The Aliquando Press is a small press

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company in

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, owned and operated by William Rueter."Carrying Gutenberg's Torch: In the world of private presses, it takes all types". ''

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'', June 21, 1979. Aliquando Press' first book, ''A Bach Fugue'', was published in 1962. Since then, Aliquando Press has published more than 100 books. Broadsides are an important part of Aliquando Press' production. Rueter studied at the

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and at the

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in London, England. Because he controls production, he has been able to experiment freely with book design, calligraphy, hand-setting of type, printing and book-binding. In 1965, he printed a limited edition of

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's short story "

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", using cloister type in black and red ink on grey paper and a cover printed on handmade paper."Trio Print Books on Tiny Press". ''

'', August 26, 1965. He has written a book, ''Order Touched With Delight: Some Personal Observations on the Nature of the Private Press'', about typesetting and printing, has worked as a designer for the

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,"Homage to Hands in slender handset book". ''

'', April 7, 1976. and was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Book Designers. He has also designed several Canadian stamps for

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, and the cover of the 1981 ''Encyclopedia of Music in Canada''. The press' work has been shown in North America and Japan and is included in public and private collections in North American and Europe, including the Toronto, New York and San Francisco public libraries, the

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in Williamsburg, the

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and the Museum van het Boek in The Hague. Rueter was awarded the Robert R. Reid Award for lifetime achievement or extraordinary contributions to the book arts in Canada by the

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in 2013.

References

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External links

Aliquando Press websiteThe Aliquando Press Fonds
Massey College
Will Rueter on his Aliquando Press
odcast ''The Biblio File: Hosted by Nigel Neale'', 4 February 2012. Book publishing companies of Canada Companies based in Hamilton, Ontario Publishing companies established in 1962 Canadian companies established in 1962