In the playing cards styled box, are 52 broadsides, flat or folded to one common size. Each week in 1976, one of the broadsides was to be printed; each of 52 poems by the day’s young authors was to benefit from an original design layout, employing illustrations, paper, ink colours, typefaces and treatments gathered together specifically to expand and further the message and attitude of the writing. A fantastic collection this amazing fine print sampler was produced, illustrating the dedication of Dreadnaught designers – to be in service to words worthy of reproduction.

In the words of Greg Gatenby, editor: ‘These poems were not published solely to become the hoarded gems of collectors. They are meant to be read, savoured, and shared with other aficionados of the poetic and typographic arts. May you enjoy them for years to come.’

Product Details:
Card Box made from Andrew Smith O Handmade paper in Toronto
Contains 52 broadsides with cover page, and elaborately detailed colophon page
Flat or folded to 5 x 6.5 x 1.25”
Printed at Dreadnaught, Toronto, Canada. 1976

In a signed and numbered edition of 100 complete sets
18 sets are available for sale

Each complete boxed set including title page and colophon.

Individual broadsides range in size, and include works by Robert MacDonald, Jan Bartley, MT Kelly, Judith Fitzgerald, Timothy Shay, Ed Jewinski, Cecilie Jones, Susan Musgrave, Greg Gatenby, Pier Georgio DiCicco, Karsten Kossmann, Judi Hurst, Ludwig Zeller, Fraser Sutherland, Ian Young, Tim Inksler, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Daniel Johnson, David Berry, Tom Wayman, Hans Jewinski, John Oughton, Joe Rosenblatt, Artie Gold, John Robert Colombo, Margaret Atwood, Irving Layton, Dorothy Livesay, Robin Skelton, Pat Lane, J.D.Carpenter, Jan Kemp, Victor Coleman, Alden Nowlan, David Day, Ralph Gustafson, Robert Finch, Andrew Suknaski, George Faludy, Eugene McNamara, C.H.Gervais, Gail Fox, Fred Cogswell, Gwen Hauser, Len Gasparini, David Brooks, Lorraine Vernon, Albert Frank Moritz, James Reaney, Jeni Couzyn and Steve McCaffery

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