Terry Stillman Thoreau MacDonald: Canada’s Foremost Illustrator Vancouver: The Alcuin Society, 2005. $15. FROM THE , A tribute to Thoreau MacDonald with a checklist of the Woodchuck Press and other works by MacDonald. Illustrated with photographs of the artist and 14 examples of his woodcuts.

Robert Bringhurst The Surface of Meaning: Books and in Canada Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Studies in Since its founding in 1965, the Alcuin Society Press, 2008. $40. has published or collaborated on books The definitive book on the history of Canadian and other items showcasing or relating to book design, from the early 19th century the book arts in Canada. Many of these to the present day. Beautifully illustrated publications remain available for purchase. in both black and white and colour.

Charles Van Sandwyk Robert R. Reid Long Ago in Bangalore Takao Tanabe: Sometime Printer Vancouver: Author, 2014. Price available on request. Vancouver: The Alcuin Society, 2010. $185. This original poem by Charles van Sandwyk was Third in a series on and the Book printed by David Clifford at Black Stone Press Arts designed and produced by Robert for the Alcuin Society’s annual general meeting Reid. The book is filled with Tanabe’s keen held on June 9, 2014. Limited to 70 numbered artistic and typographic style, with 156 and signed copies; 13 copies remaining. pages of reproductions of book pages and job printing including 19 tip-ins, all A.S.H. (Abraham S. Holmes) in full colour. Of the original of 70 Belinda, or the Rivals copies, three copies remain available. Vancouver: The Alcuin Society, 1970. $30. Originally published in 1843. Printed Amphora letterpress in Palatino on Strathmore Natural Vancouver: The Alcuin Society, Art Parchment. Sixteen period watercolours of 1968–2012. $1,000. Chatham, Ontario area from originals in the The Society’s journal, which covers a wide Public Archives of Canada lithographed by a range of topics related to the book arts: paper- four-colour process. Numbered and signed by making, type design, typography, , pressman, typesetter, designer and binder. illustration, printing and binding. Two complete sets, comprising 162 issues, are available. Johannes Trithemius In Praise of Scribes (De Laude Scriptorium) Shipping and handling will vary by order. To Vancouver: The Alcuin Society, 1977. $40. inquire about availability or to place an order Originally published in 1494. Translation by for any of the Society’s publications, contact Elizabeth Bryson Bongie and edited with an Richard Hopkins at the Alcuin Society, P.O. introduction by Michael S. Batts. Hand-set in Box 3216, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B Caslon by Cobblestone Press and printed by 3X8, or via e-mail, [email protected]. members of the Society on Cortlea Cover.

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