Richard Landon. A Long Way from the Armstrong Beer Parlour: A Life in Rare Books. New Castle, Delaware and Toronto, Ontario: Oak Knoll Books and Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 2014. 440p. One illustration. ISBN: 978-1-58456-330-3 (Oak Knoll Press) / 978-0-7727-6113-2 (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library). $49.95.

Daniel J. Slive

Abstract

Throughout the course of his lengthy and remarkable career, Richard Landon successfully developed and promoted the extensive and renowned collections at the University of Toronto Libraries. After receiving his undergraduate and library school degrees from the University of British Columbia, Landon was hired in 1967 as a cataloguer in the libraries‘ Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. In the academic year 1971–1972 he pursued an advanced degree in bibliography and textual criticism at the University of Leeds, returning to Toronto to serve as Assistant Head and Acting Head prior to his appointment as Head of the department in . . .

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