Keyword:LITERATURE FIRST CANADA CANADIAN LITERARY VERSE POETS POETRY

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Dig Up My Heart : Selected Poems 1952-83. First Edition.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: McCleland and Stewart, Toronto, 1983, ISBN:0771000030:

Seller ID: 40945

ACORN, Milton. Dig Up My Heart : Selected Poems 1952-83. (Toronto) : McCleland and Stewart, (1983). First Edition. Pp. (16),17-221,(3). 8vo, brown card covers with black lettering to front and spine. In The Modern Canadian Poets Series. Milton James Rhode Acorn (b. March 30, 1923, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. – d. August 20, 1986, Charlottetown), nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. Spadoni and Donnelly 3408. "There is only one Milton Acorn. Gritty, heart-stricken, boisterous, soaring, this is a poet of vast anger and vast tendern...
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Island Means Minago. First Edition in dustjacket

By: ACORN, Milton

Price: $140.00

Publisher: NC Press, 1975,:

Seller ID: 40876

ACORN, Milton. The Island Means Minago. Toronto : NC Press, 1975. First Edition. Pp [1]-122,(6). 8vo, brown cloth. Milton James Rhode Acorn (b. March 30, 1923, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. – d. August 20, 1986, Charlottetown), nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. Near-fine in very lightly rubbed dustjacket. 140.00
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I Shout Love and other poems. First Edition.

By: ACORN, Milton. DEAHL, James (ed.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Aya Press, Toronto, 1987, ISBN:0920544509:

Seller ID: 58499

ACORN, Milton. I Shout Love and other poems. Edited [and with an introduction] by James Deahl. Toronto : Aya Press, 1987. First Printing. Pp. (8),9-[92],(4). 8vo, green illustrated card covers with black lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine.

Milton James Rhode Acorn (b. March 30, 1923,Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. – d. August 20, 1986, Charlottetown), nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. "'I Shout Love and Other Poems' collects, for the first time, all of the poems from Milton Acorn's first three small publica...
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Whiskey Jack. First Edition, paperback.

By: ACORN, Milton. PURDY, Al, introd.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: HMS Press, Toronto , 1986, ISBN:0919957218:

Seller ID: 12796

ACORN, Milton. Whiskey Jack. Introduction by Al Purdy. Toronto : HMS Press,(October 1986). First Printing (stated). Pp. (2),3-47,(1). 8vo, illustrated white card covers with blank spine, red lettering to front cover.

28 poems by Acorn (1923-1986) of Prince Edward Island.

Includes the following poems:
"The Raven Conceit", "The Redheaded Woodpecker", "The Great Blue Heron","Hummingbird", "Notions In A Letter From Outback", "At Saint Michael's Hospital", "The Bourgeoisie", "Garbage", "A Mass For The Unborn New Dead", "To Draw a Robin", "Nest with an Eagle", "The Ball...
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Poetical Remains of Peter John Allan, Esq., Late of Fredericton, New Brunswick. With a Short Biographical Notice. First Edition. in original cloth

By: ALLAN, Peter John. CHRISTMAS, Henry, ed.

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Smith, Elder, & Co, London, 1853,:

Seller ID: 86101

ALLAN, Peter John. The Poetical Remains of Peter John Allan, Esq., Late of Fredericton, New Brunswick. With a Short Biographical Notice. Edited by theRev. Henry Christmas. London : Smith, Elder, & Co., MDCCCLIII [1853]. Firs t Edition. Pp (4),[v]-xxiv,[1]-171,(1). 8vo, maroon pressed cloth, gilt lettering to spine. TPL 5364. "Peter John Allan (June 6, 1825 – October 21, 1848) was a Canadian poet. Peter John Allan was born in York, England, the third son of Dr. Colin Allan and Jane Gibbon. Peter John Allan's father was Chief Medical Officer at Halifax before moving to Fredericton in 1836 ...
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Other Realities.

By: AMPRIMOZ, Alexandre L.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Three Trees Press, Toronto, 1980,:

Seller ID: 18590

AMPRIMOZ, Alexandre L. Other Realities. (Toronto : Three Trees Press, 1980). First Edition. 8vo, card covers. Small chip to spine, else very good. 10.00
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White Centre. First Edition in dustjacket

By: ANDERSON, Patrick

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1946,:

Seller ID: 84959

ANDERSON, Patrick. The White Centre. Toronto : The Ryerson Press, (May 1946). First Printing. Pp (6),vii-viii,(2),1-72,(2). 8vo, white paper covered boards, red lettering to front board and spine, with a matching dustjacket. Watters p.7, Rhodenizer p.946. Patrick John MacAllister Anderson (1915-1979) was an English-born Canadian poet. He taught in McGill University between1940 and 1950. "Patrick Anderson was educated at Oxford, where he was a Sc holar of his College and President of the Union, and at Columbia, where he held a Commonwealth Fellowship. For the past six years he has lived in ...
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Return to Canada : Selected Poems. First Edition, Paperback.

By: ANDERSON, Patrick. DE VISSER, John, cover photo).

Price: $12.50

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1977, ISBN:0771007051:

Seller ID: 108532

ANDERSON, Patrick. Return to Canada : Selected Poems. (Toronto): McClellandand Stewart, (1977). First Paperback Printing. Pp. (8),9-110,(2). 8vo, ill ustrated grey card covers, black spine, white and red lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine. Front cover photograph: John de Visser. "These new and selected poems include the most famous and influential work of awriter whose impact on Canadian poets and poetry is still felt and appreci ated. Patrick Anderson's poetry is marked by apt metaphors, rich imagery, and musical rhythms, a fusion of sound and sense that is at once emotion...
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Treason

By: ANDREWS, Shari

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Wild East Publications, Fredericton, 1990,:

Seller ID: 54042

ANDREWS, Shari. Treason. (Fredericton: Wild East Publications, 1990). Pp. 26. 8vo, stapled pink card covers, black titles and illustrations to front. Salmanaca No. 14. A selection of poetry, the first book by this New Brunswick author. Very good. 15.00
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Door, The. First American Printing in dustjacket

By: ATWOOD, Margaret

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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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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Songs of the Saguenay and Other Poems.

By: BAILEY, Alfred

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chronicle Telegraph Publishing Company, Quebec, 1927,:

Seller ID: 21570

BAILEY, Alfred. Songs of the Saguenay and Other Poems. Quebec : (Chronicle Telegraph Publishing Company), 1927. Pp (5),6-34,(2). 8vo, purple cloth. Watters p.11, Rhodenizer p.938, Laugher p.16. The first book by Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey (b. March 18, 1905, Quebec City - d.April 21, 1997, Fredericton, New Brunswick). Spine sunned, hinges starting, else very good. 35.00
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The Sun the Wind the Summer Field. First Edition

By: BAILEY, Alfred G.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Goose Lane Editions, 1996, ISBN:0864921942: 1996

Seller ID: 64692

ISBN: 0864921942

BAILEY, Alfred G. The Sun the Wind the Summer Field. (Fredericton, New Brunswick) : Goose Lane Editions, (1996). First Edition. Pp. (8),9-83,(1). With 3 b&w photos in the text. Small 8vo (146 x 178 mm), pale green illustrated card covers, red & black ettering to front & spine.

Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey, OC, FRSC (b. March 18, 1905, Quebec City, Quebec – d. April 21, 1997, Fredericton, New Brunswick).

" "The Sun the Wind the Summer Field gathers together a half-century of poems by one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters. Some poems are the...
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Thanks for a Drowned Island. First Edition in dustjacket. Signed

By: BAILEY, Alfred G.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart , Toronto, 1973, ISBN:0771010036:

Seller ID: 100013

BAILEY, Alfred G. Thanks for a Drowned Island. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1973). First Edition. Pp [1]-96. 8vo, green cloth, silver lettering to spine. Spadoni & Donnelly 2410. “Steeped in the culture and history of Eastern Canada, the poetry of Alfred G. Bailey spans almost fifty years of artistic development. This volume constitutes his selected poems and ineludes his own choice of the best works of his career, from his early traditional verse to the venturesome rhythmic and verbal patterns of his later writing.” (from the dj). This collection includes : Thanks for a Dr...
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Keyword:LITERATURE FIRST CANADA CANADIAN LITERARY VERSE POETS POETRY