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By: Hume, Stephen.
Price: $6.40
Publisher: Dunvegan, Ontario., Quadrant Editions: 1980
Seller ID: 16505
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. View more info
By: Humphreys, Helen
Price: $8.00
Publisher: London, Ontario, Canada, Brick Books.: 1999
Seller ID: 20175
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. View more info
By: Irving, Layton.
Price: $4.80
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland and Stewart: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16163
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. View more info
By: Iwaniuk, Waclaw and Florian Smieja. (editors).
Price: $13.50
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Polish Canadian Publishing Fund.: 1984
Seller ID: 30779
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 fr... View more info
By: Johnson, Tannis.
Price: $6.30
Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia., Birdcage Books: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 9402
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. View more info
By: Johnstone, Jim.
Price: $11.25
Publisher: Gibsons, British Columbia., Nightwood Editions.: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 32061
8vo - 20.5 x 14 cm.; 79 pp. This is the author's second published book of poems. A collection of 40 poems, many of which have been previously published in various literary journals. Very minor wear to the fore edge corners of the front cover, else fine. Signed and dated with an inscription (remembering the Black Swan Tavern) by the author, "Jim", on the first (half-title) page and again on the title page as "JJ".; Signed by Author View more info
By: Jollimore, Troy.
Price: $5.40
Publisher: Holstein, Ontario., Exile Editions.: 2007
Seller ID: 29414
8vo - 21.5 x 16.5 cm.; (8) - 100 pp. First published in 2006 by Margie of the US, this is the first Canadian edition. Illustrated with 3 full colour reproductions of Thomson's paintings. One page introduction by Billy Collins. Minor wear to the fore corners of the front cover, else very clean with a tight binding. View more info
Price: $6.30
Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Borealis Press.: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 29929
12mo - 19 x 14 cm.; xi - 99 pp. First edition as per the copyright page. Eighty poems in this collection by a South African emigré now residing in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. Minor wear and light soiling to the covers along with 2 minor bumps to the fore edge corners on the front that has given rise to small dog-eared creases on several pages. otherwise very clean with a tight binding. View more info
By: Jones, Peter.
Price: $5.40
Publisher: Bancroft, Ontario., Danu Press.: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 30614
8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 77 pp. A collection of 36 poems beginning with an introduction by the author on the meaning and purpose of poetry. Fourteen pages of end notes and a 1 page bibliography. Red remainder mark on the text block head edge, else near fine with a whisper of edge wear to the edges of the covers. View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Holstein, Ontario., Exile Editions.: 2006
Seller ID: 24032
8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; [12] - 42 - [2] pp. "A special limited edition of 50 copies signed and numbered by the author". This is copy #22. Also signed by the illustrator on the dedication page. This book was produced for Keefer's readings at the Eden Mills Festival and the Ottawa International Writers Festival, both of 2006. The cover edges show very slight edge wear. View more info
By: Keith, W. J.
Price: $4.50
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Copp Clark Publishing.: 1969
Seller ID: 30849
12mo - 18 x 11.5 cm.; vii - 136 pp. Studies in Canadian Literature series. Footnotes, bibliography. A study of the great Canadian poet and writer of animal stories, Charles Roberts. Minor soiling on card stock covers; a clean, tight copy. View more info
Price: $6.40
Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia, Self-Published: 1999
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 12764
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 66 pp. Kensett's first book of poetry, reflections on his love for his wife, thoughts on the grandeurs of nature and some whimsy. Illustrated with small vignettes done in a light gray randomly placed on the pages. Signed and inscribed by the author "Bob" on the second page. The cover edges show very light wear.; Signed by Author View more info
By: Kirkwood, Kenneth P(orter).
Price: $22.50
Publisher: Tokyo, Japan., Privately published.: 1934
Seller ID: 32081
12mo - 19 x 12.5 cm.; 165 pp. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and blind stamped border rules on the front and back boards. Kirkwood spent some time working in Japan as a Canadian diplomat and this is one of his several books of poetry inspired by his overseas postings. Previous owner's bookplate on the front paste down end paper. Mild shelf wear to the board edges and like surface foxing on the fore and tail text block edges. Otherwise very clean w... View more info
Price: $4.80
Publisher: Canada., Privately published.:
Seller ID: 26222
8vo - 21.5 x 13 cm.; 36 pp. Off-white wraps with black lettering in a saddle stapled binding. A collection of 30 poems by Gerturde dedicated to her family and friends. Signed by the author on the dedication page. Minor soiling and edge wear to the covers, else fine. View more info
By: Lecker, Robert with Jack David and Ellen Quigley. (editors).
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., ECW Press: 1987
Seller ID: 17448
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; [8] - 188 - [12] pp. Brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Introduction by George Woodcock. Each of the four poets covered in this volume are given an extensive biographical / critical essay along with notes and a bibliography. Contents: 1 - "Raymong Knister and His Works" by Joy Kuropatwa, 2 - "Dorothy Livesay and Her Works" by Paul Denham, 3 - "E. J. Pratt and His Works" by Peter Buitenhuis, 4... View more info
By: Lee, John B.
Price: $6.40
Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Goose Lane.: 1992
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 21977
8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; 95 pp. Some light soiling and general shelf wear on cover, inscribed by author on half-title page. ; Signed by Author View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Bougainville, Quebec., Editions de l'Arc.: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 21756
8vo - 21.5 x 16 cm.; 136 - [8] pp. The pages are unopened on the fore and head edges. One of the "Collection de l'Escarfel". The text is in French. The book shows mild shelf wear to the externals and the back cover is soiled on the surface. View more info
By: Levitt, Stacey.
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Privately published.: 1999
Seller ID: 28662
8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; 89 - (15) pp. Full colour photographic wraps with french folds on the fore edges. First published in 1996, this is the fifth private printing with the layout, typesetting and printing done by the Porcupine's Quill of Erin, Ontario which means that the production values are very high indeed with the paper being a Zephyr Antique Laid stock. Worthy of the poems within indeed. Loosely laid in is a printed form letter (unsigned) from Ned & Cheryl Levitt (St... View more info
By: Lista, Michael.
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., House of Anansi Press.: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 28581
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; (12) - 76 - (8) pp. A poetic retelling of an accident that happened in the last days of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos in New Mexico. The cover edges have some very slight wear, otherwise the book is as-new. View more info
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McGraw-Hill Ryerson.: 1972
Seller ID: 29543
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xvi - 368 pp. From the back cover: "Drawn from her eleven previously published volumes and a large body of unpublished work selected by the author, this collection represents the largest, most definitive and most complete source of Miss Livesay's work ever printed. The poems, spanning almost fifty years, create a rare psychic autobiography." Minor wear to the cover edges, otherwise clean with a tight binding. View more info
