CARMAN, Bliss and Mary Perry King

Earth Deities and Other Rhythmic Masques

1914. CARMAN, Bliss and Mary Perry King. EARTH DEITIES and Other Rhythmic Masques. New York: Mitchell Kennerly, 1914. First edition. 8vo. blue cloth, lettered in gilt, t.e.g. photo frontispiece. Just lightly bumped at the bottom opening corners, with a touch of shelfwear to cloth at the edges. Slight offsetting to endpapers. A near fine copy overall, in a dust jacket with moderate overall soil, light scuffing, a few nicks and small chips, including one which just barely affects the title type at the front panel. Scarce in the dust jacket. (BAL 2712). .

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CARMAN BLISS

Later Poems;With an Appreciation By R. H. Hathaway

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1922, 1st Edition. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ill.: decorations by J E H MacDonald. Book, cloth, xxix, 203 pages, port. frontis. Deep grayish-blue embossed linen grain cloth; three panels in dark blue, central panel has flowers, leaves and grasses; left and right panels have pine trees with pine cones, lettered above and below in gilt; vignette of leaves on pine in blue, lettered in gilt; untrimmed. Cream endpapers with green lettering in center and ornamental border in green. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 1125557982

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Decorations By J E H Macdonaldpoetry, Canadian Poetry Poetry

CARMAN BLISS

Pipes of Pan : containing "From the book of myths", " From the green book of the bards", "Songs of the sea children", "Songs from a northern garden", 4 Volumes

Boston, L C Page. Hardcover, 12mo. Book, 4 volumes, Pipes of Pan Number one From Book of Myths.New Edition, with added matter, Aug 1904, 124 pp. title page printed in red and green,white laid endpapers printed in green with faun-satyr-woodland scene, top edges gilt. bindings stamped in gold and black; together with Vol. 2, "From the Book of the Bards' pub May 1903, 137 pp. desc. as above, together with Vol III, "Songs of the Sea Children" pub Oct 1903, 182 pp. together with, Vol IV, Songs From a Northern Garden" pub. Aug, 1904, 121pp. all four volumes in very good condition, desc. of 1 st bk is the same for all 4 vols.missing the 5 volume, "From the book of Valentines". Very Good.

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Book number: 11257001

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Keywords: Canadian Poetry (English) . Poetry

(Carman, Bliss). King, Mary Perry.

Autograph Letter Signed by Mary Perry King with Whom the Poet Bliss Carman Is Said to Have Been Involved in "Something Close to a Menage a Trois".

New Canaan, Connecticut, March 3, 1919. 1919. - Three pages penned on a sheet of folded 7-7/8 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide "Sunshine House" stationery. Mary Perry King thanks the American lecture impressario James B. Pond of the Pond Bureau for the list of "attractions" which he sent her. She took friends to Mr. Nichols' recital which they " enjoyed very much indeed. Some things - he reads hauntingly." [i.e. WW1 poet Robert Nichols] She was, however, disappointed that Pond had not sent her tickets as she'd asked "I could have used six more tickets if they had been sent to New Canaan as I asked. I left town immediately upon writing Mr. Nichols and only returned late the night before the Recital - to find that no tickets - nor any word had been sent.." She mentions her series at the Anderson Galleries and concludes by suggesting that if Pond wishes to consider it, she would be glad to talk with him concerning her programs "at any possible time that you may appoint." Signed in full "Mary Perry King". Folded once for mailing. Near fine. One of the leading proponents of oral rhythmics Mary Perry King (1865-1939) taught speech and posture to many leading actors of her day. She met the Canadian poet Bliss Carman (1861-1929) in 1896, becoming his patron and the greatest female influence on the poet's life. According to Mitchell Kennerley, Bliss Carman's roomate, "On rare occasions they had intimate relations at 10 E. 16 which they always advised me by leaving a bunch of violets - Mary Perry's favorite flower - on the pillow of my bed." According to Kennerley, her husband Dr. Morris L. King did not object and "even supported her involvement in the career of Bliss Carman to the extent that the situation developed into something close to a menage a trois". Through Mary, Bliss Carman became an advocate of Delsarte's philosophy of "unitrinianism". Carman moved in 1908 to live near the King's New Canaan estate "Sunshine House", and even spent the Summers in a cabin near the couple's Summer home in the Catskills. Mary Perry King co-authored "Earth deities and other rhythmic masques" and "Daughters of Dawn: A lyrical pageant.." with Carman. Fine .

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Keywords: LITERATURE; MARY PERRY KING; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; 1ST EDITION; BLISS CARMAN; ORAL RHYTHMICS; JAMES POND; THE POND BUREAU; NICHOLS RECITAL; UNITRINIANISM; SUNSHINE HOUSE; POE

Carman, Bliss

Bliss Carman's Poems

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, n.d. (1931). Full suede leather over boards, edition not stated, xvi + Pp546. Owner name & date neatly and modestlyt on front free endpaper else very good - and without a dust jacket, as issued. 820 grams unpacked.

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Book number: 8145

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Keywords: Poetry Bliss Carman Poetry: Old and Rare Books

Carman, Bliss

By the Aurelian Wall and Other Elegies

Boston, Lamson, Wolffe and Co. 1898. 1st edition 1st state. Hardcover. 132p. BAL 2640 . Very good condition! partly unopened .

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Book number: 012506

Keywords: Literature First Editions Poetry

Carman, Bliss editor

Fancy and Sentiment

Philadelphia: John D. Morris, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Bookplate; Includes essay The Place of Poetry in Life by Charles Francis Richardson ; World's Best Poetry; 459 pages.

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Book number: 59423

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Keywords: Poetry Anthologies Carman, Bliss Richardson, Charles

Carman, Bliss

Far Horizons

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1926. Hard bound, second printing, blue cloth with poetry-decorated endpapers, Pp85. Very good in slightly edge torn and edge-chipped and moderately soiled or stained, good dust jacket. 235 grams. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books.

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Book number: 28255

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Keywords: Bliss Carman Poetry Books

Carman, Bliss.

"In the Heart of the Hills" in The Independent (June 16, 1892)

New York, Independent, 1892. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with brief foxing. Carman's poem appears on the front cover. Near Fine.

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Book number: b21128

Carman, Bliss

Later Poems

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1926. Hard bound in green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board, 5th edition. Occasional ink & pencil scoring of text with some notes to margins otherwise a very nice, tightly bound copy. 305 grams.

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Book number: 234

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Carman, Bliss,

Later Poems, with an appreciation by R.H. Hathaway.

Boston, Small, Maynard & Co., (1923). VG-. Owner's bookplate fep. Spine sl sunned, sl edge wear, o/w nice bright copy.

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Carman, Bliss

Later Poems

Boston, Small, Maynard and Company, 1922. First American Edition. Decorations by J.E.H. MacDonald A.R.C.A. First American Edition. A rare First American Edition Inscribed. This volume was made up of poems from Mr. Carman's three latest books, The Rough Rider, Echoes from Vagabondia, and April Airs, together with a number of more recent poems which had not before been issued in book form. Included an Appreciation by R. H. Hathaway. A very good copy in the publisher's blue cloth covered boards, with dark blue embossed floral design by J.E.H. MacDonald A.R.C.A. and bright gold titles on spine and cover. Decorative endpapers printed with poem. pp.203 (last two leaves blank). Although not indicated, probably Ex-libris Charles G.B. Roberts, from a lot of books inscribed by Bliss Carman to C.G.B.R. Signed by Carman on the front free endpaper "With all best wishes Bliss Carman..Moonshine Twilight Park September 1927. Ill.: Decorations by J.E.H. MacDonald A.R.C.A.

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Book number: 32899

Catalogue: Can Lit & Other Greatness

Keywords: Bliss Carmen, Poetry, Canadian Literature Presentation & Inscribed Copies Electronic List TBCL A Poetry Beat

Carman, Bliss

Letters of Bliss Carman

Kingston and Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1981. Edited by H. Pearson Gundy. xix, 388p. b/w illus. dj, SIGNED by the editor on the titlepage. .

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Book number: 047887

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CARMAN, BLISS

Low Tide on Grand Pre and Ballads of Lost Haven

Boston: Small Maynard & Company, 1905. Fifth Edition. Hard cover. Two Volumes In One Series; B & W ; 4 5/8 x 7 1/8"; Hard cover is half bound in leather. Red leather spine with gold lettering, and leather corners. Slight sunning, rubbing to covers. Marbled end papers . 5th edition from August, 1905. B/w frontispiece. Previous owner's name neatly written in upper corner of half title page. Deckled edges. Pages are clean and tight. 'William Bliss Carman FRSC 1861 – 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. ' V. 1. Low tide on Grand Pre´. Behind the arras. Lyrics from an old play. Ballads of lost haven. Memorabilia. Songs of the sea children. V. 2. The green book of the bards. In a grand pre´ garden. A winter holiday. Valentines. The book of Pierrot. The pipes of Pan. The word at St. Kavin's. Ode on the coronation of King Edward. A vision of Sappho. Near Fine .

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Book number: 14531

Keywords: Poetry; Poems; Poets; Literature; Poet Laureates; Canadians; Literature/Poetry/Classics Cultural History Education Ephemera

Carman, Bliss

Low Tide on Grand Pre. A Book of Lyrics. Signed

New York, Charles L. Webster and Co, 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Carman, Bliss. LOW TIDE ON GRAND PRE. A Book of Lyrics. New York: Webster, 1893.First Edition of poet Bliss Carman's first authorized book and his most celebrated collection of verse, the title poem issued four-years previously by Copp Clark, Inscribed by him to first cousin, Canadian poet, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts on the front free endpaper. "No, neither Boardman, no Corrigan, but C.G. my first, "First Edition" Bliss Carman." Small 8vo. 120 pp. An essentially near fine mildly faded example in the publisher's delicate plum cloth, gilt titles to the spine, tasteful bookplate of Joseph E. Corrigan to the front pastedown, neat name (Mary) Boardman to the front free endpaper. With the Bliss Carman Memorial Fireplace pamphlet and postcard laid-in. A few pages with very light pencil appreciations in an unknown hand. Exceptional association copy. Bliss Carman FRSC [April 15, 1861 June 8, 1929] Preeminent Canadian poet, born William Bliss Carman, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Published under the name "Bliss Carman," although the "Bliss" is his mother's surname. Arguably Canada's best known poet, dubbed by some the "unofficial poet laureate of Canada." He later moved to New York & was influential as both an editor & writer for Cosmopolitan, the Atlantic Monthly, the Chap Book and other journals. Recognized for his anthology & editing of the 10 volume work, The World's Best Poetry, 1904 & The Oxford book of American verse. In 1928 he was awarded the Lorne Pierce Gold Medal by the Royal Society of Canada. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG , FRSC , BA [January 10, 1860 - November 26, 1943]. Canadian poet & prose writer. Besides his own body of work, Roberts is known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he served as an inspiration for other writers of his time. Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott were known as the "Confederation poets". $3500. .

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Book number: 29625

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Keywords: CAN/LIT HIGHLIGHT Presentation & Inscribed Copies Association & Dedication Copies Electronic List TBCL A Poetry Beat