SWAN, ANNIE S.

My Poems (People's Friend)

Dundee: John Leng, 1920. Paperback. Trade PB; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 32 pages; Chap Book. This booklet of poetry has brown paper covers has some damage from being bent, light foxing. Stapled wraps. Pages have thelook of laid paper. It appears to have been an insert in the People's Friend magazine. On the inside of the front cover is a little imprinted note thanking her 'loyal readers in the 'People's Friend''. A scarce book. Undated but circa 1920's.. Very Good+ .

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THOMPSON, DOROTHY BURR (EDITOR)

Swans and Amber Some Early Greek Lyrics

Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Editor; Slight wear only ; A tight solid book. Signed in pencil on blank page facing half title by Earle Birney, famed western Canadian poet and novelist ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 193 pages; Some Early Greek lyrics, freely translated and adapted by Thompson. "For what I say, my naughty way/All the boys must love me./Every ditty is so witty/Nobody stands above me. Anacreon of Teos, 563-478 B.C. From papyrus rolls, copied and recycled through the centuries, hundreds of short extracts written by Greek poets in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. survive. This lovely collection, translated into English by a leading classicist, presents a selection of ca. 100 poems by 17 authors with useful historical introductions.". Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Greece Signed earle birney lyrics POETRY

VIGNEAULT, GILLES (TRANS. BY PAUL ALLARD)

Tales Sur la Pointe Des Pieds

Don Mills, ON: Press Porcepic, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888780044. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 79 pages; Only slight wear, small mark front of DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar, a tight bright book. A lovely square volume of one page pieces in French with English on facing page. DJ flaps have deckled edges.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Katalog: Poetry::Canadian

Sonstige Stichworte: 0888780044 Vigneault Canadian

WHYTE-EDGAR, MRS. C.M.

A Wreath of Canadian Song Containing Biographical Sketches and Numerous Selections from Deceased Canadian Poets

Toronto: William Briggs, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by B&W Frontispiece. Inner hinges cracked but still solid, green cloth covered boards show some wear at extremities, light soil. Previous owner's embossed seal on FFEP. ; Gilt design front and spine ; 284 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .

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WOODCOCK, GEORGE

Notes on Visitations Poems, 1936

Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887841341. Dust jacket chipped and scuffed. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; House of Anansi poetry series ; HAP 33; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 115 pages; Preface by poet Al Purdy. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0887841341 POETRY Canada POETRY