Coach House Books. winter catalogue 2000
Toronto: Coach House Books, 2000. Soft cover. [210 x 140 mm] folded. Twice folded Coach House catalogue for 2000. Fine condition. More
Private Press
Everything Goes to Japan
Toronto, ON. Everything Associates/ Coach House Press, 1964. Soft cover. [140 x 110mm]. Cream wraps, stapled spine. Illustrations throughout. Great copy. Printed at The Coach House Press. More
London Scenes: Wood engravings by Helmuth Weissenborn
Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 2011. Hardcover. 8vo. [230 x 180 mm]. [8]p., 10 leaves of plates. Japanese binding, thin purple paper boards with paper title to front cover. A few light scuffs to the boards and the bottom fore-edge corners are very lightly bumped, a fine copy otherwise. Edition of..... More
The Nature and Making of Papyrus
Barkston Ash, Yorkshire, England: The Elmete Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, xvi, 72pp. Cloth boards, black spine label letering in gilt. Original glassine. Edition of 495 signed and numbered copies, this is no. 152. A fine copy. Includes the prospectus, folded and loosely inserted. More
Typomania: An Anthology of Printing by Apprentices at the University of Toronto Press.
Toronto: Apprenticepress, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Quarter Leather. Unpaginated. Printing samples designed and printed by Robert G. Reid, Alex Weir, John Wilson, Ted Cowling, Frank Weston, Luigi Luciani. Mostly quotes about printing on heavy hand made sheets folded once or twice and bound in paper patterned boards..... More
La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian and English
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Hardcover. Folio. 325 pp, with 34 double page and 8 single page sepia collotype plates after drawings by Sandro Botticelli. Publisher's full gilt decorated orange vellum, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Limited edition of 1475 copies, this is no. 760. The front board slightly..... More
Wisdom of Thomas Aquinas. Transcribed from his Writings.
Mount Vernon, NY. Peter Pauper Press, 1951. Hardcover. First printing. Slim 8vo. Patterned paper boards with red lettered spine, housed in the card slipcase. Very light rubbing to the spine end tips, slipcase sunned at the edges, with a very small stain to the rear panel. Overall a clean and..... More
The Last Book of the Last Prophet
Toronto, ON. Poetry Toronto, 1976. Soft cover. [220 x 140mm]. Yellow wraps, stapled spine. Drawings by Aiko Suzuki. Light aging along spine. Crease on back cover. Good copy. More
Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written
Toronto: Salamander Press, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Slim 4to. 31p. [1] colophon. Bound in the "Chinese Style" with string bound spine. Designed and printed by Glenn Goluska at The Nightshade Press, 1981. Handbound by Anne Goluska using Curtis Linen Cover and Multicolor endpapers. Previously published partially in The Canadian Forum..... More
Snake Poems
Toronto: Salamander Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green paper boards bound accordion style. Hand bound by Anne Goluska, designed and printed by Glenn Goluska at The Nightshade Press in Toronto, 1983. Limited to 100 copies of which this is No. 52. Hand numbered and signed by Atwood. The boards..... More
Unearthing Suite
Toronto: Grand Union Press/The Nightshade Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. Not paginated. Quarter black cloth with paper label to the spine, over pale blue paper boards lettered in black. Japanese Chiri endpapers. Edition of 175 copies, this is 153, signed by Margaret Atwood. Designed and printed bu Glenn..... More
What Isint Tantrik Speshul (Signed by Atwood & Jewinski)
Vancouver, BC: blewointmentpress, 1973. Soft cover. [280 x 220mm]. 71p. Photographic wraps with red taped spine. Edition of 700 copies. Signed by Margaret Atwood (p. 20) and inscribed by Hans Jewinski (p. 47). Ownership signature of Canadian writer Greg Gatenby. Wear to the edges but overall a very good copy..... More
The Essays of Francis Bacon
Tolz: Bremer Presse, 1920. Vellum. 4to. 242, [4]- table, [1], colophon, [4] blanks. Full vellum with gilt outline borders to boards and compartments, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt. Endpapers and title-page foxed, with scattered light foxing throughout. Stamped Bremer Binderel. F. TH. at base of rear pastedown. The..... More
he & she &
Ottawa: The Golden Dog Press, 1974. First Edition. Soft cover. [180 x 140mm]. 28p. Mint green wraps with orange lettering. Small stain on front cover. Signed by Barbour to Canadian writer Greg Gatenby, Greg's ownership signature to the title-page. Good clean copy. More
Voices, Noises
Toronto, ON. The Coach House Press, 1982. Soft cover. [220 x 140mm]. Review copy with review sticker on front endpaper. Ownership signature of Canadian writer Greg Gatenby to the front endpaper. Good clean copy. More
The Cradle will Fall
Toronto, ON. The Coach House Press, 1977. Soft cover. [180 x 120mm]. White wrappers, stapled spine. Edition of 500 copies. Ownership signature of Canadian writer Greg Gatenby. Covers a little scuffed and toned at the edges but overall a good copy. More
Wood Engraving
No Binding. Image from "In Black & White: A Wood Engraver's Odyssey"[190 x 152 mm]. Signed by Bates and numbered 35/75. More
Everett Coogler 15
Fredericton, N.B. The New Brunswick Chapbooks, 1971. Hardcover. [220 x 180mm]. 35p. White wraps, stapled spine. Edition of 250 copies. Edges a little yellowed and spine lightly creased. Good copy. More
Select Poems Divine end Humane.
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Soft cover. Small 8vo, pp. [vi], 51, [vi]. All edges untrimmed. Unopened copy. Limp vellum parchment with pigskin thongs, small gilt-stamped decoration to front cover, gilt-stamped 'Beedome' to spine. Housed in a cream paper covered slipcase. Bookplate of Canadian literary giant, Robertson Davies to front..... More
Haikube
Toronto, ON. BookThug, 2007. Soft cover. [140 x 140mm]. Purple wraps with black and grey lettering. Second printing. Edition of 100 copies. Inscribed by Gregory Betts: "At the launch in Olga Korper's special space in Toronto, 31 March 2007." Also inscribed and dated by Matt Donovan at the launch and..... More
The Vision and other Essays
Toronto: The Dharma Centre of Canada Limited, 1971. Limited Edition. wrappers. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Edges very lightly rubbed with the occasional scuff mark. Gift inscription to front endpaper. Book is clean and square. A tight little copy. Limited to 500 numbered copies of which this one..... More
Hit By A Rock Poems and Prose Poems
Toronto, ON. Proper Tales Press, 1982. Soft cover. [220 x 130mm]. Red wrappers, stapled spine. Edition of 1000 copies. Cover and drawings by Stuart Ross. Some fading on cover. Small red stain on title page. Good copy. More
ONCE: A Lullaby
Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press, 1983. First Edition. Soft cover. [150 x 210mm]. White cover with colour illustration. Stapled spine. Light folds and stains on cover. Remnants of price sticker on back cover. One page with wear at the upper margin but overall a good copy. More
Thin Under the Skin
Whitby, ON. The Plowman Printing House, 1989. Soft cover. [220 x 140mm]. Light pink wraps, stapled spine. Signed by author. Covers creased and a couple of light stains, but overall a good clean copy. More
Green Light Stone & Trees
Burnaby, British Columbia: Cold Turkey Press, 1977. Soft cover. [240 x 150mm]. Cream wraps, sewn spine. Light wear and creasing to the covers otherwise a very good copy. Published by arrangement with Blackfish Press. More