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A Bonus. Second Edition, signed.

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 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 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 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 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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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 from a Splendid Auk" (a review ...
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After the War. First Paperback Edition, Signed

By: WAINWRIGHT, Andy

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Mosaic Press / Valley Editions : 1981

Seller ID: 117333

ISBN-13: 9780889621473

WAINWRIGHT, Andy. After the War. (Oakville, Ontario) : Mosaic Press / Valley Editions, (1981). First Paperback Printing. "Printed by Les Editions Marquis Ltée". Pp (16),3-65,(1). 8vo (153 x 229 mm), photo-illustrated glossy olive card covers, with red & white lettering to covers & spine. John Andrew 'Andy' Wainwright (b. 1946, Toronto) long-time professor at Dalhousie University, was living in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the time of publication. Poems: "The Beach at Shinar", "The Swimmers", "Yiannis' Song", "Sunday in Erossos", "Young Salvatore", "Chilean Generals", "For the Irish Women's P...
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All That Glitters in Water. In The New Poets Series,. Signed, with inscription

By: LANGILLE, Carole Glasser New Poets Series

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New Poets Series, Baltimore, Maryland , 1990, ISBN:0932616291

Seller ID: 40861

LANGILLE, Carole Glasser. All That Glitters in Water. Baltimore : The New Poets Series, MCMXC. [1990]. First Edition. Pp (8),3-56,(2). 8vo, white illustrated cardcovers. Carole Glasser Langille , born in New Yorker City, now living in Black Point, Nova Scotia. "Town Names Like Orchards", "A Clear Map", "Route 103", "Down Ann Street", "Had We Been on a Tram", "The Beach at Balbec (for Marcel Proust)","Amphibious (for Adrienne Rich)", "Your Hands at Your Sides", "Sons of Absent Men", "Babi Yar (for Anatoly Kuznetsov)", "Zelda (for Zelda Fitzgerald)", and many more. "The elegiac tone in Xarloe Gl...
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All That Glitters in Water. In The New Poets Series.

By: LANGILLE, Carole Glasser New Poets Series

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Poets Series, Baltimore, Maryland , 1990, ISBN:0932616291

Seller ID: 20919

LANGILLE, Carole Glasser. All That Glitters in Water. Baltimore : The New Poets Series, MCMXC. [1990]. First Edition. Pp (8),3-56,(2). 8vo, white illustrated card covers. Carole Glasser Langille , born in New Yorker City, now living in Black Point, Nova Scotia. "Town Names Like Orchards", "A Clear Map", "Route 103", "Down Ann Street", "Had We Been on a Tram", "The Beach at Balbec (for Marcel Proust)","Amphibious (for Adrienne Rich)", "Your Hands at Your Sides", "Sons of Absent Men", "Babi Yar (for Anatoly Kuznetsov)", "Zelda (for Zelda Fitzgerald)", and many more. "The elegiac tone in Xarloe G...
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All There Is of Love. Cdn in dustjacket.

By: KOLBER, Sandra

Price: $15.00

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1969,

Seller ID: 7609

KOLBER, Sandra. All There Is of Love. Toronto / Montreal : M & S, (1969). Pp. [1]-100. 8vo, tan cloth.

Spadoni & Donnelly 2107.

Very good in price-clipped dustjacket. 15.00
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Alma. First Edition, Signed.

By: LeBLANC, Georgette. Collection Poesie).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Editions Perce-Neige, Moncton, : 2007

Seller ID: 111641

ISBN-13: 9782922992410

LeBLANC, Georgette. Alma.. (Moncton, N.-B.) : Les Éditions Perce-Neige, (2007). First Edition. "Imprimé au Canada sur les presses de l'imprimerie Gauvin, Gatineau, Québec." Pp (8),9-95,(9). 8vo (127 x 190 mm), photo-illustrated off-white matte, textured card covers with dark lettering to covers & spine. Dans le Collection Poésie. Georgette LeBlanc (b. 1977, Chicaben, Nova Scotia) was living in Nova Scotia at the time of publication. We have had two binding variants, with the primacy unknown to us. Text in French. Includes: "Les noces d'enfants", "Dehors", "Deux pieds de neige", "La...
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Along the Bay of Fundy. First Edition, Signed

By: THURBER, Helen Ruggles

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1995, : 1995

Seller ID: 49190

THURBER, Helen Ruggles. Along the Bay of Fundy. N. pl.: "Printed by Express Print, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia" [1995]. First Edition. Pp. (5),6-52. With 5 b&w photos as well as other illustrations in the text. Small 8vo, stapled white illustrated cardcovers. Helen Louise Ruggles Thurber (b. 1962) was living in Digby at the time of publication. A small book of poetry, songs and a few short touristic pieces about the people and fishing villages found along Dibgy Neck, Nova Scotia. Author's note dated March 11, 1995. Includes : "Fundy Fishing Fleet" a poem by Nancy Walsh; "Seaweed Necklace...
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Along the Sea Wall. First Edition, hardcover in dustjacket, Signed

By: HELLER, Liane

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Oberon, 1995, ISBN:0778010228

Seller ID: 103753

HELLER, Liane. Along the Sea Wall. [Ottawa]: (Oberon Press, 1995). First Edition. Pp (5),6-95,(1). 8vo, black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Liane Heller (b 1954, Paris). The poems: "Echoes", "Yes No", "Birthday Card", "I Wanted to Go On", "Along the Sea Wall", "Satisfaction", "Point No Point, B.C.", "Pen", "Tea-Masters Café, 4 PM", "Aubade", "As Always", "Words As", "One of the Boys (For Naomi Pauls)", "Yellow Sub", "For Kerouac", "In a Magnifying Mirror", "Wh...
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Along the Sea Wall. First Edition, paperback

By: HELLER, Liane

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Oberon Press, Ottawa, 1995, ISBN:0778010228

Seller ID: 40229

HELLER, Liane. Along the Sea Wall. [Ottawa]: (Oberon Press, 1995). First Edition. Pp 95,(1). 8vo, illustrated card covers. Liane Heller (b 1954, Paris). The poems: "Echoes", "Yes No", "Birthday Card", "I Wanted to Go On", "Along the Sea Wall", "Satisfaction", "Point No Point, B.C.", "Pen", "Tea-Masters Cafe, 4 PM", "Aubade", "As Always", "Words As", "One of the Boys (For Naomi Pauls)", "Yellow Sub", "For Kerouac", "In a Magnifying Mirror", "Why Do I Have to Retrea...
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Along the Sea Wall. First Edition, paperback, Signed

By: HELLER, Liane

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oberon, 1995, ISBN:0778010228

Seller ID: 62209

HELLER, Liane. Along the Sea Wall. [Ottawa]: (Oberon Press, 1995). First Edition. Pp 95,(1). 8vo, illustrated card covers. Liane Heller (b 1954, Paris). The poems: "Echoes", "Yes No", "Birthday Card", "I Wanted to Go On", "Along the Sea Wall", "Satisfaction", "Point No Point, B.C.", "Pen", "Tea-Masters Cafe, 4 PM", "Aubade", "As Always", "Words As", "One of the Boys (For Naomi Pauls)", "Yellow Sub", "For Kerouac", "In a Magnifying Mirror", "Why Do I Have to Retrea...
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Another Island Poet : Revisited, Revised, Enlarged, Signed

By: SHERREN, Douglas Henry

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Author, TWiG Publications, Stratford, PE, 2003, ISBN:9780973064230

Seller ID: 115979

SHERREN, Douglas Henry. Another Island Poet : Revisited, Revised, Enlarged.Stratford, Prince Edward Island : (The Author, TWiG Publications, 2003). Pp(8),9-281,(1). Illustrated with some b&w photos in the text. 8vo, white ca rdcovers, with black lettering to dcovers & spine. Douglas Henry Sherren ((b. 1920, Crapaud, Prince Edward Island) “For years, many eagerly anticipated and read Joan Barberis' thoughful and witty columns in the Saint John, NB, Telgraph Journal. Wendy Dathan, using Joan’s personal travel journal, letters and columns, reveals a diminutive (5ft.) Navy Wren at a Loran naval ba...
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Anyone Can See I Love You. First Edition.

By: BOWERING, Marilyn MONROE, Marilyn)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Porcupine's Quill, Erin, 1987, ISBN:0889841047

Seller ID: 100915

BOWERING, Marilyn. Anyone Can See I Love You. Erin, ON : The Porcupine's Quill, 1987. First Printing. Pp. (6),7-77,(3). 8vo, illustrated pale blue card covers with red lettering to front and black lettering to spine. Marilyn Bowering (b. April 13, 1949, Winnipeg). Bowering's seventh collection of verse. "In this extraordinary cycle of poems, we hear and are spell-bound by the voice of Marilyn Monroe. Her vulnerability and toughness, her narcissism and immaturity, and above all the mystery of Monroe's innocence are perfectly conveyed. Bowering sees both that her character's sufferin...
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