Articles and Reviews by David Mason
Amphora Articles - Journal for the Alcuin Society
THE THRILL OF THE PAPER NEW February 2024
Published in Amphora, Journal of the Alcuin Society, Number 192.
YET ANOTHER FAILURE
Published in Amphora, Journal of the Alcuin Society, Number 191.
SOMETIMES THE GOOD GUYS DO WIN
Published in Amphora, Journal of the Alcuin Society, Number 189.
FULL CIRCLE: AN OLD PASSION RETURNS
Published in Amphora, Journal of the Alcuin Society, Number 188.
TIME AND AUTHORS
Published in Amphora, Journal of the Alcuin Society, Number 187.
PLAGUES APLENTY
Published in Amphora, Journal of the Alcuin Society, Number 186.
Canadian Notes and Queries (CNQ) Articles
THE CLEANING LADY NEW February 2023
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 112.
SPRING IS HERE
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 111.
ARCHIVAL ANECDOTES III
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 110.
THE LIST
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 109.
OVO-PRELAPSARIAN
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 108.
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BOOK HOARDING
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 107.
THE SECRET MEMOIR
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 106.
THE HERODOTUS SOLUTION
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 105.
THE RESISTANCE
Ensuring Books' Survival. Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 104.
FROM RAG TO (LITERARY) RICHES
Fifty years of CNQ. Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 103.
A GENRE UNTO ITSELF
On building a personal library. Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 102.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ
On building a personal library. Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 101.
REFLECTIONS AT FIFTY
Reflections at Fifty. Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 100.
APPLES AND ORANGES
Books versus movies. Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 99.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL JOURNEYS
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 98.
BOOKS AS SYMBOLS
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 97.
ARCHIVAL ANECDOTES
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 96.
COLLECTING GAMES
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 95.
IN PRAISE OF BOOK SCOUTS
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 94.
THE RAG AND BONE PICKERS
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 92.
JOHN METCALF
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 88.
ON FLASHING, OR, THINGS FOUND IN BOOKS
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 87.
MODERN FIRSTS
Published in Canadian Notes and Queries, Number 86.
Essays
FIFTY YEARS
June 15th, 2017 marks David Mason's 50th year as a bookseller.
A BOOK IS NOT JUST A BOOK
A new essay by David Mason.
Reviews
NEW A SECOND BOOK OF BOOKSELLERS (Review of the book A Second Book of Booksellers by Sheila Markham. Review published in Amphora. The Alcuin Society, No. 158. Fall 2014)
A MASTER OF HIS OWN DESTINY (Review of the book Books in the Blood: Memoirs of a Fourth Generation Bookseller by Anthony Rota. Review published in Canadian Notes & Queries, Number 65, 2004.)
A BOOK OF BOOKSELLERS (Review of the book A Book of Booksellers : Conversations with the Antiquarian Book Trade 1991-2003 by Sheila Markham. Review published in Bibliographical Society of Canada, Spring 2008.)
