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15 Canadian Poets. Second Printing.

By: GEDDES, Gary and Phyllis BRUCE NOWLAN, Alden COHEN, Leonard ONDAATJE, Michael

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1970, ISBN:0195401778

Seller ID: 101479

GEDDES, Gary and Phyllis BRUCE, (eds.). 15 Canadian Poets. Edited by Gary Geddes and Phyllis Bruce. Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1970. Second Printing. Pp. (4),v-xvi,(2),1-301,(1). 8vo, illustrated red and blue card covers with white lettering to front and black lettering to spine. This anthology includes the following poets: Earle Birney (8 poems), Al Purdy (10 poems), Irving Layton (13 poems), Raymond Souster (19 poems), Leonard Cohen (13 poems), D.G. Jones (12 poems), Alden Nowlan (14 poems), Margaret Avison (13 poems), Eli Mandel (12 poems), Margaret Atwood (11 poems), Gwendolyn ...
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15 Poems

By: MacKINNON, Ian

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, Fredericton, NB, 1972, ISBN:0919197078

Seller ID: 34462

MacKINNON, Ian. 15 Poems. (Fredericton, N.B. : Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1972). Pp (2),3-16. 8vo, stapled printed card covers.

An edition of 500 copies.

"Crows", "A Tour Around the Berlin Zoo starting at the main entrance Hardenbergplatz", "Configuration", "Configuration 'A'", "In the Park", "Arabesque", "Crossings", "The River Guadalquivir", "A Sight and a Sound", "Summer Storm", "Herr Bauer", "The Fountain", "Sailing Ship", and "The Sprinkler".

Very good. 20.00
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1890 Illustrated Montreal, The Metropolis of Canada : Its Romantic History,Its Beautiful Scenery, Its Grand Institutions, Its Present Greatness, Its Future Splendour. Charles G.D. Roberts association copy

By: Montreal – Viewbook)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Published by J. McConniff, Ticket Agent, Montreal , 1890,

Seller ID: 82187

(Montreal – Viewbook). 1890 Illustrated Montreal, The Metropolis of Canada : Its Romantic History, Its Beautiful Scenery, Its Grand Institutions, Its Present Greatness, Its Future Splendour. Montreal : Published by J. McConniff, Ticket Agent, 1890. Pp (64) unpaginated. Illustrated. Oblong small 8vo, red cloth spine (faux alligator skin), illustrated olive green paper covered boards, all edges dyed red. Annie L. Prat was an artist (watercolours) from Windsor, Nova Scotia. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860-1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Besides his own body of work, R...
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A Baker's Dozen : A Sheaf of Thirteen Occasional Poems. First Edition

By: BAYLEY, Robert Charlton

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Imprimerie Acadienne, 1947, : 1947

Seller ID: 36696

BAYLEY, Robert Charlton. A Baker's Dozen : A Sheaf of Thirteen Occasional Poems. Moncton, NB : Privately Printed by l'Imprimerie Acadienne Ltée., [ca 1947]. First Edition. Pp [16]. Small 8vo, printed stapled green wraps.

Laugher p. 27.

Robert Charlton Bayley (b. April 4, 1913, Buctouche, New Brunswick - d. 1995) Canadian educator, organist, choir conductor, composer.

Rubbed, owner's inscription, else very good. 30.00

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A Bonus. Second Edition, signed.

By: SMART, Elizabeth

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Polytantric Press, London, 1977, ISBN:0224014943

Seller ID: 109622

SMART, Elizabeth. A Bonus. [Introduction by Jill Neville]. London: Polytantric Press, (1977). Second Edition. Pp. (4),5-55,(1). 8vo, illustrated white card covers with black titles to front and spine. "After three decades of silence, Elizabeth Smart, author of the classic 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept', has produced these poems. Do not be deceived by their casual, throwaway style, their modest demeanor; these are distillations of experience which only someone who has suffered all and forgotten nothing could invoke. They have the clarity of death-bed visions though perceived...
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A Bonus. Second Edition.

By: SMART, Elizabeth

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Polytantric Press, London, 1977, ISBN:0224014943

Seller ID: 100918

SMART, Elizabeth. A Bonus. [Introduction by Jill Neville]. London: Polytantric Press, (1977). Second Edition. Pp. (4),5-55,(1). 8vo, illustrated white card covers with black titles to front and spine. " After three decades of silence, Elizabeth Smart, author of the classic 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept', has produced these poems. Do not be deceived by their casual, throwaway style, their modest demeanor; these are distillations of experience which only someone who has suffered all and forgotten nothing could invoke. They have the clarity of death-bed visions though perceived...
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A Difficult Faith. First Edition.

By: LEMM, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pottersfield Press, Porters Lake, 1985, : 1985

Seller ID: 7500

ISBN-13: 9780919001206

LEMM, Richard. A Difficult Faith. Porters Lake, Nova Scotia : Pottersfield Press, (1985). First Edition. No printer given. Pp (6),7-63,(1). 8vo (135 x 212 mm), photo-illustrated blue glossy card covers, with white lettering to covers & spine. Richard Lemm (b. September 7, 1946, Seattle, Washington) was living in Charlottetown at the time of publication. There is a b&w photo of him on the rear cover. His second book of poetry. Part I. Secret Purpose. "While Your Natives", "Lady from South Africa", "Only Your Fever" (for Libby), "A Few Transformations", "Passing The Time in...
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A Golden Treasury of Polish Lyrics. Selected and Rendered into English by Watson Kirkconnell. Knight (Officer's Cross) of the Order of Polonia Restituta. First Edition, Signed

By: KIRKCONNELL, Watson DYBOSKI, Roman, foreword

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Polish Press, Winnipeg , 1936, : 1936

Seller ID: 68706

KIRKCONNELL, Watson. A Golden Treasury of Polish Lyrics. Selected and Rendered into English by Watson Kirkconnell. Knight (Officer's Cross) of the Order of Polonia Restituta. With a Foreword by Roman Dyboski, Professor in the University of Krakow. Winnipeg : The Polish Press, Limited, 1936. Pp (5),6-109,(3). Small 8vo (129 x 171 mm), yellow matte card covers, with dark green lettering to front cover, with no lettering to spine. Snelson 94, Laugher p.284. Watson Kirkconnell O.C., F.R.S.C. (b. May 16, 1895, Port Hope, Ontario - d. February 26, 1977, Wolfville, Nova Scotia). Wit...
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A Knight in Dried Plums. First Edition

By: McFADDEN, David.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, 1975, ISBN:0771057806 : 1975

Seller ID: 105442

ISBN-13: 9780771057809

McFADDEN, David. A Knight in Dried Plums. [Cover photo: Bill Brooks]. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1975). First Printing. Pp. (7),8-95,(1). 8vo (148 x 228 mm), photo-and art-illustrated card covers, with purple & white lettering to front cover, purple & black lettering to white spine. Spadoni & Donnelly 2659. David William McFadden (b. October 11, 1940, Hamilton, Ontario – d. June 6, 2018, Toronto). His ninth collection of poetry. "David McFadden has spent a third of a century living at the western tip of Lake Ontario, and since childhood he has been producing an...
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A Lattice for Momos. First Edition in dust jacket, Double signed

By: EVERSON, R.G. DUDEK, Louis, foreword HAWORTH, Colin

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Contact Press, Toronto, 1958, : 1958

Seller ID: 34265

EVERSON, R.G. A Lattice for Momos. Foreword by Louis Dudek. Drawings by Colin Haworth. Toronto, Canada : Contact Press, (1958). First Edition. "Printed by Cambridge Press Limited, Montreal Canada". Pp (10),1-58,(4). Illustrated. 8vo (163 x 213 mm), pale blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Watters p.67. Ronald Gilmour Everson (b. November 18, 1903, Oshawa, Ontario – d. February 16, 1992, Burlington, Vermont). Colin Reid Haworth (b. March 11, 1916, Ottawa - d. April 27, 1998, Montreal). Previous owner's pencilled name and address to rear endpaper, else very good in nicked p...
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A Planet Mostly Sea : Two Poems. First Edition

By: WAYMAN, Tom

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1979, : 1979

Seller ID: 101955

ISBN-13: 9780888010353

WAYMAN, Tom. A Planet Mostly Sea : Two Poems. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1979. First Printing. Pp. (10),11-62,(10). 8vo (147 x 224 mm), art- and photo-illustrated black card covers with black lettered white title block to front, white lettering to black spine. Thomas 'Tom' Ethan Wayman (b. August 13, 1945, Hawkesbury, Ontario). Arranged in two poem sequences : "Asphalt Hours, Asphalt Air" "1. Quitting in the Spring", "2. What the Women Said", "3. Dieppe Park", "4. Why There Is No Calm Here", and "5. Recording Tachometer. "Long Beach Suite". "i The Washerwoman", "ii Schoo...
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A Planet Mostly Sea : Two Poems. First Edition, Signed

By: WAYMAN, Tom

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1979, : 1979

Seller ID: 34547

ISBN-13: 9780888010353

WAYMAN, Tom. A Planet Mostly Sea : Two Poems. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1979. First Printing. Pp. (10),11-62,(10). 8vo (147 x 224 mm), art- and photo-illustrated black card covers with black lettered white title block to front, white lettering to black spine. Thomas 'Tom' Ethan Wayman (b. August 13, 1945, Hawkesbury, Ontario). Arranged in two poem sequences : "Asphalt Hours, Asphalt Air" "1. Quitting in the Spring", "2. What the Women Said", "3. Dieppe Park", "4. Why There Is No Calm Here", and "5. Recording Tachometer. "Long Beach Suite". "i The Washerwoman", "ii Schoo...
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A Poem As Long As the Highway. First Edition.

By: BARBOUR, Douglas

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Quarry Press, Kingston, 1971,

Seller ID: 100956

BARBOUR, Douglas. A Poem As Long As The Highway. Kingston : The Quarry Press, (1971). First Printing. Pp. (36). Unpaginated. 8vo, decorated grey card covers with red titles to front, blank spine. The Winnipeg-born author's second collection of poems. "'The Poem As Long As The Highway' is a sequence of delicate and haunting lyrics celebrating the discovery (or re-discovery)of the West. its theme is that response of homage to the ancient land that is the beginning of a viable Canadian culture." - from the rear cover. Very faint brown toning to fore-edge, else very good. 16.00
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A Poem in My Soup : A Newfoundland Sampler with Selected Poetry of Geraldine Rubia. First Edition

By: RUBIA, Geraldine MORGAN, Jennifer

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1980, : 1980

Seller ID: 13405

ISBN: 09205022425

RUBIA, Geraldine. A Poem in My Soup : A Newfoundland Sampler with Selected Poetry of Geraldine Rubia. Cover designs and illustrations by Jennifer Morgan. (St. John's, Newfoundland) : Jesperson Press, (1980). First Edition. Pp (3),iv-[viii],[1]-212,(4). 8vo, green cardcovers. See ENL IV:654-5 for Rubia (b.1929). Geraldine 'Gerry' Rubia, née Chafe .(b. July 4, 1929, Brooklyn, New York [of Newfoundland parents] - d. October 22, 2016, St. John's) "As early as 1969, I conceived the idea of putting together a book of recipes and poems. Being enthusiastic about both cooking and poetry, I th...
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A Quebec Bouquet. First Edition, Signed

By: WICKENDEN, Helen Slack

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Stratford Company, Boston, 1930, : 1930

Seller ID: 35405

WICKENDEN, Helen Slack. A Quebec Bouquet. Boston : The Stratford Company, (1930). First Edition. "Printed by the Alpine Press, Inc., Boston, Mass." Pp (10),1-35,(3). 8vo (130 x 192 mm), mauve paper-covered boards, with printed paper label to front board & spine. Watters p. 211. Helen Louise Slack Wickenden, née Slack (b. December 27, 1887, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut - d. April 9, 1976, Montreal). A book of poetry by a New Englander after a visit to the Province of Quebec. 23 poems including : "Sweet Grass", "To Madeleine de Verchères", "The Duck Islands", "At an Old H...
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A Selection of Poems by Donald Ross (Rhyming with Ross) Vol. I - 1991. First Edition

By: ROSS, Donald

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Donald Ross : 1991

Seller ID: 44848

ROSS, Donald. A Selection of Poems by Donald Ross (Rhyming with Ross) Vol. I - 1991. No place [Baddeck] : no publisher [Donald Ross], 1991. First Edition. "Printed by Northside Printers Ltd., North Sydney, NS". Pp (2),3-68. 8vo (135 x 212 mm), stapled white art-illustrated glossy card covers. Donald Ross (b. July 14, 1912 Whitney Pier, Sydney, Cape Breton - d. October 13, 2007, Baddeck) was living in Baddeck at the time of publication. There is a small b&w photo of him on page 8. Foreword. A selection of verse including : "The Shovel and Pick." "The Hanging." "The Snore." "No Wat...
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A Sense of Themselves : Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community. First Edition

By: HARRIS, Carol E. MURRAY, Elizabeth

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing, Halifax, 1998, : 1998

Seller ID: 31459

ISBN-13: 9781895686999

HARRIS, Carol E. A Sense of Themselves : Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community. Halifax : Fernwood Publishing, (1998). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada by: Hignell Printing Limited". Pp [1]-192. With 44 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (153 x 228 mm), photo-illustrated semi-glossy card covers, with white lettering to spine. Elizabeth 'Betty' Kathleen Murray (b. January 2, 1917, Tatamagouche - d. June 15, 1996, Halifax). Carol Elizabeth Harris (b. 1940) was teaching ath the University of Victoria at the time of publication. "This vivid portrayal of the late Eli...
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A Ship Portrait : A Novella-In-Verse. First Edition in dustjacket

By: THURSTON, Harry O'BRIEN, John

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Gaspereau Press, Kentville, NS, 2005, ISBN:1554470064 : 2005

Seller ID: 76469

ISBN-13: 9781554470068

THURSTON, Harry. A Ship Portrait : A Novella-In-Verse. Kentville, Nova Scotia : Gaspereau Press, Printers & Publishers, 2005. First Printing. Pp (6),7-94,(2). Illustrated with four colour reproductions of John O'Brien's paintings. 8vo (136 x 216 mm), printed dark grey & gold cardcovers. The text is printed in both black & blue. Harry Kenneth Thurston (b. March 3, 1950, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia). "A Ship Portrait is a tribute to the life and art of John O'Brien, nineteenth-century painter of ships. Built upon two voices, O'Brien's and the poet's, the poem traces the painter's life in H...
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A Ship Portrait : A Novella-In-Verse. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: THURSTON, Harry O'BRIEN, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Gaspereau Press, Kentville, NS, 2005, ISBN:1554470064 : 2005

Seller ID: 100552

ISBN-13: 9781554470068

THURSTON, Harry. A Ship Portrait : A Novella-In-Verse. Kentville, Nova Scotia : Gaspereau Press, Printers & Publishers, 2005. First Printing. Pp (6),7-94,(2). Illustrated with four colour reproductions of John O'Brien's paintings. 8vo (136 x 216 mm), printed dark grey & gold cardcovers. The text is printed in both black & blue. Harry Kenneth Thurston (b. March 3, 1950, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia). "A Ship Portrait is a tribute to the life and art of John O'Brien, nineteenth-century painter of ships. Built upon two voices, O'Brien's and the poet's, the poem traces the painter's life in H...
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A Taste for Words. First Edition

By: WELCH, Liliane Seven Times Five, 2)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Purple Wednesday Society, Saint John, 1987 : 1987

Seller ID: 101814

ISBN-13: 9780920492109

WELCH, Liliane. A Taste for Words. Saint John : The Purple Wednesday Society, April 1987. First Edition. "Printing by Keystone Printing". Pp (8). Unpaginated. 8vo (140 x 216 mm), stapled art-illustrated printed matte orange card covers, with white lettering to front. Volume 2 in the Seven Times Five series. One of three hundred copies. Liliane Welch, née Meyer (b. October 20, 1937, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - d. September 20. 2010, Sackville, New Brunswick) a long-time resident of Sackville. Includes the following poems: "Rise for Light", "Flowers of Evil", "Chekhov's Kiss", ...
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