Colour illustrated paper covers. pp 32 pp. Illustrated. Small chip to lower front cover with loss of "R" in Baltimore; a few other small edge chips; small chip to upper outer corner of front cover and first two leaves, very small corner crease to following few leaves; light pencil inscription to upper margin of front cover; small puncture to upper inner corner throughout where it was once hung by a string; VG clean copy otherwise. This almanac was compliments of T.R. Bjorngaard of Red Wing, Minnesota. Iniside rear cover reproduces a certificate of award from the New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882. St. Jacob's oil was alleged to alleviate backache, headache, rheumitism, and no doubt more. Promoted as produced from a recipe of monks in the Black Forest of Germany. One of the more popular snake oils of the day, it contained 2% Aconite (monkshood, a poisonous root) in a tincture of alcohol, ether and turpentine, and was sold as an "anti-neuralgic". Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.

Black cloth. Creased bump to upper outer corners of covers, else fine. Jacket has a soft crease to mid front flap fold, else fine. Vancouver author's first book. Reportedly, there were only 100 copies in hardcover.

White card covers lightly dusty, else fine. pp (160). Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.

Second edition, first in hardcover. Black leather grained cloth. pp (173), [3]. Adds a new author note at rear. First edition (paper only) was in 1974. Compliments of the Canada Council label at front, else a fine copy. Jacket has some rubbing, VG otherwise.

Blue boards. Light yellowing to page edges, else fine. Thin generously price-clipped jacket has a thumbnail-size chip to upper outer corner of front panel, smaller chip and short tear to rear panel, good. Toronto author's first and only novel, a story about being in hospitals for extended periods - autobiographical. Watters p 293.

Total edition of 429 copies, this is # 95 of 100 copies specially bound and SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Rough blue cloth with long orange spine label, orange and blue decorated endpapers, without jacket, as issued. Fine copy. In his five page Foreword which begins with taking Jack the Ripper as a metaphor for the present age, Layton rails as usual against the bourgeoisie, anti-semitism, "moneytheistic" Jews ("Idds"), and more. He threatens it may be his last book of poetry, but it wasn't.

Black boards. Text paper yellowed, as always, else fine in fine jacket. The 1981 Toronto edition won a Governor-General's Award.

Turquoise boards. Text paper yellowed, as always, ink owner name at front, else fine. Black dust jacket has rubbing to folds, VG otherwise. Author's second book in the uncommon hardcover issue.

Card covers. Fine copy. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.

Brown boards. Poet Miriam Waddington's copy with her ink name and two small pencil notations (page numbers) at front. Fine copy. Dust jacket has a one inch creased tear at bottom of front panel and a couple other small tears and slight rubbing; good +. The author's autobiography.

12mo, card covers. 216 pp. Book a little leaned, soft cover creases, light yellowing to page edges, VG otherwise, no owner names. Satirical poetry by this Ugandan author.

Cloth & boarrds. Light yellowing to page edges, else fine. Jacket has a nick at foot of spine, else fine. A thick novel of the clash between the Romans and the Celts in first century Britain. 1.5 kg parcel

Pale green boards. Light yellowing to page edges, a few small tan spots to fore edges, else fine. Jacket has slight wear to spine ends, VG otherwise. Though not signed by her, this was poet Miriam Waddington's copy with a small sheet of her pencil notes laid in. A novel about a wash-up drunken journalist hired to investigate a murder in a small town in Southwestern Ontario.

Grey boards. Fine in fine jacket.

Paper issue in card covers. Front cover a little curled, else fine. A collection of short stories.

Cloth & boards. Fine in fine jacket. A novel of Akhenaten and ancient Egypt.

Cloth & boards. Fine corner. Jacket has creases to lower front flap, else fine.

Glossy card covers. Fine copy.

Grey boards. pp (8), 88. Fine copy. Jacket has a tiny nick, else fine. Profiles in Canadian Drama series. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.

Glossy card covers. Fine copy.