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Wood engraving by Colin Paynton
(from The Chimes, 1985)

Pastoral Elegies
Thomas Gray’s
Elegy written in
a country churchyard

& Oliver Goldsmith’s
The Deserted Village
Spring 2024

An Avian Alphabet
A Flock of Poems on Birds by 15 Canadian Poets, selected by Susan McCaslin, with 30 Woodcuts by Edith Krause
Autumn 2023

Wayzgoose Pamphlet Number One
The 'Wayzgoose' Explained, with Historical Notes on Cope's Albion, and Sherwin & Cope's Imperial, Presses
Autumn 2022

Wayzgoose Pamphlet Number Two
The Dingbat: a Picaresque Etymology, with Examples
Spring 2023

Pastoral Elegies

Photographs by Jake Holmes

Display of book, slipcase, and prints with portfolio behind

View of slipcase, book, and portfolio from spine edge

Front cover of Pastoral Elegies

Title page

Opening page of 'Elegy' with cows

Text page of 'Elegy' with facing engraving of churchyard

Closing 'Epitaph' of 'Elegy'

'Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds'

Opening of 'The Deserted Village' with ruined churchyard

Page opening from 'The Deserted Village' with abandoned wagon in weeds

Print of the Ruined Cottage and Toy Horse from 'The Deserted Village'

Prints fanned out

Colophon page