(Barbarian Press).

ENDGRAIN: CONTEMPORARY WOOD ENGRAVING IN NORTH AMERICA.

Mission, Canada: Barbarian Press, 1994. thick 4to. full blue leather, with patterned endpapers and contained in a drop-back box. Unpaginated (but approximately 340 pages). First edition, limited to 430 copies of which this copy is one of 50 special copies bound thus and containing a signed, tipped-in frontispiece by Rosemary Kilbourn. Contains an astounding 121 wood engravings chosen by the artists and printed directly from the blocks onto individual leaves. Printed and published by Crispin..... READ MORE about ENDGRAIN: CONTEMPORARY WOOD ENGRAVING IN NORTH AMERICA

Price: $7,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 49989

(Barbarian Press). Holden, Molly.

SUDDEN IMMOBILITY: SELECTED POEMS OF MOLLY HOLDEN.

Wood Engravings by Andy English. Introduction and Afterword by Crispin Elsted.
(Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, 2021. large 8vo. half green Japanese silk with decorated papers, paper spine label , silk chemise, silk covered boards slipcase, paper spine label on chemise. 271, (cclxxv - cclxxxi) pages. Wood Engravings by Andy English. Introduction and Afterword by Crispin Elsted. "Sudden Immobility" is a bargain for twice, or even three times, the price. If you can still get a copy, you should. - Griffin Gonzales, Library Thing. Sudden Immobility..... READ MORE about SUDDEN IMMOBILITY: SELECTED POEMS OF MOLLY HOLDEN

Price: $950.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136864

(Barbarian Press).

PROSPECTUS for RUFINUS: THE COMPLETE POEMS.

(Mission, BC, Canada): Barbarian Press, 1997. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus announcing publication of Rufinus: the Complete Poems in English by Robert Skelton. Wood engravings by Wesley Bates. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS for RUFINUS: THE COMPLETE POEMS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132603

(Barbarian Press).

WAYZGOOSE PAMPHLETS: WAYZGOOSE PAMPHLET NUMBER ONE.

The 'Wayzgoose' Explained, with Historical Notes on Cope's Albion, and Sherwin & Cope's Imperial, Presses.
(Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, 2022. 8vo. blue hand-made paper wrappers, sewn binding. 7, (1) pages. The 'Wayzgoose' Explained, with Historical Notes on Cope's Albion, and Sherwin & Cope's Imperial, Presses. Originall published in 1984, this second edition was published in 2022. A fine copy. Designed and written by Crispin Elsted and Lea Sanchez Milde. The headpiece, commissioned in 1984 from Sarah Chamberlain, is printed from the wood, the press images from magnesium blocks. The..... READ MORE about WAYZGOOSE PAMPHLETS: WAYZGOOSE PAMPHLET NUMBER ONE

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138299

(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. READ MORE about NEWS FROM THE RARE BOOK ROOM

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115294

(Editions du Silence).

DÉCAGONAL.

N.P. Editions du Silence, n.d., but 2003. broadside (9 by 12 inches). Text in French. Limited to 125 copies. Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware, in 2003. Embossed designs in paper in addition to printed text. READ MORE about DÉCAGONAL

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127078

(Heavenly Monkey). Kuthan, George.

KUTHAN'S MENAGERIE OF INTERESTING ZOO ANIMALS.

Vancouver, BC: Nevermore Press/Heavenly Monkey, 1960 (but 2003). small folio. loose sheets, in paper wrapper cover, housed in silk clamshell box with paper cover and spine labels. (12) pages. One of 130 copies, of which this copy is not numbered. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. George Kuthan's colorful linocuts of animals, from the flamingo to the penguin to the raccoon, joyfully celebrate the diversity of the earth's inhabitants. By representing the variety of..... READ MORE about KUTHAN'S MENAGERIE OF INTERESTING ZOO ANIMALS

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136261

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." READ MORE about GOLDEN NUGGETS

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 94052

(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. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE WILLIAM INGLIS MORSE COLLECTION

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76350

(Porcupine's Quill). Brandis, G. Brender A.

WOOD, INK & PAPER.

Erin, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, (1981). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 13 pages followed by the plates of woodcuts executed by Brandis. Reprint of 1980 first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. READ MORE about WOOD, INK & PAPER

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 12204

(Porcupine's Quill). Brandis, Marianne.

THE GRAND RIVER: DUNDALK TO LAKE ERIE.

(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (2015). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 146, (2) pages. Introduction, acknowledgments, biographical sketches of the artist and author. Wood engravings by Gerard Brender à Brandis, including one foldout. READ MORE about THE GRAND RIVER: DUNDALK TO LAKE ERIE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131911

(Porcupine's Quill). Brender À Brandis, Gerard.

AN ARTIST'S GARDEN.

(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (2001). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 163+(1) pages. Introduction by the author. 74 woodcut illustrations including one foldout. Closing comments by author Alan Horne. READ MORE about AN ARTIST'S GARDEN

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131364

(Porcupine's Quill).

IMAGES FROM THE NEOCEREBELLUM: THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF GEORGE A. WALKER.

(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (2007). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 164, (4) pages. Introduction by Walker, concluding essay by Daryl Sharp, biographical sketch of Walker. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout text. Winner of an Independent Publishers Book Award. READ MORE about IMAGES FROM THE NEOCEREBELLUM: THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF GEORGE A. WALKER

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130897