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Book List:

For a listing of books available for sale, go here.

How Abu Hasan Brake Wind A Tale From The Arabian Nights, by Richard F. Burton. 2011, pp.6. Letterpress printed, in a limited edition of 25 numbered copies. Abu Hasan is a short story from the Burton translation of the Arabian Nights. The cover is hand made paper from Grunge Papers in Ottawa. The illustration is by William Harvey. Harvey's illustrations were used in the Edward Lane version of The Arabian Nights.

The Mouse Merchant A Tale from Somadeva's Kathasaritsagara. 2009, pp.5.
Letterpress printed, in a limited edition of 60 numbered copies of which 40 were included in the Ottawa Press Gang's collaborative Fables & Fairy Tales project. Eight OPG members each contributed a letterpress printed signature to the volume. The signatures were bound into a single volume titled Fables using a coptic stitch binding.
The Arrival of the British Troops in France by Ron Baird, 2007, Pp. 38.
Limited edition of 30 numbered copies, signed by Ron Baird. A collection of cartoons forming an illustrated list of old song titles, reinterpreted by Ron. Now available. Go here to order. Produced as a fund raiser for Ram Yoga and the Sri Rama Foundation. All proceeds are donated to Rama Yoga. Go to here for more information on Sri Rama Foundation's work.

Ron Baird is an internationally recognised artist. Samples of his work can be found on Ron Baird's web site.




The Burton Club Illustrations from The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Richard F. Burton In two Parts
Part 1: The Letchford Illustrations, 2003, 70 pages,
Part 2: The Remaining Illustrations, 2006, 52 pages.
These two volumes contain a reproduction of all 114 illustrations that appear in the Burton Club edition of the Arabian Nights. All artists are identified along with volume and page numbers. Included are some rare colour illustrations.


Rabbi Mayer Poem Nov. 2006.
Hand printed in a limited edition of 30 copies. Printed in valiant bold, 24 point on an antique Golden Pearl press at Daedalian Press.

An Introuduction to The Bibliobraphy of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. Oct. 2006, Pp. 28.
Transcript, with illustrations, of a discussion presented to the Ottawa Book Collectors on 2 October 2006.


Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine: A Checklist of Issues. 2006, Pp. 9.

A Checklist of Everyman's Library. 2nd Edition, 2006, Pp. 56.
A checklist of the first 1000 titles in the Everyman's Library. Sorted by number and author.




Faces II: As Time Goes By, Dec. 2005, Pp. 36.


The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night by Richard F. Burton. 2005.
CD containing the text (in Word, Wordperfect, and ASCII) and the scanned images of the books. The complete Burton Arabian Nights in 16 volumes.

The Ashtanga Yoga Handbook, 3rd edition, 2005, Pp. 686.


Faces, Dec. 2003, Pp. 24.


LadyBugs, 1995, Pp. 24.
A field guide to the common ladybugs of Canada.