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University of St. Michael's College, John M. Kelly Library, Special Collections Collection théâtrale André Antoine File
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The Brief Case of a Fat Man [John Sandman]

File consists of 1 chapbook (written by John Sandman and illustrated by Bob Snider) and corresponding prospectus.

The colophon for the chapbook states:

"Designed, composed & printed at
the Dreadnaught press
24 Sussex Avenue Toronto Canada
between March & November 1974,
in an edition of 250 copies.
The type is Century Nova
& the paper Canadian woodpulp"

Lies [Sarah McCoy]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing a prose poem written by Sarah McCoy, a corresponding prospectus, and 2 pages of illustrations (with 6 images in total) by McCoy's husband, artist Martin Vaughn-James. The same illustrations appear in the chapbook and are featured on the prospectus.

The colophon for the chapbook states:

"Handcomposed
and printed at
The Dreadnaught Press
24 Sussex Avenue
Toronto Canada

500 copies
June 1976

The type is Peignot, the papers
Hopper Opaque
and Mayfair"

Whale Sound

File consists of 1 clothbound hardcover edition of Whale Sound: An Anthology of Poems about Whales and Dolphins, edited by Greg Gatenby, and 1 corresponding prospectus. The volume is housed in a clothbound clamshell box and printed on hand torn, deckle-edged paper using a flat-bed cylinder press. Illustrations inside the volume were made from zinc and copper engravings. The prospectus notes that all profits from the sale of the anthology will be donated to Greenpeace. This edition is signed by Gatenby.

The colophon for the volume provides further elaboration:

"Published, designed & produced at
Dreadnaught
24 Sussex Avenue Toronto Canada, from January to June 1977.

The type is monotype Cochin & Goudy Open;
the text paper handmade in France at the mill of Richard de Bas;
film & engravings for the illustrations by Bomac Batten;
the binding materials Holliston Sailcloth
& paper handmade by the printer.

Of an edition of
100 copies signed by the editor
this is number 66"

The prospectus lists the 56 poets and 30 artists who contributed to the anthology:

The Poets

Milton Acorn
Bert Almon
George Amabile
Margaret Atwood
bill bissett
George Bowering
Marilyn Bowering
C.M. Buckaway
Mick Burrs
Ken Cathers
Wayne Clifford
John Robert Colombo
David Day
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
Lois Ellis
Robert Finch
Judith Fitzgerald
Pnina Gagnon
Eldon Garnet
Greg Gatenby
Gary Geddes
C.H. Gervais
Artie Gold
Elizabeth Gourlay
Tom Howe
Peter Huston
Marvyne Jenoff
Hans Jewinski
Terry Kelly
Jan Kemp
Travis Lane
Scott Lawrance
Irving Layton
Dorothy Livesay
Gwen MacEwen
Jay MacPherson
Robin Mathews
Seymour Mayne
Steve McCaffery
Kenneth McRobbie
Rona Murray
Susan Musgrave
Richard Outram
P.K. Page
Craig Powell
E.J. Pratt
Janis Rapoport
Joe Rosenblatt
Allan Safarik
Joseph Sherman
Peter Such
Andrew suknaski
Fraser Sutherland
Robert Sward
Tom Wayman
Phyllis Webb

The Artists

Erica Abt
Michaele Berman
David Campbell
Robert Daigneault
Ken Danby
Barbara Howard
Robert Jordan
William Kurelek
Les Levine
Naoko Matsubara
Tom McNeely
Betty Mochizuki
Suzanne Mogensen
Frieda Nelson
Toni Onley
Charles Pachter
Walter Redinger
Bill Reid
Joe Rosenthal
Bob Snider
Michael Snow
Ken Stampnick
Shizuye Takashima
Art Thompson
Harold Town
Tony Urquhart
Florence Vale
M. Vaughn-James
Susana Wald
Ludwig Zeller

The volume also includes lithographs, engravings, and drawings of whales and dolphins throughout history.

We Meet Here to Work [Pierre Elliot]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing an inaugural address given by Pierre Elliot, Director of Studies, to attendees of the Claymont Third Course in 1978. The chapbook was produced by Dreadnaught Press for the Claymont Society, a spiritual retreat and educational center in Charles Town, West Virginia.

The colophon states:

"Design and produced at Dreadnaught
24 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Canada

Handset in Cochin and Goudy Light, and handprinted
on Caress text and Strathmore Grandee cover papers
in an edition of 500 copies
June 1978"

Common Sense Revolution and Other Essays about Life and the World [Allan Elliot]

The file consists of 1 softcover copy of 16 collected essays by neuroscientist Allan Elliott. The edition includes a foreword by Louis Dudek and an afterword by J. Wendell MacLeod.

The colophon provides further detail:
"Designed and produced at Dreadnaught
24 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Canada.

Composed in Linotype Granjon and handprinted
on Simpson Lee 100% recycled text and
Mayfair cover papers
in an edition of 250 copies, May 1980."

Music and Exile [A. F. Moritz]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing poems by A. F. Moritz. The chapbook is staple bound and is the first title in a six-part series labelled Dreadnaught Chapbooks.

The colophon states:
"Designed and produced at Dreadnaught
24 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Canada.

Composed in Linotype Granjon, and handprinted
on Zephyr text and Strathmore Grandee cover papers
in an edition of 200 copies, March 1980."

The back page has an annotation in marker: "117/200" and is signed by A.F. Moritz.

Portmanteaux [Helen Albright]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing prose by Helen Albright. The chapbook is staple bound and is the second title in a six-part series labelled Dreadnaught Chapbooks.

The colophon states:
"Designed and produced at Dreadnaught
24 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Canada

Composed in Linotype Granjon, and handprinted
on Zephyr text and Strathmore Grandee cover papers
in an edition of 200 copies, May 1980."

For the coming surface [Jack Hannan]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing poems by Jack Hannan. The chapbook is unbound and is the third title in a six-part series labelled Dreadnaught Chapbooks.

The colophon provides further printing information:
"Designed and produced at Dreadnaught
24 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Canada.

Composed in Linotype Granjon, and handprinted
on Zephyr text and Hooper Rotuna cover papers
in an edition of 200 copies, September 1980."

Wheat Fields [Helen Albright]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing prose by Helen Albright and multi-coloured illustrations by Deborah Barnett.

The colophon states:

"Designed and produced at Dreadnaught
24 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Canada

Illustrated by Deborah Barnett

Handset in Monotype Garamont
and handprinted on Monadnock Caress

500 copies, September 1980"

New South: Australian Poetry of the Late 1970s

File consists of 1 softcover copy of New South, a poetry anthology edited by David Brooks. The book was published by Dreadnaught Press, and distributed by Prism Books. The cover features an illustration by Australian artist Silvana Gardner.

The anthology features works by 23 Australian poets and a foreword by Mark Strand. The poets are listed below in order of appearance:

Robert Adamson
Bruce Beaver
John Blight
R. F. Brissenden
David Brooks
David Campbell
Rosemary Dobson
Christopher Edwards
Alan Gould
Kevin Hart
Gwen Harwood
Geoffrey Lehmann
David Malouf
Les A. Murray
Craig Powell
Jennifer J. Rankin
Kevin Roberts
Judith Rodriguez
Thomas W. Shapcott
Peter Skrzynecki
Andrew Taylor
John Tranter
Fay Zwicky

Selected Poems of Christina Logan

File consists of 1 hardcover copy of Selected Poems of Christina Logan. The book includes a preface by Wolfgang Schmidt. Title page has cataloguing information written in pencil at top right.

The colophon states:

"Designed and produced at Dreadnaught
24 Sussex Avenue, Toronto Canada."

Testament for Man [Gilberto Meza]

File consists of 1 softcover copy of Testament for Man, a collection of poems by Mexican poet Gilberto Meza. The poems have been translated from Spanish into English by Theresa Moritz and A. F. Moritz. The book features illustrations by Chilean visual artist Ludwig Zeller.

The Twa Corbies

File consists of 1 single fold pamphlet containing the poem The Twa Corbies, a Scottish adaptation of an anonymous song.

The back page states:

"Hand-set in Poliphilus type
from the collection of Massey College

Published and printed by Nelson Adams
at the Dreadnaught press
24 Sussex Avenue Toronto Canada"

The Art of Bookmaking [Washington Irving]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing "The Art of Bookmaking", an essay by Washington Irving originally published in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1820).

The colophon states:

"Designed, composed and printed at
THE DREADNAUGHT PRESS
24 Sussex avenue Toronto Canada
in an edition of 200 copies
for private circulation
April 1975.
The type is foundry Bulmer
and the paper Beckett text."

152 Proverbs adapted to the taste of the day [Paul Éluard, Benjamin Péret]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing a collection of proverbs by French surrealist poets Paul Éluard and Benjamin Péret, and three collages by Chilean visual artist Ludwig Zeller. The proverbs and the chapbook title are repeated in French, English, and Spanish.

The colophon for the chapbook states:

"Designed, composed and printed at the Dreadnaught press, 24 Sussex Avenue Toronto Canada in May 1975.
The type is Univers and the papers Kilmory text and Rhododendron cover.
200 copies were printed for private circulation by Oasis with 3 collages by Ludwig Zeller."

Artist proof copy (indicated by A/P notation), signed by Ludwig Zeller.

On 'Spiritual Discipline' [Herbert Guenther]

File consists of 1 chapbook and accompanying manila envelope. The chapbook contains an essay by German-born academic and Buddhist scholar Herbert Guenther.

The colophon for the chapbook states:

"From MAITREYA edited by Hazel Bercholz,
Samuel Bercholz, and Michael Fagan.
Shambhala Publications, Berkeley & London.

Designed, composed and printed at
THE DREADNAUGHT PRESS
24 Sussex avenue Toronto Canada
in an edition of 250 copies, June 1975."

The envelope has a notation in pen on the front: 'On Spiritual Discipline - 20 -'.

Which Side of the Window [Norman Poole]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing 16 poems by Canadian author Norman Poole.

The colophon states:

"designed composed and printed at
the dreadnaught press
24 sussex avenue toronto canada
in an edition of 100 copies
october 1975.
the type if octavian and folio extrabold
and the paper tweedweave."

Kojivo [Bruce Wilson]

File consists of 1 chapbook containing 13 poems by Bruce Wilson.

The colophon states:

Designed composed and printed at
the Dreadnaught press
24 Sussex avenue Toronto Canada
in an edition of 100 copies
March 1976
The type is Gill Sans
and the paper Kilmory 1776"

52 Pickup 76

File consists of 1 complete box set of 52 Pickup 76 and 26 display copies of broadsides featured in the series. The loose broadsides, likely part of an incomplete exhibition set, range in size and are unfolded.

The 52 Pickup 76 collection features 52 poems by 52 emerging poets, printed on flat or uniformly folded broadsides using a variety of typefaces and coloured paper. The box set includes a title page, colophon, specification sheet, and afterword by editor Greg Gatenby. The specification sheet notes that the paper for the box was made from blue jeans. The box set is #96 of an edition of 100 copies, and is signed and numbered by Gatenby.

A complete list of the poems and poets in numbered sequence appears below. Items in bold have a duplicate stand-alone broadside present in the collection.

1 Robert MacDonald: rhetorical lament
2 Edward Strickland: Worksheet
3 Jan Bartley: Magic
4 Terry Kelly: Madelaine and the Mysteries of the Flesh
5 Judith Fitzgerald: Octave
6 Timothy Shay: lament
7 Ed Jewinski: recurrence and an empty chair
8 Cecilie Jones: Rondania
9 Susan Musgrave: Between Friends
10 Greg Gatenby: Auburn Photograph
11 Pier Giorgio DiCicco: America
12 Karsten Kossman: The Carriers of Umbrellas and Pockets
13 Judi Hurst: Lovers and Linguists
14 Ludwig Zeller: Captain Cook's Last Refuge
15 Fraser Sutherland: Madwomen
16 Ian Young: Alamo
17 Tim Inkster: The Bestiary: Mule
18 Gwendolyn MacEwen: The Lion
19 George Bowering: Daniel Johnston Lying in State
20 David Berry: An Eclipse of the Moon
21 John Robert Columbo: What I Am
22 Tom Wayman: Transport
23 Hans Jewinski: Encyclopedia Salesman, March 16, 1971
24 John Oughton: Zero Aperture, Photographer
25 Joe Rosenblatt: Into the Soups of Rivers
26 Artie Gold: Old Road Poem Song
27 Margaret Atwood: Marsh, Hawk
28 Irving Layton: Catacombe Dei Cappucini
29 Dorothy Livesay: Collared
30 Robin Skelton: Hypothesis
31 Pat Lane: untitled
32 J.D. Carpenter: The Letting Go
33 Jan Kemp: Mystics Mild:Song
34 Victor Coleman: Disengagement Ritual
35 Alden Nowlan: The Departure
36 David Day: Night Passage
37 Ralph Gustafson: Of Beds and Manuscripts
38 Robert Finch: The Autumn Leaves
39 Andrew Suknaski: Almighty Voice
40 George Faludy: Death of a Chleuch Dancer
41 Eugene McNamara: what have you forgotten
42 C.H. Gervais: His Laughter
43 Gail Fox: The Creators
44 Fred Cogswell: Quality
45 Gwen Hauser: So What Else is Old
46 Len Gasparini: Toronto Nocturne
47 David Brooks: The Fields of Becoming
48 Lorraine Vernon: Spire
49 Albert Frank Moritz: On Farming
50 James Reaney: The Whistle
51 Jeni Couzyn: Spell to Cure Barreness
52 Steve McCaffery: Novel 7

Eurydice [H. D.]

File consists of 1 four-colour poster of the poem Eurydice by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) on deckle edge paper.

The poster was produced by NovaPrints and states at the bottom:

"Designed, composed and handprinted on specialty handmade paper at NovaDreadnaught
Bear River, Nova Scotia Canada, in an edition limited to 250 copies
Spring 1979"

Gilded Verses [Gérard de Nerval]

File consists of 1 broadside of a poem by Gérard de Nerval, translated by Geoffrey Wagner. A quotation under the title states: "Everything is sentient. Pythagoras". The broadside is printed on deckle edge paper and 'Dreadnaught Broadside' appears at the bottom of the page.

Hail & Farewell [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]

File consists of 1 broadside of a translated Johann Wolfgang von Goethe poem:

The broadside states:

"translation by Karsten Kossman
of 'Wilkommen und Abschied', best known and
most popular of the Sesenheim lyrics, 1771."

The print is labelled 'Dreadnaught Broadside' at the top of the page.

Action Guide [W. H. Murray]

File consists of 2 broadsides of "Action Guide", written by Scottish mountaineer and writer W. H. Murray. The broadsides are two different sizes and in two different colours (red and yellow) . Both prints are labelled 'Dreadnaught Broadside' at the bottom.

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