Poetry

Ottawa, Canada: Golden Dog Press, 1981 73 pages. Author's fourth collection of poetry. Based upon some of the themes expressed by Nietzsche in Thus Spoke Zarathustra: conformism, otherworldliness, solitude, the creative affirmation of life, earth, will. Succeeds in creating a work of art that is both individualistic and profoundly lyrical. Prior owner's name blacked out upon title page, just above author's inscription and signature. . Signed. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1923 160 pages. Gift greetings dated 1929 upon front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average external wear. Lettering worn from backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Oxford University Press, 1990 320 pages. 'A substantial introduction to Atwood's work' - from back cover. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Sound working copy. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Kelowna, BC, Canada: Calypso Press, 2000 277 pages. Author was born in Trinidad. Educated there and in Canada, he then taught school in Trinidad for 10 years before entering the ministry and returning to Canada. He served the Chinook Co-operative Parish in southern Alberta; St. James United Church in Edmonton; and St. Paul's United Church in Kelowna, B.C. where he retired in 1995. Although living with Parkinson's disease for ten years, author exudes the joy of living life to the fullest. His ability to put his thoughts to paper has produced this delightful book of poetry. Unmarked copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Prince George, BC, Canada: Caitlin Press, Incorporated, 1997 105 pages. Author's signature and prior owner's gift greetings upon half title page. Explores humanity through personal and intimate characters which have universal appeal. Tries to understand the complicated and consuming relationship shared between women and men. The style is colloquial, sincere and often comic. The poems exist at the crossroads of philisophy, emotion and narration. Baldwin will bewitch any, and every, mother, father, wife, husband, child or friend. 4" crease to lower corner of back cover.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1981 159 pages. Authors set sail from the shores of traditional literature and are translated into a world of strange syntax and surprising connections. Along the way they meet almost everyone from Archibald Lampman to Bob Dylan, arriving finally at the keys of a grand piano where the ghost of Gertrude Stein hovers. Witty and direct, moving and eloquent, abstract and challenging, always intriguing. Well worn. Unmarked. Rectangular patch of browning upon half-title page. . Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Tirana, 1996 57 pages. Appears to be a book of poetry written in both French and Albanian (?). Nice colour plates. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Montreal, PQ, Canada: Empyreal Press, 1999 111 pages including notes. The long-anticipated first collection of author's poems. Investigates all aspects of daily life, from the sublime to the domestic. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. . First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Not Stated 76 pages. Copyright date 1983. Top 1.25" of title page clipped. Gift greetings upon verso of title page. Marginal notes on page 76. Average wear with some soiling to front cover which features smiling picture of author. This is author's fifth collection of poetry. For 30 years she wrote two weekly columns for the Cambridge (Ontario) Times. Of necessity all her work was done from a wheel chair due to a devastating attack of polio at age 11. She was born in Preston, Ontario in 1911.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Vancouver, B.C.: Talonbooks, Limited, 1993 142 pages. "... this is a veree politikul book... often ecstatik..." osten chenko. (from back cover) Clean, bright and unmarked with only the lightest of wear. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Excellent copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1922 Unpaginated. Approximately 3/8" thick. Contains short poems on Chinese topics, accompanied by handsome black and white illustrations. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by McArthur, F.M.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Alberta, Canada: Harden House, 1987 76 pages. Besides six previously published collections of poetry, author has written some 30 plays for stage and screen. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. . Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: McLelland & Stewart, 1971 128 pages. "...Virile, evocative, concerned, original: a pure delight to hear or read." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Pencil notes upon half-title page. Solid working copy. . Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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USA: The Dockery Press, 1974 61 pages. Light wear. Discard stamp upon front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. A quality copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by De Vitto, Margaret. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Jack of Hearts no date, 110pp Like a modern Walt Whitman, Breingan is content to let the world rush by while he wanders the hills and beaches around Nanoose Bay observing the "belligerent sky" and birds "on the many branches of morning." His love for nature is palpable; there he finds the peace he seeks.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Daly,Laurel. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Vancouver, B.C. Canada: Talon Books, 1969 212 pages. "This magazine first made public the tremendous energy possible by a new wave of writers whose response to life in language is not provincial or limited by borders. This wave has not fallen back into the Pacific but moves across the land now. Hear 28 responses (writers)." - from the introduction. Includes works by: Belford, Brown, Carlson, Coupey, Frith, Jungic, Lawrence, McKinnon, Robinson, Schroeder, Siebum, Tan Trey, Martina and Mayne, to name a few. Unmarked but for handwritten correction to publisher's address. Moderate wear. Glossy illustrated covers. . Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Lantzville, BC, Canada: Oolichan Books, 1982 51 pages. Author's first collection of poems. She moved to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in 1967. Author's title and inscription upon half-title page. Clean, bright and unmarked. Lovely copy. . Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Vancouver, BC, Canada: Rainbird Press, 1994 Author's inscription and signature atop half-title page. A group of poems written after a conversation with a friend about the moon. Conjures up the eternal, inviolate metaphysical side of the moon that nothing (not even invading astronauts) can damage or destroy, that is beyond the reach of any crass technologial incursion. Faint traces of wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy in bright glossy covers. . Signed. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Cartwright, Susannah (illustrator). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cochrane, AB: Westlands 77 pages. Moderate soiling and wear. Unmarked inside. Cover photo of author holding rose.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Don Mills, ON: General Publishing Company, Limited, 1978 143 pages. "Not all visions are unique but Barry Callaghan has broken from a dream that is both unique and marvelous. Thank God he got back alive to tell us!... The book will burn your fingers. The occasion of its publication is one of those all too rare events - the sounding of a new and authentic voice." - Timothy Findlay. Usual library markings. Average wear. Includes numerous wonderful colour plates of author's art.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Lantzville, BC, Canada: Oolichan Books, 1978 57 pages. A collection of the author's poetry. Moderate wear. Sunning to top of front cover. Unmarked. Solid copy.. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Lantzville, BC, Canada: Oolichan Books, 1976 48 pages. One of 750 copies from first printing. Poetry by a British Columbia author. Titles include: "petroglyphs, nanaimo, b.c." and "west coast poems (I-VII)". Covers yellowed with some soiling. Some yellowing to contents. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. . First Printing. Soft Cover. Fair+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.: Coffee House Press, 1999 105 pages. One of 2,500 copies from the first printing. Author is managing editor of Publishers Weekly. "...exhibits the ferocity of his range: polemics worthy of Pope; quick delights that ignite in wit; ad dazzling, luminous poems that mix the language and geography of upstate New York with history, faith, autobiography, and poetic inheritance." - Susan Wheeler. Light rubbing to glossy covers. Two inch crease to upper corner of front cover. Unmarked.. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974 127 pages. Contents clean and unmarked. Covers show some moisture staining near spine. Small piece clipped from lower cover of front cover and first leaf. Average wear overall. Binding intact.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Self-Published 53 pages. Average soiling and wear to yellow card covers. Sticker remnant at top left corner of front cover and '"25" written at top right corner. Illustrated throughout with 'little ditty' sketches, presumably by author, who states on page 53 "...I'm sure you realized all along that I have just been pulling your leg!!!!" Title include: Different Drum, Time Slips By, WATCHOUT - Anything Goes, The Golf Champion, and many more.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Victoria, BC, Canada: Flynn Bros. Publishing, 1993 Unpaginated. Approx 1/4" thick. Signed and inscribed by author inside front cover. Invites you to look at the amazing powers of healing that lie within the human spirit. A book of hope that conveys the belief in the fullness of life for everyone. Attempts to share the story of a pilgrim (the author) who has been healed. Dedicated to Dennis Steinle, friend and kindred spirit who died from cancer at age forty before he was able to complete the printing of this book. Several drops of liquid appear to have dripped onto fore-edge (approx 3" from bottom) and soaked into most pages for up to one inch.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Victoria, BC, Canada: Ekstasis Editions, 1997 95 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. "This cycle of compressed lyrics traces the journey of the soul through brokenness and pain to regeneration. These are tangy, surprising mini-parables for our time, moving out of silence into living speech. They display the cryptic humour and metaphoric energy of a contemporary Emily Dickinson." - Susan McCaslin. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. . Signed. Soft Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: The Polygon Press, 1942 61 pages. "Art in conflict - it has always been because it is misunderstood by so many who fail to grasp its meaning - much to be regretted - by no mean for by being rejected the urge for expression in the soul of the true artist often grows deeper with defeat" - from forward. A collection of 27 poems. Signed and inscribed by author across from title page. Average wear. Binding sound. Bookplate and two pen markings atop front free endpaper. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, Limited, 1990 91 pages. "A collection of six works of variously demonstrating movement in poetry... The poems are emotionally precise but set in such a kinetic situation that one can't help but read on... a wonderful book." - Lyn Hejinian. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Slight curl to front cover. Very nice copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1988 107 pages. "Chrisopher Dewdney is a poet, one of the most remarkable working in Canada now. His verse is written out of a sense of wonderment... Dewdney is unique." - Robert Fulford. Light wear and soiling. Prior owner's name atop half-title page else unmarked. Nice copy in laminated covers. . Soft Cover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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South Suberb, Tientsin, China: The Student Work Department, Tientsin Hui Wen Academy 52 pages of poetry including black and white sketches. Circa 1935. "This volume of verse has grown out of a deep human sympathy with life as lived each day in and around the small walled city of Changli (North China) and neighboring districts. Each poem imparts an experience of the writer, who has resided in North China for twelve years. As we read her poems they live for us, who know and love China." - from the foreward. Blue patterned cloth-covered boards show moderate wear and sunning at spine. Pages unmarked and moderately yellowed. Gilt title upon front board.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Dewey, Horace William. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: Langmar Studio, 1965 Unpaginated. "His morality encompasses everything from aggressive criticism of corruption and hypocrisy to praise of new nations and of beautiful women." - Timothy Dunn in The Peace Bulletin. Recital handout laid in. Gift greetings upon front flyleaf else unmarked with moderate wear. Nice copy.. Reprint. Stapled. Good+/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Kaslo, BC: Self-Published, 1980 Unpaginated. A lovely collection of illustrated poetry. Author was born in Kaslo, B.C. on Kootenay Lake. She is a lover of birds, wild flowers, and other wonders of the natural world. This love she expresses through her poetry. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy.. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Goodwin, Jude. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Alberta: Ideas in Ink, 1992 40 pages of down to earth poetry. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. . Stapled. Very Good. Illus. by Ellerington, Scott. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Santa Cruz, CA: American Poetry Association, 1988 480 pages including index. " A real and memorable tribute to the universal need to express love, fear, loss, sensual and spiritual joy, the inevitability of death, and the poignant, metaphysical quests of this generation's poets. Who can say which of them will rise to the challenge of greatness?" - From the Introduction. Light wear. Unmarked.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Canada: Douglas, 1977 96 pages. A Canadian anthology of poems and (black and white) drawings. Illustrated. Above-average wear. Some markings and stamps. Worthy reading copy.. Soft Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1985 727 pages. Includes bibliography and index. Enlarged to include Adrienne Rich, Seamus Heaney, P.K. Page, Elizabeth Bishop, Michael Ondaatje, and Phyllis Webb, as well as new poems and poetics by some of the original contributors. Considered the single most important teaching anthology published in Canada. Infrequent markings to text. Light wear. Some curl to front cover. Glossy colour-illustrated covers. . Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Primorg, 1985 112 pages. Author's first published book of poetry. Average wear. Unmarked. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Self-Published, 1985 102 pages. Average wear. Lean to spine. Sticker removal mark on front cover. Few marks on Table of Contents. . Signed. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Fredericton, NB, Canada: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1976 76 pages. Author's previous book, entitled 'The Money of the Sunlight' was published in 1971. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding solid.. Limited Edition of 600 Copies. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cannon Beach, OR: Ecola Trading Company, 1992 100 pages. "Intertwine words and music and you have poetry. My father, Edward Howard Baxter, was a master of words and his clarinet. This blending influenced my love of writing music and poetry. Recently I was invited to read some of my poems to a small group of friends. This book, to my surprise, is the result of their encouragement." - from Preface. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Vancouver, B.C. Canada: The Commonwealth Fund, 1977 53 pages. Author's third selection of poems. Dust jacket features amazing photo of loggers standing amongst enormous trees. Book in near fine condition but for blue child's squiggle upon front endpaper and the fact that the binding is open at the back flyleaf. Author's signature upon half-title page.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Binding Copy/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Blewointmentpress 53 pages. Copyright 1983. "These are posthumorous poems written in 1983. In December 1982 I got a vasectomy. Much of what's here responds directly or indirectly to that." - Author. Includes some line drawings.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Regina, SK: Banting Publishers, 1980 53 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon front flyleaf. Author was formerly a star writer for Daylight International magazine in London, England. He has travelled extensively and possesses broad academic background and interests.. Signed by Author. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1997 590 pages. An anthology of poetry. "Exciting, surprisingly broad in its taste... pulls readers through like a novel." - Sunday Times. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. . Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canada: Oberon, 1988 83 pages. "David Helwig visited China last year and this book is the result: pungent, perceptive, illuminating." - from dust jacket. Only moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated, 1991 112 pages. Henry's poems are of the here and now, of people and places we all know or can readily imagine. Which is not to say they are mundane, for flashes of brilliant insight or harsh self-deprecation run through the work, constantly tilting the vision just enough off center to make us take a second, more thoughtful look, or listen more carefully. 4 inch crease to top of front cover. Moderate to average wear. Unmarked inside.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Red Deer, AB: Red Deer College Press, 1977 Unpaginated. Author's signature and greetings inside front cover. High quality textured cover and pages. Small chip at base of cover fold. . Signed by Author. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Persea Books, 1977 141 pages. Works by the first modern Turkish poet, recognized worldwide as one of the great international poets of the twentieth century. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Solid copy in brown illustrated card covers. . Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Persea Books, Incorporated, 1982 294 pages including glossary. Translation of: Memleketimden insan manzaralari. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Binding solid. Nice copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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