Alexander, Meena

Indian Love Poems

New York, Everyman's Library | Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Hardcover. pp. 250. 12mo. Light pink cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board, like silk ribbon-marker. No detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, short near ink inscription to the ffep, else, bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in near fine, unclipped, dustjacket. .

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Book number: 5819

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: eastern literature; indian literature

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poems

London, Phoenix Press, 2003. Hardcover. pp. 119, [4]. 12mo. Lovely gray cloth over boards, white lettering to the spine, green ribbon-marker. Entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in fine dustjacket. A charming volume of Tennyson's poetry. .

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Book number: 4405

Catalogue: Poetry

Amabile, George (1936-)

Blood Ties [First Printing]

Port Clements, British Columbia, The Sono Nis Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 82. Slim 8vo. Publisher's tan paper boards, lilac lettering to the spine. No detectable flaws to the boards, contents equally without blemish; fine and house in its original, near fine, unclipped, strikingly illustrated dustjacket showing slightest wear along the edges of the panels (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+. .

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Book number: 6158

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: west-coast poetry; poems; literature; canadian literature

Angelou, Maya

On the Pulse of Morning: The Inaugural Poem

New York, Random House, 1993. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. 12mo. Textured maroon covers with gilt lettering. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Read by the poet at the Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton, 20 January 1993.

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Book number: 2966

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: presidential history; bill clinton

Apollinaire, Guillaume; Doanld Revell (Trans.)

Alcools: Poems

Hanover & London, Unviersity Press of New England | Wesleyan, 1995. Softcover. pp. 171. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. Guiilaume Apollinaire, a leading figure amongst the young writers and artists in France until his death in 1918, published 'Alcools', his first book of poems, in 1913. With its wide range of verse forms and contrasting registers of style, 'Alcools' had a considerable influence on Surrealist poetry. The poems provide a splendid example of the lyrical art in which the paradoxes of Apollinaire are held in high poetic tension. The editor's introduction and notes take place in the 20th Century and explain allusion and difficulties in the text.

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Book number: 3549

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: french language poetry; poetry; prose poetry; literature; history; languages

Arnason, David

Marsh Burning

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Turnstone Press, St. John's College, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 88. Slim 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Black and white photographs, illustrations. Light rubbing to covers, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. .

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Book number: 1303

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: canadian literature; history; manitoba history; local history; canadian history; winnipeg history; university of manitoba;

Atwood, Margaret; Charles Pachter (Illust.); David Staines (Foreword)

The Journals of Susanna Moodie

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Macfarlane, Walter & Ross, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. xxiii, [73]. Small 4to. measuring 27 cm. Publisher's quarter navy-blue cloth over speckled ivory paper boards with bronze lettering and line drawing to the spine, and front board; navey-blue endpapers. Gorgeously and vividly illustrated in colour througout in a collaborative effort between Atwood, and Pachter. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; near fine and accompanied with its original translucent mylar dustacket. A gorgeous work. This popular edition is a faithful reproduction of the original hand-set, hand-printed, version of a treasured Canadian classic. In her reading of Moodie's chronicles of pioneer life, Margaret Atwood found the haunting themes that obsess us still. Charles Pachter's vividly evocative images layer the poems with startling echoes and insights. Their work is accompanied here by a new introductory memoir by Pachter and a foreword by David Staines, who pays homage to Atwood, Pachter, and Moodie and their central places in Canadian art and literature.

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Book number: 6793

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: artists' books; art books; illustrated works; canadian art; poetry; poems; canadian literature; prose; poetry

Atwood, Margaret

Morning in the Burned House: New Poems

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1995. Hardcover. pp. v,127. Small square 8vo. Deep-lilac boards, black lettering to the spine, Atwood's signature stamped in black to front board. No detectable flaws to extremities, near ink inscription to the title page else, near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. .

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Book number: 2722

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: canadian literature; canadiana; women's studies; gender studies; handmaid's tale; prose poetry; canadian poetry; poems

Bailey, Alfred Goldsworthy

Thanks for a Drowned Island

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mcclelland And Stewart, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 96. Slim 8vo. Forest-green boards, silver lettering to the spine, speckled endpapers. Lightest rubbing to the cloth, else, near fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+. .

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Book number: 5821

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: canadian literature; canlit; prose

Banting, Pamela; David Aranson (Ed.)

Running Into the Open

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Turnstone Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 35. Slim 8vo. Illustrated stapled wraps. Lightest rubbing to the cover, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Pamela Banting was born in Birch River, Manitoba, in 1955. She has worked as a high school teacher, a technical editor and a freelance writer/editor. She is currently a graduate student in English at the University of Manitoba".

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Book number: 1867

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: canadian literature; manitoba literature; manitoba history; local history; canadian history; canadiana; prose poetry;

Bérard, Réal (Illust.); Multiple Contributors

A Life's Journey: André-Hubert Fournet

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Provincial House, Filles de la Croix - Sisters of the Cross. N.D. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 44. 8vo. Illustrated stapled card covers. Fine. Text in English. A selection of roughly two-dozen poems accompanied with colour illustrations.

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Book number: 2970

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: catholic; religion; memoir; french-language; francais; manitobaine; canadian literature

Bergman, Gary; Stephan Christianson (Ed. & Illust); Seth Woodyard (Illust.); Jesse Krause (Illust.)

Barrel Trolley Waltz and Other Poems [Private Press Poetry] ; [Limited Hand-Numbered Edition of 60 Copies of which this is No. 30.]

Winnipeg, Manitoba, spyTower Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 19, [1]. 8vo. measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Illustrated, twice-stapled, textured card covers comprising of nineteen leaves printed on textured card-stock. Illustrated lino-block title page, accompanied with one lino-block full-page illustrated leaf. Lovely private-press limited edition of Bergman's poetry as printed by the spyTower Press of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fine. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba, et al. This book is a celebration of friendship and the poetry of Gary Bergman made possible through the technical and artistic collaboration of several people. All poems written by G.B. and edited by Stephan Christianson.

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Book number: 6902

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: private press; artists books; canadian literature; manitoba literature; manitoba history; local history; canadian history

Blanchette, Claude; Antoine Hacault (Preface)

Pensées [Signed]

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, Editions des Plaines, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. Upaginated [pp. 156]. 8vo. measuring 23 cm. Pictorial card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Uncommon in commerce. Boldy SIGNED, and inscribed by the author to the ffep.

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Book number: 6141

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: canadian literature; signed books; signed; poems; prose; french-canadian literature; franco-manitoban literature

Blank, Myles K.

Fugue [Signed]

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Broca's Publishing House, 1993. Paperback. pp. 75. Slim 8vo. Illustrated covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. SIGNED, and inscribed by the author to the title page.

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Book number: 5888

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: canadian literature; poems; poetry; literature; prose

Bleeks, Philip C.; Arthur Horsfall

Puddles of Pith

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Cherry Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Card Covers. pp. 66. 12mo. measuring 19 cm. Illutrated stiff card covers. Striking black-and-white drawings throughout. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages; very good+. Uncommon in commerce. See OCLC #3247326. .

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Book number: 6551

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: canadian poetry; canadian literature; prose; poems; artists books; illustrated works