Pessoa, Fernando; Jonathan Griffin, translator

Selected Poems, Fenando Pessoa, Second Edition

London, Penguin, 1982. Perfectbound, 159 pp. 5"-7.75". Fine. Translations from the Portuguese poet who gave a unique style and personality to his other 3 poetic personae. New edition supplements the 4 personae with new work by 'Pessoa'.

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Book number: 1288

Catalogue: Poetry

Picabia, Francis; M. Hryciuk, translator

acrobat of funeral processions

Toronto, Nietzsche's Brolly, 2016. Staplebound, 28 pp. 5.5"-4.25". As New. 100 years after Athlete des pompes funebres' French publication, an English translation 'Papa Dada" would have loved. Balls of verve.

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Book number: 1389

Catalogue: Poetry

Picabia, Francis; Marshall Hryciuk, translator

Thoughts without language

Toronto, Nietzsche's Brolly, 2022. Staplebond, 102 pp. 4.25"-4". As New. Papa daDA's second book, Pensees sans langage translated into English. Confessions, admonishments, playgrounds of nouns and 'unpleasant desires'. Burns holes in bourgeois aspirations large and small.

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Book number: 1714

Catalogue: Poetry

Plath, Sylvia

Colossus and Other Poems

New York, Vintage Books, 1968. Perfectbound, 85 pp. 4.25"-7.25". fair. Diction reminds me of H.D. but the imagery is much more aggressive. Tears to the bottom front and back. Pocket-size reading copy.

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Book number: 1616

Catalogue: Poetry

Porta, Antonio; Pasquale Verdicchio, translator

Metropolis

Copenhagen, Green Integer, 1999. Perfectbound, 99 pp. 4.25"-6". As New. Bilingual edition; Italien en face to the English. First poem, "What everyone thinks" is 37 pages long, each line beginning "che/what". Author photo on white cover.

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Book number: 604

Catalogue: Poetry

Power, Nicholas

WELLS

Toronto, Underwhich Editions, 1983. Staplebound, 30 pp. 4"-5.25". As New. Poem-series, "a cryptographic translation of journal writing"" printed navy-blue on grey paper with cardstock blue covers.

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Book number: 1286

Catalogue: Poetry

Radmore, Claudia Coutu

Desirée / air / bone / feather

Carleton Place, ON, Editions des petits nuages, 2014. Staplebound, 20 pp. 5.5"-8.5". As New. Poems of delineation and devotion to the poet's pet Green-Naped Rainbow Lorikeet. With transparent end-papers for better illustration of the bird's composition. Poems of love: "she simply wants all/ of you.

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Book number: 1387

Catalogue: Poetry

Ratcliffe, Stephen

SOUND (system)

Copenhagen, Green Integer, 2002. Perfectbound, 254 pp. 4.25"-6". As New. Digs into the letters of Henry James for a vocabulary of sonnets that focus on the sound of the narrative. Some OuLiPo for the textures. Poet's photo on white gloss covers.

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Book number: 162

Catalogue: Poetry

Rich, Adrienne

Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988 - 1991

New York, W.W. Norton, 1991. Perfect binding, 60 pp. 5.5"-8.5". As New. Still startlingly original in this her 30th collection. Plush finish to blue-matte paper covers.

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Book number: 163

Catalogue: Poetry

Riddell, John

Transitions

Toronto, Aya Press, 1980. Perfectbound, 147 pp. 6"-8". good. Ingressive stylizations of 12 modes of concrete extirpation, 3 of them in colour. Fingerprint reproduction used as a whorl is the cover design. Some foxing and soot stains.

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Book number: 605

Catalogue: Concrete/VZWL Poetry

Riddell, John

WAR (Words at Roar) Volume One: s'words/s Games

Toronto, Underwhich Editions, 1981. Cerlox-bound, 60 pp. 9"-11". As New. Discursive texts of questioning, thwarting complacency flung out in a concretic manner. Exponentially disturbing. Acetate cover, big black words.

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Book number: 607

Catalogue: Concrete/VZWL Poetry

Rilke, Rainer Maria; Babette Deutsch, translator

Poems from the Book of Hours

New York, New Directions , 1973. Perfectbound, 51 pp. 5.25"-8". Good. Vespers for a god or goddess yet to be born, borne up on the diction and cadences of poetry. First lines on both the German and English text in bold ornate type. His early book.

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Book number: 1691

Catalogue: Poetry

Rillo

Wolf's Clothing

Tarrytown, NY, Left Hand Books, 3/1/1990. Perfect binding, 72 pp. 7"-6.25". good. Sends the wily Coyote of An Exchange of Quivers into the wild postmodern yonder. Intro by Susan Smith Nash.

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Book number: 167

Catalogue: Poetry

Rothenberg, Jerome, ed.

Poems from the Floating World, Vol.1-5, 1959 - 1963

New York, AMS Press, 26481. Cloth, 140 pp. 6.25"-9.25". Mint. Reprint of the first 5 years of a New York literary magazine in search of the 'deep image'. Much good translation.

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Book number: 168

Catalogue: Poetry

Roy, Claude, editor

Jules Supervielle

Paris, Pierre Seghers, Editeur, 1949. Perfect binding, 181 pp. 6.25"-6.25". Good. Poetes d'aujourd'hui series #15; inedits, poemes choisis, dessins, potraits, fac-similes et bibliographie. Worn spine.

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Book number: 1281

Catalogue: Poetry