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Door, The. First American Printing in dustjacket

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston / New York, 2007, ISBN:9780618942725:

Seller ID: 106649

ATWOOD, Margaret. The Door. Boston / New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, (2007). First American Printing. Pp (10),3-120. 8vo, black cloth spine, black paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. This is Margaret Atwood's first book of poetry since her award-winning Morning in the Burned House. Contents : Part I. Gasoline; Europe on $5 a day; Year of the Hen; Resurrecting the dolls' house; Blackie in Antarctica; Mourning for cats; January; Butterfly; My mother dwindles; Crickets. Part II. The poet has come back; Heart; Your children cut their hands; Sor Juana works in the garden; Owl and Pu...
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Door, The. First Canadian Edition in dustjacket, signed.

By: ATWOOD, Margaret

Price: $60.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 2007, ISBN:9780771008801:

Seller ID: 109829

Door, The. First Canadian Edition in dustjacket, signed with inscription.

By: ATWOOD, Margaret

Price: $50.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 2007, ISBN:9780771008801:

Seller ID: 115165

Murder in the Dark : Short Fictions and Prose Poems. First Edition, Paperback.

By: ATWOOD, Margaret

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Coach House Press, Toronto, 1983, ISBN:0889102589:

Seller ID: 37547

ATWOOD, Margaret. Murder in the Dark : Short Fictions and Prose Poems. Toronto : Coach House Press, (1983). First Printing. Pp. (8),9-62,(2). 8vo, illustrated pink card covers with white spine, black lettering to front cover and spine. Slightly rubbed, else very good. 25.00
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Acta Victoriana, Vol. 84, No. 1, December, 1959

By: ATWOOD, Margaret) FRYE, Northrop

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Victoria College Union, Toronto, 1959,: 1959

Seller ID: 110452

(ATWOOD, Margaret). Acta Victoriana : A Magazine Published by the Victoria College Union, Volume LXXIV [sic], Number One, December, 1959. (Toronto) : Victoria College Union, (University of Toronto), 1959. Pp (1),iv-vii,1-26,(3). 8vo, maroon and white stapled wrappers.

The title page erroneously lists the issue as Volume LXXIV [74]. It should be LXXXIV [84].

Includes an early poem and a book review by Margaret Atwood : "Confessional" (a 13-line poem on page 8) [Alan J. Horne, Margaret Atwood : An Annotated Bibliography (Poetry), B7]; and "Apocalyptic Squawk ...
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Circle Game. First thus printing.

By: ATWOOD, Margaret. GRACE, Sherrill E., intro.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Anansi, Toronto, 1978, ISBN:0887840701:

Seller ID: 8678

ATWOOD, Margaret. The Circle Game. . Toronto : Anansi, (1978). First Anansipocketbook edition. Pp 95. Sm 8vo, card covers. House of Anansi Poetry, HA P3. Cover design by Frank Newfeld. Introduction by Sherrill E. Grace. Very good. 15.00
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SStill More Poems from a Newfoundland Village First Edition.

By: AVERY, Mabel RYAN, D.W.S., preface HUMBER, I.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Jesperson Press, St. John's , 1989, ISBN:0921692080:

Seller ID: 11468

ISBN: 0921692080

AVERY, Mabel. Still More Poems from a Newfoundland Village. (St. John's : Jesperson Press, 1989). First Printing. Pp (10),[3]-88. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated beige-ish card covers, black lettering to spine.

Mabel Avery (b. 1913, Old Perlican, Trinity Bay - d. May 22, 2007, Carbonear).

This, her third collection, has nine sections :
1. Round the Bay, Again;
2. Our Heritage;
3. Journeys;
4. Personal Notes; 5. Nature;
6. Reflections;
7. Devotions;
8. Humour;
9. Christmas.

Includes "Memories of a Newfoundland Village", "The Loss of...
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No Time. First Edition.

By: AVISON, Margaret

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Lancelot Press, Hantsport, NS, 1989,: 1989

Seller ID: 105452

ISBN: 0889994285

AVISON, Margaret. No Time. Hantsport, Nova Scotia : Lancelot Press, (1989). First Printing. Pp (6),7-185,(1). 8vo (140 x 203 mm), printed white glossy card covers with black spine, white & black lettering to front cover, with white lettering to black spine. With a small b&w photo of Avison on the rear cover.

Margaret Avison, O.C. (b. April 23, 1918, Galt, Ontario – July 31, 2007, Toronto) was living in Toronto at the time of publication.

A collection of poetry.

The Jo Poems :
I. Thank God, someone spoke plainly, but humanely.

II. One ...
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Winter Sun / The Dumbfounding : Poems, 1940-66. First M&S Editron.

By: AVISON, Margaret. Modern Canadian Poets series.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1982, ISBN:0771009836:

Seller ID: 78019

AVISON, Margaret. Winter Sun / The Dumbfounding : Poems, 1940-66. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1982). First M&S Printing. Pp. (10),11-191,(1). 8vo, printed blue card covers with red lettering to front cover and spine. Spadoni & Donnelly 3308. A volume in The Modern Canadian Poets series. "Winter Sun" was awarded the 1960 Governor General's Award for English language poetry and drama. "Margaret Avison is one of the most highly regarded poets in Canada, yet her work has been scarcely available for some years. With this reissue of her first two collections, readers who value integrity and co...
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Fishmarket & Other Poems. First Edition.

By: BAKER, Phyllis.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Press Gang Publishers, Vancouver, 1975,:

Seller ID: 105995

BAKER, Phyllis. Fishmarket & Other Poems. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers,(1975). First Printing. Pp. (2),3-48. 12mo, plain brown wraps with blue lettered white title wraparound band.

Includes the following poems:
"Fishmarket", 'Falls", "Our West", "Wyoming", "Song of Bread", "Giant Night", "Holy Innocent", "For the Sea", "I Dream Constantly in Sleep", "Auguring", "Storm", "Bamboo", "Elephants", "Donald", "The Horse", "The Worker", "The Porch","Stern Grove (San Francisco)", "Joan", "Sutro Baths (San Francisco)", "Vendor", "The Run", "Driving in Woods", "A Blade Cuts Out of G...
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Separate Sky

By: BANNERJI, Himani

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Dommesic Bliss, Toronto, 1982, ISBN:09196570036:

Seller ID: 106998

BANNERJI, Himani. A Separate Sky. (Toronto : Dommesic Blissm 1982). Pp (6),7-48. 8vo, illustrated orange card covers, lettered in black, with a blank spine. A selection of poems by, or translated by, the Calcutta-born author who now resides in Canada. Includes 25 poems by Bannerji, plus English translations by Bannerji of Bengali poems by Subhas Mukhapadhyay (6), Manbendra Bandyopadhyay (1) and Shamshur Rahman (1). Very good. 20.00
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Verse For All Seasons : Collected Poems. First Edition., Signed

By: BAUCHMAN, Rosemary

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Lancelot Press, 1985,: 1985

Seller ID: 18369

ISBN: 088999272X

BAUCHMAN, Rosemary. Verse For All Seasons : Collected Poems. Published by the Author, 1985. "Printed by Lancelot Press Limited, Hantsport , N.S.". First Edition. Pp (2),[3]-59,(1). 8vo (140 x 205 mm), art-illustrated white cardcovers, with green lettering to front cover & spine, with a b&w photo of Bauchman on rear cover.

Rosemary Bauchman, née Jefferies (b. September 3, 1919, Adelstrop, Gloucestershire, England - d. October 3, 2010, Victoria, B.C.) was living in Lakefield, Ontario at the time of publication with her husband Perry.

50 poems arranged in two sect...
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Landscape of Kin. Signed Paperback.

By: BERLAND, Jayne. Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 186).

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, Fredericton, 1976, ISBN:091919785x:

Seller ID: 107255

BERLAND, Jayne. Landscape of Kin. (Fredericton): Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1976. First Printing. Pp. (4),3-40,(6). 8vo, illustrated stapled white card covers with black lettering to front cover.

Fiddlehead Poetry Books, number 186. One of 500 copies.

Includes the following poems: "Sleep", "Portrait of My Mother", "Prodigy", "Pastoral", "Now", "I Had Two Grandfathers", "Ode to Julian's Grandfather", "Objectivity", "Un Willing", "Ballad", "Machines", "It Is Not Easy", "Eve, To Adam", "Noah's Wife", "Midwifery", "A New Disorder", "To My Daughter", "War Games", "When the War...
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On Nights Like This. First Edition.

By: BLUGER, Marianne

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Brick Books, Ilderton, ON, 1984, ISBN:0919626254:

Seller ID: 86578

BLUGER, Marianne. On Nights Like This . (Ilderton, ON): Brick Books, (1984). First Edition. Pp. (6),11-39,(1). 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. Marianne Bluger (1945-2005) was a Canadian poet, born in Ottawa, Ontario. Includes the poems "On Nights Like This", "5 a.m.", "Dance of the Turnips", "Hanging from a Helium Balloon", "Spring", "The Thousandth Spring Would be the Same", "Krishna-Shiva", "Jagdip 1968", "Shh, be quiet now", "David", "In the Station", "You burn me - Sappho", "The Snowscape...
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In the Smoky Light of the Fields.

By: BORSON, Roo

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Three Trees Press, Toronto, 1980, ISBN:0888230249:

Seller ID: 105889

BORSON, Roo. In the Smoky Light of the Fields. Toronto: Three Trees Press, 1980. First Printing. Pp. (6),7-48. 8vo, illustrated grey card covers with orange and dark grey lettering to front cover, grey lettering to spine. An early collection of verse by the future Governor General's Award-winning poet. Includes the following poems: "The View from Owl's Head", "The Farm in October", "Hotsprings Moon", "Sandstone", "Ancestors", "Scene in Black and White", "Scene in Silverpoint", "Cows", "The Song of the Sun", "Jupiter...
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Sad Device. First Printing.

By: BORSON, Roo

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Quadrant Editions, Dunvegan, 1981, ISBN:086495011x:

Seller ID: 105894

BORSON, Roo. A Sad Device. (Dunvegan): Quadrant Editions, (1981). First Printing. Pp. (8),9-63,(1). 8vo, illustrated mustard card covers with black lettering to front cover and spine.

The Canadian author's fourth collection of poems.

Name inked to first blank, four characters inked inside rear cover, else very good. 15.00
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Landfall. First Edition, signed.

By: BORSON, Roo Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 217

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, Fredericton, 1977, ISBN:0888230249:

Seller ID: 105890

BORSON, Roo. Landfall. (Fredericton): Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1977. First Printing. Pp. (4),5-55,(1). 8vo, illustrated white and black card covers with black lettering to front cover and spine. Fiddlehead Poetry Books, number 217. Limited to 600 copies. The future Governor General's Award-winner's first collection of poems. Includes the following poems: I: Migrations: "Nebula", "Mendocino", "The Canyon", "Five Silences", "Harbor", "The Lake", "Migrations", "The Opening", "Sometimes Now I Go Missing", "This Much", ...
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Transparence Of November Snow.

By: BORSON, Roo. MALTMAN, Kim.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Quarry Press, Kingston, 1985, ISBN:0919627307:

Seller ID: 33860

BORSON, Roo & Kim MALTMAN. The Transparence Of November Snow. (Kingston : Quarry Press, 1985). Pp. (10),11-67,(1). 8vo, illustrated blue card covers with white lettering to front cover and spine. Includes the following poems:I: The Transparence of November: "The Transparence of November", "Dove", ' Pearls", "Cygnus", "Upset, Unable to Sleep, I Go For a Walk and Stumble Upon Some Geese", "Winter", "Danger". II: Trust: "Pastorale", "Burn" ,"Dependence In Winter", "Fox", "Field Mouse", "Wood", "...
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Intent, or the Weight of the World.

By: BORSON, Roo. SCHENK, Sue.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart,, Toronto, 1989, ISBN:0771015887:

Seller ID: 57666

BORSON, Roo. Intent, or the Weight of the World. Photographs to text by SueSchenk. (Toronto) : McClelland & Stewart, (1989). First Printing. Pp. (6), 1-119,(3). Illustrated with [3] photographs to text. 8vo, illustrated whitecard covers with black and purple lettering to front cover, black letterin g to spine. Borson's seventh full-length collection of poetry. The poems include: "Coming into Summer", "Adjustments to the Hair and Clothes", "RubberBoots", "Chitons", "Fields for John Martin", "Tortoise", "Highway 27", "Ne braska", &#...
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Love As It Is. 1st Cdn

By: BOWERING, Marilyn

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Beach Holme Publishers Ltd., 1993, ISBN:0888783302:

Seller ID: 62526

BOWERING, Marilyn. Love As It Is. Victoria, BC : Beach Holme Publishers Ltd., (1993). First Edition. Pp. 97. 8vo, blue ill. card covers. Marilyn Bowering (b. April 13, 1949, Winnipeg). A collection of poems exploring the subtleties and variations of love. Vg. 12.00
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Keyword:LITERATURE CANADA POETRY WOMEN CANADIAN LITERARY POETS VERSE