canpubDescriptionFull Title: Advertisement for "The Best of Pierre Berton" in Maclean-Hunter promotional flyer, "Choose Your Christmas Gifts"Description: This page from a 1972 Christmas catalog shows the four books by Pierre Berton that ruled the Toronto Star’s bestseller list at the same time for two and a half months (see the Toronto Star clipping, 7 Oct 1972, that accompanies this case study). The Great Railway Illustrated was essentially a deluxe edition of The National Dream and The Last Spike, but there was also demand for a limited boxed set of leather-bound editions of both books. The same was true for Berton's updated version of his 1958 book, Klondike. Creator: Maclean-Hunter LimitedCase Study: Royalties and the Rails: Pierre Berton’s Railway BooksDate: [1972]Place: Toronto, Ont.Material Type: advertisementEra: 1918-1980 CitationContributor: McMaster UniversityCollection/Fonds: Pierre Berton fonds Box: 282cFile: "The Last Spike - references 1972-75" SubjectSubject: Berton, Pierre, 1920-2004 Rights and Contributing InstitutionRights: Copyright: Maclean-Hunter Fine Books Division. McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.Contributing Institution: McMaster University Libraries TechnicalDimensions: 29 x 22 cmLanguage: engIdentifier: CP00133Type: imageFormat: jpg