Plays & Poetry

Edinburgh: Chapman Publications. Originally published as Vol. V. Nos. 5-6 in the Spring of 1979, this particular issue, devoted entirely to the Scots language, proved so popular that a reissue was required. Contributors include Thomas Crawford, Alan Bold, John Burns, John Kincaid, Donald Campbell, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Ron Butlin, William J. Tait, Ian Bowman, Albert D. Mackie, Robert McLellan, Lorna S. Borrowman, Alan MacGillivray, David Murison, Alastair Mackie, Stuart McHardy, C.P. Finlayson, Alexander Scott, Duncan Glen, J.K. Annand, William J. Rae, T.S. Law, Walter Perrie, George Campbell Hay, Tom Scott, J. Derrick McClure, and M.P. McDiarmid. 104 pages. Tiny soil mark to back cover, light general wear.. Wraps. Very Good to Fine. Duodecimo -- from 6.75" to 7.75" tall. more information

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Contains material from Lesley Choyce, George Elliott Clarke, M. Anne Mitton, Don Polson, Peter Van Toorn, and many others. Wanda Taylor interviews John Hirsch, the Artist Director at Stratford. Mitton has signed her story ("For Brian---/Anne"). 32 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Quarto -- from 9¾" to 12" tall. more information

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WinnipegTerritories Publishing Co.. "A magazine of Canadian poetry criticism," this one the Special Newfoundland Poetry issue edited by Adrian Fowler, Randall Maggs, and John Steffler, with material by, among many others, Tom Dawe, Wade Kearley, David Elliott and Alastair MacDonald. 72 pages. Light edgewear, tanning to cheap newsprint, mild general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Quarto -- from 9¾" to 12" tall. more information

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"An anthology of Canadian and American poetry, fiction, criticism, graphic art and photography," edited by Andrew Burgess. This issue contains material from more than two dozen contributors, among them Joan Fern Shaw, Ken J. Harvey and Todd Swift. Interviews with Timothy Findley and Patrick Lane. 56 pages, illustrated. Light general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good to Fine. Quarto -- from 9¾" to 12" tall. more information

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"An anthology of Canadian and American poetry, fiction, criticism, graphic art and photography," edited by Andrew Burgess. This issue contains material from more than two dozen contributors, among them Joan Fern Shaw, Ken J. Harvey and Todd Swift. Interviews with Timothy Findley and Patrick Lane. 56 pages, illustrated. Mild general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good to Fine. Quarto -- from 9¾" to 12" tall. more information

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"A Hotbed of Verse Culture" edited by Allan Cooper. A special issue on the Object Poem, containing poetry from Don Linehan, Edward Gates, Phyllis Rowan, editor Cooper, Lyndsay Blundell, Harry Thurston, Thomas R. Smith, Leigh Faulkner and James Deahl, with articles from editor Cooper, Phyllis Rowan, and Thomas R. Smith. 54 pages. A hint of general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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"A Hotbed of Verse Culture" edited by Allan Cooper. This issue contains poetry by Brian Swann, Patricia Barone, Thomas R. Smith, Jan Conn, Jonathan Wright, Leigh Faulkner, Don Linehan, Glen Downie and Judith Reed, with articles Gregory M. Cook and editor Cooper. 44 pages. Light general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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"A Hotbed of Verse Culture" edited by Allan Cooper. Contains poems from Don Linehan, Muriel McKinley, George Elliott Clarke, Robert Bly and Herbert Burke, with articles from Liliane Welch, Peter Baltensperger, and editor Cooper. 49 pages. Light general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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"A Hotbed of Verse Culture" edited by Allan Cooper. Contains poetry from Jim Joyce, Robert Thiel, Peter Thomas, Sharon Hennig, Kevin Irie, Leigh Faulkner, George Elliott Clarke, Richard Stevenson, Akis Patapiou, Fred Cogswell, Hugh Ogden, Roger Nash, Gregory M. Cook, Conrad Merriman and Judith Penner, with articles by Peter Thomas and editor Cooper. 42 pages. Edgewear, rubbing, some soil to front cover.. Stiff Card Wraps. Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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"A Hotbed of Verse Culture" edited by Allan Cooper. Both numbers together comprise the 10th Anniversary Issue. Number 1 contains poetry by Aaron Schneider, George Kalamaras, Jere Truer, Hilary Thompson, Patience Wheatley, Russell Thornton, Michael Thorpe, Robert Hedin, Peter DeNiverville and Louis Dudek, with articles by Peter Baltensperger and editor Cooper. Number 2 contains poems from Thomas R. Smith, Edward Gates, James Grabill, Don Linehan, Tony Cosier, Deirdre Dwyer, Peter Baltensperger, Phil Hall, Rod Anderson, Stein Mehren and editor Cooper, with articles from Cooper and Linehan. Each 54 pages. Only light general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Near Fine. Octavos -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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"A Hotbed of Verse Culture" edited by Allan Cooper. Number 1 contains poetry from Douglas Smith, Patricia McKenzie-Porter, Lesley Choyce, Fred Cogswell, Phyllis Rowan, Michael Pacey, Robert Hawkes, Robert Gibbs, Harry Thurston, Marvyne Jenoff, Nancy Holmes, Janice Kulyk Keefer and Thomas R. Smith, with articles by Lesley Choyce and Liliane Welch. Number 2 offers verse from Gerald LeBlanc, Hermenegilde Chiasson, Richard Stevenson, Gary Baillargeon, Monica Manderson, Don Bailey, Yvonne Trainer, Eugenio Montall, Peter Baltensperger and Doug Fetherling, with articles from Thomas R. Smith, Tony Cosier and editor Cooper. 55 and 51 pages, respectively. Number 1 VG w/tiny soil mark to front cover, light soil to pages 4/5; Number 2 NF w/light general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Octavos -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Stiff Card Wraps. Near Fine. Octavos--from 7¾" to 9¾" tall. "A Hotbed of Verse Culture," edited by Allan Cooper. Number 1 is the 'Many Pages in Honour of the Soul' issue, while Number 2 celebrates 'A Community of Men.' Number 1 contains verse from Don Linehan, Melanie Richards, John Lang, Edward Gates, Robert Bly, Thomas R. Smith, James Upton, Douglas Burnet Smith, Phyllis Rowan and John Bradley, with articles by Edward Gates and Thomas R. Smith. Number 2 offers poems from James Tipton, John Bradley, Peter Baltensperger, James Grabill, Lesley Choyce, Don Linehan, Thomas R. Smith, editor Cooper, Edward Gates, Mark Silverberg, George Kalamaras, Lisa Horton Zimmerman and Yvonne Trainer, with an article by John Bradley. 55 and 47 pages, respectively. Light general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Octavos -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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"A Hotbed of Verse Culture" beginning its second decade, and still edited by Allan Cooper. Number 1 contains poetry from George Elliott Clarke, John Bradley, Lesley Choyce, Lorraine Vernon, Robert Bly, Patricia Barone, Kevin Irie, Mary Kay Rummel, Rod Anderson, Robert Gibbs, Russell Thornton, Alan Bourassa, John Krumberger and Patience Wheatley, with articles from Jere Truer and editor Cooper. Number 2 offers verse from Mark Silverberg, John Krumberger, Ken Rivard, George Elliott Clarke, Rolf Jacobsen, Stein Mehren, Kathy Mac, Ray Givans, Gregory Button, Bob Spicer, Jere Truer, Barbara Slater, Michael Thorpe, Tony Cosier, James Grabell, Ray Gonzalez, Edward Gates and editor Cooper, with articles by Clarke and Cooper. Each 57 pages. Light general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Near Fine. Octavos -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Fredericton: University of New Brunswick (UNB)/St. Thomas University (STU), 1983. The 135th issue of a magazine featuring a variety of literary fiction and poetry, with reviews and illustrations. This issue contains three poems by the incomparable Alden Nowlan. 146 pages. Light rubbing, thin scratches, impressions. Internally tight and clean.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1908. Introduction by Anna Fuller; gold-stamped on brown cloth, top edge gilt, untrimmed fore- and bottom edges, 234 pgs., frontispiece; some flaking to top edge gilt, light corner/spine end wear, some foxing to endpapers, light scuffing to cloth; overall an attractive copy, with gold-stamping to spine and cover.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Port Clements: Sono Nis Press, 1972. Amabile's first book of poetry. In addition to writing for the CBC and editing 'The Ivory Tower' and 'The Penny Paper,' Amabile co-founded and edited "The Far Point." 82 pages. Bumped corners, in dust jacket w/impressions, edgewear, 3/4" triangular chips out of top and bottom of front panel, smaller chip out of top spine, small puncture to left edge of front panel, small soil marks to rear panel, short tears to top of front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Ottawa: Oberon, 1999. author's second book, following a very scarce booklet published in 1990; drawing "on written archives, on the memories of the old people of the town and on the creative imagination of the poet," this is a collection of poems re-telling the story of settlers in New Denmark, the oldest Danish community in Canada; divided into three sections: "The First Settlers," "The Second Wave," and "1950 to the Present Day"; dj illustration by Andre Bieler; charcoal cloth, 90 pgs. incl. Notes and short author bio; dj w/a hint of general wear, faint sticker shadow to bottom right corner of rear panel;. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Fredericton: Wild East Publications, 1990. Poet's scarce first book. 26 pages, cover illustration by Joan Meade. Faint smudging to wraps, faint splashstain to top left corner of front cover (blending right in with the black of that area) light general wear. A nice copy.. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good to Fine. Duodecimo -- from 6.75" to 7.75" tall. more information

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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1984. the author's tenth book of poetry, and one which includes "Snake Poems," which was originally published as a limited edition in 1983; cover illustration by the author; thin scratches, impressions, moderate edge/corner wear, tanned top edge; internally tight and clean;. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1978. Governor-General's Award-winning poet's third book of poetry (in addition to a history of Ontario, called, oddly enough, 'History of Ontario'). Can be difficult to turn up in both first edition and decent condition. 105 pages. Lightly scuffed covers, light general wear. A nice copy, internally tight and clean.. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Small Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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New York: R. Worthington. Comprising 'Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers' and 'Miscellaneous Poems,' with an Appendix ('Examination of the Statements in Mr. Macaulay's History of England, Regarding John Grahame of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee'). Decorated blue cloth, gilt spine lettering and decorations, 230 pages. Moderate fraying to corners/spine ends, some slant, dusty/tanned edges, some soil to top edge, some soil to back cover, minor wrinkling to cloth at upper right corner of front cover, previous owner's name, shaken signatures to first third of book, tanning, 1" tear to fore-edge of front free end paper.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Woodstock: Nethercott Press, 1976. #478 of 500 copies; poet's third book; also contains poems from four guest writers: Larry Cole, Kay Vincent, Bob Ruby, and Doug Richards; now a Canadian citizen, the author was born in North Wales, and won the 1982 June Fritch Memorial Award from the Canadian Authors Association; 40 pgs; this copy bears a small handwritten 478 in the top left corner of inside front cover, and is inscribed, signed and dated by author on title page; some scuffing to covers, slight discolouration at right edge of back cover;. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Duodecimo -- from 6.75" to 7.75" tall. more information

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Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1981. Collects the work of a distinguished Canadian historian and poet. This copy inscribed and signed on reverse of score for "Miramichi Lightning" (inscription reads: "To John Blaney/with best wishes/and in appreciation/of your recent kindness/Alfred Bailey"). 187 pages (including biographical note), cover illustration by Alex McGibbon. Wear to corners, short tear to bottom left edge of front cover, a fair bit of rubbing, faint edge soil.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. About Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973. From the front flap: "constitutes his selected poems and includes his own choice of the best works of his career, from his early traditional verse to the venturesome rhythmic and verbal patterns of his later writing." Spruce cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 96 pages (including Notes, Acknowledgements). A bumped corner, in scuffed dust jacket w/impressions, 1" tear to top edge of front panel, light chipping to corners/spine ends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980. The author "explores the significant ways in which the theme of time is manifested in the imagery and diction of Wordsworth's major poetry." Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 212 pages (including Appendix, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index). Light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/sunned spine, short edge tears, small triangular chip from top edge of back cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Evanston: Triquarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 1995. A first collection from the then-assistant poetry editor of 'Atlantic Monthly'. 81 pages. Moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean.. 1st wraps edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7¾" to 9¾" Tall. more information

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Boston: Bruce Humphries Publishers, 1961. Author's first collection. Aqua cloth, 40 pages, dust jacket illustration by Eleine Channing. Dust jacket w/sunned edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Hanover: University Press of New England/Wesleyan University Press, 1993. First printing w/complete number sequence. A sampling of the work of seven poets from the Misty Poets movement, and the work of seven others from the post-Misty Poets school. Included is work from Bei Dao, Shu Ting, Jiang He, Gu Cheng, Duo Duo, Mang Ke, Chou Ping, Xi Chuan, Zhang Zhen, Tang Yapping, Fei Ye, Bei Ling, and Ha Jin. 155 pages. Moderate general wear.. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Fredericton: The New Brunswick Chapbooks, 1972. The 16th title in the New Brunswick Chapbooks series. A collection of poems, limited to 250 copies. 28 pages, cover illustration by Molly Lamb Bobak. Gift inscription to previous owner (inside front cover), light general wear.. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. The author traces the romantic and philosophical nineteenth-century concept of nature "in a synthesis of views derived from science, religion and philosophy; and shows how, in poets like Wordsworth, Emerson and Meredith, the abstract idea supports and is colored by their love for the 'beauteous forms' of the material world and their mystical sense of man's oneness with the universal spirit, providing them with a kind of substitute for dogmatic religion." Green cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 618 pages (including Notes, Index). Bumped corners/spine ends, dusty/lightly tanned/lightly soiled edges, previous owner's signature neatly to front pastedown, in price-clipped dust jacket w/edgewear, chipping, sun-darkened spine, 1&1/2" tear to bottom edge of rear panel, general wear. Scarce in first edition in a dust jacket (this one now in a mylar sleeve). Heavier than the average book, so postage will be more than is usually the case.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Toronto: Nelson, 1937. A collection of the poet's best work from 1927-1937, containing lyrics, sonnets, odes, and elegies. Inscribed, signed and dated, on first end paper (inscription reads "To my friend, Dr. Pelham Edgar,/with the sincere regard of/Nathaniel A. Benson/Nov. 14, 1937"). Magic-marker line through Ward Chapman Library (University of New Brunswick in Saint John) bookplate on front pastedown, small library stamp to copyright page, soiled top edge, tanned edges, some slant, in dust jacket w/price on flap magic-markered out, edgewear, 1"-square chip out of top left of front panel, scraping to folds and spine edges, small chip to right spine edge, chipped corners/spine ends, smudged rear panel, 3/4" tear to top of rear panel, short tears to spine edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Duodecimo -- from 6.75" to 7.75" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1964. Contains 1147 entries, continuing a 1939 work by Theodore Spencer and Mark Van Doren. Blue cloth, 99 pages (including Author Index). Bumped corners, ight general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/lightly sunned spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Toronto: Macmillan, 1927. 67 pages, frontispiece. Dust jacket has edgewear, tears, largish pieces missing along edges, folds chipped and worn, some staining to bottom edge, spine discoloured and missing a largish piece (not a good jacket at all, but not a book often found in a jacket of any kind). Naturally, it's now in a protective sleeve to prevent any further disintegration.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Fair. Duodecimo -- from 6.75" to 7.75" tall. more information

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Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1942. A classic in Canadian poetry. Cream boards w/brown lettering to front cover/spine, 40 pages. An ex-New Brunswick Legislative Library copy w/discard stamp and several of the usual library desecrations.. 2nd printing. Hard Cover. Reading Copy/No Jacket. Octavo -- from 7¾" to 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1980. Two collections ('The Anger of Ghosts' and 'Perhaps We Are Wounded') featuring a total of thirty-one poems. This copy inscribed to a previous owner ("Thecla--/Much love,/Kate."). Rubbing, impressions, crease to top left portion of back cover, moderate general wear.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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No Place: East End Adult Education Centre. No date. A collection of poetry, an occasional prose piece, and illustrations by art and writing classes of the Gear Adult Education Project. Uncommon. Unpaginated (30). Light soil, sticker shadow to top edge of inside front cover, light general wear.. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Duodecimo -- from 6.75" to 7.75" tall. more information

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Fredonia: White Pine Press, 1987. Originally published in 1972, in a slightly different version. A collection of Taoist-inspired poems "exploring the joys of solitude, the interdependence of all life, and the delights of being rather than striving." Unpaginated, woodcut illustrations by Wang Hui-Ming. Moderate general wear.. 1st White Press edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Good. Illus. by Wang Hui-Ming. Small Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Toronto: Coach House Books, 2001. The award-winning true first edition of Bok's eclectic verse, in which each vowel gets a chapter of its very own, and in which each only words containing that vowel are permitted. 105 pages. A collectible, unread copy in pristine condition, internally tight and clean.. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. As New. Small Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971. Originally published in 1966, in French, and here translated from that language by Jan Dawson. A distinguished critic, poet and art historian interviews a renowned figure in the world of theatre. Red cloth w/black and white spine lettering, 187 pages (including Indices). Mild wear to corners/spine ends, in dust jacket w/sunned spine, a bit of chipping to corners, impressions, edgewear.. 1st US edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo -- from 7¾" to 9¾" Tall. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2004. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. Borson's award-winning tenth book of poetry. 90 pages (including Notes and Acknowledgements). An unread copy.. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. As New. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Derby: Henry Mozley and Sons, 1843. A collection of inspirational poems which originally appeared in the British Magazine, "in the humble hope that they may be instrumental in recalling or recommending to the reader important Christian truths which are at this day in a way to be forgotten." Leather, raised bands, gilt spine lettering, all edges gilt, 243 pages + index. Leather scuffed, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, gilt scuffed, previous owner's name/year neatly to top of title page, hinge split at title page. Previous owner has, in a neat hand, made the following three notations: at the bottom of page 60, "By Keble on the death of his sister"; on page 173, "The only poem in vol. by Wilberforce"; and on page 241, "Written by Newman on Froude's death." Following the final index page, previous owner has also listed the contributors to this volume. Internally tight.. 6th edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Sextodecimo -- from 5.75" to 6.75". more information

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Toronto & Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1974. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. Poet's sixth book of poems. "With Compliments of the Author" card laid in. Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 88 pages. Foxed top edge, in rubbed dust jacket w/light edgewear, short edge tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., 1960. The second title (following 'Jacobean Theatre' and preceding 'Early Shakespeare') in the publisher's "Stratford-Upon-Avon Studies" series, this one boasting contributions from editor Harris, F.T. Prince, Franklin Dickey, D.G. Rees, Donald Davie, Muriel Bradbrook, Jean Robertson, R.W. Ingram, Frank Kermode, and Robin Skelton. Publisher's tipped-in slip to front end paper indicates that this copy intended for consideration of use as a student text or reference book. Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 224 pages (including Index), illustrated. Tanned/dusty edges, in price-clipped dust jacket w/sun-darkened spine, light edgewear, a couple of quite short edge tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Edinburgh & London: Oliver & Boyd/The Saltire Society, 1947. A title from the Saltire Modern Poets series intended to introduce to a wider public the work of younger contemporary writers. 23 pages. Slightly sunned edges, price sticker to bottom of front cover.. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Sextodecimo -- from 5.75" to 6.75". Booklet. more information

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Trois-Rivieres & Luxembourg: Ecrits des Forges and Editions PHI, 2001. A collection of French-language poetry. This copy inscribed (to Denise N.) and signed by Cadet, on half-title. 88 pages. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Small Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Menston: Scolar Press, 1969. An original-size facsimile edition of a work first published in 1640, with reduced-size facsimile reproductions from the Wyburd Manuscript. Some corner wear, a bit of sunning to edges spine, previous owner's name in pencil to inside front cover.. 1st thus. Stiff Card Wraps. Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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New York: New York Review Books / NYRB, 2006. First printing w/complete number sequence. Contains "Herakles," "Hekabe," "Hippolytos," and "Alkestis," four tragedies by Euripides translated by Carson, with introductions. Also contains two essays, "Tragedy: A Curious Art Form," and "Why I Wrote Two Plays About Phaidra." Grey boards w/cranberry spine lettering, 312 pages. Bottom corners bumped, in lightly scuffed dust jacket w/bumped bottom corners. Dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1975. By considering Donne's Songs and Sonnets in light of the methods of 16th- and 17th-century casuists, Cathcart demonstrates that, more clearly than any other collection of poems from the Renaissance, these are poems whose motive, subject, structure, setting, tone, and premises are those of moral argument." Inscribed and signed ("For Laurel--/you see, Donne has the/answer to the question,/what do we do now?/Affectionately,/Dwight") above half-title, with "Winter, 1977" beneath. Tan cloth w/black spine lettering, 199 pages (including notes, bibliography, index). Only light general wear to both book and jacket. A nice copy.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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New York: Exposition Press, 1959. Twenty poems. Blue cloth. Dusty top edge, in dust jacket w/a hint of sunning to spine, light general wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1968. From the front flap: "This unique reassessment of a major forerunner of the Augustan age provides a much-needed framework for understanding the transitional period between Jonson and Dryden." Mauve cloth w/silver spine lettering, 236 pages (including Index). Gently bumped corners/spine ends, previous owner's name in pencil to bottom edge of front free end paper, in lightly worn dust jacket w/a bit of spine sunning.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall. more information

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