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Penguin 20, 1935.
They did this on the radio a few years back, and from what I caught it sounded pretty interesting - should be a good read.
When did Penguin stop doing dustjackets? I thought it was when paper-rationing came in in the war, but I've just seen a 1949 biography that has one.
From the dustjacket of his third novel, "Waken To The Footfalls Of Dogs." Stan was examining a camera when he said, "I can't believe anyone ever learns to understand one of these f***ing things!"
my first blurb book is a collection of photographs of rome, venice, cinque terre and florence.
hardcover with dustjacket
standard landscape 10x8
160pages
TWENY 20 back lane notes on small press in canada with an emphasis on independence & self-production.
by Nicky Drumbolis.
Toronto, Letters Bookshop, [13] december 1991. 1oo copies numbered in red ink holograph at colophon rear, issued as [List 91].
ISBN o-921688-o2-4.
5-7/16 x 8-7/16, 72 sheets black-specked grey Domtar Recycled perfectbound with plain canary xerographic bond endleaves into plain dark-filamented grey byronic brocade card covers in 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 purple bond dustjacket with 2-13/16" flaps glued down to inside covers, all except dustjacket verso & 3 pp (2, 64, 142) printed black potocopy, with 5-1/16 x 8-5/16 white mimeo bond broadsheet printed black mimeo laid in rear (Errataslip).
other contributors:
D.M.Owen, Bill Stencil, Betty Sutherland.
includes:
i) "what's a nice book like you doing in a list like this?" A Coach House Sampler Demonstrating the Difficulty of Collecting the most Significant Small Press in Canadian History, an Open Letter to Librarians & Booksellers (bibliographical essay in 154 numbered parts with references to bpNichol in parts (titles by Nichol except as indicated):
–5. MAN IN A WINDOW (title by Wayne Clifford)
–12. a little pome for yur fingertips
–15. IS. two (magazine edited by Victor Coleman)
–16. JOURNEYING & the returns (in 5 parts:
––a. JOURNEYING & the returns
––b. BORDERS
––c. Lettres Home (in 15 parts:
–––1. COLD MOUNTAIN
–––2. precarious
–––3. towards a poetry of shy sounds
–––4. orgyorgy orgyorgy orgyorgy orgyorgy
–––5. OWL
–––6. answer
–––7. turnips are spurtin
–––8. Drrrrrrrrrrrummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm
–––9. to a Loved One (with quote of first & last lines)
–––1o. bp
–––11. milk
–––12. pane rain pane (quoted in full, not in lineation)
–––13. Mind trap
–––14. O BENT SEVER ALL
–––15. "(colophon card)"
––d. WILD THING for THE TROGGS
––e. bp)
–17. last poem with you in mind
–18. SCRAPTURES tenth sequence
–19. SYNAPSIS a prelude (anthology edited by David Aylward & bpNichol)
–27. june pome (for barrie (title by David W.Harris)
–39. An Introduction to Communications Therapy
–42. CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN SMALL PRESSES
–6o. FOR JESUS LUNATICK ANDY
–98. the maRtyROLOGy BOOk I the maRtyROLOGy BOOk II
–139. FAMILIAR
–141. THE TEACHING OF ARESS KINKEN
–147. MIDDLE INITIAL SEQUEL
–149. zygal A Book of Mysteries and Translations
–152. PRAYER)
ii) CONTACT RETROSPECTIVE 28 january 1986 HARBOURFRONT (poster reproduction (with header by Betty Sutherland) lists Nichol among readers)
iii) realignment (prose with references to Nichol)
iv) mimeo littles in Canada 1942-1965 (lists Ganglia 2nd-last)
v) Canadian mimeo titles to 1965 (with references to Nichol)
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• title page reads "10FOUR between the TWENY / 20 lines EXTENTUATINGIMPRESSIONSOFABACKLANECOMMUNITY OF mindless acid freaks letters"
This practical and cute case will keep out of scratch your agenda or notebook. It has a very handy closure with an elastic band, and a happy green polka dots ribbon in the cover.
Measures:
7 x 5 x 1.5 inches
18cm. x 12.5cm. x 2cm.
by R.Murray Schafer.
[unstated 2nd edition].
Toronto, House Of Exile, 1977. 2oo copies numbered & signed in blue ballpoint p.3, issued as Exile Editions 7, ISBN o-92o428-12-6.
5-3/8 x 8-1/4, 39 sheets ivory wove perfectbound with plain ivory kraft endleaves into plain ivory kraft endpapers & 5-5/8 x 8-1/2 orange-printed cloth-covered boards printed gold letterpress spine only, interiors all printed black offset, in 5-11/16 x 8-9/16 red coarsewove card dustjacket with 3" flaps printed black offset recto only.
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• a reprint of SMOKE, Arcana Editions, 1976
• 3rd edition, Arcana Editions, 1985
my first blurb book is a collection of photographs of rome, venice, cinque terre and florence.
hardcover with dustjacket
standard landscape 10x8
160pages
by jwcurry.
Weston [ie Toronto], Curvd H&z, [13 september] 1979. [3o copies] issued as Curvd H&z [o:]13.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 3 sheets cream classic laid folded to 12 pp & sewn black in 2 doublestitches into plain white wrappers in 5-9/16 x 8-1/2 yellow mimeo bond dustjacket with 1-3/8" flaps, all except pp i & xii printed black mimeo, covers printed recto only with grey marker holograph addition to cover graphic.
cover graphic by curry.
book dedicated to Peggy Lefler
Reader's Digest Select Editions Volume3, 2001, First Edition: 255. The Villa (Nora Roberts), 24 Hours (Greg Iles), Nora Nora (Anne Rivers Siddons), Force 12 (James Thayer)
by Arthur Cravan.
Toronto, Letters, 5 april 1991. 5o copies numbered in red ink at rear.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 44 sheets speckled grey & 3 plain purple bond side-stapled thrice into plain yellow mayfair card covers in red bond dustjacket tipped at flaps inside the endpapers, interiors all but 4 pp printed black photocopy with red photocopy additions to title page, front cover only printed on dj.
references 2 Lefler titles in included lists.
The Seven Dials Mystery, Agatha Christie NY 1929
black linen cloth box with dustjacket design inset with colored leather onlays on the front
I have great respect for Will Self's intelligence and some of his uncompromisingly comfortless writing, but I rarely re-read him.
Nigel Beale is a freelance writer/broadcaster who specializes in literary journalism. He likes to take photographs of books, and bookshops, and the occasional cat.
He has interviewed many well known authors, publishers and antiquarian booksellers. To listen, visit www.nigelbeale.com
I have to thank my mom for finding this book. One of my favorite dust jacket designs ever. I wish I had scanned it sooner, as it used to be almost whole. Every time I touch it, some bits fall off. Perhaps they are devils being cast out.
Nigel Beale is a freelance writer/broadcaster who specializes in literary journalism. He likes to take photographs of books, and bookshops, and the occasional cat.
He has interviewed many well known authors, publishers and antiquarian booksellers. To listen, visit www.nigelbeale.com
edited by Caroline Bayard & Jack David.
Erin, Press Porcépic Limited, june 1978. issued in 2 variants as Three Solitudes: Contemporary Literary Criticism In Canada 4:
a) ISBN o-88878-1o2-4;
5-15/16 x 8-15/16, 128 sheets ivory bond perfectbound with plain ivory heavy bond endppers into 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 white linen paper-covered boards printed blue offset with silver letterpress spine, in white glossy dustjacket with plain 2" flaps printed red & bule offset recto only, interiors all except 7 pp prined black offset;
b) ISBN o-88878-1o3-2;
6 x 9, 128 sheets ivory bond perfectbound in white semigloss card wrappers, all except inside covers & 7 pp printed offset, black interiors in red & blue covers.
cover design by Pamela Patrick.
13 contributors ID'd:
Caroline Bayard, Earle Birney, Bill Bissett, George Bowering, Nicole Brossard, Paul Chamberland, Jack David, Raoul Duguay, Marty Gervais, Claude P.Lokin, bpNichol, Pamela Patrick, Allan Rosen.
Nichol contributes:
i) bpNichol, with Caroline Bayard & Jack David (pp.15-4o; interview includes quotes by Nichol (& others as indicated) from
–1. ["bill bissett has been a brother-teacher..."] (p.17, source unknown)
–2. "felt as stillness in the brain or" (p.2o, paraphrase parts of lines 6/7)
–3. "yellow rose" (p.21, in full in text)
–4. "two leaves touch" ([ie "2 leaves touch") p.21, in full in text)
–5. "flowrs" (p.21, in full in text)
–6. "leaf" (p.21, in full in text)
–7. "em ty" (p.22, in full in text)
–8. "groww" (p.22, in full in text)
–9. "ing run" (p.22, in full in text)
–1o. "blob" (p.22, in full in text)
–11. "slob", by Mary Geggie (p.22, parody of (i1o) above quoted by Nichol in full in text)
–12. [untitled rejection letter], by George Bowering (p.24)
–13. Notes From The Interface, by Toronto Research Group (p.26)
–14. Statement (p.27)
–15. [untitled/unID'd rejection letter on "Dark Night, Secret Room" {ie what became The Other Side Of The Room] (p.29)
–16. Letter re Jes Reaney (p.32)
–17. [Nichol quotes in Rosalie Murphy anthology] (p.36)
–18. the martyrology book 5 chain 1 (p.39, line 417)
–19. the martyrology book 5 chain 2 (p.39, line 1))
ii) Allegory # 7 (p.41; concrete poem)
iii) Mind trap (p.42; graphic)
iv) Christian Cross # 2 (p.44; concrete poem)
also includes:
v) Preface, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (p.7; prose with reference to Four Horsemen)
vi) Introduction, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (pp.9-14; prose references Nichol pp.11-13 (Four Horsemen p.11), with quotes by Nichol from
–1.Twenty-One Facts That Could Alter Your Life, with Toronto Research Group (p.12)
–2.Statement (p.12)
–3. assembly instructions (to Cold Mountain, p.12))
vii) bpNichol, by [--?--] (p.15; photograph, portrait)
viii) bpNichol, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (p.16; prose introduction to interview ((i) above))
ix) Allegory # 7, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (p.41; prose with quote from Nichol's
–1. Allegory # 7)
x) mind trap, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (p.43; prose)
xi) Christian Cross # 2, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (p.44; prose)
xii) Bibiography of bpNichol, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (pp.45-49; in 3 parts:
–1. A Chronology of bpNichol's Books of Poetry (pp.45-47; 63 titles/3 ghost entries)
–2. Selected Prose Non-fiction of bpNichol (pp.47-48; 23 entries)
–3. Selected Criticism on bpNichol (pp.48-49; 24 entries))
xiii) bill bissett, by Caroline Bayard, Bill Bissett & Jack David (pp.53-68; constructed interview references Nichol pp.64-65, Four Horsemen p.67)
xiv) Bibliography of bill bissett,p.74-76; in 2 parts:
–1. A Chronology of bill bissett's Books of Poetry (pp.74-76; inudes 2 titles from Ganglia Press)
–2. Selected Criticism on bill bissett (pp.75-76; includes 2 entries by Nichol))
xv) George Bowering, by Caroline Bayard, George Bowering & Jack David (pp.79-99; interview references Nichol pp.89, 9o, 91, 99)
xvi) Irving Layton, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (p.1o1; prose on George Bowering's Irving Layton with passing reference to Nichol)
xvii) Earle Birney, by Caroline Bayard, Earle Birney & Jack David (pp.1o9-121; interview references Nichol pp.116, 117, 118, 12o & with quotes from
–1. List Of Contributors, by bpNichol (to the cosmic chef, p.115)
–2. [personal letter to bpNichol], Earle Birney (p.115)
–3, [casual conversation with bpNichol], quote by Nichol (p.118)
[note: english & french sections are published tête-bêche & paginated separately]
xviii) Introduction, by Caroline Bayard & Jack David (pp.9-13; prose references Four Horsemen p.9, Nichol pp.1o, 12)
Still messing around with that concertina and cross-stitched design. First and fifth signatures are joined by the 'x'es; third signature sewing loops over the center of each 'x'. Second and fourth are shortened and sewn through concertina folds.
It's the sort of job you never get round to when you go to work every day. profJohn is doing the same, hence the need to get out the big atlas and identify some of the places where he took pictures in Yugoslavia in 1967.
a Day In the Life Of ... 23 September 2011
Frontcover of the historic crime novel "Strömkarlen" by Limme & Palmqvist. Published by Kabusa Böcker (www.kabusabocker.se). Hardcover edition. Book numer two in the historic mystery series about reverend Simon Eldfeldt.
edited by Barry Callaghan.
Toronto, Exile Editions, 1989.
ISBN o-92o428-118.
8-3/16 x 1o-7/16, 72 sheets white claycoat folded to 288 pp in 18 signatures of 4 sheets each sewn white in 6 doubled stitches & glued with 1" red & yellow appliqué head- & tailbands into plain black kraft endpapers & 8-3/8 x 1o-3/4 red paper-linen-covered boards printed gold letterpress spine only, interiors all except 1o pp pinted black offset with 3-colour process additions to 8 pp (46, 48, 5o, 52, 61, 16o, 249, 25o) in white semiglossy dustjacket with 3-1/2" front flap/3-3/4" rear flap printed 4-colour process offset recto only.
cover photograph by Roloff Beny; design by Lou Luciani.
73 contributors ID'd:
Alexandre Amprimoz, Margaret Atwood, Roloff Beny, Robert Bringhurst, Barry Callaghan, Morley Callaghan, Gaius Catullus, Leonard Cohen, Charles Comfort, Mazo De La Roche, Stefan Della Bella, James De Mille, Jack Diamond, Stillman Drake, Sarah Jeanette Duncan, Sorel Etrog, George Faludy, Fastwürms, Timothy Findley, Northrop Frye, Mavis Gallant, Greg Gatenby, Ralph Gustafson, Matthew Halton, Peter Harcourt, Geoffey James, Anna Jameson, Alice Jones, D.G.Jones, Edward Jones, Diane Keating, Shelagh Keeley, Kim Kozzi, Irving Layton, Douglas Le Pan, Lou Luciani, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Jay Macpherson, Antonino Mazza, David McFadden, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Farley Mowat, bpNichol, F.G.Paci, Francesco Petrarca, Ado Piccaluga, Francesco Piccaluga, Al Purdy, Stephanie Rayner, Charles G.D.Roberts, William Ronald, Joe Rosenblatt, Gary Ross, Moshe Safdie, Deborah Samuel, Francesco Scolozzi, Duncan Campbell Scott, Robin Skelton, Dai Skuse, Michael Snow, Harry Somers, Francis Sparshott, Donald Sutherland, John Unrau, Jane Urquhart, Peter Van Toorn, Harold Town, Seán Virgo, Phyllis Webb, Claire Weissman Wilks, W.H.Withrow, Eb Zeidler, Ludwig Zeller.
Nichol contributes:
i) Catullus poem XXVIII (ie "Piss on his commitees, cohorts in inanities", p.86)
also includes:
ii) Introduction, by Barry Callaghan (pp.xv-xix; passing reference to Nichol p.xviii)
Made for my mom as a Christmas present...shhhh. I designed it myself, custom-fitted, sewing the interior out of a soft & sturdy matching fabric so as not to damage or stretch the Bible's binding and cover. No handles or zipper, I wanted it be a pretty dustjacket, not a bulky carying case -- this is for her Bible by the bedside/in the sitting room; she has a travel Bible for going out. (Oct. 2008)
by Arthur Cravan.
Toronto, Letters, 5 april 1991. 5o copies numbered in red ink at rear.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 44 sheets speckled grey & 3 plain purple bond side-stapled thrice into plain yellow mayfair card covers in red bond dustjacket tipped at flaps inside the endpapers, interiors all but 4 pp printed black photocopy with red photocopy additions to title page, front cover only printed on dj.
includes:
i) ZOMBOID GIBBER (essay with references to bpNichol)
ii) a small press harumph (essay with passing reference to Ganglia)
Nigel Beale is a freelance writer/broadcaster who specializes in literary journalism, and likes to take photographs of books.
He has interviewed many well known authors, publishers and antiquarian booksellers. To listen, visit www.nigelbeale.com