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
Fine & 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
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
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
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
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
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
The Almond Tree
The Quarry Press, 1982. Soft cover. [200 x 130mm]. 56p. Light grey wrappers, stapled spine. Some creasing along top edge near spine. Some aging on spine. Good clean copy. Printed in Kingston Ontario by Hewson & White Printing. More
Island Wedding
North Yorkshire: The Celtic Cross Press, 2005. Rosemary Roberts. Soft cover. Small 4to. Sewn binding, green wraps with darker green stamped title to front cover and device to rear cover. With a wood engraving by Rosemary Roberts. Printed on the occasion of the 21st birthday of The Celtic Cross Press..... More
Little Things
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature book. [65 x 45mm]. 20pp. 9 illustrations by James Bruce. Printed at the Rampant Lions Press in an edition of 400 copies. This one signed by James and Pamela Bruce. Bound in light blue/green and purple marbled paper with a paper..... More
The Witkin Gallery 25. 25th Anniversary 1969-1994. Portfolio of Photographs Selected by Evelyn Z. Daitz. Introduction by Peter C. Bunnell.
Toronto: Lumiere Press, 1994. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt lettered paper title label to the spine over green patterned paper boards, housed in a patterned paper slipcase. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. This copy in marked H/C and is signed by Michael Torosian. Nice production..... More
Butleriana
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1932. Hardcover. 8vo, pp. xvi, 172 + 8 inserts (six photographs and two oil paintings reproduced in collotype by the Chiswick Press and tipped in). All edges untrimmed, top edge rough cut, red topstain under gilt 'on the rough'. Quarter tan niger Morocco with red and..... More
The Dog Fairy-Tale: An Excerpt from Fables & Substories. ill. Jaffe, Charles.
Bird-In-Hand Productions. First Edition. Soft cover. Soft Cover. [140 x 90mm]. 6pp. White paper with black lettering and illustrations. String bound, hand-sewn chapbook. Drawings by Charles Jaffe. Translation from the Czech by Alexandra Morrison. Very faint brown stain to front cover, otherwise, clean. Excellent condition. More
The Private Press
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1971. First US Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. Pp. 376. Frontispiece and 72 black & white plates, plus 83 textual figures. Original orange cloth, gilt spine, d/w. In fine condition. The definitive study of the history of the private press, the printers and their products, from the..... More
In Search of Leonardo (Signed by both)
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Tony Urquhart. No jacket as issued. Matt estimated that no more than 30 copies of this book were issued in hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Matt Cohen. Autographed and dated by Tony Urquhart. One small bump, otherwise a fine copy..... More