Ondaatje, Michael

Rat Jelly

Toronto, Coach House Press, 1973. Hardcover. pp. 71. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Canada Council bookplate to front free endpaper. Spotting to top page edge, minor shelfwear; very good, in very good dustjacket showing quarter-sized scuff to rear panel, overall light rubbing, and inked numeral to front flap. Rare in hardcover. Ondaatje's fourth book of poetry. .

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Book number: 083495

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Canadian Poetry; Poem Collection;

Ondaatje, Michael

There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do; Poems 1963-1978

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1979. Paperback. pp. xi, 107. 8vo. Light shelfwear, sunning and creasing to spine; very good. .

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Book number: 087241

Catalogue: Poetry

Palgrave, Francis Turner (arr.)

The Golden Treasury; of the Best Songs & Lyrical Poems in the English Language

London, Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardcover. pp. xxi, 615. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, publisher's stain to top edge of text block. Light general shelfwear, crease to spine, ink inscription to fep; very good- in very good dustjacket, in Brodart sleeve. With a Fifth Book selected by John Press. Fifth Edition. .

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Book number: 075462

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Collected Poems; Anthology; English Poets;

PALGRAVE, Francis Turner

The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

London, MacMillan Company, 1861. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 332.12mo, Bound in period half leather with all edges gilt,Palgrave (1824-1897) was a British critic and poet. This popular anthology of English poetry, originally selected by Palgrave was first published in 1861. It was considerably revised in the 1890s, with suggestions from Tennyson. Former owners' names and inscription on front endpaper. Boards rubbed at edges, binding a bit shaken but holding: a good copy. Ill.: title page vignette.

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Book number: 9900044898

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry;;;;;;;; title page vignette

PATTON, Andrew

Poems and Quotations

Winnipeg, MB, Four Humours Press, 1975. 1st printing. Paperback.8vo,,Larger format softcover - slight soiling to covers, else vg/nf, Limited edition of 450, all hand-bound and unpaginated. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900026032

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems;CanLit;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Dutton, Paul and Steven Smith (ed.)

Read the Way He Writes; a Festschrift for Bpnichol

[Toronto], [Open Letter], 1986. Paperback. pp. 270. 8vo. Contains duotone photographic illustrations. Light shelfwear, sticker ghost to front cover; very good. Open Letter, Sixth Series, Nos 5-6: Summer-Fall 1986. .

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Book number: 086658

Catalogue: Poetry

Persall, Mishael

Navenad

[USA], Mishael Persall, 1931. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 141. Small 4to. Light bump at bottom, some sunning; very good. Water color embellishment (by author?) to title page, showing 'M. Persall' and 'Poemen'. The text is in Yiddish. A most curious book, containing 141 quarto uncut signatures, i.e. the text is printed on the outside pages only (pages 1 and 4 only of a four page quarto leaf), the uncut inner pages being blank. Persall published another book, eight years (1939) after this one, entitled 'About the Hour-glass and the Scythe'. The publisher was Maverick Press, of Woodstock, NY. .

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Book number: 9900029245

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Jew;Jewish;Judaica;Poet;;;;;

Pinter, Harold

Poems

London, Enitharmon Press, 1968. Hardcover. pp. [viii], 24, [viii]. 8vo. Beautifully bound in half red morocco over black cloth with stamped gilt spine lettering and top edge gilt. Text printed on cream laid paper. Erratum slip tipped-in. Contents pristine. Boards slightly bowed (this appears to be a hand-bound book). Black cloth slightly scuffed. Overall, in near fine condition. From the colophon: 'Two hundred specially bound copies of this book have been printed, numbered 1 to 200. All are signed by the author. This is No. 107.' [signed] 'Harold Pinter'. .

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Book number: 9900026645

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: BritLit; Bindings; Signed books;

[FRENCH POETRY]

Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers [Tales and New Verse]

Paris, Leclere Fils, 1862. Hardcover. pp. 208, 210.larger 12mo,Two volume set, nicely bound in 3/4 crimson morroco,The binder is Allo (with his name stamped in tiny letters on the recto of the ffep). Raised bands to the spines, with gilt decorated compartments and very delicate gilt lettering. The endpapers are marbled, and the top edge is gilt. There are numerous engraved vignettes, or head pieces, some of which are risque or erotic; hence reminiscent of Jean de la Fontaine's CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS. Neither the artist nor the engraver is identified but the work is fine, with many subtle details. Both volumes show minor rubbing to the extremities of the boards, with the surfaces lightly scuffed. The spines are also a bit rubbed, but nothing untoward. The front endpaper of volume I is splitting but the hinges and joints are still tight, and the book feels 'sound'. Volume II is similarly tight. There is some foxing throughout. There is what appears to be a small stamped flower on the recto of the title page of volume I, which has slightly bled through. Overall, the set presents well on the shelf, and is in good plus to almost very good condition. Digital photos available. With poems by Voltaire, Vergier, Senece, Perrault, Moncrief and Ducerceau, Grevourt, Saint-Lambert, Champfort, Piron and others. Ill.: copperplate headpieces.

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Book number: 9900027947

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poets;French literature;Bindings;;;;;; copperplate headpieces

Read, Janet

Ballads of Bouverie Street and Other Verses

NP, Privately published, No date stated. Paperback. 37 pp.8vo,,Blue card covers.Front cover torn nearly off, sunned. Rear cover has small chip & crease to bottom corner and some slight scuffing. There are two Janet Read poems cut from newspapers and pinned (literally) to the last two leaves, perforating paper, and discolouring it with the offset. There is a perforation and offset where a third might have been. Overall, fair to good. Holograph poem, dedicated 'To the Ideal Companion with all good wishes' and dated Sep. 1923 (sic), on verso of title page. .

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Book number: 9900020446

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Literature;;;;;;;;

Reid, Monty

Alternate Guide

Alberta, Red Deer Press, 1985. Paperback. pp. 63. 8vo. Author's signature and inscription to title page. Light shelfwear, covers rubbed; very good. .

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Book number: 088296

Catalogue: Poetry

Reid, Monty

Crawlspace; New and Selected Poems

Concord, House Of Anansi, 1993. Paperback. pp. 122. 8vo. Author's signature and inscription to title page. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

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Book number: 088304

Catalogue: Poetry

Reid, Monty

The Dream of Snowy Owls

Edmonton, Longspoon Press, 1983. Paperback. pp. 63. 8vo. Light shelfwear, author's inscription to title page; very good. SIGNED by Reid. .

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Book number: 089195

Catalogue: Poetry

Reid, Monty

Karst Means Stone

Edmonton, NeWest Press, 1979. Paperback. pp. 69. 8vo. Cover quite rubbed, with some creasing, author's inscription to title page; very good. SIGNED by Reid. .

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Book number: 089194

Catalogue: Poetry

Reimer, Sam W.

Gray Matter Graffitti

Circle Design, 2008. Paperback. pp. 214. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 062967

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Winnipeg; Manitoba; POems