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	BUDD, HAROLD Carnival Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Budd, Harold. Five etchings on copper plates etched at New Leaf Editions, inked by hand, ensuring all of the lines etched into the plate are fully covered. The plates were then placed on the bed of an etching press, a sheet of paper that has been soaked in water is laid over it, and they are run through the press, which forces the softened paper fibers down into the inked lines of the plate. The text pages were set by hand in Perpetua and printed on dampened Penshurst with a Washington handpress at Heavenly Monkey. The prints were editioned, titled and signed by Harold, who also signed the descriptive colophon included with the suites. The suite of prints is held in a printed Rives paper chemise, slipped into a black cloth-covered slipcase. A title label, printed on gampi proofs of the "Orlando" etching, is laid on to the front board; Harold Budd's debut work in fine printmaking, a series of five etchings continuing his exploration of the potential for improvisation and discovery in his distinctive "arabesque" drawings, each of the etchings is named for a Renaissance composer, and printed in an edition of 15. Orders received prior to September 1 are processed at a 20% discount. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 1250.00 [Appr.: EURO 829 \| £UK 754.25 \| JP¥ 107493] Book number: 15556 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	BUDD, HAROLD Colorful Fortune Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Budd, Harold. This book was set in Perpetua with Zaphino for display by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey. It was printed letterpress on Rives paper by David Clifford at Black Stone Press. The first ten copies form the Deluxe issue, & include one of the original drawings reproduced in the book, as well as photo-etchings of four preliminary arabesque drawings by the author, printed by Peter Braune at New Leaf Editions. These copies have been bound by Claudia Cohen. The remaining 50 copies (this copy being on of them) form the Press Issue, and have been bound by Keith Lowe in limp paper vellum made by Reg Lissel. Signed by Harold Budd on the limitation page ; Emerging in the 1960s from the American minimalist movement inspired by John Cage and Morton Feldman, Harold Budd has become one of the country's most prolfic, consistent and influential composers and musicians. Throughout his career, poetry - or what Harold refers to as "something like poetry, but not the same thing" - has been an occasional companion to his music. His "something-like poetry" now takes center stage in Colorful Fortune, the first published collection of Harold's poems. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 215.5 \| £UK 196.25 \| JP¥ 27948] Book number: 15571 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	BUDD, HAROLD Colorful Fortune Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Budd, Harold. This book was set in Perpetua with Zaphino for display by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey. It was printed letterpress on Rives paper by David Clifford at Black Stone Press. The first ten copies form the Deluxe issue, & include one of the original drawings reproduced in the book, as well as photo-etchings of four preliminary arabesque drawings by the author, printed by Peter Braune at New Leaf Editions. These copies have been bound by Claudia Cohen. The remaining copies form the Press Issue, and have been bound by Keith Lowe in limp paper vellum made by Reg Lissel. From an edition of fifty copies, this one is number 6. Signed by Harold Budd on the limitation page ; Emerging in the 1960s from the American minimalist movement inspired by John Cage and Morton Feldman, Harold Budd has become one of the country's most prolfic, consistent and influential composers and musicians. Throughout his career, poetry - or what Harold refers to as "something like poetry, but not the same thing" - has been an occasional companion to his music. His "something-like poetry" now takes center stage in Colorful Fortune, the first published collection of Harold's poems. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 1200.00 [Appr.: EURO 795.75 \| £UK 724 \| JP¥ 103193] Book number: 15560 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	CLIFFORD, DAVID Letterpress ABC, a Lexicon of Letterpress Words & Terms Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2004. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Letterpress Printing ABC measures just under 3 inches square, 57 pp. It was printed on Reg Lissel's handmade Heavenly Monkey Text paper, and bound in a woven paper-case structure based on the "Gospel of Mary" binding, developed during a week-long class with Claire Van Vliet. There were 50 numbered copies for sale, 26 lettered copies for private distribution ; A miniature ABC book designed, printed and bound by David Clifford of Black Stone Press. It features 15-line wood type, printed in various pastel colors, with each letter accompanied by a word or phrase from the letterpress printer's lexicon. Though Clifford has been printing for over 50 years—he was among the last generation to go through the formal seven-year apprenticeship system in England in the 1950s—Letterpress Printing ABC is just his second book. In 1998 he printed a narrative series of linocuts by Vancouver artist Carel Moiseiwitsch, entitled Forgotten. Fine+ . USD 340.00 [Appr.: EURO 225.5 \| £UK 205.25 \| JP¥ 29238] Book number: 14529 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	COHEN, CLAUDIA Counting Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited/Numbered Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781857443301. Small 8vo. A most elegant little volume bound in vintage European decorated paper. Leather spine and page decorations are hand-tooled in gilt. Clamshell box bound in fine black cloth outside with olive inside. Both book and matching clamshell box are in Very Fine condition. SIGNED and numbered 17/20 by bookbinder Claudia Cohen ; This charming book beautifully displays postage stamps chosen for their design, color and strong numerical forms. The stamps on the title page were all designed for the Dutch Post Office by Jan van Krimpen. Each number from 1 to 10 receives a 2 page spread combining a le Corbusier numeric stencil and postage stamps corresponding to that number. The leather designs which appear with each spread point to van Krimpen's calligraphic flourishes. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 1100.00 [Appr.: EURO 729.5 \| £UK 663.75 \| JP¥ 94594] Book number: 15451 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	DAIR, CARL A Letter from Carl Dair About the Paper Mills of Amalfi, Italy Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2003. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. A Very Fine copy of this edition of 75 numbered copies, this being number 25. Introduction & afterword by Reid hand-set in 14-point Garamond, printed on damp Lana Antique. Four-page letter in Dair's hand reproduced from polymer plates, printed damp on handmade Amatruda paper —one of the mills Dair mentions in the letter. Sewn in a wrap of blue cotton paper made specially for this project by Reg Lissel ; Robert Reid, who also wrote the introduction to this book, corresponded with Dair during the 1950s and early '60s; most of these letters were donated to McGill University, but this letter was recently discovered in Reid's files. Fine+ . USD 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 \| £UK 42.25 \| JP¥ 6020] Book number: 13523 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	DAIR, CARL A Letter from Carl Dair About the Paper Mills of Amalfi, Italy Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2003. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. A Very Fine copy of this edition of 75 numbered copies. Introduction & afterword by Reid hand-set in 14-point Garamond, printed on damp Lana Antique. Four-page letter in Dair's hand reproduced from polymer plates, printed damp on handmade Amatruda paper —one of the mills Dair mentions in the letter. Sewn in a wrap of blue cotton paper made specially for this project by Reg Lissel. One of the few copies signed (uncalled for) by Robert Reid on the limitation page; Robert Reid, who also wrote the introduction to this book, corresponded with Dair during the 1950s and early '60s; most of these letters were donated to McGill University, but this letter was recently discovered in Reid's files. Fine+; Signed by Editor . USD 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 93 \| £UK 84.5 \| JP¥ 12039] Book number: 13418 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	JOHNSON, SAMUEL M. Two Lovers on a Bench , an Extract from the Opera Einstein on the Beach Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Ando, Mariko. This book was set, printed and bound by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey for family and friends, in celebration of two decades of marriage to Leigh Ogston. Lillian helped with everything. In great secrecy over the past year they colluded with Mariko Ando to create the frontis. The B. G. Bodlein paper (contributed to the cause by Peter Braune) was printed damp with a Washington handpress. The Centaur & Duensing types were cast by Jim Rimmer. The first first copy has been specially bound by Claudia cohen for presentation to Leigh on May 6, 2009. From an edition of 25 copies, each with a frontis pulled and editioned by Mariko, this is number 12. Bound in ocre boards; Einstein On The Beach was created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson and first stages in 1976. The text printed here, written by the actor Samuel M. Johnson, is from Knee Five, the opera's conclusion. Fine+ . USD 900.00 [Appr.: EURO 596.75 \| £UK 543 \| JP¥ 77395] Book number: 15455 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	JOHNSON, SAMUEL M. Two Lovers on a Bench , an Extract from the Opera Einstein on the Beach Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Ando, Mariko. This book was set, printed and bound by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey for family and friends, in celebration of two decades of marriage to Leigh Ogston. Lillian helped with everything. In great secrecy over the past year they colluded with Mariko Ando to create the frontis. The B. G. Bodlein paper (contributed to the cause by Peter Braune) was printed damp with a Washington handpress. The Centaur & Duensing types were cast by Jim Rimmer. The first first copy has been specially bound by Claudia cohen for presentation to Leigh on May 6, 2009. From an edition of 25 copies, each with a frontis pulled and editioned by Mariko, this is number 22. Bound in purple boards; Einstein On The Beach was created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson and first stages in 1976. The text printed here, written by the actor Samuel M. Johnson, is from Knee Five, the opera's conclusion. Fine+ . USD 900.00 [Appr.: EURO 596.75 \| £UK 543 \| JP¥ 77395] Book number: 15456 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	JOHNSON, SAMUEL M. Two Lovers on a Bench , an Extract from the Opera Einstein on the Beach Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Ando, Mariko. This book was set, printed and bound by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey for family and friends, in celebration of two decades of marriage to Leigh Ogston. Lillian helped with everything. In great secrecy over the past year they colluded with Mariko Ando to create the frontis. The B. G. Bodlein paper (contributed to the cause by Peter Braune) was printed damp with a Washington handpress. The Centaur & Duensing types were cast by Jim Rimmer. The first first copy has been specially bound by Claudia cohen for presentation to Leigh on May 6, 2009. From an edition of 25 copies, each with a frontis pulled and editioned by Mariko, this is number 20. Bound in orange boards; Einstein On The Beach was created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson and first stages in 1976. The text printed here, written by the actor Samuel M. Johnson, is from Knee Five, the opera's conclusion. Fine+ . USD 900.00 [Appr.: EURO 596.75 \| £UK 543 \| JP¥ 77395] Book number: 15454 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	KELLY, BRIGIT PEGEEN AND CLAUDIA COHEN Iskandariya Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Limited Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. 8vo. Illustrated by Morrow-Cribbs, Briony. Published in a limited edition of 50 copies (this one being #41) , signed by author Brigit Pegeen Kelly and aquatint artist Briony Morrow-Cribbs on the limited page. Sewn into a non-adhesive structure by Claudia Cohen and then wrapped in a fully etched dust jacket created by the artist and printed on skishu paper. Printed Chemise of Somerset paper and slipcase with spine label printed from strips of the dust jacket etching. Very Fine condition; Iskandariya was created in collaboration with artist Briony Morrow-Cribbs, who developed and printed a series of 11 aquatint prints to accompany the first book publication of Brigit Pegeen Kelly's prose poem Iskandariya, a perfect companion for Briony's growing bestiary of anthropomorphically jumbled creatures. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket; Signed by Author & Illustrator . USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 398 \| £UK 362 \| JP¥ 51597] Book number: 13682 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	KUTHAN, GEORGE Kuthan's Menagerie Completed Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2003. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0937986848. 4to. Printed on Golden Hind paper, a laid sheet, one side only and folded. Reid explains this both helped solve a problem with see-through and bulk up the book (which consists of 13 sheets forming 26 pages, from half title to colophon). The pages were printed landscape, and the sheets bound along the open edge. A cornerstone in Fine Press history in exceptionally Fine condition; Kuthan's Menagerie of Interesting Zoo Animals was published in 1960 from the private press of Robert and Felicity Reid (under the imprint Nevermore Press). It has since become famous in the history of fine printing in Canada, not just for Kuthan's exquisite multi-color linocuts of animals, but also for the fact that only 60 of the edition's 130 copies were ever bound; the balance remained in the bindery, eventually forgotten but luckily, not lost. The unbound copies were purchased from the original binder's estate by Vancouver booksellers Stephen Lunsford and William Hoffer, in the late '80s; all of the 50 complete copies remaining have been issued through Heavenly Monkey. Rather than attempt to recreate the original binding, the remaining copies were issued in the livre d'artiste manner, loose, with a new wrap and custom-made clamshell box. No further copies of Kuthan's Menagerie exist; the 50 copies issued in 2003 through Heavenly Monkey complete the edition. Fine+ . USD 2000.00 [Appr.: EURO 1326.25 \| £UK 1206.75 \| JP¥ 171989] Book number: 13014 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	LISSEL, REG Topos, a Collection of Paste Papers Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2006. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. The title page is printed on a white-on-white paste paper sheet, and the papermaker's introduction (set in 18-pt Centaur) is printed damp on his HM Text paper. The edition is just 25 signed & numbered copies, this one, number 17 in Very Fine condition, cased in full cloth, with a printed handmade, Fine paper jacket ; A dozen new paste paper designs by Heavenly Monkey's long-time collaborator, Reg Lissel, each rendered on his own handmade cotton paper. The samples are full pages sewn into the quarto-sized book. Two states of this jacket were issued, shown opposite. Heavenly Monkey printed the second color (red) on about a third of the jackets before wondering if it actually looked better just in black. There is no priority or preference, other than personal. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author . USD 240.00 [Appr.: EURO 159.25 \| £UK 145 \| JP¥ 20639] Book number: 13015 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	LOVECRAFT, HOWARD PHILLIPS The Shadow over Innsmouth Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2005. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated by Minegishi, Shinsuke. The book was issued in three states: the Ichthyic (25 copies) featuring some additional material and more extensive handwork in the binding, for established Heavenly Monkey collectors and those interested in contemporary book arts; the Batrachian (125 copies) , this issue, for those who simply want a well designed, hand-bound copy of this classic story; and Abyssal (25 copies) which basically is the same as Batrachian but reserved for private distribution to collaborators and friends. Although uncalled for, this copy is signed on the title page by engraver Shinsuke Minegishi, a unique copy ; A new edition of the only book Lovecraft saw published during his lifetime, similar in size and format to the original, but with the attention to typographic and production details that the story deserves. Work on this project began in 2002, with a trial edition of 10 copies for which Shinesuke Minegishi created six wood engravings based on original sketches by H. Bosch (1453-1516) —one for each chapter and the title page. These engravings, plus one new one, were republished in 2003 with extracts from the novella, in an edition of 50 copies titled The "Innsmouth Look". Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 290.00 [Appr.: EURO 192.5 \| £UK 175 \| JP¥ 24938] Book number: 14009 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	MILLROY, ROLLIN You Can't Choose Your Progeny Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2008. Limited/Numbered Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published in an edition of 23 press-numbered copies, this one being #13, plus 5 hors commerce copies (I - V) that include a Doves leaf printed on paper. Eight copies made up from waste sheets, retitled The Monkey & The Doves, were sewn up and put into limp paste paper cases at the HM studio, with a printed acknowledgment of the sheets' crapulence inserted at the front, and privately distributed to colleagues. These eight copies include a color facsimile of a vellum leaf. The limp case binding - the preferred structure at HM - wonderfully combines a special opaque batch of Reg Lissel's vellum paper with Claudia's talent for gold tooling. The vellum leaf in each copy has been guarded and sewn in, facing the start of the essay; You Can't Choose Your Progeny was conceived both as a means to make appropriate use of a lot of 23 original vellum leaves from the Doves Press's 1914 collection of poems by Shelley, and to try out some of the format and design ideas for next year's Elements in Correlation: Printing With the Handpress at Heavenly Monkey. The main essay in Progeny is the last chapter from that book. In addition to the essay, the new book includes a three-page foreword discussing the provenance of the vellum leaves, and extracts from Cobden-Sanderson's own journals about the printing of vellum copies at Doves (including one extract specifically about the Shelley sheets). Judged as a trial run for the much longer and more complex Handpress project, Progeny is a success: some of the design ideas clearly need revisiting, and more importantly, our font of Perpetua doesn't have another major project in it. Far from being a disappointment (capital cost implications aside) , these results have been tremendously freeing, unfettering the Handpress book's design from considerations of using what's at hand versus what's best suited ; 15 pages. Fine+; Signed by Editor . USD 2150.00 [Appr.: EURO 1425.5 \| £UK 1297.25 \| JP¥ 184888] Book number: 14904 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	MINEGISHI, SHINSUKE The Tale of Three Black Boxes, a Book & Suite of Prints Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2006. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. The Tale of Three Black Boxes is Minegishi's most ambitious publishing project to date, hence the small edition of just 25 sets, with five reserved for distribution exclusively in Japan. The Very Fine book and portfolio (both measuring 8.5 x 7 inches) in each set feature descriptive colophons, numbered and signed by Minegishi (English in the book, Japanese in the portfolio) ; The core of the project consists of six wood engravings (each about 3 inches square) that tell a sequential narrative about the adventures of a family of three black boxes. This story is told, with spare text, in a single signature book (page detail shown above). The text will be set in 12-point Gill Sans and printed on the HM handpress. The engravings will be printed by the artist on gampi from the studio of Shiho Nao in Japan, and then archivally mounted on the Arches text sheets. The sheets will be sewn in a single signature, and put into a black wrap with the image of three boxes embossed on the front cover, and debossed on the rear. A companion case holds a suite of six prints that delve more deeply into the specific imagery of each engraving (reduced proofs shown to right). The multi-layer prints are color woodcuts that incorporate an engraving, through windows and openings cut into the printed sheet (proof shown above). The textures and colors created with the woodcuts are achieved through multiple inkings and overprinting. The six prints - along with a title sheet, brief commentary by the artist, and colophon - are held loose in a black portfolio case. This & the set's matching slipcase are made by the artist. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 398 \| £UK 362 \| JP¥ 51597] Book number: 13016 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	REID, ROBERT R. A Young Printer in San Francisco 1949 Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Limited Edition; First Printing. Soft Cover. 8vo. The edition of 50 signed and numbered copies (8vo, 12 pp) was issued in two states. The Miniscule state (numbers 16-50, this copy being #24) is a single signature sewn in a wrap of (different) paste paper made by Reg Lissel; In 1949 Robert Reid celebrated inclusion of his first limited-edition book (The Fraser Mines Vindicated) in that year's Rounce & Coffin Club annual book show, by driving down the West Coast to see the exhibition. Along the way he stopped in San Francisco, and during just a few days there, managed to meet a number of the city's printing luminaries: the Grabhorn brothers, Col. Carroll Harris, and perhaps most memorable of all, William Everson, then at work on A Privacy of Speech. This brief account of the trip is written in Reid's customary style effusive for all things printed. Set by hand in 18-pt Perpetua and printed in two colors with our handpress on dampened handmade HM Text paper. The frontis is a specially commissioned contemporary linocut portrait of Robert by Andrea Taylor of Cotton Socks Press. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 126 \| £UK 114.75 \| JP¥ 16339] Book number: 13135 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	REID, ROBERT R. A Young Printer in San Francisco 1949 Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. The edition of 50 signed and numbered copies (8vo, 12 pp) was issued in two states. The Majuscule state (numbers 1-15, this copy being #14) has multiple signatures cased in Reg Lissel's transparent vellum paper, lined with a custom-made sheet of paste paper. These copies feature a frontis printed chine colle and signed by Taylor, and include a photo-etching reproduction of a snapshot of Robert Reid taken en route to San Francisco; In 1949 Robert Reid celebrated inclusion of his first limited-edition book (The Fraser Mines Vindicated) in that year's Rounce & Coffin Club annual book show, by driving down the West Coast to see the exhibition. Along the way he stopped in San Francisco, and during just a few days there, managed to meet a number of the city's printing luminaries: the Grabhorn brothers, Col. Carroll Harris, and perhaps most memorable of all, William Everson, then at work on A Privacy of Speech. This brief account of the trip is written in Reid's customary style effusive for all things printed. Set by hand in 18-pt Perpetua and printed in two colors with our handpress on dampened handmade HM Text paper. The frontis is a specially commissioned contemporary linocut portrait of Robert by Andrea Taylor of Cotton Socks Press. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 440.00 [Appr.: EURO 291.75 \| £UK 265.5 \| JP¥ 37838] Book number: 13134 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	VAN SANDWYK, CHARLES After Glow Vancouver, BC, Canada: The Fairy Press, 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. 6 3/4" x 7 1/2". Illustrated by Van Sandwyk, Charles. First Edition/First Printing in Very Fine condition. Two hand-sewn, double folded sheets with deckled edge, gilded title mounted on front page, rainbow colored ribbon and ribbonned 3 1/4" x 6 3/4" bookmark with poem ; Van Sandwyk's charming autumn poem about the elfin revellers showing when rake and hoe are resting for the night. The dual purpose bookmark, to be tied to a bed post is ensuring rich dreams and a light heart when waking up from the cool autumn night ; Color Illustrations; 12 pages. Fine+ . USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3225] Book number: 15256 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	VAN SANDWYK, CHARLES Charles Van Sandwyk: An Interim Bibliography 1983 to 2000 Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2000. Limited Edition; First Printing. Vellum. 8vo. One of only two hors commerce copies for the publishers, one copy for Rollin Milroy/Heavenly Monkey, one for Charles van Sandwyk, this is Rollin Milroy's copy. Rather different from other copies: (1) printed on dampened handmade Barcham Green paper; (2) specially bound in full limp vellum by Richard Smart of the Olde English Bindery; (3) colophon is signed & marked in Charles' hand as "publisher's copy." A stunning production in Very Fine condition in alike slipcase. Most desirable for the Charles Van Sandwyk or Heavenly Monkey collector ; Charles Van Sandwyk's bibliography issued in 2000 was the first Heavenly Monkey book, it includes descriptions of the artist’s limited and trade edition books published to date. The two etchings included in the book have been fully painted in watercolor, plus an original pencil sketch for the second etching (the monkey) has been bound in following the etching; [18] pages. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 6800.00 [Appr.: EURO 4508.5 \| £UK 4102.75 \| JP¥ 584762] Book number: 15776 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	VAN SANDWYK, CHARLES The Simple Line Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. The text was set in 18-point Centaur and printed in two colors on Arches paper. The essay (9 x 13 inches, 10 pp, sewn folios issued in a cloth case binding by Claudia Cohen, with printed spine label) is being issued jointly by Heavenly Monkey and CVS Fine Arts, limited to 50 copies signed by the artist. Numbers 1-25 (this one being #16) were issued through Heavenly Money and cased in natural linen. Very Fine condition; This essay about Charles' aproach to etching was originally written as the introduction to a retrospective of etchings he created over the past two decades. That book, titled Twenty-One Years, Twenty-One Prints, has being issued privately (spring 2007) by the artist, in an edition of just 13 copies (issue price in the mid-four figures). Impressed by the essay's insight to his work and art, Heavenly Monkey proposed over-printing it and issuing it as a companion volume. The essay features five tipped-in prints of Charles' earliest etchings, plus a new etching created just for The Simple Line. The title page features a new drawing pochoir colored by the artist. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 431 \| £UK 392.25 \| JP¥ 55896] Book number: 13417 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	SHAW (LAWRENCE) , T. E. [; JEREMY WILSON; DON STEWART] An Invitation to British Columbia, a Letter from T.E. Lawrence to Martin A. Grainger Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2005. Limited/Numbered Edition. 8vo. Number 39 of 50 signed and numbered copies. As a frontis piece, the book features a wood engraving by George Kuthan, borrowed from the extensive collection of his original blocks at the Rare Books & Special Collections Library at the University of British Columbia. The engraving's BC logging image is particularly suited to a book associated with Grainger, the author of Woodsmen of the West (1908) and one of the province's first chief foresters. The text was set in 12-point Garamond, and printed on Reg Lissel's handmade Heavenly Monkey text paper. The letter facsimile was printed on vegetable parchment from polymer plates by David Clifford. The book is octavo, 20 pages plus the facsimile. The folios are sewn on tapes and put in a limp case made from Reg Lissel's natural faux parchment paper, with the title printed up the spine. Very Fine condition; A brief but illuminating letter, previously unrecorded (or published) , by T. E. Shaw (i. E. Lawrence) written in 1929 to Martin Allerdale Grainger, BC's first chief forester, in response to his suggestion that Lawrence consider retiring in the province. The letter is reproduced in facsimile and type. Noted Lawrence scholar Jeremy Wilson wrote the preface, and bookseller Don Stewart wrote a brief essay on Grainger's life in BC, both Wilson and Stewart signed on the limitation page. Fine+ . USD 1000.00 [Appr.: EURO 663.25 \| £UK 603.5 \| JP¥ 85994] Book number: 13017 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.

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	BUDD, HAROLD Carnival Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Budd, Harold. Five etchings on copper plates etched at New Leaf Editions, inked by hand, ensuring all of the lines etched into the plate are fully covered. The plates were then placed on the bed of an etching press, a sheet of paper that has been soaked in water is laid over it, and they are run through the press, which forces the softened paper fibers down into the inked lines of the plate. The text pages were set by hand in Perpetua and printed on dampened Penshurst with a Washington handpress at Heavenly Monkey. The prints were editioned, titled and signed by Harold, who also signed the descriptive colophon included with the suites. The suite of prints is held in a printed Rives paper chemise, slipped into a black cloth-covered slipcase. A title label, printed on gampi proofs of the "Orlando" etching, is laid on to the front board; Harold Budd's debut work in fine printmaking, a series of five etchings continuing his exploration of the potential for improvisation and discovery in his distinctive "arabesque" drawings, each of the etchings is named for a Renaissance composer, and printed in an edition of 15. Orders received prior to September 1 are processed at a 20% discount. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 1250.00 [Appr.: EURO 829 \| £UK 754.25 \| JP¥ 107493] Book number: 15556 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	BUDD, HAROLD Colorful Fortune Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Budd, Harold. This book was set in Perpetua with Zaphino for display by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey. It was printed letterpress on Rives paper by David Clifford at Black Stone Press. The first ten copies form the Deluxe issue, & include one of the original drawings reproduced in the book, as well as photo-etchings of four preliminary arabesque drawings by the author, printed by Peter Braune at New Leaf Editions. These copies have been bound by Claudia Cohen. The remaining 50 copies (this copy being on of them) form the Press Issue, and have been bound by Keith Lowe in limp paper vellum made by Reg Lissel. Signed by Harold Budd on the limitation page ; Emerging in the 1960s from the American minimalist movement inspired by John Cage and Morton Feldman, Harold Budd has become one of the country's most prolfic, consistent and influential composers and musicians. Throughout his career, poetry - or what Harold refers to as "something like poetry, but not the same thing" - has been an occasional companion to his music. His "something-like poetry" now takes center stage in Colorful Fortune, the first published collection of Harold's poems. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 215.5 \| £UK 196.25 \| JP¥ 27948] Book number: 15571 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	BUDD, HAROLD Colorful Fortune Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Budd, Harold. This book was set in Perpetua with Zaphino for display by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey. It was printed letterpress on Rives paper by David Clifford at Black Stone Press. The first ten copies form the Deluxe issue, & include one of the original drawings reproduced in the book, as well as photo-etchings of four preliminary arabesque drawings by the author, printed by Peter Braune at New Leaf Editions. These copies have been bound by Claudia Cohen. The remaining copies form the Press Issue, and have been bound by Keith Lowe in limp paper vellum made by Reg Lissel. From an edition of fifty copies, this one is number 6. Signed by Harold Budd on the limitation page ; Emerging in the 1960s from the American minimalist movement inspired by John Cage and Morton Feldman, Harold Budd has become one of the country's most prolfic, consistent and influential composers and musicians. Throughout his career, poetry - or what Harold refers to as "something like poetry, but not the same thing" - has been an occasional companion to his music. His "something-like poetry" now takes center stage in Colorful Fortune, the first published collection of Harold's poems. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 1200.00 [Appr.: EURO 795.75 \| £UK 724 \| JP¥ 103193] Book number: 15560 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	CLIFFORD, DAVID Letterpress ABC, a Lexicon of Letterpress Words & Terms Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2004. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Letterpress Printing ABC measures just under 3 inches square, 57 pp. It was printed on Reg Lissel's handmade Heavenly Monkey Text paper, and bound in a woven paper-case structure based on the "Gospel of Mary" binding, developed during a week-long class with Claire Van Vliet. There were 50 numbered copies for sale, 26 lettered copies for private distribution ; A miniature ABC book designed, printed and bound by David Clifford of Black Stone Press. It features 15-line wood type, printed in various pastel colors, with each letter accompanied by a word or phrase from the letterpress printer's lexicon. Though Clifford has been printing for over 50 years—he was among the last generation to go through the formal seven-year apprenticeship system in England in the 1950s—Letterpress Printing ABC is just his second book. In 1998 he printed a narrative series of linocuts by Vancouver artist Carel Moiseiwitsch, entitled Forgotten. Fine+ . USD 340.00 [Appr.: EURO 225.5 \| £UK 205.25 \| JP¥ 29238] Book number: 14529 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	COHEN, CLAUDIA Counting Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited/Numbered Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781857443301. Small 8vo. A most elegant little volume bound in vintage European decorated paper. Leather spine and page decorations are hand-tooled in gilt. Clamshell box bound in fine black cloth outside with olive inside. Both book and matching clamshell box are in Very Fine condition. SIGNED and numbered 17/20 by bookbinder Claudia Cohen ; This charming book beautifully displays postage stamps chosen for their design, color and strong numerical forms. The stamps on the title page were all designed for the Dutch Post Office by Jan van Krimpen. Each number from 1 to 10 receives a 2 page spread combining a le Corbusier numeric stencil and postage stamps corresponding to that number. The leather designs which appear with each spread point to van Krimpen's calligraphic flourishes. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 1100.00 [Appr.: EURO 729.5 \| £UK 663.75 \| JP¥ 94594] Book number: 15451 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	DAIR, CARL A Letter from Carl Dair About the Paper Mills of Amalfi, Italy Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2003. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. A Very Fine copy of this edition of 75 numbered copies, this being number 25. Introduction & afterword by Reid hand-set in 14-point Garamond, printed on damp Lana Antique. Four-page letter in Dair's hand reproduced from polymer plates, printed damp on handmade Amatruda paper —one of the mills Dair mentions in the letter. Sewn in a wrap of blue cotton paper made specially for this project by Reg Lissel ; Robert Reid, who also wrote the introduction to this book, corresponded with Dair during the 1950s and early '60s; most of these letters were donated to McGill University, but this letter was recently discovered in Reid's files. Fine+ . USD 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 \| £UK 42.25 \| JP¥ 6020] Book number: 13523 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	DAIR, CARL A Letter from Carl Dair About the Paper Mills of Amalfi, Italy Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2003. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. A Very Fine copy of this edition of 75 numbered copies. Introduction & afterword by Reid hand-set in 14-point Garamond, printed on damp Lana Antique. Four-page letter in Dair's hand reproduced from polymer plates, printed damp on handmade Amatruda paper —one of the mills Dair mentions in the letter. Sewn in a wrap of blue cotton paper made specially for this project by Reg Lissel. One of the few copies signed (uncalled for) by Robert Reid on the limitation page; Robert Reid, who also wrote the introduction to this book, corresponded with Dair during the 1950s and early '60s; most of these letters were donated to McGill University, but this letter was recently discovered in Reid's files. Fine+; Signed by Editor . USD 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 93 \| £UK 84.5 \| JP¥ 12039] Book number: 13418 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	JOHNSON, SAMUEL M. Two Lovers on a Bench , an Extract from the Opera Einstein on the Beach Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Ando, Mariko. This book was set, printed and bound by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey for family and friends, in celebration of two decades of marriage to Leigh Ogston. Lillian helped with everything. In great secrecy over the past year they colluded with Mariko Ando to create the frontis. The B. G. Bodlein paper (contributed to the cause by Peter Braune) was printed damp with a Washington handpress. The Centaur & Duensing types were cast by Jim Rimmer. The first first copy has been specially bound by Claudia cohen for presentation to Leigh on May 6, 2009. From an edition of 25 copies, each with a frontis pulled and editioned by Mariko, this is number 12. Bound in ocre boards; Einstein On The Beach was created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson and first stages in 1976. The text printed here, written by the actor Samuel M. Johnson, is from Knee Five, the opera's conclusion. Fine+ . USD 900.00 [Appr.: EURO 596.75 \| £UK 543 \| JP¥ 77395] Book number: 15455 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	JOHNSON, SAMUEL M. Two Lovers on a Bench , an Extract from the Opera Einstein on the Beach Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Ando, Mariko. This book was set, printed and bound by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey for family and friends, in celebration of two decades of marriage to Leigh Ogston. Lillian helped with everything. In great secrecy over the past year they colluded with Mariko Ando to create the frontis. The B. G. Bodlein paper (contributed to the cause by Peter Braune) was printed damp with a Washington handpress. The Centaur & Duensing types were cast by Jim Rimmer. The first first copy has been specially bound by Claudia cohen for presentation to Leigh on May 6, 2009. From an edition of 25 copies, each with a frontis pulled and editioned by Mariko, this is number 22. Bound in purple boards; Einstein On The Beach was created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson and first stages in 1976. The text printed here, written by the actor Samuel M. Johnson, is from Knee Five, the opera's conclusion. Fine+ . USD 900.00 [Appr.: EURO 596.75 \| £UK 543 \| JP¥ 77395] Book number: 15456 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	JOHNSON, SAMUEL M. Two Lovers on a Bench , an Extract from the Opera Einstein on the Beach Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo. Illustrated by Ando, Mariko. This book was set, printed and bound by Rollin Millroy at Heavenly Monkey for family and friends, in celebration of two decades of marriage to Leigh Ogston. Lillian helped with everything. In great secrecy over the past year they colluded with Mariko Ando to create the frontis. The B. G. Bodlein paper (contributed to the cause by Peter Braune) was printed damp with a Washington handpress. The Centaur & Duensing types were cast by Jim Rimmer. The first first copy has been specially bound by Claudia cohen for presentation to Leigh on May 6, 2009. From an edition of 25 copies, each with a frontis pulled and editioned by Mariko, this is number 20. Bound in orange boards; Einstein On The Beach was created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson and first stages in 1976. The text printed here, written by the actor Samuel M. Johnson, is from Knee Five, the opera's conclusion. Fine+ . USD 900.00 [Appr.: EURO 596.75 \| £UK 543 \| JP¥ 77395] Book number: 15454 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	KELLY, BRIGIT PEGEEN AND CLAUDIA COHEN Iskandariya Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Limited Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. 8vo. Illustrated by Morrow-Cribbs, Briony. Published in a limited edition of 50 copies (this one being #41) , signed by author Brigit Pegeen Kelly and aquatint artist Briony Morrow-Cribbs on the limited page. Sewn into a non-adhesive structure by Claudia Cohen and then wrapped in a fully etched dust jacket created by the artist and printed on skishu paper. Printed Chemise of Somerset paper and slipcase with spine label printed from strips of the dust jacket etching. Very Fine condition; Iskandariya was created in collaboration with artist Briony Morrow-Cribbs, who developed and printed a series of 11 aquatint prints to accompany the first book publication of Brigit Pegeen Kelly's prose poem Iskandariya, a perfect companion for Briony's growing bestiary of anthropomorphically jumbled creatures. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket; Signed by Author & Illustrator . USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 398 \| £UK 362 \| JP¥ 51597] Book number: 13682 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	KUTHAN, GEORGE Kuthan's Menagerie Completed Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2003. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0937986848. 4to. Printed on Golden Hind paper, a laid sheet, one side only and folded. Reid explains this both helped solve a problem with see-through and bulk up the book (which consists of 13 sheets forming 26 pages, from half title to colophon). The pages were printed landscape, and the sheets bound along the open edge. A cornerstone in Fine Press history in exceptionally Fine condition; Kuthan's Menagerie of Interesting Zoo Animals was published in 1960 from the private press of Robert and Felicity Reid (under the imprint Nevermore Press). It has since become famous in the history of fine printing in Canada, not just for Kuthan's exquisite multi-color linocuts of animals, but also for the fact that only 60 of the edition's 130 copies were ever bound; the balance remained in the bindery, eventually forgotten but luckily, not lost. The unbound copies were purchased from the original binder's estate by Vancouver booksellers Stephen Lunsford and William Hoffer, in the late '80s; all of the 50 complete copies remaining have been issued through Heavenly Monkey. Rather than attempt to recreate the original binding, the remaining copies were issued in the livre d'artiste manner, loose, with a new wrap and custom-made clamshell box. No further copies of Kuthan's Menagerie exist; the 50 copies issued in 2003 through Heavenly Monkey complete the edition. Fine+ . USD 2000.00 [Appr.: EURO 1326.25 \| £UK 1206.75 \| JP¥ 171989] Book number: 13014 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	LISSEL, REG Topos, a Collection of Paste Papers Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2006. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. The title page is printed on a white-on-white paste paper sheet, and the papermaker's introduction (set in 18-pt Centaur) is printed damp on his HM Text paper. The edition is just 25 signed & numbered copies, this one, number 17 in Very Fine condition, cased in full cloth, with a printed handmade, Fine paper jacket ; A dozen new paste paper designs by Heavenly Monkey's long-time collaborator, Reg Lissel, each rendered on his own handmade cotton paper. The samples are full pages sewn into the quarto-sized book. Two states of this jacket were issued, shown opposite. Heavenly Monkey printed the second color (red) on about a third of the jackets before wondering if it actually looked better just in black. There is no priority or preference, other than personal. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author . USD 240.00 [Appr.: EURO 159.25 \| £UK 145 \| JP¥ 20639] Book number: 13015 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	LOVECRAFT, HOWARD PHILLIPS The Shadow over Innsmouth Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2005. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated by Minegishi, Shinsuke. The book was issued in three states: the Ichthyic (25 copies) featuring some additional material and more extensive handwork in the binding, for established Heavenly Monkey collectors and those interested in contemporary book arts; the Batrachian (125 copies) , this issue, for those who simply want a well designed, hand-bound copy of this classic story; and Abyssal (25 copies) which basically is the same as Batrachian but reserved for private distribution to collaborators and friends. Although uncalled for, this copy is signed on the title page by engraver Shinsuke Minegishi, a unique copy ; A new edition of the only book Lovecraft saw published during his lifetime, similar in size and format to the original, but with the attention to typographic and production details that the story deserves. Work on this project began in 2002, with a trial edition of 10 copies for which Shinesuke Minegishi created six wood engravings based on original sketches by H. Bosch (1453-1516) —one for each chapter and the title page. These engravings, plus one new one, were republished in 2003 with extracts from the novella, in an edition of 50 copies titled The "Innsmouth Look". Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 290.00 [Appr.: EURO 192.5 \| £UK 175 \| JP¥ 24938] Book number: 14009 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	MILLROY, ROLLIN You Can't Choose Your Progeny Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2008. Limited/Numbered Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published in an edition of 23 press-numbered copies, this one being #13, plus 5 hors commerce copies (I - V) that include a Doves leaf printed on paper. Eight copies made up from waste sheets, retitled The Monkey & The Doves, were sewn up and put into limp paste paper cases at the HM studio, with a printed acknowledgment of the sheets' crapulence inserted at the front, and privately distributed to colleagues. These eight copies include a color facsimile of a vellum leaf. The limp case binding - the preferred structure at HM - wonderfully combines a special opaque batch of Reg Lissel's vellum paper with Claudia's talent for gold tooling. The vellum leaf in each copy has been guarded and sewn in, facing the start of the essay; You Can't Choose Your Progeny was conceived both as a means to make appropriate use of a lot of 23 original vellum leaves from the Doves Press's 1914 collection of poems by Shelley, and to try out some of the format and design ideas for next year's Elements in Correlation: Printing With the Handpress at Heavenly Monkey. The main essay in Progeny is the last chapter from that book. In addition to the essay, the new book includes a three-page foreword discussing the provenance of the vellum leaves, and extracts from Cobden-Sanderson's own journals about the printing of vellum copies at Doves (including one extract specifically about the Shelley sheets). Judged as a trial run for the much longer and more complex Handpress project, Progeny is a success: some of the design ideas clearly need revisiting, and more importantly, our font of Perpetua doesn't have another major project in it. Far from being a disappointment (capital cost implications aside) , these results have been tremendously freeing, unfettering the Handpress book's design from considerations of using what's at hand versus what's best suited ; 15 pages. Fine+; Signed by Editor . USD 2150.00 [Appr.: EURO 1425.5 \| £UK 1297.25 \| JP¥ 184888] Book number: 14904 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	MINEGISHI, SHINSUKE The Tale of Three Black Boxes, a Book & Suite of Prints Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2006. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. The Tale of Three Black Boxes is Minegishi's most ambitious publishing project to date, hence the small edition of just 25 sets, with five reserved for distribution exclusively in Japan. The Very Fine book and portfolio (both measuring 8.5 x 7 inches) in each set feature descriptive colophons, numbered and signed by Minegishi (English in the book, Japanese in the portfolio) ; The core of the project consists of six wood engravings (each about 3 inches square) that tell a sequential narrative about the adventures of a family of three black boxes. This story is told, with spare text, in a single signature book (page detail shown above). The text will be set in 12-point Gill Sans and printed on the HM handpress. The engravings will be printed by the artist on gampi from the studio of Shiho Nao in Japan, and then archivally mounted on the Arches text sheets. The sheets will be sewn in a single signature, and put into a black wrap with the image of three boxes embossed on the front cover, and debossed on the rear. A companion case holds a suite of six prints that delve more deeply into the specific imagery of each engraving (reduced proofs shown to right). The multi-layer prints are color woodcuts that incorporate an engraving, through windows and openings cut into the printed sheet (proof shown above). The textures and colors created with the woodcuts are achieved through multiple inkings and overprinting. The six prints - along with a title sheet, brief commentary by the artist, and colophon - are held loose in a black portfolio case. This & the set's matching slipcase are made by the artist. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 398 \| £UK 362 \| JP¥ 51597] Book number: 13016 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	REID, ROBERT R. A Young Printer in San Francisco 1949 Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Limited Edition; First Printing. Soft Cover. 8vo. The edition of 50 signed and numbered copies (8vo, 12 pp) was issued in two states. The Miniscule state (numbers 16-50, this copy being #24) is a single signature sewn in a wrap of (different) paste paper made by Reg Lissel; In 1949 Robert Reid celebrated inclusion of his first limited-edition book (The Fraser Mines Vindicated) in that year's Rounce & Coffin Club annual book show, by driving down the West Coast to see the exhibition. Along the way he stopped in San Francisco, and during just a few days there, managed to meet a number of the city's printing luminaries: the Grabhorn brothers, Col. Carroll Harris, and perhaps most memorable of all, William Everson, then at work on A Privacy of Speech. This brief account of the trip is written in Reid's customary style effusive for all things printed. Set by hand in 18-pt Perpetua and printed in two colors with our handpress on dampened handmade HM Text paper. The frontis is a specially commissioned contemporary linocut portrait of Robert by Andrea Taylor of Cotton Socks Press. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 126 \| £UK 114.75 \| JP¥ 16339] Book number: 13135 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	REID, ROBERT R. A Young Printer in San Francisco 1949 Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. The edition of 50 signed and numbered copies (8vo, 12 pp) was issued in two states. The Majuscule state (numbers 1-15, this copy being #14) has multiple signatures cased in Reg Lissel's transparent vellum paper, lined with a custom-made sheet of paste paper. These copies feature a frontis printed chine colle and signed by Taylor, and include a photo-etching reproduction of a snapshot of Robert Reid taken en route to San Francisco; In 1949 Robert Reid celebrated inclusion of his first limited-edition book (The Fraser Mines Vindicated) in that year's Rounce & Coffin Club annual book show, by driving down the West Coast to see the exhibition. Along the way he stopped in San Francisco, and during just a few days there, managed to meet a number of the city's printing luminaries: the Grabhorn brothers, Col. Carroll Harris, and perhaps most memorable of all, William Everson, then at work on A Privacy of Speech. This brief account of the trip is written in Reid's customary style effusive for all things printed. Set by hand in 18-pt Perpetua and printed in two colors with our handpress on dampened handmade HM Text paper. The frontis is a specially commissioned contemporary linocut portrait of Robert by Andrea Taylor of Cotton Socks Press. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 440.00 [Appr.: EURO 291.75 \| £UK 265.5 \| JP¥ 37838] Book number: 13134 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	VAN SANDWYK, CHARLES After Glow Vancouver, BC, Canada: The Fairy Press, 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. 6 3/4" x 7 1/2". Illustrated by Van Sandwyk, Charles. First Edition/First Printing in Very Fine condition. Two hand-sewn, double folded sheets with deckled edge, gilded title mounted on front page, rainbow colored ribbon and ribbonned 3 1/4" x 6 3/4" bookmark with poem ; Van Sandwyk's charming autumn poem about the elfin revellers showing when rake and hoe are resting for the night. The dual purpose bookmark, to be tied to a bed post is ensuring rich dreams and a light heart when waking up from the cool autumn night ; Color Illustrations; 12 pages. Fine+ . USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3225] Book number: 15256 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	VAN SANDWYK, CHARLES Charles Van Sandwyk: An Interim Bibliography 1983 to 2000 Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2000. Limited Edition; First Printing. Vellum. 8vo. One of only two hors commerce copies for the publishers, one copy for Rollin Milroy/Heavenly Monkey, one for Charles van Sandwyk, this is Rollin Milroy's copy. Rather different from other copies: (1) printed on dampened handmade Barcham Green paper; (2) specially bound in full limp vellum by Richard Smart of the Olde English Bindery; (3) colophon is signed & marked in Charles' hand as "publisher's copy." A stunning production in Very Fine condition in alike slipcase. Most desirable for the Charles Van Sandwyk or Heavenly Monkey collector ; Charles Van Sandwyk's bibliography issued in 2000 was the first Heavenly Monkey book, it includes descriptions of the artist’s limited and trade edition books published to date. The two etchings included in the book have been fully painted in watercolor, plus an original pencil sketch for the second etching (the monkey) has been bound in following the etching; [18] pages. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 6800.00 [Appr.: EURO 4508.5 \| £UK 4102.75 \| JP¥ 584762] Book number: 15776 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	VAN SANDWYK, CHARLES The Simple Line Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. The text was set in 18-point Centaur and printed in two colors on Arches paper. The essay (9 x 13 inches, 10 pp, sewn folios issued in a cloth case binding by Claudia Cohen, with printed spine label) is being issued jointly by Heavenly Monkey and CVS Fine Arts, limited to 50 copies signed by the artist. Numbers 1-25 (this one being #16) were issued through Heavenly Money and cased in natural linen. Very Fine condition; This essay about Charles' aproach to etching was originally written as the introduction to a retrospective of etchings he created over the past two decades. That book, titled Twenty-One Years, Twenty-One Prints, has being issued privately (spring 2007) by the artist, in an edition of just 13 copies (issue price in the mid-four figures). Impressed by the essay's insight to his work and art, Heavenly Monkey proposed over-printing it and issuing it as a companion volume. The essay features five tipped-in prints of Charles' earliest etchings, plus a new etching created just for The Simple Line. The title page features a new drawing pochoir colored by the artist. Fine+; Signed by Author . USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 431 \| £UK 392.25 \| JP¥ 55896] Book number: 13417 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.
	SHAW (LAWRENCE) , T. E. [; JEREMY WILSON; DON STEWART] An Invitation to British Columbia, a Letter from T.E. Lawrence to Martin A. Grainger Vancouver, BC, Canada: Heavenly Monkey, 2005. Limited/Numbered Edition. 8vo. Number 39 of 50 signed and numbered copies. As a frontis piece, the book features a wood engraving by George Kuthan, borrowed from the extensive collection of his original blocks at the Rare Books & Special Collections Library at the University of British Columbia. The engraving's BC logging image is particularly suited to a book associated with Grainger, the author of Woodsmen of the West (1908) and one of the province's first chief foresters. The text was set in 12-point Garamond, and printed on Reg Lissel's handmade Heavenly Monkey text paper. The letter facsimile was printed on vegetable parchment from polymer plates by David Clifford. The book is octavo, 20 pages plus the facsimile. The folios are sewn on tapes and put in a limp case made from Reg Lissel's natural faux parchment paper, with the title printed up the spine. Very Fine condition; A brief but illuminating letter, previously unrecorded (or published) , by T. E. Shaw (i. E. Lawrence) written in 1929 to Martin Allerdale Grainger, BC's first chief forester, in response to his suggestion that Lawrence consider retiring in the province. The letter is reproduced in facsimile and type. Noted Lawrence scholar Jeremy Wilson wrote the preface, and bookseller Don Stewart wrote a brief essay on Grainger's life in BC, both Wilson and Stewart signed on the limitation page. Fine+ . USD 1000.00 [Appr.: EURO 663.25 \| £UK 603.5 \| JP¥ 85994] Book number: 13017 Click here to order or inquire at Books Tell You Why.