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Skydeck.

By: MacKinnon, Stuart

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Oberon Press: 1971

Seller ID: 16897

ISBN: 0887500390

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

8vo - 20.5 x 11 cm.; 61 pp. New Canadian Poets series. Blue-cloth covered boards and endpapers have some soiling. Dust jacket soiled with light edgewear.
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Robert Service: Under the Spell of the Yukon.

By: Mallory, Enid Swerdferger.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Surrey, British Columbia., Heritage House Publishing.: 2006

Seller ID: 18244

ISBN: 1894384954

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xvii - 238 pp. Red cloth over boards with white lettering on spine. Foreword by Jack White. A biography of the "Bard of the Yukon" that fills in some of the missing gaps of Service's years in Canada and the US. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Signed by the author on the title page. Both book and dust jacket show a hint of mild shelf wear.; Signed by Author
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Dance of the Particles.

By: Marshall, Tom.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: Kingston, Ontario., Quarry Press.: 1984

Seller ID: 29410

ISBN: 0919627188

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 67 pp. Black and white photographic covers. Printed on a very nice cream coloured laid paper. A collection of 34 poems with the title poem, "Dance of the Particles", being in 21 parts. Minor wear and scuffing to the covers, otherwise clean with a tight binding.
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The Silences of Fire.

By: Marshall, Tom.

Price: $6.75

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Macmillan.: 1969

Seller ID: 29421

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; (12) - 72. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Bound with no end papers as issued. Minor foxing to the half title page and the spine tips have some mild shelf wear The clipped, though not clipped at the priced corner, dust jacket is foxed on the inside, the spine is very faded and there is mild wear to the edges.
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Dance of the Particles.

By: Marshall, Tom.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: Kingston, Ontario., Quarry Press.: 1984

Seller ID: 29927

ISBN: 0919627188

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

The Muse Visits.

By: Martin, Ann.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec., Privately published.: 2010

Seller ID: 27671

ISBN: 0973863714

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 15 cm.; 57 - (3) pp. From the author's biographical note: "Born in South Porcupine, near Timmins in Northern Ontario, she (Ann Martin) graduated from the nursing school at St. Mary's Hospital in Timmins and began a career as a nurse that has taken farther north still to the Arctic, to England, to Saudi Arabia, and to Montreal where she lives now. She has been writing verse on and off for many years. Her first chapbook, Chiaroscuro, was published in 2005, this is her second." Minor wear to the covers with some very light soiling on them, otherwise clean and tight. Signed by t...
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Radio Rhymes from Pigs to Politicians. A Collection of Poems.

By: May, Jack.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Twillingate, Newfoundland., Landwash Enterprises.:

Seller ID: 26223

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; (4) - 100 pp. Spiral bound with a black plastic coil. May's second collection of poetry. Originally read on air by the author, a light house keeper at the Twillingate Long Point Lightstation , on the CBC morning show out of Garnd Falls-Windsor in Newfoundland. No date of publication is given. Signed by the author on the dedication page. Previous owner's bookplate on the verso of the front cover. Bound with clear plastic cover sheets as issued. Paperclip stain and impression on the head margin of pages 38/39.; Signed by Author
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Intimate Distortions: A Displacement of Sappho.

By: McCaffery, Steve.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Erin, Ontario., Porcupine's Quill: 1979

Seller ID: 16501

ISBN: 0889840814

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; Unpaginated with 78 pages. "Employing a translation system known as 'allusive referential' McCaffery invents a way of avoiding the strictures of classical translation. Developing all the suggestion and connotations of Sappho's words and phrases, new texts are produced which are at the same time vital re-readings of the originals." Six illustrations by Burnett. Minor soiling, former owner's name on verso of front cover.
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Blue Light, Bay and College.

By: McCracken, Kathleen.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario., Penumbra Press.: 1991

Seller ID: 29400

ISBN: 092125427X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 22 x 14.5 cm.; 71 pp. Kathleen's fourth book of poetry. Printed on a cream coloured laid paper. Number 27 in the Penumbra poetry series. Very minor wear to the fore corners of the covers, else fine.
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Alan Crawley and Contemporary Verse.

By: McCullagh, Joan.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia., University of British Columbia Press.: 1976

Seller ID: 31265

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xxvi - 92 pp. Brown cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Eleven page foreword by Dorothy Livesay. Four pages of notes, 4 page bibliography, 25 page index "Contemporary Verse, 1941-1952" and a 5 page general index. This first index refers to the poetry journal that Crawley edited. Bookseller's stamp on the front free end paper, otherwise clean with a sound binding and having only very mild shelf wear to the externals. The dust jacket has mild edge wear and some scuffing along with a small closed tear in the head edge of the back panel.
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Another End of the Road.

By: McDonald, Mary T.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta., Rowan Books.: 1999

Seller ID: 28906

ISBN: 0968525709

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 71 pp. From the back cover: ". . . captures the life of an itinerant teacher's family in Depression-era Alberta. It's a child's-eye view of city and country, nature and people - a particular time and place made universal through young Katie's wondering perceptive mind." Forty-three poems and short prose pieces in this collection, the author's first book written when she was 81 years old. Minor creasing to the top fore edge corner of the back cover and scuffing on the spine. Otherwise clean with a sound binding. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced ...
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Strike / Slip.

By: McKay, Don.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., McClelland & Stewart.: 2007

Seller ID: 26510

ISBN: 0771055439

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; (6) - 78 pp. First published in 2006, this is the third printing. McKay's eleventh book of poetry and the Canadian winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize.
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Le ciel à gagner. Poésie.

By: Menard, David.

Price: $6.75

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Les Editions L'Interligne.: 2017

Seller ID: 31407

ISBN: 2896995692

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

12mo - 18 x 13.5 cm.; 139 pp. The text is in French. From the author's acknowledgement to the publisher on page 10: ". . . qui a accepté de me suivre dans ce voyage poétique au coeur de la grisaille urbaine." An as-new and unused book.
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Neuvaines. Poésie.

By: Menard, David.

Price: $7.20

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., Les Editions L'Interligne.: 2015

Seller ID: 31496

ISBN: 2896994408

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

12mo - 18 x 13.5 cm.; 141 pp. The text is in French. Folded flaps on the fore edges of the covers as issued and from the front flap: "Neuvaines nous offre un univers dnt le langage est l'image meme d'un reve eveille qui ruiselle d'une reelle compassion pour les naufrages de l'amour, les exiles d;un azur en apparence inaccessible." An as-new and unused book.
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Listen for the Rain.

By: Miller, Judith Maclean

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Kitchener, Ontario, Privately published.: 2009

Seller ID: 21004

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; Unpaginated with 70 pages. Gray wraps with black lettering and art work. A collection of short poems in a Chinese lyrical style illustrated with balck and white drawings by Lees that suit the words quite well. Signed by the author on the title page with inscriptions from the previous owner on the same page and the inside of the front cover. The cover edges show very mild shelf wear.
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L'Homme rapaillé.

By: Miron, Gaston.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec., Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal.: 1970

Seller ID: 28311

ISBN: 840501471

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; 171 pp. The text is in French.Contents: "Poèmes et proses" par Gaston Miron, "Gaston Miron, ou l'invention de la substance" par G. André Vachon, "Chronologie de Gaston Miron" établie par Renée Cimon, "Bibliographie sommaire" établie par Renée Cimon. Previous owner's name on the first page and the head margin and top fore corner of the front cover is stained. Otherwise clean with a solid binding.
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The Sentinel: Poems.

By: Moritz, A. F.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., House of Anansi Press.: 2008

Seller ID: 26661

ISBN: 0887847900

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; (8) - 87 pp. First edition and printing as per the copyright page. Sixty-three poems in this collection by an award winning poet. Very slight scuffing to the covers, otherwise fine.
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Fathom. (Poems - A Tales Series Selection).

By: Morphew, Melissa.

Price: $6.75

Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio., Turning Point.: 2006

Seller ID: 32050

ISBN: 1933456213

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 95 pp. A collection of 48 poems by this four-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize. This is her third published collection and most of the poems present in this book have been previously published in various literary journals. Very mild wear to the fore corners of the covers, else fine.
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Along Country Lanes.

By: Morton, Grace Dayman.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Belleville, Ontario., Richard Ellis Printing.: 1986

Seller ID: 32053

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; vii - 106 pp. Eighty-eight poems grouped into 3 cycles; "Reflections", 'Weathering Changes" and "Friendship and Greetings". Illustrated with several black and white photographs. "Many of the poems in this book were written for her friends and neighbours in the Stirling area. Others reflect her long experience as a teacher, first in one-room schools near Havelock, Norwood and Stirling and later in Stirling Senior School." Signed by the author on the title page with a previous owner's name on the head margin of the same page. Very minor wear to the edges of the covers, other...
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Ablizajac sie do Swiatla. (Approching the Light).

By: Mosielska, Elzbieta and Boguslaw Mosielski. (Elizabeth Mosielski).

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Fakty.: 2011

Seller ID: 32708

ISBN: 0973674233

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 168 pp. Bilingual text of poetry with Polish on the verso (left hand page) and the English translation on the recto (right hand page). Illustrated with 11 full colour and full page reproductions of Boguslaw's paintings. Three pages have dog eared creases in the upper fore corners, otherwise very clean with a sound bindig and showing negligible wear. Signed by the author with an inscription and scripture quote on the title page.; Signed by Author
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Category: Canadian Literature - Poetry