FLEMING, EVERETT SAMUEL

Sourdough and Gold Dust

Victoria, BC: Diggon's Presses, 1954. Paperback. Light edge wear and soil to yellow card covers ; This stapled wraps chap book was 'prepared especially for the International Sourdough Re-union in Vancouver, August 16-18, 1954. ; 14 pages; Fleming describes himself as 'a sometime parson in the Klondike'.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 15197

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian

Keywords: sourdough POETRY Klondike POETRY

HOOD, ROBERT ALLISON

Vignettes of Vancouver and Some Vagrant Verses

Vancouver BC: Education Services Ltd, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Harry E. White. DJ is soiled, torn with chipping and large areas missing head and tail of DJ spine.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 84 pages; Poems about Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 17281

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian

Keywords: British Columbia Vancouver POETRY

JOE, RITA

Lnu and Indians We're Called

Charlotteown, PEI: Ragweed Press, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0921556225. Card covers show very light shelf wear. Previous owner's last name on front fly leaf ; A bright, solid book.; 8.5 X 6.6 X 0.2 inches; 71 pages; Rita Joe (née Bernard), a Mi'kmaw poet was immortalised in the play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga and honoured as a Member of the Order of Canada among other honours.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19850

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian::Aboriginal

Keywords: 0921556225 poetry Nova Scotia Cape Breton mi'kmaw POETRY Native Studies

LILLARD, CHARLES

Voice, My Shaman

Victoria, BC: Sono Nis Press, 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919462103. DJ and boards show some shelf wear, DJ appears to be discoloured by the sun, shows light wear ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 100 pages; This is the hardcover edition.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20909

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian

Keywords: 0919462103 British Columbia Bush Poetry POETRY

MACDONALD, WILSON

A Flagon of Beauty

Buffalo, NY: The Broadway Press, 1958. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author; DJ shows edge wear, small tears and light soiling. Bookstore stamp on front pastedown. Marks on top and bottom pages edges have appearance of remainder marks. ; Signed by the author with a lovely notation. A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 233 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17463

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian

Keywords: Canada Signed poems POETRY

PURDY, ALFRED

Poems for All the Annettes

Toronto: Contact Press, 1962. 1st. Softcover. Signed by Author; White dustjacket lightly soiled with some chipping to head of spine, some damage to front panel of DJ, pale blue card covers of book shows light wear, some foxing of page edges. ; Inscribed by author on front fly. This book was acquired from the daughter of the woman to whom it was warmly inscribed. She told me how the poet was a family friend (her father also served in the RCAF during WWII). A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages; This was Purdy's 6th book and considered to be one of his finest. "Alfred Purdy came into attention in Canadian poetry in the post-war period, though like Souster, Irving Layton and others, he had been in the armed forces (RCAF) during the war and had begun writing earlier. In the Air Force he published privately a small book (he now wishes to forget), 'The Enchanted Echo' (1944). During his Wanderjahre he recalls "riding the freight trains across the the country to Vancouver and back"; operating a "taxi business" in Belleville, Ontario and helping to organize a union in a turbulent mattress factory in Vancouver." (jacket blurb) .. "was one of Canada's most celebrated poets. As famous for his turbulent, working man's way of life as for his poetry, he was the walking definition of a poet whose work encapsulated his life. His thunderous, resonant voice and personal charisma were unforgettable, among such contemporaries as Earle Birney, Milton Acorn and Irving Layton, he stood out easily. Proud of his working class roots in small-town Ontario, plainspoken and defiant to the end, Al Purdy helped define modern Canadian poetry. His poems were wide-reaching, touching on everything from his endless travels to the beauty of nature, from hockey players to his vision of social democracy. He wrote more than 30 books of poetry and prose and inspired and encouraged many young poets, among them Margaret Atwood, George Galt and Susan Musgrave. To many, Al Purdy was Canadian poetry personified, an accessible, unabashedly patriotic voice that was often obstreperous and cranky but never stopped taking on the world. It was a voice that had to be heard to be fully appreciated. Standing well over six feet tall, with a curiously loping walk, Al Purdy could inspire awe among his audiences, and his readings were as much theatre as poetry. His stentorian tones could clear a restaurant and his opinions were always passionate." (Harbour Publishing bio written on the occasion of Purdy's death). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 16507

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian

Keywords: POETRY working man Irving Layton Milton Acorn margaret atwood Susan Musgrave RCAF POETRY Canada POETRY LITERATURE

SERVICE, ROBERT

The Cremation of Sam Mcgee

Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1986. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919964923. Illustrated by Ted Harrison. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers, full colour illustrations by Ted Harrison ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages; "In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee" illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of color to bring this gritty narrative poem to life. Evoking both the spare beauty and the mournful solitude of the Yukon landscape". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21791

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian

Keywords: 0919964923 Yukon ted harrison Robert Service JUVENILE POETRY ARTS

SERVICE, ROBERT W.

The Shooting of Dan Mcgrew

Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1988. 1st Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0921103352. Illustrated by Ted Harrison. DJ shows light shelf wear. Light damage to dust jacket upper right corner ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; Colour Illustrations; 12.0 X 9.0 X 0.4 inches; 32 pages; "The poem about the shooting of the fictitious Dan McGrew was written soon after the gold rush in Dawson City was over; it is an unrelenting story of the greed, jealousy, loneliness and betrayal that were characteristic of the Gold Rush era, and how Dan McGrew became the hated target of a half-crazed miner. While the action of the poem is intense and demanding, the painterly illustrations by Harrison are overwhelmingly powerful; they seem to take on a life of their own, drawing readers' attentions away from the text and toward the surrealistic interpretation of events. With ice-cold blues and violets, accented by vibrant reds and yellows, Harrison creates a pulsating world of hate and destruction; it's a fascinating interpretation of a well-known poem about the frustrations and splendors of the Canadian Gold Rush." (Publisher's Weekly). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19190

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian::Juvenile

Keywords: 0921103352 Gold Rush ted harrison Klondike JUVENILE POETRY ARTS

SERVICE, ROBERT W.

The Shooting of Dan Mcgrew

Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0921103352. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Full colour illustrations by Ted Harrison ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages; Artist Ted Harrison striking artwork complements Robert Service's haunting poetry about the Yukon gold rush.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21792

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian

Keywords: 0921103352 Yukon Gold Rush POETRY JUVENILE POETRY ARTS NORTH

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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Book number: 6598

Catalogue: Poetry::Canadian

Keywords: 0888780044 Vigneault Canadian