Name/Title
Rumour of a Shark / Poems / John CarrollEntry/Object ID
2025.16.79Description
Carroll’s poems result from minute observation by a man both emotionally direct and ironic, whose language flicks deftly from lyric to demotic. He is good company, and a reliable guide.Collection
Howard KistlerInscription/Signature/Marks
Book Details
Author
John CarrollEditor
Crispin & Jan ElstedIllustrator
Janet DowneyVolume/Number/Issue
125 copiesEdition
1st editionPublisher
Barbarian PressPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Steelhead, British Columbia VancouverDate Published
11/1999 - 1999Printer
Crispin & Jan ElstedPlace Printed
* Untyped Place Printed
Steelhead, British Columbia VancouverBinding
Binding Type
Paperback, Hand sewnBinding Notes
Text hand set in 14pt. Garamont and printed in dark green and black on Somerset Book Laid, sewn into covers with labelled wraps of green Japanese Obonai hand made. The title page features a tipped print reproduced from a collage by Janet Downey.
10 by 6 ½ inches [254 by 152 mm]
60 pages. 125 copies.
C$75
