British Columbia Fine Printing Collection

Fine/private presses have a distinguished history in British Columbia. Founded in Vancouver in 1946, the Private Press of Robert R. Reid was the first of its kind in Canada. The British Columbia Fine Printing collection contains digitized publications and ephemera of several B.C. fine/private presses. In addition to items from Reid's early career in Vancouver, the collection features works by Takao Tanabe (Periwinkle Press), Jim Rimmer (Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry), Jan & Crispin Elsted (Barbarian Press), Rollin Milroy (Heavenly Monkey), Gerald Giampa (Cobblestone Press) and many others.

Attribution

Attribution/citation should be provided as follows: Image [insert image number here, eg. bcpba:298] courtesy of the British Columbia Fine Printing Collection, a digital initiative of Simon Fraser University Library. [Please include the website url when images are used in an offline or print-based context].

Acknowledgements

SFU Special Collections and Rare Books gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre's "B.C. History Digitization Program" to make this collection available online.

Contributed by Special Collections and Rare Books, Simon Fraser University Library.

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The basque sheepherder and the shepherd psalm

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Date: 1954
Name(s): Reid, Robert R. (Robert Russell), 1927-2022, Wallace, James K.
Description: Pamphlet printed by Robert and Felicity Reid.

The chimes, or, Some bells that rang an old year out & a new year in: a goblin drama in four quarters by Mark Lemon & G.A. a'Beckett, Esqrs.

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Date: 1985
Name(s): Elsted, Crispin, Elsted, Jan
Description: Announcement of the Barbarian Press edition of 'The chimes.'

The enchanted adder

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Date: 1965
Name(s): Murray, Rona, 1924-2003, Tanabe, Takao
Description: Cover and title page designed by Takao Tanabe.

The eve of St. Agnes

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Date: 2003
Name(s): Elsted, Crispin, Elsted, Jan, English, Andy, Keats, John, 1795-1821
Description: Published in an edition of 115 copies. Wood engravings by Andy English.

The eye of the cedar

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Date: 1970
Name(s): Soule, Laurence, 1926-, Tanabe, Takao
Description: Title page of a Klanak Press publication designed by Takao Tanabe.

The Fount newsletter

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Date: 1976
Name(s): Giampa, Gerald
Description: "This newsletter constitutes the first edition of The Fount, the typographical journal of The Cobblestone Press Society."

The Fount, Volume I, Issue I

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Date: 1991
Name(s): Giampa, Gerald
Description: First issue of The Fount. "This issue is dedicated to the revival of the long honoured work of William Caslon."

The Fraser Mines Vindicated

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Date: 1949
Name(s): Reid, Robert R. (Robert Russell), 1927-2022, Waddington, Alfred (1800?-1872)
Description: Printed in an edition of 110 copies, the first book issued from the private press of Robert R. Reid. Introduction by W. Kaye Lamb.

The Grant-Mann Cookerie Booke of Christmas Victuals 1954

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Date: 1954
Name(s): Reid, Robert R. (Robert Russell), 1927-2022
Description: Christmas greetings from Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd. Inscribed by Morris McBeath.

The Graphic art of George Kuthan

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Date: 1964
Name(s): Kuthan, Georges, 1916-1966, Reid, Robert R. (Robert Russell), 1927-2022
Description: Printed in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1959 (?).

The Huron Carol

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Date: 1956
Name(s): Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593-1649, Reid, Robert R. (Robert Russell), 1927-2022
Description: Christmas greetings from Evergreen Press Ltd.

The journal of Norman Lee, 1898

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Date: 1959
Name(s): Lee, Norman, 1862-1939, Reid, Robert R. (Robert Russell), 1927-2022
Description: The journal of Norman Lee, 1898 which is the account of a cattle-drive from the Chilcotin country to Teslin Lake by the Telegraph Trail. This copy is inscribed by Robert Reid to Dr. Lamb: "Dr. Lamb: this is only the third book in 10 years, but I hope you find it interesting. Bob Reid"

The Lawrence Lande collection of Canadiana in the Redpath Library of McGill University

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Date: 1965
Name(s): Lande, Lawrence M., Reid, Robert R. (Robert Russell), 1927-2022
Description: Design and typography of this book are by Robert Reid. Printed in an edition of 950 copies. The title page and sample pages only are displayed here.

The legend of the Christmas tree

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Date: 1982
Name(s): Rimmer, Jim
Description: Booklet printed by Pie Tree Press in 1982.

The living land: an account of the natural resources of British Columbia

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Date: 1961
Name(s): Haig-Brown, Roderick, 1908-1976, Reid, Robert R. (Robert Russell), 1927-2022
Description: Title pages only. Book designed by Robert Reid, and printed and bound by Evergreen Press Ltd., Vancouver.