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| to select author names starting with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z back to page 1 of full catalog (starting with NO authornames) | This selection contains 116 title(s) on 5 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| AHEARN, CATHERINE Thus Spoke Superman - Signed By Author Ottawa, Canada, Golden Dog Press. 1981. (ISBN: 0919614388) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 73 pages. Author's fourth collection of poetry. Based upon some of the themes expressed by Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra: conformism, otherworldliness, solitude, the creative affirmation of life, earth, will. Succeeds in creating a work of art that is both individualistic and profoundly lyrical. Prior owner's name blacked out upon title page, just above author's inscription and signature. Good/No Jacket. Signed. CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 2869] Book number: 23107923 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
 | ARNOLD, E. IRENA Poems of a Salvationist USA, Fleming H. Revell Company. 1923, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 160 pages. Gift greetings dated 1929 upon front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average external wear. Lettering worn from backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy. Good. CAD 149.95 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.85 | £UK 85.5 | JP¥ 12520] Book number: 751a4590 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
 | ATWOOD, MARGARET Selected Poems, 1966-1984 Canada, Oxford University Press. 1990. (ISBN: 019540808x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages. 'A substantial introduction to Atwood's work' - from back cover. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Sound working copy. Good. CAD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 31.75 US$ 47.25 | £UK 28.5 | JP¥ 4171] Book number: 751a7483 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| BALDEO, ALBERT From Calypso to the Land of Snow : The Life and Rhymes of Albert Baldeo Kelowna, BC, Canada, Calypso Press. 2000. (ISBN: 096868890x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 277 pages. Author was born in Trinidad. Educated there and in Canada, he then taught school in Trinidad for 10 years before entering the ministry and returning to Canada. He served the Chinook Co-operative Parish in southern Alberta; St. James United Church in Edmonton; and St. Paul's United Church in Kelowna, B.C. where he retired in 1995. Although living with Parkinson's disease for ten years, author exudes the joy of living life to the fullest. His ability to put his thoughts to paper has produced this delightful book of poetry. Unmarked copy. Very Good+/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 23106995 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| BALDWIN, JACQUELINE Threadbare Like Lace Prince George, BC, Canada, Caitlin Press, Incorporated. 1997. (ISBN: 0920576648) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 105 pages. Author's signature and prior owner's gift greetings upon half title page. Explores humanity through personal and intimate characters which have universal appeal. Tries to understand the complicated and consuming relationship shared between women and men. The style is colloquial, sincere and often comic. The poems exist at the crossroads of philisophy, emotion and narration. Baldwin will bewitch any, and every, mother, father, wife, husband, child or friend. 4" crease to lower corner of back cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Signed by Author. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 23106488 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| BARBOUR, DOUGLAS; SCOBIE, STEPHEN The Pirates of Pen's Chance - Homolinguistic Translations Toronto, The Coach House Press. 1981. (ISBN: 0889102279) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 159 pages. Authors set sail from the shores of traditional literature and are translated into a world of strange syntax and surprising connections. Along the way they meet almost everyone from Archibald Lampman to Bob Dylan, arriving finally at the keys of a grand piano where the ghost of Gertrude Stein hovers. Witty and direct, moving and eloquent, abstract and challenging, always intriguing. Well worn. Unmarked. Rectangular patch of browning upon half-title page. Fair/No Jacket. CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 2869] Book number: 23100180 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
 | BEGA, NATASHA Kur Te Mos Duhemi Me, Poezi / Quand on Ne Sera Plus Aime , Poemes Tirana, 1996. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 57 pages. Appears to be a book of poetry written in both French and Albanian (?). Nice colour plates. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Very Good. CAD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.79 | £UK 22.75 | JP¥ 3336] Book number: 751a1005 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| BERGER, MAXIANNE How We Negotiate Montreal, PQ, Canada, Empyreal Press. 1999, First Printing. (ISBN: 0921852266) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 111 pages including notes. The long-anticipated first collection of author's poems. Investigates all aspects of daily life, from the sublime to the domestic. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Near Fine/No Jacket. CAD 54.95 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 US$ 51.98 | £UK 31.25 | JP¥ 4588] Book number: 23102178 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| BERNHARDT, CLARA I Need You - for Every Need There is an Answer Canada, Not Stated. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 76 pages. Copyright date 1983. Top 1.25" of title page clipped. Gift greetings upon verso of title page. Marginal notes on page 76. Average wear with some soiling to front cover which features smiling picture of author. This is author's fifth collection of poetry. For 30 years she wrote two weekly columns for the Cambridge (Ontario) Times. Of necessity all her work was done from a wheel chair due to a devastating attack of polio at age 11. She was born in Preston, Ontario in 1911. Good/No Jacket. CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 23106549 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| BISSETT, BILL The Last Photo uv th Human Soul Vancouver, B.C. Talonbooks, Limited. 1993, First Printing. (ISBN: 088922322x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 142 pages. ".. this is a veree politikul book.. often ecstatik.." osten chenko. (from back cover) Clean, bright and unmarked with only the lightest of wear. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Excellent copy. Fine/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 23101269 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
 | BLAKEMORE, TREVOR China Clay Cambridge, England, W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1922, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: McArthur, F.M. Unpaginated. Approximately 3/8" thick. Contains short poems on Chinese topics, accompanied by handsome black and white illustrations. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Good. CAD 79.95 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 75.63 | £UK 45.5 | JP¥ 6675] Book number: 751a4474 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| BOTTING, GARY Lady of My House - and Other Poems Alberta, Canada, Harden House. 1987. (ISBN: 0920310168) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 76 pages. Besides six previously published collections of poetry, author has written some 30 plays for stage and screen. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Very Good+. CAD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.79 | £UK 22.75 | JP¥ 3336] Book number: 23102638 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
 | BOWERING, GEORGE Touch: Selected Poems 1960-1970 Canada, McLelland & Stewart. 1971. (ISBN: 0771015968) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, 128 pages. "..Virile, evocative, concerned, original: a pure delight to hear or read." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Pencil notes upon half-title page. Solid working copy. Fair/Fair. CAD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.79 | £UK 22.75 | JP¥ 3336] Book number: 751a7182 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
 | BOYD, ALLAN My Sentimental Journey: Poems and Essays USA, The Dockery Press. 1974, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: De Vitto, Margaret. 61 pages. Light wear. Discard stamp upon front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Very Good. CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 751a4309 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| BREINGAN,J.N. Firsthand - Embracing Life Canada, Jack of Hearts. (ISBN: 0969564813) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Daly,Laurel. no date, 110pp Like a modern Walt Whitman, Breingan is content to let the world rush by while he wanders the hills and beaches around Nanoose Bay observing the "belligerent sky" and birds "on the many branches of morning." His love for nature is palpable; there he finds the peace he seeks. Near Fine. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 56305007 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| BROWN, MAE HILL Tracings Lantzville, BC, Canada, Oolichan Books. 1982. (ISBN: 0889820341) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 51 pages. Author's first collection of poems. She moved to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in 1967. Author's title and inscription upon half-title page. Clean, bright and unmarked. Lovely copy. Fine. CAD 44.95 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.52 | £UK 25.75 | JP¥ 3753] Book number: 75103377 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| BROWN, JIM; PHILLIPS, DAVID: EDITORS West Coast Seen (formerly Titled West Coast 68) Vancouver, B.C. Canada, Talon Books. 1969. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 212 pages. "This magazine first made public the tremendous energy possible by a new wave of writers whose response to life in language is not provincial or limited by borders. This wave has not fallen back into the Pacific but moves across the land now. Hear 28 responses (writers)." - from the introduction. Includes works by: Belford, Brown, Carlson, Coupey, Frith, Jungic, Lawrence, McKinnon, Robinson, Schroeder, Siebum, Tan Trey, Martina and Mayne, to name a few. Unmarked but for handwritten correction to publisher's address. Moderate wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Good+/No Jacket. CAD 34.36 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 US$ 32.5 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 2869] Book number: 23108627 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| BULLOCK, MICHAEL Moons and Mirrors : Poems SIGNED BY AUTHOR Vancouver, BC, Canada, Rainbird Press. 1994. (ISBN: 0969050437) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Cartwright, Susannah (illustrator). Author's inscription and signature atop half-title page. A group of poems written after a conversation with a friend about the moon. Conjures up the eternal, inviolate metaphysical side of the moon that nothing (not even invading astronauts) can damage or destroy, that is beyond the reach of any crass technologial incursion. Faint traces of wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy in bright glossy covers. Fine/No Jacket. Signed. CAD 57.30 [Appr.: EURO 36.25 US$ 54.21 | £UK 32.75 | JP¥ 4784] Book number: 23100999 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| BURNETT, MURDOCH The Long Distance and Other Poems 1981-1986 Cochrane, AB, Westlands. First Edition. (ISBN: 0919671144) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 77 pages. Moderate soiling and wear. Unmarked inside. Cover photo of author holding rose. Very Good/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 23106248 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| CALLAGHAN, BARRY The Hogg Poems and Drawings Don Mills, ON, General Publishing Company, Limited. 1978, First Printing. (ISBN: 0773600663) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, 143 pages. "Not all visions are unique but Barry Callaghan has broken from a dream that is both unique and marvelous. Thank God he got back alive to tell us!.. The book will burn your fingers. The occasion of its publication is one of those all too rare events - the sounding of a new and authentic voice." - Timothy Findlay. Usual library markings. Average wear. Includes numerous wonderful colour plates of author's art. Good/No Jacket. CAD 34.95 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.06 | £UK 20 | JP¥ 2918] Book number: 23108579 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| CARMICHAEL, MICHAEL Oyster Wine Lantzville, BC, Canada, Oolichan Books. 1978. (ISBN: 0889820120) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 57 pages. A collection of the author's poetry. Moderate wear. Sunning to top of front cover. Unmarked. Solid copy. Good+. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 75102978 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| CATHERS, KEN Images on Water Lantzville, BC, Canada, Oolichan Books. 1976, First Printing. (ISBN: 088982004x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 48 pages. One of 750 copies from first printing. Poetry by a British Columbia author. Titles include: "petroglyphs, nanaimo, b.c." and "west coast poems (I-VII)". Covers yellowed with some soiling. Some yellowing to contents. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Fair+/No Jacket. CAD 54.95 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 US$ 51.98 | £UK 31.25 | JP¥ 4588] Book number: 23102460 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| COFFEY, MICHAEL 87 North - Poems By Michael Coffey Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A. Coffee House Press. 1999, First Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 1566890853) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 105 pages. One of 2,500 copies from the first printing. Author is managing editor of Publishers Weekly. "..exhibits the ferocity of his range: polemics worthy of Pope; quick delights that ignite in wit; ad dazzling, luminous poems that mix the language and geography of upstate New York with history, faith, autobiography, and poetic inheritance." - Susan Wheeler. Light rubbing to glossy covers. Two inch crease to upper corner of front cover. Unmarked. Very Good+/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 23107444 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| COHEN, LEONARD The Energy of Slaves Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1974, Reprint. (ISBN: 0771022034) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 127 pages. Contents clean and unmarked. Covers show some moisture staining near spine. Small piece clipped from lower cover of front cover and first leaf. Average wear overall. Binding intact. Good/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 23100725 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| COVENTRY, RENE Time-Wasters - A Potpourri of Crazy Rhymers for All Reasons and Seasons Self-Published. Stapled, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 53 pages. Average soiling and wear to yellow card covers. Sticker remnant at top left corner of front cover and '"25" written at top right corner. Illustrated throughout with 'little ditty' sketches, presumably by author, who states on page 53 "..I'm sure you realized all along that I have just been pulling your leg!!!!" Title include: Different Drum, Time Slips By, WATCHOUT - Anything Goes, The Golf Champion, and many more. Good/No Jacket. CAD 29.95 [Appr.: EURO 19 US$ 28.33 | £UK 17.25 | JP¥ 2501] Book number: 23106724 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. |
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