[Vernon, B.C.]: Greenboathouse Press, 2016 [2016-17 ]. Quarto, 29.2 x 21 cm. Cased in quarter blue leather, with leather corner tips, tan paper over boards, and printed title label to the spine; all edges trimmed. Housed in a matching paper covered slipcase. pp. 56. A fine copy. Again, Jason says..... More
Henley-on-Thames: Gresham Books, 1985. Folio. Bound in original quarter brown morocco, with ochre cloth covered boards, Farleigh’s monogram gilt stamped to the upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, and housed in publisher’s cloth covered slipcase, with printed paper spinestrip. [x], 5-137, [ + colophon] pp. Two abrasions to p. 29..... More
Toronto: Roger Ascham Press, [1986]. Small quarto, 27.7 x 18 cm. Cased in quarter orange Oasis goatskin, with orange and yellow linen covered boards, Batiked after Greek motifs by Muriel McDonagh, spine lettered in gilt, and Swedish Ingres endpapers; top-edges cut and trimmed, others untrimmed. pp. [12], 3-95, [3]. Some..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. Folio. Bound in original half dark orange cape morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with maize buckram covered boards, gilt stamped device after Braby to front cover, and spine lettered in gilt; top edge gilt, others uncut. 266pp. Corners slightly bumped, minor soiling to the covers..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. Second Revised Edition. Oblong Octavo. Bound in original ochre cloth, with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt decorated upper cover. In very good decorated paper dust jacket. 64pp. Dust jacket is price-clipped, and bears a small price sticker to the front flap, else a...... More
London: Faber and Faber, for the Aids Crisis Trust, 1991. Folio. Bound in original yellow buckram, with spine titled in gilt within a dyed blue vertical band, and housed in publisher’s grey cloth covered slipcase. Unpaginated. A Fine copy. Printed on Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper. Illustrated with reproductions of..... More
Stratford, Ontario: [Gerard Brender à Brandis], 1997. mall folio, 27.1 x 19.7 cm. Cased in boards covered in pale silk, decorated with a repeating floriated pattern; the pattern has been further accented with a hand-painted floral design by Laurie Richardson. Grey and blue flecked endpapers; edges opened but untrimmed. Housed..... More
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. Quarto. Bound in original quarter black morocco, with black cloth covered boards, and spine lettered in gilt; housed in publisher’s black cloth covered slipcase. xii, 183, [+ colophon, 8] pp. A Fine copy. This book contains a personal biography of BHS written by his daughter..... More
[Mission, B.C.]: Barbarian Press, 2015. Octavo, 18.3 x 14.5 cm. Cased in quarter green silk, with cream paper covered boards, patterned with alternating columns of printers’ rules and fleurons in red and green, printed green paper title label to the spine, and matching green endpapers; top-edges cut, others uncut. Unpaginated..... More
Toronto: imprimerie dromadaire, [1978]. Small squarish Quarto, 25 x 22 cm. In pamphlet stitched red Tweedweave paper wrappers, with lettering handset and printed in black to both covers; the lower cover features a glossary of neologisms used or generated by Khlebnikov in Zangezi (see below). Unpaginated [16 pp.]. A fine..... More
[Mission, B.C.]: Barbarian Press, 1999. Tall octavo, 27.9 x 16 cm. Cased in quarter laurel green Japanese silk, and matching green patterned paper over boards; the covering paper repeats a wood engraved device by John DePol; printed paper label to the spine; matching light green Ingres endpapers. pp. [14], 15-84..... More
Toronto: Grand Union Press [printed by Glenn Goluska at The Nightshade Press], 1983. Octavo, 23.5 x 15 cm. Cased in quarter black cloth, with orange paper covered boards, title printed in black to the upper cover, and cream paper label to the spine; black endpapers. Unpaginated [36 pp.]. Some very..... More
London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1976. Small Quarto. Quarter dark green morocco, with green cloth covered boards, and title stamped in gilt to the front cover. Printed endpapers reproducing amusing letters from Press subscriber W.W. Smithson. 32pp. A Fine Copy. From an edition of 175 copies, of which this is..... More
[Vancouver]: Heavenly Monkey Editions [printed by David Clifford at Black Stone Press], 2005. Small octavo, 19.2 x 13 cm. Cased in plain black cloth, with spine lettered in gilt and gilt stamped device to the upper cover; the cover device is, we imagine, a representation of the ‘Innsmouth Look’, exhibited..... More
Carlisle, Ontario: The Brandstead Press, 1975. Small octavo, 16 x 12.5 cm. Cased in full grey linen, with printed wood engraved vignette to the upper cover, and brown endpapers; all edges untrimmed. Unpaginated [pp. 54]. A fine copy. Set in Della Robbia type, and printed on handmade Barcham Green Maidstone..... More
Thornhill, Ontario: The Village Press, 1965. Tall octavo, 26.5 x 17.5 cm. Cased in quarter brown leather, with floral patterned paper covered boards, and spine titled in gilt. [4], 5-33, [3] pp., printed on double-leaves. Binder’s ticket (‘Handbound at the University of Toronto’) neatly affixed to the lower inner corner..... More
London: Eragny Press, 1902. Second issue. Quarto. Bound in original quarter Michallet paper, with repeat patterned pink and green ‘carnation’ paper covered boards, and gilt stamped lettering to the upper left of the front cover. [iii] 4-37 pp. [ii]. Printed in the Pissarro’s Brook type, with the text arranged in..... More
London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1968. Quarto. Bound in original full gold Jacquard silk covers, woven at the School of Textile Design at the Royal College of Art. 72pp. Top and fore edges mildly foxed, some residual binders’ paste to the outer edge of the paste-downs, else a Fine Copy..... More
Toronto: The Aliquando Press, 1979. Octavo, 23 x 14.5 cm. Cased in quarter white Tyvek, with decorated paper covered boards, printed paper title label to the spine, and burgundy endpapers; the tan covering paper, patterned similarly to Batik in orange and black, was produced by lithography after a design by..... More
Toronto: The Aliquando Press, 1979. Octavo, 23 x 14.5 cm. In blue Fabriano paper wrappers, with silver-stamped title and line-cut illustration, printed in red, after a medieval woodcut to the upper cover; burgundy endpapers. Unpaginated [20 pp.]. Some mild shelf wear to the edges of the covers, else a fine..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1963. Octavos. Three volumes. Bound in original pale green cloth, with uniformly gilt decorated spines and covers, and spines lettered in gilt. [xxxii] 700; [viii] 806; [viii] 778 pp. A Fine set. Designed by Francis Meynell, and printed by Brooke Crutchley, Printer to the University, Cambridge. More
Toronto: The Gauntlet Press, 1972. Octavo, 25.4 x 17 cm. In marbled paper wrappers, pamphlet stitched and sewn not to show, with blue and green k zo endpapers; all edges uncut and untrimmed. Unpaginated; four sheets, twice-folded, and printed on double leaves [pp. 16]. Lower corners slightly bumped, and minor..... More
Toronto: The Aliquando Press, 1973. Single sheet of blue Byronic text paper, 22 x 37.5 cm, printed on both sides in Octavian italic type. A fine copy. One of 50 unnumbered copies. More
[Toronto]: [The Gauntlet Press], [1992-1997]. all fine unless otherwise noted. comprising OUTRAM, Richard. Christ-Cross-Row. s.l. [Toronto]: The Gauntlet Press, 1992. Single sheet, 28 x 21.5 cm, folded twice; lacking envelope. Produced by Outram & Howard as a Christmas keepsake, 1992. With an except from Yeats’ The Song of the Happy Shepherd (from Crossways..... More
