        ISBN: 9781551954059

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: October 15, 2018

        176 Pages

        Nearly 100 highlights of an extraordinary collection of angling-related rare books and print ephemera.
        Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination

        Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination

        Highlights from the David McKnight Canadian Little Magazine and Small Press Collection

        by David McKnight

        ISBN: 9781551953663

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: April 4, 2018

        156 Pages

        Highlights of extraordinary collection of Canadian little magazines, small press, and micro-press imprints.
        Mounties on the Cover

        Mounties on the Cover

        Contributions by Alert Henry (Al) Lund

        ISBN: 9781551953694

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: April 4, 2017

        120 Pages

        Retired Staff Sergeant Al Lund’s collection of Mountie books, magazines, and comics over 45 years.
        George Baxter, Master Colour Printer

        George Baxter, Master Colour Printer

        Oil-Colour Prints from the Donald and Barbara Cameron Collection

        by Merrill Distad

        ISBN: 9781551953526

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: May 16, 2016

        16 Pages

        Exhibition of oil-coloured prints by Victorian colour printing inventor, George Baxter (1804-1867).
        The Thinking Heart

        The Thinking Heart

        The Literary Archive of Wilfred Watson

        by Paul Hjartarson and Shirley Neuman

        ISBN: 9781551953397

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: October 20, 2014

        160 Pages

        Life and work of avant-garde poet and playwright Wilfred Watson through correspondence with wife, Sheila Watson.
        Painted Faces on the Prairies

        Painted Faces on the Prairies

        Cantonese Opera and the Edmonton Chinese Community

        by Helen Kwan Yee Cheung

        ISBN: 9781551953380

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: July 15, 2014

        96 Pages

        History of more than 100 years of Cantonese opera and the Edmonton Chinese community, 1890–2009.
        Wow, open this!

        Wow, open this!

        Paper Engineering in Books and Artists’ Books

        by Kevin Zak

        ISBN: 9781551953342

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: May 1, 2014

        16 Pages

        This exhibition catalogue looks at the art and science of moveable elements incorporated into books.
        Collecting Culinaria

        Collecting Culinaria

        Cookbooks and domestic manuals mainly from the Linda Miron Distad Collection

        by Merrill Distad and Caroline Lieffers

        ISBN: 9781551953243

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: October 15, 2013

        92 Pages

        The Linda Miron Distad Culinaria Collection, housed at the University of Alberta Libraries, currently consists of more than 3,000 food-related texts from around the world, spanning several centuries....
        All under Heaven

        All under Heaven

        The Chinese World in Maps, Pictures, and Texts from the Collection of Floyd Sully

        by Walter Davis

        ISBN: 9781551953199

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: July 15, 2013

        128 Pages

        Diverse collection of maps, paintings, and illustrated texts—spanning five centuries—beautifully represents China’s transformation.
        Miriam Green Ellis

        Miriam Green Ellis

        Champion of the West

        by Patricia Demers

        ISBN: 9781551953151

        Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections

        Publication date: January 9, 2013

        80 Pages

        Articles, photographs, slides, manuscripts, diaries, and letters; an unparalleled collection of cultural and ethnographic value.
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