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	Trio - First Poems By Gael Turnbull, Phyllis Webb & E.W. Mandel Montreal, Que. Contact Press. 1954, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. early poems by all three authors - this copy has a Gael Turnbull poem laid in - typed on onion skin paper, textually different from the version in the book, with one autograph correction - a nice bright copy, a bit rubbed, corrected error on front cover as usual - this was one of Al Purdy's copies . Very Good. USD 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 150.25 \| £UK 135.25 \| JP¥ 19858] Book number: 9002 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	ACORN, MILTON The Battle of Khorramshahr [ Toronto ] ???, [ the Author ] ???. 1981, First Edition. Ill.: Photograph. Broadside, oblong 28 X 42 cm broadside printed on heavy paper with a photogravure litho'ed on the background, of a turbaned Mullah croutching warily with AK47 in hand - 13 line poem on the Afghan - Russian oil war - Initialled by Acorn in the bottom left margin, " M.A. 1981 " as he soon tired of signing his full name - Acorn used to sell these up & down Spadina Ave. usually not venturing more than a few blocks from the Silver Dollar Hotel - a lot of them were sold to Chinese & Korean merchants for a dollar..they paid up just to get rid of the crazy white mutterer that needed a bath - our bookstore was on the upper border of his rantway - it was around then that he used to mutter on about how America would eventually inherit the Afghan Oil War & be sent straight to HELL for their efforts - scary - shipped rolled - just found this copy stored away in a tube - haven't seen another for years . Fine. Signed by Author. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 9012 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	ACORN, MILTON The Battle of Khorramshahr Toronto, The Author. 1980, First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. oblong 28 X 42 cm broadside printed on heavy paper with a photogravure litho'ed on the background, of a turbaned Mullah croutching warily with AK47 in hand - 13 line poem on the Afghan - Russian oil war - Acorn used to sell these up & down Spadina Ave. usually not venturing more than a few blocks from the Silver Dollar Hotel - a lot of them were sold to Chinese & Korean merchants for a dollar..they paid up just to get rid of the crazy white mutterer that needed a bath - our bookstore was on the upper border of his rantway - it was around then that he used to mutter on about how America would eventually inherit the Afghan Oil War & be sent straight to HELL for their efforts - scary - shipped rolled - just found this copy stored away in a tube - haven't seen another for years . Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10867 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	[ ANTHOLOGHY ] Souwesto Words London, Ont. Ergo Productions. 1999, First Edition. - collection of 25 Southwestern Ontario Poets reading on a CD Rom. - Kemp, Figurski, Reaney, Thibaudeau, Gutteridge, - v. fine in original jewel case and shrink wrap. -. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7686 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BALL, NELSON Almost Spring Toronto, Mercury Press. 1999, First Edition. Original Wraps. first edition - SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author - hand correction on rear wrap - very fine copy . Signed by Author. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 8306 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BIRNEY, EARLE The Rugging and the Moving Times: Poems New and Uncollected 1976 Coatsworth, Ontario, Black Moss Press. 1976, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - one of 500 copies, this copy specially signed by Birney on the flyleaf - fine copy in photographic wraps ( portrait of Birney ). Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 8194 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BIRNEY, EARL Strait of Anian - Selected Poems Toronto, Ryerson. 1948, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - very good copy in vg dj bit tanned at the spine o/w quite nice. Very Good/Very Good. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 7962 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BISSETT, BILL Plutonium Missing. Vancouver,, Intermedia Press. 1976, First Edition. Original Wraps. 1st edition. Wraps issue. This copy inscribed to "Michael & Kim [Ondaatje] Love, Bill" - with his usual enigmatic drawing. Fine copy in photographic wraps. Signed by Author. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 5576 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BOWERING, GEORGE - ED. At War with the U.S. Vancouver, Talonbooks. 1974, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 24mo - over 5" - 5Â¾" tall. Ill.: Greg Curnoe. - cover by Greg Curnoe, poems by George Bowering - " Wake up Jack. It's you's dead " & a young Vietnamese girl gets " the North American education " - inscribed to writer / editor / etc. etc. " for Linda [ Sandler ] with love ..George Bowering " . Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 10240 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BOWERING, GEORGE The Concrete Island Montreal Poems 1967 - 71 Montreal, Vehicule. 1977, First Edition. Original Wraps, 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. - minor rub else a fine copy. Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 10856 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BOWERING, GEORGE Geneve Toronto, Coach House Press. 1971, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - fine copy in near fine fold-out poster dj, illustrated with a spread-out Tarot deck - the poetry inspired by the deck's imagery. Fine/Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 10245 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BREINGAN, [JAMES NEIL] Untitled Swalwell, Alberta, Open Door Press. 1971, First Edition. Original Wraps. Ill.: Dick ,w a. 24 pp. - oblong wraps - stapled - Alberta author's first book - printed mimeo using IBM selectric script type - about fine - rare. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 7673 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BROOKS, ANNE SUTHERLAND I Met Some Little People Toronto, The Ryerson Press. 1941, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: G. S. Duff. - children's poetry, etc. well illustrated with comic drawings - 55 pages - unaccountably scarce, very fine copy in pictorial paper boards, in vg original glassine wrapper, issued w/o dj, signed on tp. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 10784 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	COLEMAN, VICTOR Island 7/8 Toronto, Island. 1966, First Edition. Original Wraps. final issue of Island mag - 66pp wire stitched mimeo poetry mag..8 1/2 X 11 " - with the laid-in - 16pp. stapled NEW WAVE CANADA portfolio - containing some of the younger CHP crowd including Michael Ondaatje...mag is a bit worn and tired with the usual rust stains at the staples but vg still with the portfolio a bit tanned at the edges else very nice..for the pair... USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 8187 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	COLEMAN, VICTOR The Pleasures of the Dirty Page Np [ Toronto ], NP [ Coach House Press ]. 1970, First Edition. Unbound, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - [ 1970 ] - 5 X 8 inch - an early broadside poem, 4 stanzas, Vic practicing the enigma of language - folded as issued, very fine - printed in black on purple / mauve paper - very scarce. Fine. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 10822 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DEWART, EDWARD HARTLEY Selections from Canadian Poets with Occasional Critical and Biographical Notes. . . Montreal, Canada, John Lovell. 1864, First Edition. Full-Leather, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - the scarce first edition of this collection of Canadian writers before Confederation - 304 pages, bound in full blind stamped brown publisher's leather, spine mostly chipped away, in need of re-backing, hinges tight - very scarce - reprinted by the U. of T. press in a scholarly edition, the true first is seldom offered . Good. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 9588 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DONNELL, DAVID The Blue Sky - Poems, 1974 - 1977 Coatsworth, ON, Black Moss Press. 1977, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. limited edition of 50 copies clothbound in dj - most copies went into the library system, this copy from the author & amazingly unsigned ! - a beautiful copy of his breakthrough 2nd book . Fine/Fine. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 167 \| £UK 150.25 \| JP¥ 22064] Book number: 8962 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DONNELL, DAVID Poems. Thornhill, Ontario, The Village Press. 1961, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st edition. 1st book. Signed. Designed, illustrated & printed by Gus Rueter. 128 copies printed woodblock title page in two colours. Printed & blind stamped tan velvet wraps. Fine copy. Uncommon. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 200.25 \| £UK 180.5 \| JP¥ 26477] Book number: 2707 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	EVERSON, R.G. Poems About Me Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Oberon Press. 1990, First Edition. Cloth. first edition - the scarce hardbound issue - author's personal photographic 50th wedding anniversary card laid in - very fine in very fine dj . /Dust Jacket Included. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 8270 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	FONES, ROBERT Kollages. Toronto, Coach House Press. 1970, First Edition. Unbound, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 1st edition. One of 300 sets of loose sheets of collage art in folding illustrated box. Twenty-two leaves complete but lacking the pin-back button as usual - the white pictorial clamshell box a bit dusty but o/w close to fine - Fones here continues to explore the technological transformation of everyday objects. Fine/Fine. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8826] Book number: 673 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GERVAIS, C. H. The Believable Body St. John, N. B. Fiddlehead Poetry Books. 1979, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - signed presentation to a well known Toronto poet - poems. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 10441 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GERVAIS, C. H. Other Marriage Vows Windsor, Sun Parlor Press. 1969, First Edition. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. - Poet Ian Young's copy with his little book label & a few holograph notes in his hand about 3 marked poems, aparently that he liked - author's first book - faintly dusty, poet's notes else fine - rare book. Fine. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 10442 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GERVAIS, C. H. Other Marriage Vows Windsor, Sun Parlor Press. 1969, First Edition. Original Wraps, 24mo - over 5" - 5Â¾" tall. - first book, uncommon, fine copy. Fine. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 10821 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GILBERT, GERRY White Lunch. Vancouver, The Periwinkle Press. 1964, First Edition. Original Wraps. 1st edition [1/300]. Author's 1st book. Signed. Designed & printed by Takao Tanabe. Faint band of fade at the fore edge front cover, vertical, minor. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 631 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	FOUR HORSEMEN Live in the West Toronto, Starborne Productions. 1974, First Edition. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. first and only pressing of this long playing record - a brand new copy unopened in the original shrink-wrap - a rare relic . Fine/Fine. USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 8221 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).

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	Trio - First Poems By Gael Turnbull, Phyllis Webb & E.W. Mandel Montreal, Que. Contact Press. 1954, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. early poems by all three authors - this copy has a Gael Turnbull poem laid in - typed on onion skin paper, textually different from the version in the book, with one autograph correction - a nice bright copy, a bit rubbed, corrected error on front cover as usual - this was one of Al Purdy's copies . Very Good. USD 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 150.25 \| £UK 135.25 \| JP¥ 19858] Book number: 9002 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	ACORN, MILTON The Battle of Khorramshahr [ Toronto ] ???, [ the Author ] ???. 1981, First Edition. Ill.: Photograph. Broadside, oblong 28 X 42 cm broadside printed on heavy paper with a photogravure litho'ed on the background, of a turbaned Mullah croutching warily with AK47 in hand - 13 line poem on the Afghan - Russian oil war - Initialled by Acorn in the bottom left margin, " M.A. 1981 " as he soon tired of signing his full name - Acorn used to sell these up & down Spadina Ave. usually not venturing more than a few blocks from the Silver Dollar Hotel - a lot of them were sold to Chinese & Korean merchants for a dollar..they paid up just to get rid of the crazy white mutterer that needed a bath - our bookstore was on the upper border of his rantway - it was around then that he used to mutter on about how America would eventually inherit the Afghan Oil War & be sent straight to HELL for their efforts - scary - shipped rolled - just found this copy stored away in a tube - haven't seen another for years . Fine. Signed by Author. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 9012 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	ACORN, MILTON The Battle of Khorramshahr Toronto, The Author. 1980, First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. oblong 28 X 42 cm broadside printed on heavy paper with a photogravure litho'ed on the background, of a turbaned Mullah croutching warily with AK47 in hand - 13 line poem on the Afghan - Russian oil war - Acorn used to sell these up & down Spadina Ave. usually not venturing more than a few blocks from the Silver Dollar Hotel - a lot of them were sold to Chinese & Korean merchants for a dollar..they paid up just to get rid of the crazy white mutterer that needed a bath - our bookstore was on the upper border of his rantway - it was around then that he used to mutter on about how America would eventually inherit the Afghan Oil War & be sent straight to HELL for their efforts - scary - shipped rolled - just found this copy stored away in a tube - haven't seen another for years . Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10867 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	[ ANTHOLOGHY ] Souwesto Words London, Ont. Ergo Productions. 1999, First Edition. - collection of 25 Southwestern Ontario Poets reading on a CD Rom. - Kemp, Figurski, Reaney, Thibaudeau, Gutteridge, - v. fine in original jewel case and shrink wrap. -. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7686 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BALL, NELSON Almost Spring Toronto, Mercury Press. 1999, First Edition. Original Wraps. first edition - SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author - hand correction on rear wrap - very fine copy . Signed by Author. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 8306 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BIRNEY, EARLE The Rugging and the Moving Times: Poems New and Uncollected 1976 Coatsworth, Ontario, Black Moss Press. 1976, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - one of 500 copies, this copy specially signed by Birney on the flyleaf - fine copy in photographic wraps ( portrait of Birney ). Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 8194 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BIRNEY, EARL Strait of Anian - Selected Poems Toronto, Ryerson. 1948, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - very good copy in vg dj bit tanned at the spine o/w quite nice. Very Good/Very Good. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 7962 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BISSETT, BILL Plutonium Missing. Vancouver,, Intermedia Press. 1976, First Edition. Original Wraps. 1st edition. Wraps issue. This copy inscribed to "Michael & Kim [Ondaatje] Love, Bill" - with his usual enigmatic drawing. Fine copy in photographic wraps. Signed by Author. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 5576 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BOWERING, GEORGE - ED. At War with the U.S. Vancouver, Talonbooks. 1974, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 24mo - over 5" - 5Â¾" tall. Ill.: Greg Curnoe. - cover by Greg Curnoe, poems by George Bowering - " Wake up Jack. It's you's dead " & a young Vietnamese girl gets " the North American education " - inscribed to writer / editor / etc. etc. " for Linda [ Sandler ] with love ..George Bowering " . Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 10240 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BOWERING, GEORGE The Concrete Island Montreal Poems 1967 - 71 Montreal, Vehicule. 1977, First Edition. Original Wraps, 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. - minor rub else a fine copy. Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 10856 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BOWERING, GEORGE Geneve Toronto, Coach House Press. 1971, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - fine copy in near fine fold-out poster dj, illustrated with a spread-out Tarot deck - the poetry inspired by the deck's imagery. Fine/Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 10245 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BREINGAN, [JAMES NEIL] Untitled Swalwell, Alberta, Open Door Press. 1971, First Edition. Original Wraps. Ill.: Dick ,w a. 24 pp. - oblong wraps - stapled - Alberta author's first book - printed mimeo using IBM selectric script type - about fine - rare. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 7673 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	BROOKS, ANNE SUTHERLAND I Met Some Little People Toronto, The Ryerson Press. 1941, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: G. S. Duff. - children's poetry, etc. well illustrated with comic drawings - 55 pages - unaccountably scarce, very fine copy in pictorial paper boards, in vg original glassine wrapper, issued w/o dj, signed on tp. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 10784 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	COLEMAN, VICTOR Island 7/8 Toronto, Island. 1966, First Edition. Original Wraps. final issue of Island mag - 66pp wire stitched mimeo poetry mag..8 1/2 X 11 " - with the laid-in - 16pp. stapled NEW WAVE CANADA portfolio - containing some of the younger CHP crowd including Michael Ondaatje...mag is a bit worn and tired with the usual rust stains at the staples but vg still with the portfolio a bit tanned at the edges else very nice..for the pair... USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 8187 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	COLEMAN, VICTOR The Pleasures of the Dirty Page Np [ Toronto ], NP [ Coach House Press ]. 1970, First Edition. Unbound, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - [ 1970 ] - 5 X 8 inch - an early broadside poem, 4 stanzas, Vic practicing the enigma of language - folded as issued, very fine - printed in black on purple / mauve paper - very scarce. Fine. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 10822 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DEWART, EDWARD HARTLEY Selections from Canadian Poets with Occasional Critical and Biographical Notes. . . Montreal, Canada, John Lovell. 1864, First Edition. Full-Leather, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - the scarce first edition of this collection of Canadian writers before Confederation - 304 pages, bound in full blind stamped brown publisher's leather, spine mostly chipped away, in need of re-backing, hinges tight - very scarce - reprinted by the U. of T. press in a scholarly edition, the true first is seldom offered . Good. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 9588 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DONNELL, DAVID The Blue Sky - Poems, 1974 - 1977 Coatsworth, ON, Black Moss Press. 1977, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. limited edition of 50 copies clothbound in dj - most copies went into the library system, this copy from the author & amazingly unsigned ! - a beautiful copy of his breakthrough 2nd book . Fine/Fine. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 167 \| £UK 150.25 \| JP¥ 22064] Book number: 8962 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	DONNELL, DAVID Poems. Thornhill, Ontario, The Village Press. 1961, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st edition. 1st book. Signed. Designed, illustrated & printed by Gus Rueter. 128 copies printed woodblock title page in two colours. Printed & blind stamped tan velvet wraps. Fine copy. Uncommon. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 200.25 \| £UK 180.5 \| JP¥ 26477] Book number: 2707 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	EVERSON, R.G. Poems About Me Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Oberon Press. 1990, First Edition. Cloth. first edition - the scarce hardbound issue - author's personal photographic 50th wedding anniversary card laid in - very fine in very fine dj . /Dust Jacket Included. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 8270 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	FONES, ROBERT Kollages. Toronto, Coach House Press. 1970, First Edition. Unbound, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 1st edition. One of 300 sets of loose sheets of collage art in folding illustrated box. Twenty-two leaves complete but lacking the pin-back button as usual - the white pictorial clamshell box a bit dusty but o/w close to fine - Fones here continues to explore the technological transformation of everyday objects. Fine/Fine. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8826] Book number: 673 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GERVAIS, C. H. The Believable Body St. John, N. B. Fiddlehead Poetry Books. 1979, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - signed presentation to a well known Toronto poet - poems. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 10441 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GERVAIS, C. H. Other Marriage Vows Windsor, Sun Parlor Press. 1969, First Edition. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. - Poet Ian Young's copy with his little book label & a few holograph notes in his hand about 3 marked poems, aparently that he liked - author's first book - faintly dusty, poet's notes else fine - rare book. Fine. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 10442 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GERVAIS, C. H. Other Marriage Vows Windsor, Sun Parlor Press. 1969, First Edition. Original Wraps, 24mo - over 5" - 5Â¾" tall. - first book, uncommon, fine copy. Fine. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 10821 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GILBERT, GERRY White Lunch. Vancouver, The Periwinkle Press. 1964, First Edition. Original Wraps. 1st edition [1/300]. Author's 1st book. Signed. Designed & printed by Takao Tanabe. Faint band of fade at the fore edge front cover, vertical, minor. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 631 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	FOUR HORSEMEN Live in the West Toronto, Starborne Productions. 1974, First Edition. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. first and only pressing of this long playing record - a brand new copy unopened in the original shrink-wrap - a rare relic . Fine/Fine. USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 8221 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).