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Fire on Stone.

By: Gustafson, Ralph.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland and Stewart.: 1974

Seller ID: 29407

ISBN: 0771037031

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; 90 - (6) pp. No additional printings noted. Three page index of the titles at the back. Previous owner's name on the first (half-title) page. Minor shelf wear to the cover edges, otherwise clean with a tight binding.
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Gradations of Grandeur. A Poem.

By: Gustafson, Ralph.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia., Sono Nis Press.: 1979

Seller ID: 29581

ISBN: 0919462820

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; 64 pp. A single long poem that "is both urgent and restrained, both contemplative and passionate, this is a fascinating search for, and discovery of those values and beliefs which animate and indeed create civilized man." The covers have mild wear and the cover margins and the spine are a tad darkened or sunned. The interior is clean and the binding is tight.
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The Heart of Emily, A History of Downeyville in Poetry.

By: Harrington, Mary Milloy.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Shamrock Publishers.: 1986

Seller ID: 33282

ISBN: 0969247206

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 200 pp. Author (1903-1982) was a fourth generation descendant of Patrick Milloy, an Irish immigrant who settle in Downeyville, in Emily Township near Peterborough, Ontario. Through poetry, she gives an account of the history of the area and of the life of the Irish pioneer. There is also a listing of the Grantees who received Original Deeds from the Crown, by lot and concession numbers. Also lots of photos. Card stock covers are rubbed with some edgewear; binding is sturdy and text pages clean.
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Afterdusk.

By: Haws, Mary Francis.

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Willowdale, Ontario., Privately published.: 1975

Seller ID: 32119

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 20.5 x 12.5 cm.; (12) - 25 pp. Blue wraps with white lettering and star-like decorations. First published in 1942, this is the third printing. A collection of 21 poems. Possibly signed by the author on the first page, have a look at the signature image. Very minor wear to the covers, otherwise clean with a sound binding. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered.
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The Ecstasy of Skeptics, Poems.

By: Heighton, Steven.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., House of Anansi.: 1994

Seller ID: 29413

ISBN: 0887845606

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 20.5 x 12.5 cm.; (12) - 107 pp. Full colour wraps with french folded flaps on the fore edges. First edition as per the copyright page. Heighton has served as an editor for the "Quarry" journal, a journal dedicated to publishing the work of contemporary authors both prose and fiction.
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Country Born

By: Henning, Marvel

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Woodview, Ontario, Homestead Studios.: 1983

Seller ID: 25331

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 61 pp. Saddle-stapled booklet. First published in 1976, this is the second printing. This is a collection of poetry, small prose works and the art of Mrs. Henning, a self-taught artist and naturalist, some of which appeared in her weekly column of the Kawartha Canadian and the Lakefield (Leader) Chronicle. She died in Apsley, Ontario in 2011. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Minor soiling, otherwise, a clean, sturdy copy of this booklet. ; Signed by Author
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Finding Louis O'Soup.

By: Hildebrandt, Walter.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia., Ekstasis Editions.: 2008

Seller ID: 33512

ISBN: 1897430248

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 98 pp. A collection of 3 long poems, "Finding Louis O'Soup in the British Museum", "A Doable Do or Du Kannst Immer Undrehen" and "Crossroads". Besides the original illustrations, there are several archival photographs and reproductions. Minor scuffing to the covers best seen in reflected light, small remainder mark on the tail edge of the text block, otherwise fine.
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Five Poems, 1954.

By: Hine, Daryl.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario.,

Seller ID: 14268

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

8vo - 22 x 16 cm.; Unpaginated (16 pp.). Centre-stapled booklet. Hine's first book of poetry. Card stock covers with green lettering and design on front. Cover sunned with some soiling, light edgewear, former owner's name on verso of front cover.
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Minutes.

By: Hine, Daryl.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: New York, Atheneum: 1968

Seller ID: 14269

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 53 pp. Collection of poetry. Card stock covers have minor soiling, some sunning.
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Heroics: Five Poems.

By: Hine, Daryl.

Price: $320.00

Publisher: Fontainebleau, France., L'Imprimerie Gosswiller.: 1961

Seller ID: 14223

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Five Poems by Daryl Hine and Six Engravings by Virgil Burnett. The five poems are "Don Juan in Amsterdam", "The Epithalamium of Anne de Joyeuse, Admiral of France", "Tristan", "Patroclus Putting on the Armour of Achilles", "Hippolytus". Printed on eight unbound, folded 25 x 40 cm. sheets with the engravings on separate 25 x 20 cm. sheets, each protected by a sheet of glassine. Pages encased in a folder with the title printed on the front and this, in turn, in a card stock, open-ended slipcase. "Ces poems de Daryl Hine ont ete composes a la main par l...
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Selected Poems.

By: Hine, Daryl.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Oxford University Press.: 1980

Seller ID: 25646

ISBN: 0195403622

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 128 pp. A collection of 59 previously published poems from 7 prior publications. This selection is edited by Richard Teleky. The cover edges show mild wear while the interior is clean and the binding is tight.
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Got No Flag At All.

By: Holmes, Michael.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., ECW Press: 1992

Seller ID: 16506

ISBN: 1550221620

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 22 x 15 cm.; 79 pp. Author's first book of poetry. Minor wear on edges, former owner's name on verso of front cover.
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Mandorla.

By: Holmes, Nancy.

Price: $5.60

Publisher: Vancouver, BC., Ronsdale Press: 2005

Seller ID: 15171

ISBN: 155380029X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 112 pp. The poet's fourth collection of poems and this collection is about mothers and children seeking " . . . to understand the legacy of gifts and problems that, as parents, we both receive and pass on". The cover edges show the slightest hint of shelf wear, else fine.
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Multiple Choices: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1976.

By: Howith, Harry.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Oakville, Ontario., Mosaic Press. / Valley Editions.: (1976)

Seller ID: 24111

ISBN: 0889620407

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 22.5 x 14 cm.; 95 pp. Dark blue wraps with black lettering on covers and spine (very hard to read I must say). The author's note from the copyright page: "This book contains poems which I wish to preserve. Most were first published in other volumes, but have since been revised; thirteen are recent and hitherto unpublished". Very light shelf wear to the cover edges, otherwise fine.
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Canadian Poems & Resurrected Fragments.

By: Hume, Richard.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Peterborough, Ontario., Privately published.: 1977

Seller ID: 29179

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; 127 pp. Off-white covers with black lettering and art work. Twenty one poems in the "Canadian Poems" cycle and 19 poems in the "Resurrected Fragments" cycle. Four page introduction by the author and illustrated with black and white drawings by Julie Hume. No additional printings are noted. Printed on a cream coloured laid paper by "The Porcupine's Quill" of Erin, Ontario. Minor shelf wear and light soiling to the covers, otherwise clean with a sound binding.
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Signs Against an Empty Sky.

By: Hume, Stephen.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Dunvegan, Ontario., Quadrant Editions: 1980

Seller ID: 16505

ISBN: 0864950004

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; 77 pp. Printed and bound by The Porcupine's Quill. First book by Hume. Minor edgewear, former owner's name on verso of front cover.
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Anthem

By: Humphreys, Helen

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Ontario, Canada, Brick Books.: 1999

Seller ID: 20175

ISBN: 1894078020

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

12mo - 18 x 14 cm.; 77 pp. Humphrey's fourth collection of poetry. A corner crease on the front cover, otherwise, a clean, tight volume.
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Nail Polish.

By: Irving, Layton.

Price: $4.80

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland and Stewart: 1971

Seller ID: 16163

ISBN: 0771048548

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

8vo - 22.5 x 14 cm.; 86 - (2) - pp. A collection of 62 new poems with illustrated cover - a bust of Layton by Esther Wertheimer. The covers are scuffed with moderate edge wear while the interior is clean and the binding is solid.
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Seven Polish Canadian Poets. An Anthology.

By: Iwaniuk, Waclaw and Florian Smieja. (editors).

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Polish Canadian Publishing Fund.: 1984

Seller ID: 30779

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

8v - 22 x 15 cm.; 223 pp. The text is bilingual, Polish on the left hand pages (verso) and the English translation on the right hand page (recto). The eight page foreword by Zbiginiew Folejewski and the one page short biography facing a black and white photograph of each poet are all in Engish only. The seven poets are Zofia Bohdanowiczowa, Waclaw Iwaniuk, Florian Smieja, Danuta Bienkowska, Janusz Ihnatowicz, Bogdan Czaykowski and Andrzej Busza. Vertical crease on the front cover and the top fore corner of the back cover is creased. Otherwise the book is clean with a sound binding.
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A Late Lunch: Poetry by Tannis Johnson.

By: Johnson, Tannis.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia., Birdcage Books: 1999

Seller ID: 9402

ISBN: 0968475302

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 63 pp. Printed with the text on recto (right hand) only, the versos (left hand) are blank. Copy number 165 of 500 printed. Stated first though copyright is 1997. A cycle of three poetic thematic musings: "An Optical Feast", "A Visual Dinner", and "A Sightly Supper". Dedicated partially to Flora Fawna. Inked "C" on half title page. Cover edges show very minor shelf wear.
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Category: Canadian Literature - Poetry