Eight Short Stories: Klanak Islands by Kreisel, Henry; Hull, Raymond; Harlow, Robert; McConnell, Alice; Mills, Margaret; Smith, Marion; Rule Jane; McConnell, William

Eight Short Stories: Klanak Islands, Kreisel, Henry; Hull, Raymond; Harlow, Robert; McConnell, Alice; Mills, Margaret; Smith, Marion; Rule Jane; McConnell, William. Published by Klanak Press, Vancouver, 1959. First Edition. 4to up to 12" tall. 79 pages. Designed by Takao Tanabe. Illustrated by Ben Lim, Herbert Gilbert, Bob Steele, Don Jarvis. Card covers. Front cover has tiny ink marks, sunning and a tiny crease lower corner; contents in fine condition. 'Klanak Press was a private press active in Vancouver from 1958 to 1990. Their aim was to publish quality limited editions of works by Canadian writers. The press emphasized the design and typography of its books as much as the writing itself with their colophon designed by the renowned Haida artist Bill Reid.' Eight Short Stories was one of Klanak Press first publication and Includes the first published fiction of Jane Rule "A Walk by Himself".