BOOKS
about the
EXPO 67 WORLD'S FAIR
The following books deal exclusively with
Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada.
Expo 67 is considered the most successful of the Class 1 World's Fairs. It drew the most people (possibly exceeded by Expo 70 - there are some discrepancies in the attendance figures) and had the most participating countries.
THE FOLLOWING MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED
WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR ©
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BILL BANTEY'S EXPO 67 (1967)
Bantey was a reporter for `The Montreal Gazette' newspaper
and had a regular column reporting on the evolution of Expo
67 from shallow islands in The Saint Lawrence River to
platform for the world. All pavilions are listed
alphabetically with a description of each and some pictures.
*(For those who are unable to secure an official guide book,
this gives the basics needed to know what was at the fair.
Includes an index.)
Published by:
Gazette Printing Company Limited
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Original Price: $1.00 (1967 Cdn. Funds)
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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PAVILION, EXPO 67 (1967)
By (No Author Credited.) A description of the Canadian
Pavilion at The 1967 World's Fair. Includes a section on
Canadian art and music of the time period. *(Not Reviewed.)
Published By:
Queen's Printer
(No Further Information Available)
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EXPO 67 GUIDE OFFICIAL (1967)
This fair guide book is part of The CEC's archives. Shows all
pavilions and attractions with pictures or drawings, and
descriptions of each. Includes maps and an index.
Published by:
MacLean-Hunter Publishing Company, Limited
Original Price:
$1.00 (1967 Cdn. Funds)
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EXPO 67 MONTREAL CANADA (1968)
"The Memorial Album"
By Various Authors. Extra large format, 367 pages, with index.
Comes in a hard-cover style container. *(Highly Recommended.
This is the best picture book we have seen on Expo 67. Its
large format (38 X 27cm) allows for a stunning mixture of black
& white and color pictures that really show off this fair.
Lengthy descriptions and personal observations help the reader
to walk the pavilions and areas of a past world's fair.
A treat!)
Published by:
Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited
Canada
Price: Unknown, but believe it to have been
around $80. (1967 Cdn. Funds)
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GENERAL REPORT ON THE 1967 WORLD EXHIBITION (1969)
By (No Author Credited) for The Canadian Corporation for the
1967 World Exhibition. This is a Federal Government of Canada
general report on the 1967 World's Fair. *(Not Reviewed.)
Published By:
Queen's Printer for Canada
(No Further Information Available)
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MAN AND HIS WORLD (1981)
By ? This 26-page book is part of the "Canadian Starters"
series.
Published By:
GLC
Agincourt, Ontario
Canada
ISBN:
Price:
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MAN AND HIS WORLD = TERRE DES HOMMES. THE NORANDA LECTURES (1968)
By Helen S. Hogg and Noranda Mines Limited. A series of
twenty-eight lectures sponsored by Noranda Mines as its
contribution to Expo 67. *(Not Reviewed.)
Published By:
University of Toronto Press
(No Further Information Available)
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MONTREAL EXPO 67: (1965 or 66)
"Man and His World"
By ? Given first is a short history of previous fairs with
some pictures, including photos of La Tour Eiffel (The Eiffel
Tower) in various stages of construction for The 1889 Paris
Universal Exposition. The next section shows completed models
of various Expo 67 pavilions as they expected them to look.
The final section gives the foreign visitor information about
Canada and Montreal (the host city) including economic,
population, transport. etc. Tourist tips are given along with
typical prices for accommodation, food, gratuities, and so on.
*(Recommended. It's interesting to compare this with the
actual outcome; the model pictures being most interesting.
This book was published before much of Expo was built and thus
has information changed by opening day. However, this is to be
expected, as you will come to realize from books published
before or during the planning stages of something as large as
a World's Fair.)
MONTREAL EXPO 67 (Continued)
Published by:
La Photolith L. Delaporte
France
For: Banque National
de Paris
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REMEMBER EXPO (1968)
"A Pictorial Record"
By Robert Fulford. Picture book with text. * (Recommended.
Although smaller and with far fewer pages than "Expo 67
Montreal Canada" - reviewed earlier, it compares favourably.
There is a fabulous full-color, aerial, photo on pages
6 & 7 that gives an excellent over view of this fair.
The book then continues with black & white and color
images of this famous exposition. A detriment to those
looking for a reference book is the lack of an index.)
Published by: Price: Unknown
McClelland and Stewart Limited
150 Simcoe Street
Toronto 1, Ontario
Canada
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TERRE DES HOMMES - MAN AND HIS WORLD (1967)
By (No Author Credited). This book concentrates on the themes
of Expo 67. After an introduction by Gabrielle Roy, each of
the themes is explored, such as "Man the Creator", Man the
Producer", "Man the Provider", and so on. A short write-up in
french and english starts each section and in the succeeding
pages is accompanied by many black & white and colour
photos. Also discussed and shown are Labyrinth, Habitat 67,
and The Dupont Auditorium of Canada. * (Photos and
reproduction are excellent in this hard cover book which comes
with a protective card stock sleeve sporting the Expo 67 logo.
Published By:
Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
ISBN:
Price:
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THIS WAS EXPO (1968)
By Robert Fulford with photographs by John de Visser, Harold
Whyte, and Peter Varley. The book is 203 pages with photos
(some colour).
Published By:
McClelland and Stewart
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
ISBN:
Price:
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