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Edmonton, AB: Tree Frog Publishing & Wotnot, 1973. Book. Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 129 pages. Well worn. Some water damage. Prior owner's name atop front flyleaf. Contains works by dozens of writers including: Mick Burrs, Leona Gom, Barry Knight, Donna Lynn, A.F. Ogle, Jim Pasnak, Sid Stephen, Ivan Sundal, Thomas Whyte. Some yellowing at edges..

Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.: Coffee House Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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..

British Columbia: Beach Holme Publishers, Limited, 1992. Book. Illus. by Tuey, Margaret (illustrator). Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 41 pages. Captures the spirit of what is still very much a frontier. Depicts the richness of the Cariboo - its land, its people, and its life. Children's poetry. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy..

Nanaimo, BC, Canada: Bravo Publishing, 1994. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 74 pages. Author was born in Moscow, Idaho in 1952. He moved to Canada in 1969 and settled in British Columbia the following year. This is his fourth book of poetry. Light wear and soiling. Unmarked. Nice copy..

Winnipeg, MB: Turnstone Press, 1986. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 30 pages. Born in 1949, author has lived in Manitoba and Ontario, and has been a luthier, student, farm employee, and construction worker. At present he is the Prairie Regional Manager of the Canadian Book Information Cenre. He resides in Winnipeg..

London: The Mitre Press. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 56 pages. Undated - appears to be pre-1950. Contents: Poems of British Columbia; Indian Poems; Various Ballads and Ditties. Usual library markings. Average wear. A sound copy.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Along the Road to Hazelton .

Bellingham, WA: Self-Published, 1931. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 81 pages. Wonderfully nostalgic poetry centered in the great pacific northwest. Pebbled chocolate brown exterior features faded embossed gilt decoration on front board. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Binding intact. Some soiling to endpapers..

Santa Cruz, CA: American Poetry Association, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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..

Brockport, NY, U.S.A.: B O A Editions, Limited, 1977. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 76 pages. One of five-hundred copies printed in first edition. "His poems build by the most essential, primary materials... yet sustain the effect of vision... Piccione's images are the kinds of dreams we rewrite in order to make sense of ourselves." - Stanley Plumly, American Poetry Review. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Very nice copy..

U.K.: George Ronald Publisher, Limited, 1979. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 172 pages including bibliography. A collection of the poems and prose of a writer who has already won a considerable reputation in Baha'i cirlces. Includes vivid, sympathetic portraits of martyrs, pioneers, and ordinary people: shining through it is a poet's vision - fresh, unique, sometimes satirical, but never superficial. Gift greetings upon half-title page else unmarked. Binding tight. Decent copy..

Canada: Frances McLean, 1966. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Centennial Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 18 pages. Moderate wear. A sound copy..

New York: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1892. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. pp. xvi, 207, [8] ads. Top edge gilt. Includes twenty ballads and twenty-one barrack-room ballads. Above-average wear to dark blue cloth-covered boards. Considerable rubbing to gilt decoration upon front board and lettering upon backstrip. Hinges started. Prior owner's bookplate inside front board. Handwritten details of two prior owner's upon first blank leaf. Contents moderately toned. A worthy copy..

Canada: School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., Ltd., 1945. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 62 pages. Presents thirty-one ballads penned by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany's Oflag VII/B during WWII "...in the belief that they may be of some interest to the folks in Canada, and that our friends at home may get some inkling of the things we do and the things we think about behind the old barbed wire." - page 3. Ominous cover art depicts large Nazi boot treading on silhouette of POW behind barbed wire. Reproduction of the author's POW photo on page 6. Photo of the Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B on page 30 includes Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B on page 62. Dedicated to the men of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, and the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Laid-in is an undated WWII news clipping entitled Poem Found on Body of Unknown Soldier. Prior owner's name stroked out atop first… Read More

Cannon Beach, OR: Ecola Trading Company, 1992. Book. Illus. by Various. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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..

New York: George Sully & Company, 1927. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95 pages. Index of authors. A compilation of uplifting poems from the late 1920s by many American poets. Title label upon faux leather front board. Prior owner's details, dated 1928, atop front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..

18 East 17 St., New York: R.F. Fenno & Company, 1890. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 19pp plus three blank leaves at back. 20 x 12.5cm. Illustrations on front cover, inside each cover, and upon title page. Undated but appears to be circa 1890. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy..

Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour Publishing Company. Fine. 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by Peter Trower upon half-title page. "This is a rare book resulting from a collaboration between two rare men: one old logger is a self-taught (and excellent) poet and another old logger who is a self-taught (and excellent) illustrator. These poems were forged in the coast country where mountains meet the sea and men die daily in their struggle with trees." - Patrick Lane. 71 pages. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent signed copy. Note: isbn number on copyright page, 0920080200, appears to be incorrect.; Illustrations; 4to; Signed by Author .

Toronto: The Canadian Authors Association, 1947. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4] 5-47, [5 ads] pages. Includes twenty-eight contributions, most notably "Sestina in a Cantina" by Malcolm Lowry, the scene of which is a waterfront tavern in Vera Cruz at daybreak. Somewhat above-average wear to beige card covers. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy..

Canada: Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries), 1980. Book. Illus. by Rasmussen, Avis. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 30 pages. First published in 1975. Coastal poetry. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy..

Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1922. Book. Illus. by McArthur, F.M.. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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..