Mr Darcy's Letter, Jane Austen
Mr Darcy's Letter is set in 12pt Fairbank, with Bembo Titling and touches of Fairbank digital polymer and Cancellaresca Bastarda, and printed on ivory Magnani Revere Book Suede. 5pp, enveloped in dove grey St Armand Handmade paper, 150 copies. $35 CAD.
The envelope has undergone several revisions. The sand brown with black liner Mi-Teintes envelope has been tossed in favour of the St Armand Handmade, which has greater durability and strength.
The envelope has undergone several revisions. The sand brown with black liner Mi-Teintes envelope has been tossed in favour of the St Armand Handmade, which has greater durability and strength.
Capt. Wentworth's Letter, Jane Austen
F.W.'s soul-piercing letter to A.E. (from Jane Austen's Persuasion) is now available on 'stationery' from the White Hart.
The text is hand-set in Spectrum italic with the roman for display and a touch of Cancellaresca Bastarda for initials. Letterpress printed in four colours on ivory Magnani Revere Book Suede using a Chandler and Price Old Style jobbing press. One postage stamp engraving by Jarrett Morrison. Measures six and one-half inches by ten and one-half inches (165 x 267mm); deckle edge along the foot.
Envelope constructed from indigo Canson Mi-Teintes and die-stamped in gold foil in Bickham Script.
200 numbered copies. $25 CAD. Postage and HST extra where applicable.
Available through Bytown Bookshop in Ottawa and Characters Books in Vancouver.
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
For the first letterpress printed book, something fun was in order. And what better amusement than a trivial comedy for serious people. This edition follows the text from the three-act version first produced at St James’s Theatre in London in 1895.
Hand set in Bembo roman, with stage directions composed in Fairbank italic by the Bixler letterfoundry. Printed on Somerset Book Soft White Wove. Quarter bound in burgundy velour with pattern-printed covers and Bugra endsheets. Ten engravings by Jarrett Morrison, including one 4 by 6, six 3 by 4, and three 2 by 2.
Sixty-five copies, including five hors commerce; octavo, 100 pages. $300 CAD. Postage extra and GST/HST where applicable.
Send a request.
You can already find a copy of The Importance of Being Earnest in the following special collections libraries:
- Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
- University of Victoria, BC
- University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
- University of Calgary, AB
- Vancouver Public Library, BC
- Toronto Reference Library, ON
- L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Utah
How many are available?
As of 6th of July, 2011, 20 copies are available for sale.
Chesterton Cheese, G.K. Chesterton
The very first broadside from The Bowler Press captures a brief line from G.K.'s Alarms and Discursions. The engraving, by Jarrett Morrison, is 3 x 3 inches. Set in Cheltenham Extra-Condensed and printed on Arches Cover. Enveloped in Canson Mi-Teintes in one of four colours (Light Blue, Grey, Burgundy, Indigo). Limited to 32 copies, numbered on the verso. $35 CAD.
