Keyword:LITERATURE FIRST CANADA POETRY NEW BRUNSWICK CANADIAN LITERARY POETS VERSE

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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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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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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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Thanks for a Drowned Island. M&S edition in dustjacket.

By: BAILEY, Alfred G.

Price: $18.00

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

Seller ID: 105885

Border River. Indian File Book No.5. First Edition in dustjacket

By: BAILEY, Alfred Goldsworthy Indian File Book No.5

Price: $80.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto , 1952,:

Seller ID: 116010

BAILEY, Alfred Goldsworthy. Border River. Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1952. First Edition. Pp (10),11-61,(3). 8vo, navy cloth spine, decorative paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Watters p.11, Rhodenizer p.938, Laugher p.16, Spadoni & Donnelly 1392. Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey, OC, FRSC (b. March 18, 1905, Quebec City, Quebec – d. April 21, 1997, Fredericton, New Brunswick). No.5 in the Indian File series, with what amounts to an introduction by Malcolm Ross on the jacket flaps. Includes "Miramichi Lightning", "Best Seller" [blurbs, libidos, dust jackets], ...
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Planet Harbor. First Edition

By: BARTLETT, Brian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Goose Lane, 1989,: 1989

Seller ID: 37608

ISBN: 0864921020

BARTLETT, Brian. Planet Harbor. (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) : Goose Lane Editions, (1989). First Edition. Pp (8),9-95, (1). 8vo (139 x 215 mm), art-illustrated black & white cardcovers, with black lettering to white spine.

Brian Bartlett (October 1, 1953, St. Stephen, New Brunswick).

"For Brian Bartlett, a gesture, a dream, a co-incidence or an inexplicable bit of synchronicity can lead to a poem. In Planet Harbor, he has put together a collection of poems with a strong narrative line which draws upon experiences as diverse as a bus driver's salute,...
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Underwater Carpentry. First Edition, inscribed

By: BARTLETT, Brian

Price: $12.00

Publisher: 1993,:

Seller ID: 56900

BARTLETT, Brian. Underwater Carpentry. (Fredericton) : Goose Lane, (1993). First Edition. Pp (12),13-115,(1). 8vo, card covers. Brian Bartlett (October 1, 1953, St. Stephen, New Brunswick). A collection by this Halifax poet. Very good. Inscribed by the author. 12.00
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Granite Erratics. First Edition

By: BARTLETT, Brian

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Ekstasis Editions, Victoria, BC, 1997,:

Seller ID: 59013

BARTLETT, Brian. Granite Erratics. (Victoria, BC) : Ekstasis Editions, (1997). First Edition. Pp. 74. 8vo, white illustrated cardcovers. Brian Bartlett (October 1, 1953, St. Stephen, New Brunswick). A selection of poetical works by this Caandian author. Very good. 12.00
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Wanting the Day : Selected Poems. First Edition

By: BARTLETT, Brian

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, 2003, ISBN:0864923570:

Seller ID: 58699

BARTLETT, Brian. Wanting the Day : Selected Poems. (Fredericton): Goose Lane Editions, (2003). Pp. 127. 8vo, illustrated cardcovers, yellow lettering to black spine. Brian Bartlett (October 1, 1953, St. Stephen, New Brunswick). Very good. 12.00
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Ringing Here & There : A Nature Calendar

By: BARTLETT, Brian.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteiside, Markham, Ontario, 2914, ISBN:9781554553319:

Seller ID: 112723

BARTLETT, Brian. Ringing Here & There : A Nature Calendar. (Markham, Otario) : Fitzhenry & Whiteiside, (2014). First Printing. Pp (6),7-172,(4). 8vo, illustrated black card covers, lettered in orange, yellow and white. Brian Bartlett (October 1, 1953, St. Stephen, New Brunswick). "In this, his firstbook of prose, distinguished Canadian poet Brian Bartlett offers a daily d iary from spring to spring. In the tradoition of John Clare's notebooks andletters, Henry David Thoreau's journals, and Annie Dillard's Pilgfrim at T inker Creek, Bartlett looks out at his surroundings with a poet's eye f...
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Casemate Poems. First Edition, Signed..

By: BLADES, Joe

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Widows & Orphans, Waterloo, ON, 2004, ISBN:0978413018: 2004

Seller ID: 96899

BLADES, Joe. Casemate Poems. (Waterloo, ON): Widows & Orphans, (2004). First Edition. Pp. (8),[9]-66,(2). Illustrated with several b&w photos including one of a Sarah Petite encaustic . 8vo, photo-illustrated white and grey card covers with dark grey titles to front and spine.

Joseph 'Joe' Blades (b. August 29, 1961, Halifax, Nova Scotia), poet, artist and publisher, raised in Elmsdale and Dartmouth. He graduated from Prince Andrew High School and NSCAD.

"The two suites of 'casemate poems' were written during two one-week artist-in-residence stints in 2003 in Freder...
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Way Home. First Edition, Paperback

By: BREWSTER, Elizabeth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oberon, 1982, ISBN:0887504280:

Seller ID: 9735

BREWSTER, Elizabeth. The Way Home: New Poems. [Ottawa] : (Oberon Press, 1982). First Paperback Printing. Pp. (5),6-104. 8vo, cream and maroon card cvoers with cream lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine. Includesthe following poems: I. The Hoop: "Tired of Books", "Playing the Bones", " Spellbound", "Reading Fred's Poems", "Birthday", "Raising the Dead", "Graduation Evening", "Seeing My Picture as a Young Girl", "The Young Girl Waits for Love", "The Hoop", "New Year's Day, 1978", "On Reading...
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Garden of Sculpture. First Edition

By: BREWSTER, Elizabeth

Price: $10.00

Publisher: 1998, ISBN:0778010929:

Seller ID: 59086

BREWSTER, Elizabeth. Garden of Sculpture . [N.pl: N.pub], (1998). First Printing. Pp. 95. 8vo, illustrated white card covers. The New Brunswick poet'sseventeenth collection of works. Very good. 10.00
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Roads and Other Poems. First Edition

By: BREWSTER, Elizabeth Ryerson Poetry Chap-Book No.174

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press: 1957

Seller ID: 23789

BREWSTER, Elizabeth. Roads and Other Poems. Toronto : The Ryerson Press, (1957). First Edition. Pp (2),3-12. 8vo (131 x 197 mm), yellow paper-covered boards.

No. 173 in the Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books series, limited to 250 copies.

Watters p.25, Laugher p.57, Rhodenizer p.450.

Elizabeth 'Betty' Winifred Brewster, C.M. (b. August 26, 1922, Chipman, Queens County, New Brunswick – d. December 26, 2012, Saskatoon).

Includes :
"Roads",
"To Homai",
"On a Painting of the Assumption",
"Canon Bradley",
"Louisa",
"Home...
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Selected Poems of Elizabeth Brewster 1944-1977. First Edition, paperback.

By: BREWSTER, Elizabeth. MARSHALL, Tom, intro.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oberon, 1985, ISBN:0887505961:

Seller ID: 108435

BREWSTER, Elizabeth. Selected Poems of Elizabeth Brewster 1944-1977. Introduction by Tom Marshall. [Ottawa]: (Oberon, 1985). First Paperback Printing.Pp. (4),5-158,(2). 8vo, illustrated blue-grey card covers with black lette ring to front cover and spine. Cover art by Brian Jones. Includes: 40s: "Only the Subtle Things", "The Loneliness That Wrapped Her Round", "Jamie", "Coach Class", "River Song". 50s: "London Fog", "Block of Silence", "Granite's not Firm Enough", "Peace", "Roads", "To Homai", "If I Co...
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The Hound of Earth : A Selection of Poems. First Edition

By: BUTLER, J. Edward P.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: 1937,:

Seller ID: 11140

BUTLER, J. Edward P. The Hound of Earth : A Selection of Poems. (Newcastle, N.B.: The Author, 1937). First Edition "Printed in the office of The Union Advocate, Newcastle, N.B., Canada, a weekly newspaper, of which I am at the moment managing editor". Unpaginated. Pp (24). 8vo (165 x 253 mm), stapled blue cardcovers, with black lettering to front. The text is printed on green paper.

Laugher p.72, Watters p.30.

James Edward Patrick Butler (b. June 23, 1902, Newcastle, New Brunswick - d. September 20, 1987, Cambridge, New Brunswick).

Includes "The...
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Recollected in Tranquility : A Selection of Poems. First Edition

By: BUTLER, J. Edward P.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chatham, N.B., 1956,: 1956

Seller ID: 45347

BUTLER, J. Edward P. Recollected in Tranquility : A Selection of Poems. (Chatham, N.B.) : Privately Printed, 1956. First Edition. Pp (8),[1]-40,(2). 8vo (153 x 228 mm), brown card covers, with black lettering to front cover, with brown grained tape to unlettered spine.

Laugher p.72, Watters p.30.

James Edward Patrick Butler (b. June 23, 1902, Newcastle, New Brunswick - d. September 20, 1987, Cambridge, New Brunswick).

"Printing Limited to 200 Copies".
"Pitwood Pete",
"The Hound of Earth",
"Belloc's 'Joan of Arc'",
"St. Mary's Conven...
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Ballads of Lost Haven : A Book of the Sea. First Edition.

By: CARMAN, Bliss

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Lamson Wolfe & Co., Boston, 1897,:

Seller ID: 14665

CARMAN, Bliss. Ballads of Lost Haven : A Book of the Sea. Boston : Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1897. First Edition. Sm 8vo, green cloth. Watters p.36, Laugher p.85, Rhodenizer p.890. Spotted along lower edge of front and back boards, endpapers smudged, rear hinge cracked, owner's name, internally very good. 45.00
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Keyword:LITERATURE FIRST CANADA POETRY NEW BRUNSWICK CANADIAN LITERARY POETS VERSE