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A CARDBOARD GARAGE
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1969. White boards. 61 pp. Spine lightly yellowed, light damp stain to lower inner corners of covers, else fine. Dust jacket has a large chip to top margin of front panel, lightly yellowed spine. Poems 1943-1969, author's second book of poetry.; Octavo
Book ID: 47900More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
A CARDBOARD GARAGE
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1969. White boards. 61 pp. Light damp stain to lower inner corners of covers, small crimp at head of spine, else fine. Price-clipped jacket has nicks at head of spine, soft ripples to lower inner corners, VG otherwise. Poems 1943-1969, author's second book of poetry. Ink ownership name of author John Metcalf.; Octavo
Book ID: 47901More details Price: USD $17.95 USD $16.16 -
ANACRUSIS
Edition: First printing
Frederiction, New Brunswick: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1976. pp 16, stapled, in orange card coves. Fine copy. Edition of 500 copies. Poetry. ; Octavo
Book ID: 56057More details Price: USD $17.95 USD $16.16 -
BURGLAR TOOLS
Edition: First printing
Ottawa: Bytown Books, 1963. 52 pp, stapled, in black on white card covers. Light yellowing along spine, else fine. Ink ownership signature of Canadian author John Metcalf. The poet's first book, conditionally accepted for publication by the Contact Press, but the conditions were rejected by the author. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Squarish octavo
Book ID: 47864More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
COLLECTED POEMS Volume I
Edition: First printing
Victoria, BC: Sono Nis Press, 1987. Maroon boards. pp 216. Fine in fine jacket. Ink signature of Canadian author John Metcalf. ; Octavo
Book ID: 47881More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
CONFABULATIONS: Poems for Malcolm Lowry.
Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books, 1984. Inscribed by Author; Card covers. 41 pp. VG+ copy. Inscribed by the author to the late Canadian poet Judith Fitzgerald "For Judith, love & stars, Sharon") A long poem based on the life / fictions of Malcolm Lowry. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 47926More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
CONFABULATIONS: Poems for Malcolm Lowry.
Lantzville, BC: Oolichan Books, 1984. Card covers. 41 pp. Fine copy. With ownership signature of poet John Newlove. A long poem based on the life / fictions of Malcolm Lowry. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 52263More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
CRISIS
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1947. Octavo. 16 pp, stapled in pink card covers. Ryerson Poetry Chap-Book 125, edition of 500 copies. A fine, unopened copy. Front cover illustration by J.E.H. MacDonald, redrawn by Thoreau MacDonald in 1942. Edison C47. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Octavo.
Book ID: 47848More details Price: USD $9.95 USD $8.96 -
GRACE
Edition: First printing
Montreal: New Delta, 1977. Card covers, pp (80). Fine copy. Poetry. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 47855More details Price: USD $17.95 USD $16.16 -
HAMILTON; and other poems and lectures
Book ID: 47916More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50
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HAWKINS. Poems 1963-65.
Edition: First Edition
Ottawa: Nil Press, 1966. (44) pp, stapled, in illustrated card covers. Designed by R.V. Rosewarne. Rubbing along spine fold, else fine. Scarce. ; 16mo.
Book ID: 21479More details Price: USD $50.00 USD $45.00 -
IN MY OWN IMAGE
Edition: First printing
Montreal: McGill Poetry Series, 1962. Brown card covers. pp 55, [3]. Soft creases to lower outer corners of covers, nearly fine otherwise, no owner names. Number 5 in the series. First book of one of the better living Canadian poets. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 42268More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
LETTER OF THE MASTER OF HORSE
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1973. Card covers. Sunning to margins of rear cover, front cover curled, else a fine copy. The poem won the E.J. Pratt medal for poetry at the University of Toronto in 1969. Margaret Laurence blurb on rear cover. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 47880More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
NEWS OF THE PHOENIX and other poems
Edition: First printing
Toronto / New York: Ryerson / Coward-McCann, 1943. Squarish octavo, red boards printed in black. pp (8), 42, [2]. Light yellowing to page edges, spine lightly sunned, ink owner inscription at front, else a VG jacketless copy. The poet and critic's second separate book. It won a Governor-General's Award. Smith was one of the Montreal Group of modernist poets which included F.R. Scott, Leon Edel, Leo Kennedy, and A.M. Klein. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.
Book ID: 47932More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
PAXIMALIA
Edition: First printing
Frederiction, New Brunswick: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1972. 52 pp, stapled in cream card covers. Fine copy. The Montreal poet's third book.; Octavo
Book ID: 56056More details Price: USD $17.95 USD $16.16 -
PRAIRIE BORN and other poems
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Briggs, 1911. Navy cloth stamped in gilt. pp (x), 95. Light rubbing to spine ends, VG+ otherwise. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; 12mo
Book ID: 47924More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
PUBLIC FANTASY: the Maggie T poems
Edition: First printing
Guelph, ON: Sequel Press, 1983. Card covers. pp 52. Crease to bottom margins of cover and text, else fine. Maggie T = Margaret Trudeau, wife of Pierre E. Trudeau, mother of Justin Trudeau. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 47878More details Price: USD $8.95 USD $8.06 -
RAIN-CHECK
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1975. Cloth & printed boards. Fine copy. The fragile printed tissue jacket has yellowing to spine and a two inch split to front flap fold, nice otherwise, no chips or tears. Scarce in jacket. Poetry. Whiteman A30.
Book ID: 42204More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
RECREATIONS
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Briggs, no date (1883). 15.5 cm, original green cloth ruled in blind, gilt lettered. pp 96, [2]. Fine copy. Verse. Rev. Ezra Adams Stafford was from Montreal. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.
Book ID: 47929More details Price: USD $34.95 USD $31.46 -
RHYMES FOR THE TIMES and other times
Edition: First printing
(Toronto): Author, no date (1950). Maroon card covers, pp 63, [3] including inserted frontispiece portait. VG+ complimentary label inside front cover from the author's business, Howard Furnace and Founderies. Includes the text of his 1941 collection, Verses for My Friends, plus new verses including five by his daughter Madeline and two short stories for children. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; 12mo
Book ID: 47861More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46