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- Saturday, May 4th, 2013
- Author:
- Tony Geer
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- Events
The 2013 Vancouver Book Fair - Antiquarian, Collectible & Rare will take place on Sat. Sept 28 (Noon to 7pm) & Sun. Sept 29 (Noon to 5pm) at UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC. If it's anything like the Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair that I attended towards the end of last year, I'm sure that any book collector is going to have a great time. More info:
The 2010 and 2012 Vancouver Book Fairs were a great success and included many of British Columbia's as well as some of Canada's finest booksellers. Each fair attracted close to a 1000 visitors. Due to this success, the Vancouver Book Fair Committee has decided to make the fair an annual event. Therefore, we are very pleased to announce that in 2013 this outstanding fair will run for two days on September 28th & 29th.
The Vancouver Book Fair is the only antiquarian, collectible and rare book fair in Western Canada, and will feature many of Western Canada's top booksellers. A wide selection of antiquarian, collectible and rare books, ephemera, maps, prints, manuscripts and works on paper will be on offer at the fair - including Canadiana; children’s and illustrated; fine press and limited editions; history and military history; literature and fine arts; modern first editions and signed copies; natural history; travel and exploration; science and technology as well as many other subject areas. The items on offer will range from 15th century incunabula to 21st century modern first editions.
Everyone including experienced or novice book collectors, librarians, archivists, scholars and people just interested in books and the book arts are certain to find something of interest at the fair. We invite you to visit the fair and peruse and purchase the treasures offered for sale.
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- Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
- Author:
- Tony Geer
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- Miscellaneous
I was at the One Of A Kind Christmas Show and Sale last week here in Toronto and I came across these neat little wooden bookmarks made by Solar Woodcuts here in Canada. They’re break resistant 1/32" thick 3 ply birch and come in a huge variety of cutouts. By clipping on to pages, they have a couple of advantages over a regular bookmark:
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You get to mark the exact page you’re on, so you find the place you left off faster
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They won’t accidentally slip out if you’re moving your book around
They’re only CAN$6 each so I picked up a few and gave away some to the other readers in the house. Here are a few more pictures of it in use with the Folio Society Wind in the Willows.
- Posted on:
- Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
- Author:
- Tony Geer
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- Linotype
After having been in production for almost a year and a half and on a screenings tour from the start of the year, the Liontype documentary is now available for purchase or rental. You can buy it directly from the Linotype Film Shop as a Bluray disc, or download it on iTunes or Amazon Instant Video.
From the website:
Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary centered around the Linotype type casting machine. Called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing and society. The film tells the charming and emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and how it impacted the world.
The Linotype (pronounced "line-o-type") completely transformed the communication of information similarly to how the internet is now changing communication again. Although these machines were revolutionary, technology began to supersede the Linotype and they were scrapped and melted-down by the thousands. Today, very few machines are still in existence.
The highly-skilled operators of the Linotype are in a battle against time. If their skills are not passed along to a new generation of operators, the machine will die completely. There is a small group of former operators that want to save the Linotype from the scrap yard, but some see this as a fruitless endeavor.
What place does the Linotype have in the age of new technology? Should the machine be shoved into a museum and left to rust? Why should anyone care about typography or the technology of communication? The film seeks to answer these questions.
Along with the 76 minute film, the DVD and Blu-ray discs will include over 70 minutes of bonus features including extended interviews, outtakes and a director's commentary of the film.
- Posted on:
- Saturday, September 29th, 2012
- Author:
- Tony Geer
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- Fine Press News
The 2012 Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held from October 12—14th at the The Metro Toronto Convention Centre on 255 Front Street West, Toronto. It's pretty close to where I work so I'll definitely be going. If you pre-register you can even get a small discount.
Some more information from their website:
After a fifteen year hiatus, the 2010 Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair was a great success and featured most of Canada's finest as well as many top international antiquarian booksellers and attracted almost 1500 visitors. In 2012, this outstanding show will again bring booksellers and bibliophiles together for a three day event. Sponsored by the ABAC, the 2012 Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair joins the prestigious San Francisco, New York and Boston fairs on the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers’ (ILAB) 2012 North American calendar.
As the only international antiquarian and collectible book fair in Canada, the TIABF features exhibitors from across Europe and North America. All exhibitors are members of their national associations and of the ILAB and are, therefore, among the world’s foremost booksellers. They will bring a wide ranging selection of books, maps, prints and manuscripts for your perusal - including travel and exploration; natural history, science and technology; children’s and illustrated; fine press and limited editions; modern first editions and signed volumes; antiquarian and incunabula; as well as interesting and unusual books of all kinds.
Whether you are an experienced or novice book collector, a librarian or an archivist, a scholar or an academic, or are simply interested in books and the book arts in general, you will find something to your taste. We invite you to visit the fair, explore the booths, and purchase the treasures on display. Come and enjoy the show.
- Posted on:
- Thursday, June 21st, 2012
- Author:
- Tony Geer
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- Deep Wood Press
Deep Wood Press has completed the binding for the regular edition of The Intruder by John D. Voelker, better known by his pen name Robert Traver. It includes 10 wood engravings by Jim Westergard and will also be available in a deluxe edition and as unbound copies for those who wish to do their own binding.
The Intruder a short story taken from Robert Traver’s fifth book - a collection titled Trout Madness. Traver was a Michigan Supreme Court Judge when he wrote the highly successful Anatomy of Murder, but retired soon after to devote himself to writing and fly fishing. He’s considered to be the grandfather of modern fish writing.
The regular edition is quarter-bound in heavy board with a Canapetta book cloth spine and Twinrocker Rustler paper. Copper foil title on cover and an embossed umber printed panel with Jim Westergard’s small “fly” wood engraving printed on green paper inset into it. Dark green Hahnemühle Bugra flyleaves back up the book blocks which are all hand sewn on straps, mull attached and cased in.
The book is composed in 14 pt Linotype Janson with ATF Garamond in display sizes and printed in 5 colors on Hahnemühle Shiller 150gsm paper. It’s 8 ¼ x 10 ⅜ x ⅝" with thirty-four pages and comes in 150 editions, with 20 reserved for the deluxe edition and 10 unbound.
