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1450-1950

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Jargon Books in association with Corinth Books, New York, 1959,

Seller ID: 110339

BROWN, Bob. 1450-1950. (New York : Jargon Books in association with Corinth Books, 1959). Pp (66). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated white card covers, lettered in red and brown. Jargon 29. A book of visual poetry first published in a limited edition of 150 copies by Black Sun Press in 1929. This book is "Dedicated to All monks who illuminated manuscripts - All early oriental artists - Omar - Gutenberg - Caxton - Jimmy-the-ink - Boccaccio - Rabelais -Shakespeare - Defoe -Goya - Blake - Sterne - Whitman - Crane - Stein - Joyce - Pagliacci - and Myself." Rubbed, minor creasing, a few small pe...
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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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15 Poems. Limited Edition in dustjacket

By: MEYNELL, Francis

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Nonesuch Press Ltd / J.M. Dent & Sons , London, 1944,

Seller ID: 22044

MEYNELL, Francis. 15 Poems. (London) : The Nonesuch Press Ltd & J.M. Dent &Sons Ltd, (1944). Pp (6),7-24. Small 8vo, blue cloth. Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell (12 May 1891 – 10 July 1975). Limited to 470 copies. A new poem, "Bomber's Harvest : Normandy 1944," written after the book was printed appears on the front dustjacket flap. "Publishers' Note : The use of a small parcel of prewar English handmade paper has imposed a limit of 470 copies on this edition. The title page engraving is by Eric Gill." - from the dustjacket. Very good in lightly worn and chipped dustjacket...
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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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1901: Newfoundland Quarterly and the Royal Visit 1901"

By: HARRINGTON, Michael Newfoundland Quarterly 82:2 CARTER, Herbert S. GREEN, R.B.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1986, : 1986

Seller ID: 13013

HARRINGTON, Michael. "1901: The Newfoundland Quarterly and the Royal Visit: 1986". An article in The Newfoundland Quarterly, Vol.82, No.2, Fall 1986. Pp 2-5. Double column. Also Herbert S. Carter's "Conversations in the Dorset Dialect"; R.B. Green's "The Dialect of Dorset in Trinity Bay"; Frank Galgay's "His Excellency Almost" [Ambrose Shea almost the Governor]; Patrick O'Flaherty's "Mixed Marriage"; Melvin Baker on George Shea (1851-1932) in the Prominent Figures of Our Recent Past section; Ray W. Guy's "The Hollis Walker Enquiry 1924". Usual columns, reviews. Poetry by Winston Ruby, Greg...
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1987 Second Mile Commonplace Book. First Edition

By: PERKIN, J. R. C. (introduction and selections)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Lancelot Press, Hantsport, NS, 1986, : 1986

Seller ID: 59216

ISBN-13: 9780889993327

PERKIN, J.R.C., (introduction and selections). 1987 Second Mile Commonplace Book. Hantsport, Nova Scotia : Lancelot Press, (1986). First Edition. Pp. [76]. Unpaginated. With 11 b&w photos in the text as well as a b&w reproduction of Alex Colville's painting "Infantry". 8vo (140 x 201 mm), illustrated white, black, & orange semi-glossy card covers, with black lettering to white spine. Dr. James 'Jim' Russell Conway Perkin (b. August 19, 1928, Northamptonshire, England - d. December 13, 2017, Kentville) was Acadia’s twelfth President and Vice Chancellor. A brief anthology of poetry and b...
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5 Shadow Poems. limited edition

By: TURNER, Myron

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Four Humours Press, 1975,

Seller ID: 57372

TURNER, Myron. 5 Shadow Poems. [Winnipeg]: (Four Humours Press), 1975. 8vo, single orange sheet, tri-folded. A limited edition of thirty-five signed copies were printed of this work read at the University of British Columbia, 13 March 1975 and the University of Lethbridge, 17 March, 1975.

This copy is unsigned. Small crease to top corner, else very good. 25.00
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77 Dream Songs. First American Edition in dustjacket.

By: BERRYMAN, John

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Co., New York, 1964, : 1964

Seller ID: 109624

BERRYMAN, John. 77 Dream Songs. New York: Farrar, Straus & Co., (1964). First Printing. Pp. (8),ix-xi,(3),3-84. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine.

Stefanik, John Berryman : A Descriptive Bibliography A 11.I.a.

Light spotting to boards, name inked to flyleaf, else very good in nicked, foxed, unclipped dustjacket. 60.00
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A 1-12. First British Edition

By: ZUKOFSKY, Louis

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1966,

Seller ID: 92608

ZUKOFSKY, Louis. “A” 1-12. London : Jonathan Cape, (1966). First British Edition. Pp [1]-267,(5). 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine.

“Louis Zukofsky has for many years been acknowledged as one of the most important poets of his generation. He began writing A in 1927 and intends to complete 24 movements. Hitherto this volume has only been available in a limited edition of 200 copies, published in Japan in 1959, and its rarity has established it as a prized collector's piece.” - from the dustjacket.

Very good in clipped dustjacket. 45.00
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A 13-21. First British Edition

By: ZUKOFSKY, Louis

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1969,

Seller ID: 94341

ZUKOFSKY, Louis. “A” 13-21. London : Jonathan Cape, (1969). First British Edition. Pp [1]-256. 8vo, white paper covered spine, red paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine.

“A” 13-21 is the second part of Louis Zukofsky's central work – a long autobiographical poem he began in 1927.” - from the dustjacket.

Very good in in lightly rubbed, unclipped dustjacket (with a couple of tears to front panel). 35.00
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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 Bottle in the Shade : A Journey in the Western Peleponnese. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: LEVI, Peter.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1996, ISBN:1856195880 : 1996

Seller ID: 104662

ISBN-13: 9781856195881

LEVI, Peter. A Bottle in the Shade : A Journey in the Western Peleponnese. (London) : Sinclair-Stevenson, (1996). First Printing. Pp. (8),1-[277],(3). Decorated endpapers. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Peter Chad Tigar Levi, FSA, FRSL (b. May 16, 1931, Ruislip, London - d. February 1, 2000, Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire). "Peter Levi has been obsessed by what he calls the 'captivating problems' of archaeology ever since he discovered them in childhood. His passion for antiquity goes back to his days as an undergraduate at Oxford when he haunted the Ashmolean ...
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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 Garden Enclosed. 1st, ill. card covers with french flaps

By: MARCHAND, Blaine.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cormorant Books, 1991, ISBN:0920953522

Seller ID: 56973

MARCHAND, Blaine. A Garden Enclosed. (Dunvegan, ON): Cormorant Books, (1991). First Edition. Pp [69]. 8vo, illustrated card covers with french flaps. Presentation copy signed by author. Vg. 20.00
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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 la Pointe des Yeux

By: MARCEAU, Alain Collection les Matinaux 6)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Les Éditions de l'Hexagone, Montreal, 1958,

Seller ID: 60401

MARCEAU, Alain. A la Pointe des Yeux . Montreal: Les Éditions de l'Hexagone, (1958). Pp. 30. 8vo, printed grey card covers with french flaps. Collection les Matinaux, 6. A collection of poetry. Text in French. Spine slightly browned, name, else vg. 25.00
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