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The better way to sell books. Clad in his special Can Lit book jacket. Jack McClelland, chairman of McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Offered a free read an(...)
The better way to sell books. Clad in his special Can Lit book jacket. Jack McClelland, chairman of McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Offered a free read an(...)

The better way to sell books. Clad in his special Can Lit book jacket. Jack McClelland, chairman of McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Offered a free read an(...)

Date3/7/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: The better way to sell books. Clad in his special Can Lit book jacket. Jack McClelland, chairman of McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Offered a free read and a free ride on a special Queen St. car yesterday.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0066419F
He made his bed. And now he must lie in it. Publisher Jack McClelland reposes on some of the 500,000 McClelland and Stewart books (1,200 titiles) his (...)
He made his bed. And now he must lie in it. Publisher Jack McClelland reposes on some of the 500,000 McClelland and Stewart books (1,200 titiles) his (...)
4/12/1983
Great night, eh? Writer Scott Young, cartoonist Ben Wicks and Jack McClelland, chairman of the board of McClelland and Stewart publishers, were part o(...)
Great night, eh? Writer Scott Young, cartoonist Ben Wicks and Jack McClelland, chairman of the board of McClelland and Stewart publishers, were part o(...)
9/29/1982
Northern launch: Holding aloft his work, The Arctic Grail, Pierre Berton officially launches the book with Elsa Franklin and Avie Bennet, McClelland and Stewart's president
Northern launch: Holding aloft his work, The Arctic Grail, Pierre Berton officially launches the book with Elsa Franklin and Avie Bennet, McClelland and Stewart's president
9/18/1988
Canadian books and state of Canadian publishing are uppermost in minds of author Richard Rohmer (left) and publisher Jack McClelland. Rohmer was chair(...)
Canadian books and state of Canadian publishing are uppermost in minds of author Richard Rohmer (left) and publisher Jack McClelland. Rohmer was chair(...)
9/11/1974
Smiling Avie Bennett, who's just bought Jack McClelland's ailing book firm, has faced money crises before - in real estate
Smiling Avie Bennett, who's just bought Jack McClelland's ailing book firm, has faced money crises before - in real estate
12/30/1985
Robert McClelland: 'I can read a recipe and taste it'
Robert McClelland: 'I can read a recipe and taste it'
3/28/1979
Can you imagine publisher Jack McClelland, Trudeau fan and ardent nationalist, saying, I'm not saying that nationalism isn't important, I'm saying tha(...)
Can you imagine publisher Jack McClelland, Trudeau fan and ardent nationalist, saying, I'm not saying that nationalism isn't important, I'm saying tha(...)
2/25/1971
Publisher Jack McClelland (feet on desk) and author Richard Rohmer, in McClelland's office
Publisher Jack McClelland (feet on desk) and author Richard Rohmer, in McClelland's office
9/11/1974
Avie Bennett. McClelland and Stewart
Avie Bennett. McClelland and Stewart
2/13/1990
McClelland and Stewart, one of Canada's most prolific publishers of Canadian authors, held sale at St
McClelland and Stewart, one of Canada's most prolific publishers of Canadian authors, held sale at St
5/12/1969
Poet Leonard Cohen, bewildered but surrounded by girls at a party for himself and Irving Layton, thrown by publishers McClelland and Stewart at the Fi(...)
Poet Leonard Cohen, bewildered but surrounded by girls at a party for himself and Irving Layton, thrown by publishers McClelland and Stewart at the Fi(...)
3/8/1973
Right, McClelland and Stewart House's front was enlivened with a limestone portal and a Post-Modernist glass canopy
Right, McClelland and Stewart House's front was enlivened with a limestone portal and a Post-Modernist glass canopy
2/17/1987