Chicago & NY: Rand, McNally, 1893. First American edition. Blue buckram, beveled edges, spine lettered in gilt, front cover designed and lettered in gilt. Brown coated end papers. A little shelf wear to tips and edges, ownership inscription on front end paper dated 1902, in general a bright and attractive very good copy. Copies of this first American edition are known in red cloth; there was also a later Rand, McNally edition in green cloth, with an undated title page. The first edition was published in London in 1896, by the Leadenhall Press. A strange tale of a man who believes he is the Arc... View More...
A printed bookplate, 3X4 inches, illustration printed in red and text in black. The illustration, with 'Margaret Atwood' printed beneath, is of a peacock with a human female torso, topless. Lettering is, above: EX LIBRIS and below: Ars Longa, Vita Brevis. Condition is fine. We have several copies available. The Latin epigram, translated by Seneca from a phrase by Hippocrates, means: Life is Short, Art is Forever. The Art referred to by Hippocrates was that of medicine. The quote is often misattributed to Horace. It is used in Atwood's novel ORYX AND CRAKE, with which this bookplate is surely s... View More...
[Toronto: Michael Ondaatje, 1970]. First edition. Broadside, a single sheet measuring 11 X 11 inches. Reproduces the author's holograph, a poem and illustration in circular form. Fine condition. Issued by Ondaatje as Rhinoceros 1, so indicated in the upper margin. View More...
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University of Auckland, Holloway Press, 1998.
Seller ID: 56748
Original printed wrappers, sewn. A nice clean copy. "Printed ... by Natasha L. Herman at The Holloway Press, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. 188 copies, of which 75 are for The Typophiles, New York. May 1998." Inscribed and signed by the author on the inner front cover in 1998. Scarce. View More...
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., 1924. Early reprint. Original color pictorial wrappers. Paper browning, hole in back cover near spine, a couple of creases to upper corner of cover, an attractive very good copy. The first edition was published in the same format, in 1923. On the spine is: No. 9 - there is a numbered list of novels on the back which includes this one, but no series title [Pocket Copyrights]. View More...
Brown cloth lettered in turquoise. Pictorial end papers. Small stain to back cover, a nice bright copy. A novel involving the fur trade in the Americas. View More...
[Prince George]: Gorse Press, April 1979. A broadside poem, one sheet measuring 8.5 x 11.5, printed in two colours. One of 100 numbered copies. Fine condition. View More...
Prince George: Repository - Gorse Press, 1979. First edition. Green wrappers, front cover lettered in black. Signed by Belford on the half-title page, with a couple of ink corrections in the text. A fine copy. View More...
Vancouver: City Archives, 1953. A small broadside poem - a single leaf on glossy paper, measuring 5 X 7.5 inches. Fine condition. A poem written in 1942. Bland was born in Ottawa in 1875. View More...
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Toronto: Ganglia, [c.1969]. First edition.
Seller ID: 55919
Small wrappers. A single small leaf once folded to make a 4-page leaflet. Illustration on front cover. One short poem within. Colophon on the rear cover. Fine condition. Issued as #28 in Ganglia's 5 cent mini mimeo series. Not common. View More...
Vancouver, [1974?]. First edition of this short poem. A single leaf, once folded, making a 4-page booklet. The poem occupies only one page, the other three are blank. A fine copy. Scarce. View More...
Vancouver: Printed for the Pacific Northwest Library Association Conference, 1982. Published by Crispin & Jan Elsted at The Barbarian Press, in an edition of one hundred copies. First edition. Fine copy. A single leaf, once folded, printed in black & green. Prints a single 12-line poem. Scarce. View More...
[Vancouver]: Printed at Cobblestone Press for William Hoffer, 1976. First edition. A broadside, printed in red & black. 15 inches X 9.5 inches. Fine condition. Of an edition of 126, this is one of 26 lettered copies, signed by Bowering. A handsome broadside. Woodsworth A6b. View More...
[Vancouver]: Printed at Cobblestone Press for William Hoffer, 1976. First edition. A broadside, printed in red & black. 15 inches X 11.25 inches. Proof or trial version, untrimmed, the text not centered. Fine condition. The entire published edition was 126, of which 26 were lettered copies, signed by Bowering. This copy is not signed or numbered. A handsome broadside. Woodsworth A6b (not mentioning this untrimmed version). An advance issue. View More...
Vancouver: William Hoffer, 1985. First edition. Brown pictorial wrappers, sewn. Of 326 copies printed, this is one of 300 numbered copies in wrappers, signed by Bowering. Fine copy. A chapbook, printing a short excerpt from Bowering's then-forthcoming novel CAPRICE. This book saw very limited distribution, and is consequently very uncommon. Designed by Robert Bringhurst. Woodsworth A35a. View More...
Vancouver: William Hoffer, 1985. First edition. Brown pictorial boards. Of 326 copies printed, this is one of 26 lettered copies in boards, signed by Bowering. Fine copy. A chapbook, printing a short excerpt from Bowering's then-forthcoming novel CAPRICE. This book saw very limited distribution, and is consequently very uncommon. Designed by Robert Bringhurst. Woodsworth A35b. View More...
Vancouver: William Hoffer, 1985. First edition. Brown pictorial wrappers, sewn. Of 326 copies printed, this is one of 300 numbered copies in wrappers, signed by Bowering. Fine copy. This copy is flat, unfolded, but otherwise identical to the regular edition in wrappers. An unusual, pre-publication state. A chapbook, printing a short excerpt from Bowering's then-forthcoming novel CAPRICE. This book saw very limited distribution, and is consequently uncommon. Designed by Robert Bringhurst. Woodsworth A35a. View More...
(Yellowknife?, The Author, 1975). Original white wrappers, stapled. 32 pages. Light edge wear, a very good copy. Inscribed and signed by the author in 1975. This is copy #13 of an unknown number published. View More...
