A miniature ABC book designed, printed and bound by David Clifford of Black Stone Press. It features 15-line wood type, printed in various pastel colors, with each letter accompanied by a word or phrase from the letterpress printer's lexicon. Though Clifford has been printing for over 50 years—he was among the last generation to go through the formal seven-year apprenticeship system in England in the 1950s—Letterpress Printing ABC is just his second book. In 1998 he printed a narrative series of linocuts by Vancouver artist Carel Moiseiwitsch, titled Forgotten.

Letterpress Printing ABC measures just under 3 inches square, 57 pp. It was printed on Reg Lissel's handmade HM Text paper, and bound in a woven paper-case structure based on the "Gospel of Mary" binding, developed during a week-long class with Claire Van Vliet. There are 50 numbered copies for sale at C$100, and 26 lettered copies for private distribution.

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