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Golden Treasury of Canadian Verse. in dustjacket

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Dent, 1928,:

Seller ID: 8286

STEPHEN, A.M. The Golden Treasury of Canadian Verse. Chosen by A.M. Stephen. Illustrated by E. Wallcousins. Toronto & London : J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928.First thus. Pp (6),vii-xiii,(1),1-146, including frontispiece. Small 8v, g rey cloth. Watters p.190. The poets in alphabetical order are: Louise MoreyBowman, George Frederick Cameron, William Wilfred Campbell, Bliss Carman, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Annie Charlotte Dalton, William Henry Drummond, Katherine Hale, Norah M. Holland, Hilda Mary Hooke, E Pauline Johnson, Archibald Lampman, Wilson MacDonald, Isabel Ecclestone Mackay, Charles Mair, Rob...
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Unconquerable North and Other Poems. First Edition in dustjacket. signed

By: STEVENSON, O.J.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1938,:

Seller ID: 294

STEVENSON, O.J. The Unconquerable North and Other Poems. Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1938. First Edition. Pp. (4),v-vi,(2),1-79, portrait frontispiece. 8vo, green cloth, gilt to front. Rhodenizer p.906,Watters p.191, Bibliography of Macmillan of Canada Imprints 818. Poems: "A t Fort Qu'Appelle", "A Country Doctor", Cataraqui", "The Man from Porlock","Louis Hébert - The Tiller of the Soil", Pathfinders" [on the French explo rers of Canada], "The Wheat", "Bushel for Bushel", "Remembrance Day", "The Red Ma...
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Then & Now : Poems. First Edition

By: STEVENSON, Warren

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, Fredericton, N.B., 1977, ISBN:0920110363:

Seller ID: 34525

STEVENSON, Warren. Then & Now : Poems. (Fredericton, N.B.) : Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1977. First Edition. Pp (4),5-68. 8vo, cream card covers, blank spine. The poems: "Kicking and Screaming", "Icarus", "Crone", "East Hastings Street: July 1963", "The Anti-Poet", "At English Bay", "Bouncing", "Afterthe Chinese", "When She Pulled the Trigger", "Metem-Psychosis", "After the Japanese", "To", "Fox in Box", "Waiting", "The Hunchback of Notre dame", " Heloise and Abelard", ...
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Book of Thirteen. First Edition, in dustjacket.

By: STORY, Gertrude

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, SK, 1981, ISBN:0920066526:

Seller ID: 100920

STORY, Gertrude. The Book of Thirteen. (Saskatoon, SK: Thistledown Press, 1981). First Printing. Pp. (12),[9]-105,(7). Square 8vo, black cloth with silver titles to spine. The first collection of verse by Story (b. September 19, 1929, near Sutherland, Saskatchewan) poet and fiction writer. Contents:Night Lovers; Portents; Whiskey Poems; Songs of Pain; Animals Dead; Birds of Prey. Very good in crisp dustjacket. Uncommon in hardcover. 50.00
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New Selected Poems. First Edition in dustjacket, signed with inscription.

By: STRAND, Mark

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Knopf, New York, 2007, ISBN:9780307262974: 2007

Seller ID: 102261

ISBN: 0307262979

STRAND, Mark. New Selected Poems. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Printing. Pp. (8),v-xi,(3),3-267,(5). 8vo, pale red paper-covered spine with red paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine.

Mark Strand (b. April 11, 1934, Summerside, Prince Edward Island – d. November 29, 2014, Brooklyn, New York) a Canadian-born American award-winning poet, essayist and translator.

"More than twenty-five years after the appearance of his first 'Selected Poems', we at last have a magnificent new gathering of Mark Strand's work, one that spans and celebrates his ...
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Blizzard of One : Poems. First Paperback Edition, signed.

By: STRAND, Mark

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000, ISBN:0375701370:

Seller ID: 107344

STRAND, Mark. Blizzard of One : Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2000). First Paperback Printing. Pp. (12),3-55,(5). 8vo, illustrated red and blue card covers with white lettering to front cover and spine. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The Pulitzer Prize winning author was born in Summerside, PEI, but raised in the United States where, 1990, he was chosenas Poet Laureate. Very good. Ex-libris Canadian poet Brian Bartlett. Signe d without inscription by Strand on the title page. 50.00
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East of Myloona. First Edition.

By: SUKNASKI, Andrew

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, SK, 1979, ISBN:0920066216:

Seller ID: 85745

SUKNASKI, Andrew. East of Myloona. (Saskatoon, SK: Thistledown Press, 1979). First Edition. Pp. (10),11-65,(3). 8vo, white card covers with black lettering to spine. Suknaski (b. July 30, 1942, near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan – d. May 3, 2012, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). A collection of free-verse bySaskatchewan's "Wood Mountain" poet. Illustrated with a selection of drawi ngs by Suknaski, from when he was writer-in-residence at the University of Manitoba. "Map/Compass", "Pacific Western Flight North", "Tjar Doornbos", "Icon and Axe", "Oliver Powder...
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Land They Gave Away : New & Selected Poems. First Edition.

By: SUKNASKI, Andrew

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NeWest Press, Edmonton, 1982, ISBN:0920316484:

Seller ID: 100811

SUKNASKI, Andrew. The Land They Gave Away : New & Selected Poems. Edmonton:NeWest Press, (1982). First Printing. Pp. (10),11-160. 8vo, decorated blue card covers with white titles to front and spine. Suknaski (b. July 30, 19 42, near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan – d. May 3, 2012, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). Includes the following poems: visual poems: "Carpenter", "Woman", and"Q"; from Wood Mountain Poems: "Homestead, 1914", "Jimmy Hoy's Place", "Ph ilip Well", "Nez Perces at Wood Mountain", "Poem to Sitting Bull and His Son Crowfoot...
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On First Looking Down From Lions Gate Bridge. First Edition.

By: SUKNASKI, Andrew

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Black Moss Press, Coatsworth, ON, 1976,:

Seller ID: 100810

SUKNASKI, Andrew. On First Looking Down From Lions Gate Bridge. (Coatsworth, ON): Black Moss Press, (January 1976). Printed by Kurt Rathfelder at The Porcupine's Quill. Pp. (24). Unpaginted. 8vo, stapled printed grey wraps with black titles to front cover. Suknaski (b. July 30, 1942, near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan – d. May 3, 2012, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). Includes the following poems: "Yeti", "The Pensioners", "Nightbus to Vancouver", "The Robson Street Waitress", "The Pigeon on Barclay Street", "Picasso / La fillette a la boule", "Terr...
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Montage for an Interstellar Cry. First Edition.

By: SUKNASKI, Andrew

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1982, ISBN:0888010486:

Seller ID: 100839

SUKNASKI, Andrew. Montage for an Interstellar Cry. (Winnipeg): Turnstone Press, (1982). First Printing. Pp. (12),13-75,(5). 8vo, printed blue card covers with grey titles to front, black titles to white spine. Suknaski (b. July 30, 1942, near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan – d. May 3, 2012, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). "In his new long poem, 'Montage for an Interstellar Cry', Suknaski draws on his roots in the experimental poetry of the 60's to producea pyrotechnic collage encompassing the MX missile, Wood Mountain, Pinochet 's Chile, prehistoric man and the world of urban fringes -- all co-or...
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Old Mill. First Edition.

By: SUKNASKI, Andrew

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Blewointmentpress, Vancouver, 1972,:

Seller ID: 100890

SUKNASKI, Andrew. Old Mill. (Vancouver): Blewointmentpress, (1972). First Printing. Pp. (22). Unpaginated. Illustrated. Squre 8vo, stapled decorated blue wraps with black titles to front. "printid in ltd ed uv 300 april/72". Suknaski (b. July 30, 1942, near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan – d. May 3, 2012, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). A slim collection of visual poetry by the Saskatchewan author. Previous owner's name inked to dedication page, four characters inked to corner verso rear cover, else very good. Due to the small size of this book, shipping costs will be cheaper than quoted. 20....
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Leaving

By: SUKNASKI, Andrew

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Repository Press, Seven Persons, Alberta, 1974,:

Seller ID: 98526

SUKNASKI, Andrew. Leaving. Seven Persons, Alberta: Repository Press, (1974). Pp. (6),7-78,(2). 8vo, cream card covers with yapped edges, brown lettering and illustration to front, blank spine. Suknaski (b. July 30, 1942, nearWood Mountain, Saskatchewan – d. May 3, 2012, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). Li mited edition of 500. Includes the following poems: "American Express", "Belinda", "Chatalet/Paris Metro", "The Children of Lire/A Sculpture", "Circles", "Deathlocks", "The Deer", "Devastated City/A Scultpure by Rotterdam's Harbour", ...
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In the Name of Narid : New Poems. First Edition.

By: SUKNASKI, Andrew COOLEY, Dennis, ed.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, 1981, ISBN:0889840377:

Seller ID: 100840

SUKNASKI, Andrew. In the Name of Narid. New Poems edited by Dennis Cooley. Erin, ON: The Porcupine's Quill, 1981. First Printing. Pp. (8),9-124,(4). Illustrated. 8vo, photo-illustrated white card covers with black titles to front and spine. Suknaski (b. July 30, 1942, near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan – d. May 3, 2012, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). Includes the following poems:"After 'A Prairie Boy's Sumer'", "Kosmach", "What Is Remembered", "Photogr aph from Poland", "A Letter to Mykola", "West to Tolstoi, Manitoba", "The First Syrota", ...
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Octomi. First Edition.

By: SUKNASKI, Andrew JOHNSON, William

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, 1976, ISBN:0920066038:

Seller ID: 85746

SUKNASKI, Andrew. Octomi. Poems by Andrew Suknaski. Drawings by William Johnson. (Saskatoon, Sask.): Thistledown Press, (1976). First Edition. Pp. (3),4-39,(1). Illustrated. Square 8vo, stapled brown card covers. Suknaski (b.July 30, 1942, near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan – d. May 3, 2012, Moose Ja w, Saskatchewan). A collection of poems by the Saskatchewan author, with a selection of drawings by his friend, Johnson. Very good. 20.00
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Jonestown: A Poem. First Edition.

By: SUTHERLAND, Fraser

Price: $12.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1996, ISBN:0771083165: 1996

Seller ID: 40213

ISBN: 0771083165

SUTHERLAND, Fraser. Jonestown : A Poem. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart, (1996). First Printing. Pp (8),9-168. 8vo (137 x 215 mm), illustrated cardcovers, with white lettering to black spine.

Fraser Sutherland (b. 1946, Pictou County, Nova Scotia) was living in Toronto at the time of publication.

"Fraser Sutherland, haunted by the People's Temple tragedy, has in this extraordinary long poem reconstructed Jonestown in all its horror and dark comedy, as well as the career of its monstrous architect. Like a cracked mirror image of Christ, the shadow of Jones fall on...
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Whitefaces. First Edition.

By: SUTHERLAND, Fraser

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Black Moss Press, 1986, ISBN:01974371482:

Seller ID: 60918

SUTHERLAND, Fraser. Whitefaces. (Windsor, ON) : Black Moss Press, (1986). First Edition. Pp. 64. 8vo, white ill. card covers. Fraser Sutherland (b. 1946, Pictou County, Nova Scotia). A selection of poems. Name, else vg. 15.00
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The Philosophy of As If. First Edition.

By: SUTHERLAND, Fraser

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Bookland Press, Toronto , 2010, ISBN:9780978439569: 2010

Seller ID: 86706

ISBN: 0978439562

SUTHERLAND, Fraser. The Philosophy of As If. Toronto, Canada : Bookland Press, (2010). First Printing. Pp (8),9-76,(4). 8vo (140 x 215 mm), art-illustrated blue card covers, lettered in light yellow.

Fraser Sutherland (b. 1946, Pictou County, Nova Scotia) was living in Toronto at the time of publication.

A selection of poetry.

Part I. Beggars Would Ride.
"A Party",
"Feeding",
"French Quarter, New Orleans",
"Bar Gitanos",
"Happiness",
"Green",
"Cloning",
"Procedure",
"Get Your Strength from Somewhere",
"Burnt R...
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Philosophy of As If. First Edition, Signed

By: SUTHERLAND, Fraser

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Bookland Press, Toronto , 2010, ISBN:9780978439569: 2010

Seller ID: 115045

ISBN: 0978439562

Within the Wound. First Edition, Signed.

By: SUTHERLAND, Fraser

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Northern Journey Press, Ottawa, 1976,: 1976

Seller ID: 116052

SUTHERLAND, Fraser. Within the Wound. (Ottawa : Northern Journey Press, 1976). First Edition. Unpaginated. Pp (24). 8vo (146 x 215 mm), black stapled cardcovers, with grey lettering to front.

Fraser Sutherland (b. 1946, Pictou County, Nova Scotia).

"Remembering H.D.S. 1941-1965".
"Good Times",
"The Piazza",
"Auden's Face",
"City Men",
"Mothers of Small Children",
"Singles Bar",
"Marcel",
"The Innocents",
"Expulsion",
"The Two Hearts of Frida Kahlo",
"Portrait of a Painter", "
On Foreign Women",
"Attraction",
"The Mat...
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Half a Life's History : Poems: New and Selected, 1957-1983

By: SWARD, Robert. Aya Press Poetry Series, 4).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Aya Press, Erin, ON, 1983, ISBN:0920544347:

Seller ID: 105446

SWARD, Robert. Half a Life's History : Poems: New and Selected, 1957-1983. (Erin, ON): Aya Press, (1983). First Paperback Printing. Pp. (8),9-78,(2). 8vo, printed yellow card covers with black, blue and red lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine. Aya Press Poetry Series, number 4.

"With this selection from the dozen volumes of verse he has published in the last25 years, Robert Sward proves himself to be one of Canada's finest poets - - and surely the one most neglected by his fellow-Canadians. [...] Energetic, adventurous, versatile, he is by turns the macabre surrealis...
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Keyword:LITERATURE FIRST CANADA CANADIAN LITERARY VERSE POETS POETRY