Barbarian press (22 risultati)

8vo. wrappers of Classic Crest Flax handmade paper. unpaginated. Limited to 120 copies. A fine copy. The poems were selected by Crispin and Jan Elsted from My Flesh the Sound of Rain, The Burden of Snow, Intermission, and The Little Yellow House, and from new, unpublished poems. The text was handset by Apollonia Elsted in Joanna with Duensin Titling for display, and printed by Lea Sánchez Milde on Mohawk Superfine paper. wrappers of Classic Crest Flax handmade paper. Barbarian Press (illustratore).…

4to. cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers. unpaginated. Loose Canons Two. Limited to 120 copies. A fine copy. Printed in Poliphilus & Blado with Caslon Antique for display, hand-set by Apollonia Elsted and printed on Zerkall Cream laid paper by her and Lea Sánchez Milde, it is sewn into wraps of St-Armand Canal paper. From the printer's website: "E A Robinsons work has a documentary alertness about it, especially in his portraits of characters in Tilbury, a town he created to house the folk who inhabit many of his poems and exemplify his convictions about humanity. His poems were widely read and greatly praised during his life, and for some time after: he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry three times. Yet particularly after the Second World War his reputation shifted largely into the academies, and he became a figure of the past to most readers - especially to the new generation of poetry readers from the 1950s and 60s who espoused the boisterous, gangling styles of Ginsberg, Kerouac and the Beats, the casual familiarities of Frank OHara or the self-consciousness of Black Mountain and the New York School. For all the unquestionably fine qualities of this New American Poetry (as Donald Allen titled his seminal anthology introducing these poets to the public) Robinsons work was too civil, thoughtful, and wise to survive in such company. His calm, considered voice would have been shouted down, and his observations passed off as inconsequential. The title poem of Loose Canons Two, Ben Jonson Entertains a Man from Stratford, is one of Robinsons several dramatic monologues, a form or device he inherited from an occasional tradition particularly evident in 19th century English poetry, and notably a feature of Robert Brownings work. This poem, written in fluid, colloquially adroit blank verse, is spoken by the playwright Ben Jonson, historically a close friend of Shakespeare who nevertheless found fault with certain elements of his writing and - at least in the context of Robinsons poem - of his character. The unidentified and fictional man from Stratford visiting Jonson in London is clearly someone who also knows Will Shakespeare personally, and Jonsons discussion of their mutual friend is illuminating and persuasive in itself; we are not, however, made aware of his guests responses." cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers. Barbarian Press (illustratore).…

4to. cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers produced by St-Armand Canal. unpaginated. Loose Canons Five. Limited to 120 copies. A fine copy. The fifth in the Loose Canons pamphlets, a series conceived to draw readers' attention to poets whose work, once well known, has fallen into the shadows & become lost to sight. Designed by Crispin Elsted, who selected the poems and wrote the note, and hand-set by Lea Sánchez Milde & Apollonia Elsted in Pastonchi with Fry's Ornamented and Van Dijck for display. The fleurons were devised by Lea Sánchez Milde, her first excursion into ornamental work. cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers produced by St-Armand Canal. Barbarian Press (illustratore).…

4to. cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers produced by St-Armand Canal. unpaginated. Loose Canons Four. Limited to 120 copies. A fine copy. The fourth in the Loose Canons pamphlets, a series conceived to draw readers' attention to poets whose work, once well known, has fallen into the shadows & become lost to sight. Designed by Crispin Elsted and hand-set by Lea Sánchez Milde in Van Dijck on vintage Holcombe paper. From the printer's website: "Merrill Moore (1903-1957) is recognized, when he is remembered at all, as the man who wrote all those sonnets. But that is an insubstantial and jejune description of a poet of profound human insight and deft, crisp lyricism. Moores entire published (and unpublished) poetic output comprises a staggering number of sonnets. It has been estimated that in his lifetime he composed over 50,000 of them, and while he often discarded rhyme - and even more often iambic metre - his sonnets retain the developmental structures of the form: the presentation of a subject, whether human, philosophical, or natural, in the opening section, followed by a summation, development of narrative, resolution of argument, or contemplation of meaning or effect in the concluding passage. Many of his sonnets derive their impact from his insights as a doctor into individuals." cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers produced by St-Armand Canal. Barbarian Press (illustratore).…

4to. cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers produced by St-Armand Canal. unpaginated. Loose Canons Three. Limited to 120 copies. A fine copy. The third in the Loose Canons series, with each issue devoted to reasserting the rights of a poet whose work is fashionably passed over or otherwise overlooked to be read and enjoyed. Designed by Crispin Elsted using the text from the Oxford edition of Edward Thomas's Collected Poems. Hand-set in Joanna typeface by Lea Sánchez Milde with Tiern Titling for display, and printed on Zerkall Cream Laid paper. From the printer's website: "Edward Thomas may be the most English of all poets, as English as Frost is American: it is not surprising that Thomas and Frost became very close friends during Frosts time spent in England from 1912 to 1915. Both men seek and capture the essence of the overlooked. It was Frost who encouraged Thomas to write poetry, after Thomas had spent a lifetime as a writer of travel books, biography, criticism, and reflections on the English countryside, which he loved. Astonishingly, he only began to write poetry in 1914, and all his poems were written in the last three years of his life. He was killed while in active service in Flanders. His poems have a unique tone and rhythm, connected in many cases with the varieties of English spoken in the countryside in which he spent his life, and the forms in which he casts his poems tend to the condition of the ballad or the English lyric. A few of his poems simply revel in the luxuriance of country place-names, or flowers, or birds, anticipating Audens later suggestion that lyric poetry begins with lists: for example the list of ships in the Iliad, Perditas catalogue of flowers in The Winters Tale, and Miltons similar list in Lycidas. But Thomas is a true countryman, and his poems do not romanticize their subjects; indeed they are often chillingly exact in their descriptions." cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers produced by St-Armand Canal. Barbarian Press (illustratore).…

Wraps. Condizione: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 400 copies printed by Crispin & Jan Elstead. 16pp., letterpress printed on Curtis Rag, with 6 mounted wood-engravings throughout; handsewn in light green wraps, printed title on front. A Near Fine copy with just s touch of light sunning. // Order catalog featuring the works: Gibbings & Grey and The Charm of Birds; Inishbream; Rufinus; A Christmas Carol. With information on upcoming work for 1999.…

No Binding. Condizione: Fine. Single sheet measuring 14 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches. One of three copies available. Frontispiece from Endgrain Editions 3. A dramatic abstract image, featuring classically derived and richly engraved images of a male torso, merging into waves and other figures, set into a textured background in purple and green, printed from inked pressboard. "Difficult to describe, but a dramatic and original production " - Crispin Elsted. Signed by the artist. A fine copy. Peter Lazarov (illustratore).…

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Softcover. One of 120 copies. This is the 3rd of the Loose Canons pamphlets, a series conceived by the Press to draw readers' attention to poets whose work, once well known, has fallen into the shadows & become lost to sight. Edward Thomas, (1878 - 1917) was killed in Flanders. He was a British writer of English poetry and prose. He is sometimes considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. He only started writing poetry at the age of 36, but by that time he had already been a prolific critic, biographer, nature writer and travel writer for two decades. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the First World War and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917, soon after he arrived in France. The text for this pamphlet is taken from the Oxford edition of Thomas's Collected Poems. Crispin Elsted designed the piece and arranged the poems. It is sewn into wraps of gray St-Armand paper. The type is Joanna with Tiern Titling for display, and the text is on Zerkall Cream Laid paper. In fine condition. Measures 7.25 x12 inches. Unpaginated (18 pages) PRI/012126.…

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Softcover. One of 120 copies. This is the 4th of the Loose Canons pamphlets, a series conceived by the Press to draw readers' attention to poets whose work, once well known, has fallen into the shadows & become lost to sight. The poet, Merrill Moore (1903 - 1957) became one of youngest members of the 'Fugitive' group of poets - named after the journal they founded,that included John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren, all of whom became influential among the generation of American poets between the wars. Moore's inclination toward the sonnet led to his entire output consisted of sonnets save for a few early lyrics. It is sometimes said that he created the "American" sonnet. The pamphlet was hand-set in Van Dihcj type and printed on vintage Holcombe paper. Sewn in blue paper covers with the title in black on the cover. In fine condition. Measures 7.25 x 12 inches. 19 pages PRI/012126.…

4to. cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers. unpaginated. Loose Canons One. Second edition. Limited to 120 copies. A fine copy. This title, in a much slighter form, was first issued in 2014 for inclusion in the CODEX portfolio Alchimie du verbe. It is printed in Van Dijck, hand-set by Lea Sánchez Milde on Zerkall Cream laid paper with Rivoli for display, printed by her and sewn into wraps of St-Armand Canal paper. From the printer's website: "Elinor Wylie is an admirable example of the poets whose work will be included in the series. She was widely read and critically admired during her life, her work bringing a new sharpness of tone and occasionally satirical edge to American poetry. Her imagery is pungent and striking, her subjects intriguingly outside the usual, and her voice commanding without being strident. The title poem adds a pertinent, direct perspective to the American sense of relation to the natural world: where in earlier American poetry nature writing had tended to a presumed human domination as opposed to a stewardship or to a mystical inclination which often transformed natural elements into mere metaphysical phenomena (especially in the Transcendentalists), in Wild Peaches the speaker is only human, and sees nature for what it is, in sensual acceptance." cord-tied hand-made paper wrappers. Barbarian Press (illustratore).…

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Softcover. One of 120 copies Writes the press: Two of our Loose Canons pamphlets featuring neglected poets will be published in 2025: the first, a second edition of the poetry of Elinor Wylie from our earlier version of Loose Canons One, is expanded from 6 poems to 18; Loose Canons Two features poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, with a focus on his long dramatic monologue 'Ben Jonson Entertains a Man from Stratford'. This revival of the Loose Canons series is devoted to refreshng the reputations of once celebrated poets and poems that over time have become blurred by distance, overlooked, or simply ignored.As will be the case with later additions to the series, each of these issues is intended to give a concise overview of the style and concerns of the poet in question. All the pamphlets will be hand-set in various types from the best editions of the texts, and each will offer a brief biographical note with other information as necessary. They will be sewn into a variety of cover papers and will be of a uniform size. The Loose Canons series will continue intermittently, but dependably. We intend them to provide a mix of writers in English from England, Canada, and America, and we may possibly introduce some translations from other languages as the series gather strength. This volume is a gray textured paper softcover that is sewn into wraps of St. Armand Canal paper It is handset by Apollonia Elsted in Poliphilus and Blado with Caslon Antique for display and printed on Zerkall Cream Laid paper. The book was designed by Crispin Elsted, who also selected the poems. In fine condition. Measures 7.25 x 12 inches. Unpaginated [18 pages]. PRI/041825. …

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Softcover. One of 120 copies.This is a charming pamphlet from the Barbarian Press of Crispin and Jan Elsted. They say on their website: "We founded Barbarian Press in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, in 1977, having conceived a love for beautifully printed books and a determination to see what we could do ourselves in that line. In 1978 we returned to Canada with presses and type and established the press on five wooded acres in Steelhead, British Columbia, near Mission. The softcover work contains several poems by Frances Cornford. Frances Darwin Cornford, granddaughter of Charles Darwin, was a prominent figure in early 20th century British poetry. Her work continues to be studied and appreciated today for its directness of language and unflinching portrayal of everyday life. Cornford's poems often explore domestic themes, motherhood, and the complexities of human relationships with a keen eye for detail and a touch of melancholy [From "All Poetry"]. Bound in lightly patterned pinkish brown covers with white label on front cover with author name and "Loose Canons Five." (The Loose Canons series from Barbarian Press features hand-set, finely printed poetry pamphlets celebrating neglected or forgotten poets and poems). After the poems, there is an insightful and interesting page of text discussing Cornford and her poetry, written by Crispin Elsted. In fine condition. Measures 7.5 x 12 inches. Unpaginated [17 pages] PRI/090926.…

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Softcover. One of 120 copies. This is a lovely little pamphlet with several of Macleod's poems that were selected for this by Crispin and Jan Elsted, the press propietors. It was designed and printed by Apollonia Elsted and Len Sanchez Milde using Joanna type with Duensling Display for titling and printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. The pamphlets are sewn into wraps of Classic Crest Flax paper. In fine condition. Measures 6.25 x 9.75 inches. Unpaginated [17 pages].PRI81526.…

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Limited. Booklets, stitched as issued, with original printed wrappers. 28cm x 20.5cm. 4 volume set. The design and composition are by Crispin Elsted and the presswork by Jan Elsted. Published in 2011-2013. The first work is from a limited edition of only 110 copies, inscribed in pencil by Crispin and Jan Elsted to colophon. The other 3 works are from a limited edition of only 100 copies, inscribed in pencil by Crispin and Jan Elsted to colophon. A little fading and occasional small mark to covers, clean inside. Scarce.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Hardcover. This is another beautiful book from the inestimable Barbarian Press of Crispin and Jan Elsted. They say on their website: "We founded Barbarian Press in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, in 1977, having conceived a love for beautifully printed books and a determination to see what we could do ourselves in that line. In 1978 we returned to Canada with presses and type and established the press on five wooded acres in Steelhead, British Columbia, near Mission. They write about choosing this work to print: "It has long been on our minds that we would like to celebrate the poetry of Canadian poet Heather Simeney Macleod. Crispin first came across her writing some twenty years ago when asked to consider the work of a number of young contemporary poets. Heather immediately stood out from the rest. We both felt that frisson one feels when encountering a voice which speaks truth in a language that is beautiful and inevitable. There is both revelation and recognition in such writing: the previously unknown and intimately known cohere. Her poetry joins the everyday with the extraordinary; memory with loss; European culture with Indigenous story and experience; sorrow with joy. Above all, she writes with an emotional honesty and depth that speaks for the human heart through all cultures, generations, and experiences. She does not ignore the injustices, the fractures, or the griefs, but finds ways of moving through them to an understanding that includes the reader in her journeys. This selection of her poems, chosen by Crispin and Jan, takes its title from the unpublished poem, 'Let the Bees Go Then', and is drawn from her four previously published volumes of poetry and more recent work. The bees seem a lovely simile for the poems' venture out to a new readership." One of 115 copies. Hand-set in Bembo and Fairbanks and printed in black and rust/deep burgundy on vintage Holcombe mouldmade paper. Polymer plates of a honeycomb pattern printed in ochre on the half-title, title, and front cover. Bound in half Japanese rust/deep burgundy silk and washed watercolour paper. Printed spine label. Housed in a shimmery burgundy cloth slipcase.In fine condition. Measures 9.5 by 6.25 inches. 116 pages. PRI/081526.…

folio. quarter sienna leather with patterned paper-covered boards, gold-stamped leather label on spine, slipcase. 132 pages. Endgrain Editions Three. Privately printed in an edition of 190 copies, of which this book is one of 60 copies handbound by Simone Mynen and containing a signed and numbered proof of the frontispiece in a handmade paper folder. Fine in fine slipcase. With an introduction by Lazarov, a Publisher's Foreword by Crispin Elsted and a Printer's Note by Jan Elsted. A volume of approximately fifty engravings by Lazarov, a Bulgarian-born wood engraver. His unique and striking work displays "an immaculate and detailed technique sometimes reminiscent of 19th century steel engraving." Lazarov's disparate range of influences include Classical architecture and statuary, Japanese block printing, Russian Constructivism, and Surrealism. For the frontispiece of this book he combined traditional wood engraving with a background of pressboard printed in contrasting colors. The artist is also responsible for the abstract pattern found on the covers. Designed and type set by Crispin Elsted. The type is Joanna, with Optima for display; it is printed on mouldmade wove papers from Zerkall Mill. The engravings were all printed from the wood by Jan Elsted. This is the first of the Endgrain Editions to appear in the larger format. quarter sienna leather with patterned paper-covered boards, gold-stamped leather label on spine, slipcase. Barbarian Press (illustratore).…

FIRST EDITION, no.224 of 250 copies (+ 50 specials & 130 for contributors); 4to., pp.(88) + 120 leaves of captioned engravings printed on rectos only, title vignette, leaf of the Elsteds' devices & Ursus pressmark on colophon; 'Concerning Commissions' slip at front & errata slip at end. A fine copy of this wonderful celebration of North American engraving in original blue linen-backed decorated boards & matching slip-case.…

thick 4to. full blue leather, with patterned endpapers and contained in a drop-back box. Unpaginated (but approximately 340 pages). First edition, limited to 430 copies of which this copy is one of 50 special copies bound thus and containing a signed, tipped-in frontispiece by Rosemary Kilbourn. Contains an astounding 121 wood engravings chosen by the artists and printed directly from the blocks onto individual leaves. Printed and published by Crispin and Jan Elstead at the Barbarian Press in British Columbia. Printed on Zerkall mould-made white wove and ivory laid paper. Includes a new press device by Barry Moser, a specially cut frontispiece by Rosemary Kilbourn, and a title page designed by Ted Staunton. With introductory essays on Canadian and American wood engraving by Patricia Ainslie and Paul Ritscher, bibliography, and brief biographies of the artists. full blue leather, with patterned endpapers and contained in a drop-back box. Barbarian Press (illustratore). …

4to. quarter cloth with printed paper-covered boards, printed spine label with slipcase. 160 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 180 copies of which this is one of 150 standard copies. A fine copy in fine slipcase. This bibliography, which marks the silver anniversary of the Barbarian Press, lists all the books published by the Press, including those listed in the hard-to-find tenth anniversary edition. Robert Bringhurst provides an essay on the private press in Canada; Simon Brett contributes the chapter "Illustrating for Grown-ups"; and Sjaak Hubregtse writes about collecting Barbarian Press. A photo essay by David Evans dwells on the beauties of the tools, the materials, and the processes of making books. Foreword by Anthony Rota. quarter cloth with printed paper-covered boards, printed spine label with slipcase. Barbarian Press (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, limited edition Published in an edition of 430 copies, of which 300 are for sale. Of these, 250 are bound in quarter cloth with patterned paper over boards, and slipcased; 50 are bound in full leather, with patterned endpapers & a signed, tipped-in frontispiece, & contained in a drop-back box. The remaining 130 copies constitute a Contributor's Edition. This copy is #132 of three hundred copies. 85 unnumbered pages, 121 unnumbered leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations ; Unpaginated. Illustrated with wood engravings by Elfriede Abbe, Barry Moser, John DePol, Leonard Baskin, Sarah Chamberlain, Wendy Simon, and many other Canadian and American artists. An important survey of wood engraving in Canada and the USA with Introductory Essays by Patricia Ainslie (Canada) and Paul B. Ritscher (USA). An important survey of wood engraving in Canada and the USA, The most important book on wood engraving in North America ever. A very fine as new copy in a like slipcase.…

ONE OF 350 COPIES, printed in English Scotch Roman in black and red on Zerkall mouldmade paper, title with engraved illustrated border, 5 further full-page wood-engravings and several smaller devices all by Edwina Ellis, colophon with bear at printing press device in red, pp. xii, 49, [1], 4to, original red cloth, printed label to backstrip and a large label with an Ellis engraving to upper board, the backstrip cloth a touch faded, cloth slipcase, very good. A typically elegant production by the Barbarian Press, illustrating a dramatic version of Dickens' classic text first staged in 1844. …

ONE OF 150 COPIES (from an edition of 200 copies), printed on Zerkall Mill Book White Wove (engravings) & Silurian (text) papers, tipped-in frontispiece, 44 further engravings and 8 vignettes, erratum ('fault escaped') slip tipped-in, pp. [x], [ii], [46, engravings], [ii], [x], 4to, quarter brown Japanese silk with patterned paper boards with repeated Brender à Brandis design, backstrip with printed label, fine. A celebration by Crispin and Jan Elsted (of the Barbarian Press) of the detailed engravings of Brender à Brandis, illustrator, book artisan and champion of wood engraving in Canada, particularly through the curation of a highly influential touring exhibition in 1990. 'I decided to become a wood engraver one afternoon in either 1963 or 1964. I did a fern plant in just a few white lines. I thought it was a wonderful medium. The clarity of the impression, and the fact that even the smallest cuts into the block would print, delighted me.' (the artist's introduction).…