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Some amazing books still available for Xmas

At this time of year the shelves start to thin out and sometimes selection can be sparse in our book department but there are still amazing finds to be had.

building-stories-collectionWe have one copy of Chris Ware’s fantastic Building Stories collection.  So much graphic goodness in one package.

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The Bust DIY Guide to Life has been a favourite of ours in the shop since it was released last year. The Bust magazine is always brilliant and the book is filled with lots of unique DIY ideas to get your craft on and make fun and do fun things.

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Hatch Show Print is a legendary letterpress poster and print shop out of Nashville. This book is so colourful and inspiring. Full of history and art – this will make fans of printmaking and music very happy this holiday season.

We’ll keep posting more treasures as we find them.

 

 

 

Featured art for December

We have lots of new art prints in stock including these fine works:

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Our good friend George Walker’s beautiful wood engravings are stunning and we have a large selection of prints on view. The one above is from his Mysterious Death of Tom Thompson book.

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We’ve had a very busy Raymond Biesinger year at the shop and I don’t see the screen print love slowing down in 2014. We just got shipped his two newest pieces, the Male Anatomy and Female Anatomy. While I got you – we should also remind you that his Hamilton on 30 Oct. 1958 print makes a great gift!

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Coming off a very successful One of a Kind Show appearance, Graham Blair managed to deliver us some more of his beautiful woodcuts in time for the holidays. The polar bears are one of his newest designs and we’re excited to see these on the walls of local homes.

Cardboard Safari – Unicorn, Moose & Bison – oh my!

One of my favourite “jobs” around the shop is putting together the paper pieces that make up the wonderful animals of Cardboard Safari.

We have a few currently in-stock that are sold out elsewhere including:

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and some of our best-sellers are here too:

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bison

 

We can also special order most items from Cardboard Safari in time for Christmas delivery.