Printed by Robert R. Reid
Robert R. Reid (1927-2022) is still considered to be one of Canada’s preeminent letterpress printers. He began printing professionally in 1949 when he created a limited edition reprint of Alfred Waddington’s The Fraser Mines Vindicated. A copy of this rare book is housed in Bruce Peel Special Collections along with a large sampling of items produced during Reid’s long and successful career. The collection not only includes many examples of Reid’s artistry as a printer, but also houses work he authored, including his memoirs and writings on the printing trade. Reid partnered with the Heavenly Monkey Press to publish his writings, such as A Young Printer in San Francisco, in 1949 (2007). The Robert R. Reid Medal, awarded by the Alcuin Society in recognition for lifetime achievement and outstanding contributions to book arts in Canada, was named in honour of Reid and his profound influence in the printing community.
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Georges Kuthan's Kuthan’s Menagerie Complete (Z 232 H43 K88 2003 folio).
Louis Grenby's Typography: An Exhibition at the Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1959 (Z 121 T98 1959).
George Woodcock's The Island of Demons: A Verse Play Based on a Canadian Legend (PS 8545 O615 I82 1998).
The Salmon: Canada’s Plea for a Threatened Species, printed for Environment Canada's Fisheries and Marine Service (SH 346 C212 1974 folio).
A photograph of Robert R. Reid.