COACH HOUSE EPHEMERA
Never intended for wide distribution, Coach House Press ephemera reveals the
spontaneously playful impulse which is associated with the Press. In some instances they
are exercises produced by students enrolled in the Coach House Printing School. Other
examples include samples of broadsides, pamphlets, postage stamps, and other printed
objects produced by members of the Coach House staff. One of the rare pieces included in
the exhibition is the double deck of David Milne playing cards.
 | Barry McKinnon. Three Poems. 1966. |
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Printed by Will Rueter at the Aliquando Press in 1966 in an edition of 50 copies for private
distribution.
Press leftovers resulted in the first book published by Prince George native Barry McKinnon.
Cover reproduced by permission of Barry McKinnon.
David Milne deck of playing cards. Two sets in a teak box. [Toronto]: Coach House Press, [n.d.].
Designed and printed by Stan Bevington and David Silcox.
From the colophon: “This is one of a hundred sets of playing cards based on two paintings by David B. Milne. The paintings, in turn, are from a number inspired by a book on playing cards which Milne found in a Toronto library in 1941. Over the next three years Milne deployed his kings, queens and knaves in various settings and colours, or added jokers -- angels in nightgowns and bowler hats or politicians of the day. We think Milne might have enjoyed seeing his work become part of the tradition from which he took it.”
Étude pour un buste de Erik Satie. Toronto: [Coach House Press], 1973.
Book designed and printed by Elizabeth Cunningham.
Printed in an edition of 59 in winter and spring of 1973.
It was set in 14 pt Janson Roman type and was printed on Chinese rice paper. The book is contained within a bag of handwoven linen, the end papers are of raw linen (flax).
 | On Wine: From the Abbé Franklin to the Abbé Morellet. |
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[Leaflet with 5 illustrations and text.]
On back: “Bagatelle [beaver flag device "printed by mindless acid freaKs"] from Passy. Published by Benjamin Franklin. Printed at the Coach House Press (by Jerry Ofo?).”
Hsin hsin ming by Sengtsan, Third Patriarch/translated from the Chinese with
an introduction by Richard B. Clarke. [Toronto]: Coach House Press, 1972.
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