The Birken Tree by Scobie, Stephen - 1973

Edmonton: Tree Frog Press, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. Signed and Dedicated by Author. pp. 588.Signed and inscribed by the author on FEP

Edmonton, AL: Tree Frog , 1973. this book of poems is INSCRIBED by the author to MICHAEL ONDAATJE - who has added a line to the inscription which shows that he actually READ the book ! - very fine copy. First Edition. Pictoral Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edmonton: Tree Frog, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 88 p. 24 cm.

Edmonton, AB: Tree Frog Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very scarce title. Ex-library with mylar cover, brown liner and usual stamps & stickers - wear is light overall, light soiling, small tear bottom corner. Some sticker residue on cover. Interior pages clean & tight, couple light spots seen and one or two earmarks. Colour illustrations at each chapter beginning. 88 pages.Stephen Scobie was born on New Year's Eve, 1943 in Carnoustie, Scotland. He began publishing poetry in the mid-sixties. He won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1980 with McAlmon's Chinese Opera. Scobie taught at the University of Victoria, and some of his critical essays can be found in Signature, Event, Cantext, which is influenced by the theoretical writings of Jacques Derrida. Scobie has also authored a book length study of bpNichol. Scobie's wide-ranging interests include Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, cubism, concrete poetry, and he has… Read More

Edmonton: Tree Frog Press 1973, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 88pp. Fine. 8vo. Wrappers. Illustrated EPs. Illus. Signed..

Edmonton: Tree Frog, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Pictorial covers, a touch darkened at the spine but overall quite fine. Inscribed by the author to Canadian poet Eli Mandel.