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Collection problem: Donald Lake, who runs a mall order business dealing in rare books and prints, says he has $100,000 in receivables around the world
Collection problem: Donald Lake, who runs a mall order business dealing in rare books and prints, says he has $100,000 in receivables around the world

Collection problem: Donald Lake, who runs a mall order business dealing in rare books and prints, says he has $100,000 in receivables around the world

Date8/27/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129145F
Versatile talent: Harold Town, who died yesterday at 66, painted, drew, made prints, collages, portraits and murals, and wrote books and articles
Versatile talent: Harold Town, who died yesterday at 66, painted, drew, made prints, collages, portraits and murals, and wrote books and articles
9/23/1975
Descriptive catalogue of the maps, charts, globes, prints, books, &c
Descriptive catalogue of the maps, charts, globes, prints, books, &c
1856
Facing the problem: Rafael Ramirez of the Metropolitan Toronto Movement for Literacy says his group has been working for years quietly but effectively, not only to start dealing with the problem (of illiteracy) but also to have governments and the public
Facing the problem: Rafael Ramirez of the Metropolitan Toronto Movement for Literacy says his group has been working for years quietly but effectively, not only to start dealing with the problem (of illiteracy) but also to have governments and the public
10/30/1979
Placing order: Computer cuts costs for restaurant co-owner Mostafa El Sayed (above, left), steps to kitchen for waiter Andrews loding, and aggravation for chef Gus Nikoletsos (right) because it prints readable orders
Placing order: Computer cuts costs for restaurant co-owner Mostafa El Sayed (above, left), steps to kitchen for waiter Andrews loding, and aggravation for chef Gus Nikoletsos (right) because it prints readable orders
5/28/1984
Designer prints: Gunnel Hug dresses a mannequin in a tunic top she has designed and silk-screened herself in her warehouse studio at 533 College St
Designer prints: Gunnel Hug dresses a mannequin in a tunic top she has designed and silk-screened herself in her warehouse studio at 533 College St
12/6/1983
Checking plants in one of Humber College's greenhouses, Russ Geddes says right now, there are more jobs than graduates of the college's two-year retail floracultural program he runs - the only one of its kind in Canada. Geddes, who has two sons, says he c
Checking plants in one of Humber College's greenhouses, Russ Geddes says right now, there are more jobs than graduates of the college's two-year retail floracultural program he runs - the only one of its kind in Canada. Geddes, who has two sons, says he c
5/15/1978
Little prattle over a book of prints : with easy tales for children
Little prattle over a book of prints : with easy tales for children
1804
Randy McRoberts, who runs Toronto branch of Self-Counsel Press, shows some of the books his firm publishes the help laymen interpret some of the simpler facets of law
Randy McRoberts, who runs Toronto branch of Self-Counsel Press, shows some of the books his firm publishes the help laymen interpret some of the simpler facets of law
6/22/1972
Organizer of Italian canvassers in the Dovercourt area in support of Conservative party candidate George Nixon. Joe Garisto, 38, looks over campaign posters in candidate's headquarters. Garisto, who runs a food-catering business, says many of Metro's 350,
Organizer of Italian canvassers in the Dovercourt area in support of Conservative party candidate George Nixon. Joe Garisto, 38, looks over campaign posters in candidate's headquarters. Garisto, who runs a food-catering business, says many of Metro's 350,
9/22/1971
Shows a series of collectables from the library's collection, including a violin, figurines, a ...
The library has one of the world's best collections (inset) of books on Sherlock Holmes
March 12, 1987
Black and white picture of woman holding a book open to a historical illustration of some build ...
Miss Edith Firth, Head of Manuscripts & Rare Books Collection, TPL, showing an illustration of early logging in Canada
26 January 1958
Rare-Book dealer David Mason. Books of Canadiana rising in value, he says
Rare-Book dealer David Mason. Books of Canadiana rising in value, he says
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