BIRNEY EARLE

Rag and Boneshop

Toronto, Ont: McClelland & Stewart, 1973. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0771014090. Trade Paperback, Ex-library book with Discard stamped on half-title page, library blind stamp on title page, no pocket, library sticker on book spine. Overall rubbing on covers with some edgewear. "Eclectic group of poems such as: once upon a high hill, BUILDINGS, oil refinery, on the night jet, up her can nada, canada council and many more..." ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 62 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 2231

Catalogue: American Poetry

Keywords: 0771014090 American Poetry Poetry

BLY, ROBERT

Man in the Black Coat Turns

Harper Perennial, 1988. Paperback. ISBN: 006097186X. A Very Good+ Paperback with a sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. A small crease to the first few pages bottom corners. "The Man in the Black Coat Turns marks one of those rare occasions when a major poet takes a giant leap forward. In these poems Bly is writing and even seeing in a different way, encountering the world in an intensely masculine way. "; 5.5 X 0.25 X 8.25 inches; 80 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 27462

Catalogue: American Poetry

Keywords: 006097186x American Poetry

CREELEY, ROBERT

A Day Book

Scribner, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684127474. White Hardcovers, black titles to the covers and spine. In Very Good+ condition, tightly bound with clean & unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and is a clear plastic covering. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26994

Catalogue: American Poetry

Keywords: 0684127474 American Poetry Poetry United States

FRASER G. S.

Ezra Pound: Writers and Critics

London, Ont.: Oliver and Boyd, 1962. Paperback. Trade Paperback in Good+ condition. Heavy rubbing to the covers with light underlining and markings thorugh the book. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 118 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26169

Catalogue: American Poetry, Literary Criticism

Keywords: American Poetry Literary Critcism Poetry Literary & Literary Citicism

GUNN, THOM

Man with Night Sweats

Faber & Faber, 1992. Paperback. ISBN: 0571162576. Paperback with a tight binding, clean & unmarked pages. Moderate cover edgewear. Errata included." Gunn's book shows him writing at the height of his powers, equally in command of classical forms and of looser, more colloquial measures, and ready to address a wide range of themes, both intimate and social. The book ends with a set of poems about the deaths of friends from AIDS. "; 7.75"; 88 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26775

Catalogue: Poetry, Lgbt, Gay, American

Keywords: 0571162576 Poetry Lgbt, Gay American Poetry United States Gay and Lesbian

MARLATT, DAPHNE & ROBERT MINDEN

Steveston

Ronsdale Press, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0921870809. As New Trade Paperback. Tight, bright & unmarked. "A new edition of this beloved favourite, by two of Canada's finest poets and photographers, with a new poem by Marlatt based on present-day Steveston and nine additional photos by Minden from his original portfolio. " ; 7.74 X 0.32 X 8.94 inches; 112 pages. As New .

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Book number: 26667

Catalogue: Canadian American Poetry, History

Keywords: 0921870809 Canadian Poetry American Poetry History Canada Poetry History

MCKAY, DON

Deactivated West 100

Kentville, Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press, 2005. Paperback. ISBN: 1554470080. A Fine Paperback in a Near Fine DJ. The speckling on the DJ is part of it, nobody sprinkled black paiont on the cover. "Deactivated West 100 is Don McKay’s latest set of variations on a poetics of place. Armed with lunch and relevant reading material, McKay invites us to join him on Vancouver Island for a series of explorations that depend on first losing our way. In the spirit of Vis à Vis (Gaspereau Press, 2001) , McKay embarks on a project to locate a human understanding of place in the midst of wilderness and in the scheme of infinite time. In six movements of prose and poetry, questions are clarified and answers begun." ; 7.8 X 4.8 X 0.7 inches; 128 pages. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 25866

Catalogue: American Poetry, Literary Criticism

Keywords: 1554470080 Canada Poetry Literary & Literary Citicism

NASH OGDEN

Three Volumes: I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938) Many Long Years Ago (1945) the Private Dining Room ( 1953 )

Little, Brown & Company. Hardcover. Red cloth covers, gilt titles and illustration to the front covers and spines. All volumes are tightly bound, with bright, unmarked pages. Light spine end bumping. Very Good+ The DJs have spine browning, light spine end bumping and some cover rubbing. "Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry".; 7.75"; 750 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26488

Catalogue: American Poetry

Keywords: American Poetry

NASH OGDEN

Verses from 1029 on

Modern Library #343, 1952. Hardcover. Blue Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. Tightly bound, clean, age tanned pages. Light foxing to the top page edges. The DJ is clipped and in Good+ condition, cover edgewear and rubbing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 522 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26436

Catalogue: American, Humour, Poetry

Keywords: American Humour Poetry Humour & Satire Poetry United States

NASH OGDEN

Versus

Little, Brown & Company, 1949. Hardcover. Bright red Hardcovers, gilt titles panelled in black. Very Good++ with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is clipped and in Good condition. Edgwear, with wear to the spine ends, light foxing to the spine, cover rubbing. "A USA poet of talent channelling his gift through -humourous verse with serious intent. First published 1949, this a 1963 reprint. Over 100 poems." ; 7.75"; 169 pages. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26435

Catalogue: American, Humorous Poetry

Keywords: American Humorous Poetry Humour & Satire Poetry United States

OGDEN NASH AND UNTERMEYER (INTRO)

Pocket Book of Ogden Nash

Pocket Books, 1962. Mass_Market. ISBN: 0671813196. A Near Fine Mass Market. Tightly bound and unmarked with age tanning to the pages. An uncreased spine. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 200 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26950

Catalogue: American Poetry, Humor, Classics

Keywords: 0671813196 American Poetry Poetry > Humor Classics

PLATH, SYLVIA

Crossing the Water: Transitional Poems

Montreal, Quebec: Harpercollins, 1975. Paperback. ISBN: 0060133740. A Very Good+ Paperback with a sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. Light cover edgewear. ; Thin Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 56 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26764

Catalogue: American Poetry

Keywords: 0060133740 American Poetry Poetry United States

POUND, EZRA

Ezra Pound: Selected Cantos

New Directions, 1970. Paperback. ISBN: 0811201600. Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. The binding is tight, clean & unmarked pages with a small crease to the front cover bottom corner. "This selection from the Cantos was made by Ezra Pound himself in 1965. It is intended to "indicate main elements" in the long poem -- his personal epic -- with which he was engaged for more than fifty years." ; 8.0 X 5.2 X 0.4 inches; 119 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26167

Catalogue: American Poetry

Keywords: 0811201600 American Poetry Poetry United States

VANLANDINGHAM, LYNN

Alone I Wait

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1970. First Edition. . A signed First Edition, signed by the author on the half title page. In Near Fine condition, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The author's collection of thirty poems, alongside a drawing by the author. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good- with a tear to the spine end top back edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 66 pages; Signed by Author. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26968

Catalogue: Poetry, American

Keywords: American Poetry Poetry United States