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Barbarian Press

List of Works

Chronological

Books
Selected Broadsides & Ephemera
Pamphlets & Signatures

Books

Elsted, Crispin. Five Decades for Harry and Frances Adaskin. [N.p.]: Barbarian Press, 1977. Edition of 12.

Elsted, Crispin. 14 Changes on a Sao of Huang Bau-Xi. Illustration by Barb Wood. [N.p.]: Barbarian Press, 1977. Edition of 100.

This Worlde's Joie: Poems, Songs, Snatches & Riddles from the Anglo-Saxons to Shakespeare. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1980. Edition of 126.

Elsted, Crispin. Flowers in Season. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1982. Edition of 27.

Elsted, Crispin. Two Letters: Written by Margery Brews to John Paston at S. Valentine's Tide, MCDLXXVII & Now Newly Printed. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1983. Edition of 29.

Finlay, Ian Hamilton. A Mixed Exhibition. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1983. Edition of 100.

Gathering Time: Five Modern Polish Elegies: Iwaszkiewicz, Wierzynski, Jastrun, Milosz, Bialoszewski. Trans. Andrzej Busza and Bogdan Czaykowski. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1983. Edition of 200.

Barnett, C. Z. A Christmas Carol, or, The Miser's Warning, adapted from Charles Dickens' story. Wood engravings by E.N. Ellis. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1984. Edition of 350.

Finlay, Ian Hamilton. Table Talk of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1985. Edition of 150.

Kaplinski, Jaan. The Same Sea in Us All: Poems. Trans. Jaan Kaplinski, Sam Hamill. Wood engraving by Colin Paynton. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1985. Edition of 200.

Lemon, Mark. Gilbert Abbott À Beckett. The Chimes, or, Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out & a New Year In,. Adapted from Charles Dickens' Story. Wood engravings by Colin Paynton. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1985. Edition of 150.

Bringhurst, Robert. The Blue Roofs of Japan: A Score for Interpenetrating Voices. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1986. Edition of 100.

Lu Chi. Wen fu:The Art of Writing. Trans. by Sam Hamill. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1986. Edition of 200.

Higgins, Iain. Voices in the Air. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1987. Edition of 100.

Elsted, Crispin, Jan Elsted. Utile Dulci: The First Decade at Barbarian Press, 1977-1987: A History & Bibliography. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1988; [1991]. Edition of 150.

Jones, Paula, Rachel Norton. Believed to Cause Night: Poems. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1991. Edition of 126.

Ainslie, Patricia, Paul Ritscher. Endgrain: Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1995. Edition of 300.

Skelton, Robin. Rufinus: The Complete Poems. Translated by Robin Skelton. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1997. Edition of 200.

Gibbings, Robert. Gibbings & Grey and The Charm of Birds. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, co-published with Friends of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 1998. Edition of 300.

Spenser, Edmund. Prothalamion & Epithalamion: The Wedding Songs of Edmund Spenser. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1998. Edition of 100.

Borchert, Wolfgang. The Three Dark Magi. Trans. by Norma Wieland. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1999. Edition of 100.

Carroll, John. Rumour of a Shark: Poems. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1999. Edition of 125.

Kishkan, Theresa. Inishbream. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1999. Edition of 240.

Endgrain Editions One: Gerard Brender à Brandis: A Selection of Wood Engravings. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 2000. Edition of 200.

Moser, Barry. Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000: A Recollection and an Engraving. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 2000. Edition of 150.

Zwicky, Jan. Twenty-one Small Songs. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 2000. Edition of 146.

Selected Broadsides & Ephemera

Albion Broadsheets, 1980-81, 1 case (12 folders). Mission, BC: Barbarian Press. Edition of 75 copies.

"The Kites When They Fly : A Ballad" / Helen Adam
"The Knife in the Measure :Variation on a Theme from Li Shang-yin" / Robert Bringhurst
"Old Men" / Andrzej Busza
"Ode: Still Life with Vase & Flowers" / Crispin Elsted
"Table Talk : A Selection" / Ian Hamilton Finlay
"Flyting" / Alexander Hutchison
"A Shadow of Antlers" / Theresa Kishkan
"Ahasueris" / August Kleinzahler
"As She Grows Older: For a Difficult Old Lady, Senile, and For Her Daughters" / Dennis Lee
"An Empty Glass" / John Pass
"No Leaf Stirs" / Kenneth Rexroth
"Divers" / Diane Wakoski

Sorts & Founts: A Showing of Typefaces Held at Barbarian Press. Portfolio (14 leaves). Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1983. Edition of 60.

Bowering, George. Just Five: A Poem. Broadside. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1982. Edition of 100.

Kaplinksi, Jan. The Same Sea in Us All: Publisher's Announcement. Broadside. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1985.

Shakespeare, William. King Henry VI. Part 2. Selection: "Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school ..." Broadside. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1986.

Pamphlets & Signatures

Elsted, Crispin. Wayzgoose Pamphlet Number 1: The 'Wayzgoose' Explained, with Historical Notes on Cope's Albion, and Sherwin & Cope's Imperial, Presses. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1984.

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir. Testimony and Appeal: From the Will of Sydney Cockerell. Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1989. Edition of 325.




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