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See More... (Aliquando Press) THE ALIQUANDO PRESS: 25 YEARS OF PRIVATE PRINTING.
Toronto University of Toronto 1988 4to. paper wrappers, stapled. (i), 17+(1) pages
Introduction by Marilyn Rueter. Exhibition catalogue and complete bibliography of books and broadsides produced at the Aliquando Press, shown at the University of Toronto.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 104755

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See More... (Barbarian Press) BARBARIAN PRESS CATALOGUE 1998-1999
Mission, BC Barbarian Press (1998) 8vo stiff paper wrappers 16 pages
November 1998 catalogue of the press. Sample woodcut illustrations tipped in. Email notification laid in. Descriptive information about the press's publications. Includes items in publication when the catalogue was produced.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108749

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See More... (Barbarian Press) Clough, Arthur Hugh AMOURS DE VOYAGE
An Epistolary Novella in Verse. (Mission, BC) Barbarian Press 2007 8vo. quarter cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards (viii), 78,(2) pages
Limited to an edition of 125 copies. Edited by Patrick Scott with an afterword by Crispin Elsted. Illustrated with wood engravings by Abigail Rorer, which were printed from the blocks. We hear the written voices of various tourists, who are intertwined socially, as they discover Italy during Garibaldi's bid for Rome. The text is set in 12pt Van Dijck and printed on Zerkall Soft White Wove. Design, typography and cover drawing are by Crispin Elsted. Jan Elsted printed the edition. It won a Judge's Award at the Oxford Book Fair 2007.
Price: $ 395.00 other currencies Order nr. 96580

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See More... (Basilike Press) Abercrombie, Lascelles A PERSONAL NOTE.
Toronto Basilike Press, The 1974 8vo. marbled paper covers, paper cover label. (12) pages.
Limited to 125 copies printed by John Paul Davies at his private press. This essay originally appeared in THE EIGHTEEN-SIXTIES ESSAYS published in 1932.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 33001

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See More... (Bird & Bull Press) Abercrombie, Lascelles A TOWER IN ITALY A LEGEND, BEING A ROMANTIC PLAY IN ONE ACT.
Toronto Basilike 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages.
First edition, one of 175 numbered copies. (Taylor B5). Designed and printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 467

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  (Bradbury, Maureen) NEWS FROM THE RARE BOOK ROOM.
Edmonton, Alberta D.E. Cameron Library, University of Alberta 1980 4to. stiff paper wrappers 155+(1) pages
No. 18 of the library's news bulletins. Lists the library's holdings of Canadian private presses. This publication is Part II of that series, the presses of Ontario. Frontispiece, preface, explanation of entries, bibliography and key to references, list of abbreviations. Location index of Ontario presses. Full index. Includes additions and corrections to No. 17. Black and white illustrations.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 115294

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See More... THE DEVIL'S ARTISAN: A JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING ARTS.
8 Volumes (Toronto The Coach House Press) 1986-1989 small 8vo stiff paper wrappers variously paginated
This group contains issues 58-65. Essays cover a wide range of topics related to printing, including fine presses, interviews with and studies of artists, library collections, printmaking, book illustration and bookplates. Each issue has a loosely inserted sample of artistic fine printing which are printed in limited editions. Many covers printed with color.
Price: $ 90.00 other currencies Order nr. 115597

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See More... (Greenboathouse Press) INTRODUCING THE GREENBOATHOUSE PRESS FINE LETTERPRESSED AND HANDBOUND EDITIONS.
N.P. Greenboathouse Press 2008 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with flyleaf unpaginated
Limited to 94 numbered copies. Items offered by the press, established in 1999 and "reborn" in 2008, specializing in Canadian poetry. Includes a description of the press, ordering and pricing information and a listing of items offered. Enclosed in a handmade Indian flyleaf illustrated with the press device.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 109772

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See More... Jenkins, William D. (selector) GOLDEN NUGGETS
Ottawa n.p. 1993 8vo. stiff paper wrapper (vii), 180-186+(1) pages.
Limited to an edition of 50. A facsimile of one clever tongue-in-cheek letter from POST BAG OF THE GREAT WESTERN by Samuel Slick (1840). Presented to Donn W. Sanford from Jenkins: "Donn, With sincere regards. Bill."
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 94052

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See More... Kotin, David B. READER, LOVER OF BOOKS, LOVER OF HEAVEN, A CATALOGUE BASED ON AN EXHIBITION OF THE BOOK ARTS IN ONTARIO.
2 volumes. Willowdale North York Public Library 1978, 1981 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 109,(3); 79,(3) pages.
With a checklist of Ontario private presses by Marilyn Rueter and an introduction by Douglas Lochhead. Wrappers soiled.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 33545

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See More... (Miniature Books) Viger, Denis B. THE YEAR OF THE MAPLE.
N.P. (Margaret Challenger 2000) miniature book (2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches) printed paper covered boards in maple leaf design, slipcase with paper cover label. (14) leaves bound accordian style.
Limited to 20 numbered copies. Text taken from Viper's June 24, 1836 remarks. The text has been brush lettered and illustrated with chalk pastel maple leaves. Contains two Canadian 6 cent stamps and two Canadian 7 cent stamps tipped in.
Price: $ 145.00 other currencies Order nr. 99885

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See More... (Morse, William) Archibald, Eugenie. (Ed.) CATALOGUE OF THE WILLIAM INGLIS MORSE COLLECTION.
London The Curwen Press 1938 8vo. polished cloth, top edge gilt (xxiv),119+(1) pages.
Published in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies. Catalog of the extensive Morse Collection at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, which includes books,maps, drawings, paintings and manuscripts from the 18th century. Illustrated with 7 plates. Book label indicating that this is from the reference library of H.P. Kraus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 76350

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See More... (Poole Hall Press) Frechette, Louis ON THE THRESHOLD
With an introduction by John N. Mappin. Grimsby ONT Poole Hall Press 1989 large 8vo. cloth spine, paper-covered boards, paper label not paginated
The edition was limited to 135, of which 20 were for sale. It is a story written by perhaps the most important literary figure in French Canada in the 19th century, Louis Frechette. It , along with some others, were written in English ( rather than French) in an effort to acquaint his English-speaking countrymen with the lives of the French Canadians. A Christmas gift book signed on the colophon by Mappin and again as part of the warm inscription on the free front endpaper. The rear board is lightly soiled and the head of the spine is a trifle bumped.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 89001

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See More... (Shanty Bay Press) Virgil GEORGICS.
Translated by Robert Wells, Illustrated by Walter Bachinski. (Shanty Bay, Ontario) Shanty Bay Press (2007) folio quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, cloth slipcase
Limited to 67 copies of which 60 are for sale. Numbered and signed on the colophon by Walter Bachinski and Janis Butler, the designers, illustrators, and printers of the book. This is the fourth publication of the press. The type is Bembo, printed on Arches Covers. The woodcuts were printed on Kuotani 5. The woodcuts and pochoir illustrations are by Walter Bachinski who also did the stenciling and printing of the illustrations. Janis Butler did the hand composition, text and color printing. Each section of the book has its own pochoir-illustrated title page and initial letters in pochoir. Each of these sections are paginated separately. There are many full-page woodcuts throughout which enliven the text as well.
Price: $ 2,750.00 other currencies Order nr. 100262

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See More... THOUGHTPRINTS, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FORM AND CONTENT OF LANGUAGE ON THE PRINTED PAGE.
Edmonton University of Alberta (1989) square small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 39 pages.
Curated by John Charles. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 94757

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