Item #007995 The Chronicle Of a Century, 1829-1929: The Record of One Hundred Years of Progress in The Publishing Concerns of the Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Canada. Lorne Pierce.

The Chronicle Of a Century, 1829-1929: The Record of One Hundred Years of Progress in The Publishing Concerns of the Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Canada

Toronto: The United Church Publishing House, The Ryerson Press, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Fine / No Jacket. Item #007995

Half contemporary navy leather, blue moire cloth boards, gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. xvi, 271 pp. Spine slightly faded, some light rubbing to extremities. Fine overall. "Centenaries in Canada are still rather rare, and those in the publishing world scarcest of all. This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the book and publishing house known to the 'trade' as The Ryerson Press. The Methodist Book and Publishing House was founded in 1829, and became the Mother of Publishers in Canada. For several decades it was the only book publishing concern in Canada."

Price: $125.00

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