A Natural history of surprise
Subtitle: four poems and an essay
By: by Crispin Elsted ; with a wood-engraved frontispiece by Peter Lazarov.
Contributors: Elsted, Crispin, 1947- book designer.; Elsted, Jan, printer.; Lazarov, Peter Petkov, 1958- ill.; Barbarian Press,; Women Printers/Publishers.
Publisher: Barbarian Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Mission, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Notes: Cover illustration.

"Infelix simulacrum and A Natural history of Surprise first appeared in THE MALAHAT REVIEW, Bosnia in PARENTHESIS. 'To Judge the Colour of Grapes' won the Federation of B.C. Writers' non-fiction prize for 1988."--cf. title page verso.

"125 copies of A Natural History of Surprise have been printed & published at Barbarian Press in November, 2002, using Van Dijck and Elysian types on dampened Barcham Green handmade Chilham and Charter Oak."--cf. Colophon [p. 23].

WSU MASC copy: colophon signed by the author.

WSU MASC is: 002-120870449.