[Toronto]: Lumiere Press, 1987. Octavo, 23.7 x 16 cm. Cased in quarter natural linen and grey Canson paper over boards. Printed paper label to the spine. The upper cover is printed with the title and a wood engraved vignette in black. pp. [7] 8-28 [8]. Slightly musty. Else fine, but..... More
Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2005. Octavo, 20.5 x 14.5 cm. Cased in limp covers of tan ‘paper vellum’ handmade by Reg Lissel. The upper cover is printed with the initials 'T.E.L | M.A.G.’ and an arrangement of dots. The lower cover is printed simply with ‘H•M’. The spine is lettered in..... More
[Vernon, B.C.]: Greenboathouse Press, 2009. 32mo, 12.4 x 8.4 cm. Enclosed in a folded white paper wrapper. The title, printed in blue from a polymer plate, is repeated across the wraps. Top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. Unpaginated [pp. 32, including self-ends]. A fine copy. The text was set in Morris..... More
Montreal [Grimsby, Ontario]: privately printed [by William Poole at the Poole Hall Press], 1990. Octavo, 20 x 14.5 cm. In cream paper wrappers, hole-punched and tied with a red silk ribbon, and title printed in black to the upper cover. The upper cover and pages are decorated with Christmas and..... More
Vancouver: Robert and Felicity Reid, 1959. [original sheets; this is later state, casebound and issued with a new colophon by:] Vancouver: Stephen Lunsford | Heavenly Monkey, 2003. Octavo, 24.9 x 16.8 cm. Cased in quarter red morocco and marbled paper over boards. Red leather label, titled and decorated in gilt..... More
Toronto: The Aliquando Press, 1981. Octavo, 23 x 14 cm. Cased in quarter yellow-ochre cloth, with pink marbled paper covered boards, printed paper title label to the spine, and brown Ingres Tumba endpapers. [7], 8- 49, [3] pp. Mild rubbing to the corners of the covering paper, else a fine..... More
[Kingston, Ontario; Merrickville, Ontario]: Thee Hellbox Press & Greyweathers Press, 2015. Oblong quarto, 25.5 x 27 cm. Pamphlet-stitched into grey St. Armand Canal paper covers, with printed lettering in red and black to the upper cover; fore-edges untrimmed, others trimmed. Unpaginated [pp. 20]. A fine copy. The text was set..... More
[Toronto]: The Aliquando Press, [1982]. 19.2 x 11.1 cm. Four concertina sections tipped to dusty rose Curtis Tweedweave paper covers. Printed paper label to the upper cover. The concertina leaves were folded and arranged to create traditional page spreads, but are printed on one side only; the first and second..... More
[Vernon, B.C.]: Greenboathouse Press, 2018. Narrow quarto, 28.3 x 16.6 cm. Cased in grey Cave paper over boards, with a vellum spinestrip titled in gilt. Blue Cave endpapers. Top and fore-edges trimmed, bottom edges untrimmed. Housed in a blue silk covered slipcase. Unpaginated [pp. 48, plus ll. 2 inset brown..... More
Aldington, Kent: The Hand and Flower Press, 1957. Quarto. In original sewn cream paper wrappers, with printed title to the upper cover. [34] pp. Covers slightly darkened, with some mild spotting, and some light shelf wear; fait evidence of a removed label to the upper cover, and a neat ownership..... More
s.l. [Banff, Alberta | Corner Brook, Newfoundland]: s.n. [Marlene MacCallum], [1997]. Editioned artist’s book. Closed: 21.7 x 28.3 cm. Expanded: 21.7 x 168 cm. Two sets of oblong concertina leaves, sewn together to form a single structure. The text forms one side of the structure; it was printed by letterpress..... More
s.l. [Corner Brook, Newfoundland]: Persnickety Press, 2004. Editioned artist’s book. Two cased volumes, each enclosing a fold-out structure. Each measures 20.7 x 20.9 cm closed. The expanded size of the first volume, dextral, is 62 x 103 cm; the expanded size of the second volume, sinistral, is 96 x 122..... More
s.l. s.n. [Marlene MacCallum], [1997]. Editioned artist’s book. 28.7 x 21.3 cm [case, closed]. Sewn into a bi-fold case covered with brown mulberry paper. The title is printed in faint silver to the case’s upper cover. The case is lined with red paper pastedowns. The text-block is wrapped in a...... More
Toronto: Wind of Change, 1988. Octavo, 20 x 14.5 cm. Cased in quarter back leather, with grey cloth covered boards, and printed title in blue and a wood engraving in black to the upper cover; plain black endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Unpaginated [pp. 16]. A fine copy. The text was..... More
[Vernon, B.C.]: Greenboathouse Press, 2022. Tall octavo, 28.8 x 16.8 cm. Tucked into a folded wrapper of handmade St. Armand paper. The paper is tan and subtly variegated with undertones of green. The upper cover and spine are titled in pale green and oxblood respectively. Beige and green St. Armand..... More
Delta, Ontario [Ottawa]: The Bastard Press [typeset and printed by The Runge Press], [1977]. Octavo, 21.1 x 13.2 cm. Cased in pale blue cloth over boards, with lettering to the upper cover set within a cloud shaped centerpiece; teal endpapers. All edges neatly trimmed. pp. [6] 7-86, [2]. The spine..... More
New York: New Directions [printed by The Grendfell Press], 1984. Octavo. Bound in original cream cloth covered boards, with printed blue label to the spine and upper cover, and housed in publisher’s matching slipcase. Unpaginated [48pp.]. A Fine copy. Printed in blue and black on Rives watermarked paper. One of..... More
[Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2010]. Tall quarto, 32.3 x 21.1 cm. Cased in full black silk, with printed paper labels to the spine and inset to the upper cover; Guarro Ingres endpapers, uniform with the text-block pages; top edges trimmed and cut, others untrimmed. Unpaginated [pp. 20, plus six leaves bearing..... More
London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1959. Quarto. Bound in original laminated pictorial boards; black and white checkered endpapers. Unpaginated [72pp.]. Some minor shelf wear, and a small nick to the foot of the spine; edges foxed, occasional foxing and darkening to the pages, but mostly limited to the front and..... More
[Mission B.C.]: Barbarian Press, 2020. Octavo, 27.1 x 17.3 cm. In a Bradel or German case binding with a blue-grey silk spinestrip and matching tips, and blue paper over boards. Printed paper label to the spine. The upper cover is printed with the title in blue, along with vertical and..... More
[London]: Nonesuch Press [printed by the Fanfare Press], 1933. Tall Octavo. Bound in original quarter brown leather, with spine lettered in gilt, and paper covered boards; top-edges roughy ploughed, others uncut. In worn printed paper dust jacket. [86] pp. Dust jacket is worn along the extremities, with a some tears..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. Quarto. Bound in publisher’s quarter navy cloth with blue paper covered boards, and spine lettered in silver gilt. Housed in publisher’s light blue slipcase. xxxix, 134pp. Slipcase slightly bumped along extremities, very light foxing to endpapers, but internally pristine. A fine copy. This book..... More
Dublin [nowhere?]: [Spurious Press], [no date]. Noctavo. Bound in original purple corduroy covered boards, without an inset panel of interpulped squirrel-toe, and hand-monkeyed oklamon endpapers. All edges uncut. Unpaginated.[ pp.] Missing some leaves, else a Fine copy. The absent text was set in eight point Caslon, and not printed on..... More
[Kingston, Ontario]: Thee Hellbox Press, 2014. Oblong quarto, 25.8 x 28 cm. Pamphlet-stitched into St. Armand Canal Sisal currant paper covers, with printed lettering to the upper cover; the upper cover is accented with an inset ray of silver foil; a ribbon page marker, fashioned out of green surgical scrubs..... More
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Vancouver: The Private Press of Robert Reid & Takao Tanabe, 1962 [ in Roman numerals]. First state of John Newlove’s first book of poetry. Narrow quarto, 29.9 x 16 cm. Pasted into charcoal paper wraps. The title was printed letterpress with 120pt Futura wood type in pale blue and green..... More
