The Books, Beer, & Brats Sale is only 3 weeks away, taking place on Saturday May 14th, from 11:30am-6:30pm. There is still space available if anyone has a number of books they’d like to divest of in a relaxed rummage sale style atmosphere with beverage and bratwurst close at hand. If interested in a space [...]
As a huge fan of William Gibson’s work, I have managed to acquire just about every edition published of his work (most signed) and a wonderful assortment of other oddball magazines, ephemera and foreign editions. However, in the good dozen years or so I’ve been collecting Gibson, I’ve never even seen turn up for sale the [...]
As we will be leaving the Ottawa Antique Market at the end of April, we need to divest of as much stock as possible in the next two weeks. That’s why we will be doing a … ONE DAY SUPER SALE!!!! THIS SATURDAY ONLY ALL SOFTCOVER BOOKS $1.00 ALL HARDCOVER BOOKS $2.00 When: April 16th, 2011 Where: Ottawa Antique Market [...]
The latest installment of the Essential Poets Series from the Porcupine’s Quill delivers in same manner as its predecessors. An elegant selection of poems from Outram’s extensive career provides the unfamiliar with a succinct glimpse of this great Canadian poet’s vision and versatility, while giving followers of his a warming selection deftly drawn from three decades of [...]
The latest Letterpress Gazette is now available with a great article on early printing in Nova Scotia, and one of the largest text linocuts I think I’ve ever seen (well executed Stephen!). And as always, there are a couple of extra goodies tucked in with the Gazette as well. If you are interested in the [...]
When: Saturday, April 16, 2011, 10am to 5pm and Sunday, April 17, 10am to 3pm Where: Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Avenue, Hall F. Admission and parking are free. More than twenty thousand books of all types are available at bargain prices (most paperbacks will be $1 and most trade and hardcover books will be $2). For more information [...]
ODDBALLS Wood engravings by Jim Westergard of (in)famous people Introduction by Barry Moser Oddballs, a series of 40 wood engravings of curious and infamous historical personages, is planned for release in early summer 2011. Details on the book and it’s progress can be followed on the Heavenly Monkey website and a PDF copy of the prospectus can be found here. [...]
The Bytown Bookshop will be leaving the Ottawa Antique Market at the end of April, and in an effort to divest of as much stock as possible, the entire month of April will be… 50% OFF ALL BOOKS INSTORE When: April 2-30, 2011 Where: Ottawa Antique Market (1179 Bank St., Ottawa) Note: while the Bytown Bookshop will [...]
This is simply jaw-dropping. The 40 gigapixel panoramic shot of the Strahov Philosophy Library in Prague (off-limits to the general public) allows one to take in the full splendour of the entire library or zoom in with incredible detail and clarity right down to the beautiful gilded details on the spine of a 17th century finely bound treatise. I’ve [...]