(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (1986). oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 73, (21) pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Designed by Tim and Elke Inkster. Woodcut illustrations from Cape Cod, the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, and Prince Edward County in Ontario. READ MORE about AT WATER'S EDGE
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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
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Willowdale: North York Public Library, 1978, 1981. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 109,(3); 79,(3) pages. 2 volumes. With a checklist of Ontario private presses by Marilyn Rueter and an introduction by Douglas Lochhead. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about READER, LOVER OF BOOKS, LOVER OF HEAVEN, A CATALOGUE BASED ON AN EXHIBITION OF THE BOOK ARTS IN...
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(Vancouver, BC, Canada): Savuti Press, 2009. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label, marbled free endpapers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (16) pages. Limited to 199 numbered copies. Etched, marbled, gilded, and bound by Waisiki Dought. Illustrations by Van Sandwyk. READ MORE about THE PHILOSOPHER'S CUPBOARD
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(Vancouver, BC, Canada): Heavenly Monkey Editions, 2007. 4to. cloth, dust jacket, paper spine label. (12) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by binder Charles van Sandwyk on colophon. A collection of etchings from the first twenty-one years of the author's career, from when he first learned the intaglio process. van Sandwyk describes his own experience with the process and the influence of Rembrandt van Rijn, Albrecht Durer, and Arthur Rackham as his exemplars. Six..... READ MORE about THE SIMPLE LINE
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Toronto, ON, Canada: The Aliquando Press, 1972. square 32mo. leaves loosely inserted in paper envelope. (62) pages. Limited to 100 copies. An extract from Hugo's Voyages de 1839, translated by Jean Wilson, designed and printed by William Rueter, with wood types. READ MORE about VICTOR HUGO'S ALPHABET CHARACTER & SYMBOL
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Mission, BC, Canada: Barbarian Press, 2019. folio. quarter morocco over patterened paper boards, slipcase. over 100 engravings. First edition of 125 numbered copies, of which this isone of the 60 deluxe state copies bound in quarter vermilion morocco with a skived leather spine label and a patterned paper by the artist over boards, slipcased with a folder containing a signed and numbered strike of the commissioned frontispiece for the book. This book is part of..... READ MORE about RICHARD WAGENER: A DIALOGUE OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS
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(Mission, B.C., Canada): Barbarian Press, 2020. 8vo. silk spine over paper covered boards, cloth tips, paper spine label. 66 pages. Jan Zwicky has published several volumes of poetry, winning the Governor Generals Award for Poetry in 1999 for Songs for Relinquishing the Earth and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2004 for Robinsons Crossing, which was also shortlisted for the Governor Generals Award. In 2012 Forge was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Her books..... READ MORE about FIFTY-SIX ONTOLOGICAL STUDIES
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(Hamilton, ON, Canada): West Meadow Press, 1990. 12mo. paper-covered boards, paper front cover label. (14) pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by illustrator Wesley W. Bates on colophon. First of the Broadside Ballads. Transscription of an old English country ballad. Illustrated with original wood engravings by Bates. READ MORE about THE BRISK YOUNG BUTCHER
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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. READ MORE about A TOWER IN ITALY A LEGEND, BEING A ROMANTIC PLAY IN ONE ACT
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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
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Toronto, ON, Canada: The Typecrafters, 1980. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 100 copies. Printed by the Crabgrass Press. Quotations from noteworthies in the field Quotations from a number of prominent individual in the field of typography. Various items, including bookplates and endpaper specimens, tipped in. READ MORE about MARKS & REMARKS ABOUT ASPECTS OF GRAPHIC DESIGN BY NOTED AUTHORITIES PAST AND PRESENT
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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, New Castle, Delaware, in 2003. Embossed designs in paper in addition to printed text. READ MORE about DÉCAGONAL
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(Vancouver, BC, Canada): Heavenly Monkey & C.V.S. Fine Arts, (2000). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by Van Sandwyk on colophon. Introduction and copperplate etchings (frontispiece and in text) by Van Sandwyk. Bibliography, assembled by Van Sandwyk and Rollin Milroy, includes publication information and a brief descriptive text. Also included is a tipped-in specimen of the author's first book, Here Follows a Collection of Little People (1983). READ MORE about CHARLES VAN SANDWYK, AN INTERIM BIBLIOGRAPHY 1983 TO 2000
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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
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(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
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(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introduction by William Rueter. Illustrations, including bookplates, by the author. Biographical sketch and portrait of Bates follows text. READ MORE about THE POINT OF THE GRAVER
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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
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Erin, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, (1981). 8vo. self paper wrappers. 13 pages followed by the plates of woodcuts executed by Brandis. Reprint of 1980 self paper wrappers first edition. Fine. READ MORE about WOOD, INK & PAPER
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(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
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(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
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(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (2016). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 179, (3) pages. Introduction by George A. Walker, biographical sketch of the author. Woodcuts by the author. READ MORE about METAMORPHADOX
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(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (2013). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 221, (3) pages. Introduction by the author. Afterword by Tom Smart, acknowledgments, biographical sketch of the author. Woodcuts by the author. READ MORE about THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CONRAD BLACK: A WORDLESS BIOGRAPHY
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(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (2005). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Preface, acknowledgments, biographical sketch of the author. Illustrated. READ MORE about MOTHER GOOSE EGGS SUNNYSIDE UP
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(Erin, ON, Canada): The Porcupine's Quill, (2015). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 99, (5) pages. Table of contents, introduction, foreword, biographical sketch of the aurhor, acknowledgments. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about ODDBALLS
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