by blacks_books 3 months ago
Okay, this took ages but I swear it wasn’t because I was slacking. Delighted to release our cookery catalogue on- by blacks_books 4 weeks ago
Thrasher, Anthony Apakark; Gerard Deagle; Alan Mettrick. “Thrasher: Skid Row Eskimo”. Published; Toronto: Griffin House, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. - by blacks_books 3 weeks ago
This was always going to be fun. Seriously cool cookbook with some quirky recipes by (often) equally quirky artists, and - by blacks_books 3 weeks ago
Wonderful, and rare 1930’s Communist election ephemera outlining their platform for the #1935 Canadian federal election. Authored by pioneering Canadian - by blacks_books 2 months ago
Heading into the weekend like... Pictured above is a lovely RPPC capturing the joyous Inuit tradition of “Nalukataq” [a.k.a. blanket-tossing]; - by blacks_books 4 months ago
I had to share this wonderful cover of a pulp version of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. I’m wondering if the devilish - by blacks_books 3 months ago
; . Hart, D. Berry; A. H. Freeland Barbour. Published in Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston Printed by Frank - by blacks_books 3 weeks ago
Pleased to share yet another favourite acquisition. #nuna Nuna: Inuinain Makperaksan; Magazine for Eskimos [Bound Volume of Eleven Issues]. [Oblates - by blacks_books 2 months ago
A playful photograph of four German Nazi military officers taken around 1941-2. One of dozens from a scarce vernacular photograph - by blacks_books 2 months ago
Wonderful early lithograph advertising what seems to be mental health, and support services for American armed service members during World - by blacks_books 2 months ago
Tell me this isn’t the most gorgeously illustrated cook book cover you’ve ever seen. è Montréal: Publié par les fabricants - by blacks_books 1 week ago
Cocktail #cackles anyone? A delightful, and unrecorded find from yesterday. Must admit I find myself enamoured with the gorgeous woman - by blacks_books 3 weeks ago
Duncan, Robert; Barbara Martin; Earle Gray. 65 Drawings: A Selection of 65 Drawings from One Drawing-Book, 1952-1956. (Limited Edition of - by blacks_books 4 months ago
Pound, Ezra. Quia Pauper Amavi. London: The Egoist Press, 1919. First edition. pp. 51. Tall, slim 8vo. Issued in a - by blacks_books 4 months ago
Baraga, Frederic [Irenaeus Friedrich] (1797-1868.); Zephyrin Engelhardt (1851-1934). Tchibaiatigo-mikan, gaie Anamiewinensan, gaie Jesus od ijitwawin [Portions of The Stations of - by blacks_books 3 months ago
Amandla! Four issues of a scarce and short-lived [1992-1993] periodical published by The Manitoba Coalition Against Racism and Apartheid. Addressing - by blacks_books 4 weeks ago
Pleased to end my self-imposed hiatus from Instagram by sharing with you this newly acquired piece of early Canadian Communist - by blacks_books 3 months ago
Happy Monday friends! Pictured above is a single illustrated leaf (of dozens) by Western-Canadian agricultural entomologist, Norman Criddle from the - by blacks_books 2 months ago
Happy Monday friends! Feels like it’s been ages since I’ve posted but truthfully I needed a break from the ‘gram. - by blacks_books 4 months ago
The mesmerizing paintings of Masami Teraoka integrating traditional ukiyo-e imagery and subject matter with pop art. In the process casting