Canadian Literature from Steven Temple Books ABAC / ILAB

THE MAN IN YELLOW BOOTS / EL HOMBRE DE LAS BOTAS AMARILLAS
by BOWERING, George
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- 1965
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$50.00
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México City: The Plumed Horn. 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Includes ads at rear on orange paper and tipped in subscription form, which has yellowed the adjacent page; light yellow to covers, yellwing to page edges, else fine.The whole issue of The Plumed Horn no. 16, October 1965. His first book in Canada and his second published book,… Read more Item Price
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LOW LIFE and other plays
by DE LA ROCHE, Mazo
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- First printing
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$19.95
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Boston: Little, Brown. 1929. First printing. Hardcover. Orange illustrated boards and black cloth spine with paper labels, page edges yellowed, production crease to half-title leaf; else fine. Cream non-pictorial jacket has long shallow chip and short tear in top margin of front panel., spine darkened amd slightly rubbed. Good, flap price intact. Contains three plays.… Read more Item Price
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WAKEFIELD'S COURSE
by DE LA ROCHE, Mazo
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- First Canadian issue
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- 1948irirs
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- Hardcover
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$19.95
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Toronto: Macmillan. 1948irirs. First Canadian issue. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Former owner's ink inscription at bottom and initials in corner, of front free endpaper, spine lightly darkened with gilt lettering a bit dulled, else fine. Jacket has some quite minor rubbing, spine very lightly sunned; else fine. Chronologically the 12th book in the Jalna series. ;… Read more Item Price
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LOW LIFE. A Comedy in One Act.
by DE LA ROCHE, (Mazo).
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- 1930
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$29.95
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Toronto: Macmillan. 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Light brown card covers with yapp edges, blue cover label. [6], (39) pp. Tiny chip at head of spine, two horizontal indented lines from early leaves, (production flaw), VG + otherwise. "LOW LIFE was submitted simultaneously to two competitions held respectively by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of… Read more Item Price
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SH-H-H....HERE COMES THE CENSOR ! An address to the Ontario Library BoardMarch 26, 1940
by DEACON, William Arthur
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$21.95
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Toronto: Macmillan. (1940). First Edition. Softcover. Stapled in orange card covers. Front cover has light darkening to fore edge and a light damp stain in one corner, else fine. ; Squarish 12mo; 16 pages . Item Price
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LARK ASCENDING
by DE LA ROCHE, Mazo
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$45.00
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New York: Little, Brown. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth decorated in yellow, lettered in black. Damp stain to upper margin of front cover touched up, else fine. Art Deco jacket has two thumbnail size chips, shallow chips to ends of lightly sunned spine, VG otherwise. A nice-looking copy of this novel set in Sicily.… Read more Item Price
$45.00

RENNY'S DAUGHTER
by DE LA ROCHE, (Mazo).
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- First Canadian issue
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- 1951
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$18.95
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London (Toronto): Macmillan. 1951. First Canadian issue. Tan cloth, spine lettered in black. Book somewhat skewed, ink owner names at front, else fine. Jacket has slight sunning to fore margin, minor rubbing to spine ends, else fine, flap price intact. Jacket flap bears a $3.50 price, thus indicating a copy for the Canadian market. Chronologically, the… Read more Item Price
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HOWARD XPERIENCES
by BISSETT, Bill
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- 1990
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- Softcover
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$25.00
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Toronto: Curved H&Z. 1990. Softcover. Stapled in orange card covers. Edition of 100 copies. Fine copy. A prose piece.; Octavo . Item Price
$25.00

THE MASTER OF JALNA
by DE LA ROCHE, Mazo
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- 1933
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$24.95
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Boston: Little, Brown. 1933. First printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Some minor sunning, damp stain with colour loss to rear outer corner of cover, damp stain to the last quarter of the text, else VG unworn copy. Jacket has damp stain to lower rear flap, nicks to ends of very lightly yellowed spine, VG otherwise. Chronologically, the… Read more Item Price
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GROWTH OF A MAN
by DE LA ROCHE, Mazo
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- 1938
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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Boston: Little, Brown. 1938. First printing. Hardcover. Green cloth. Strong patches of fading to covers, else fine. Jacket has chips and tears to spine ends and edges of panels VG otherwise, flap price intact. A novel of the forests of Northern Canada. … Read more Item Price
$24.95

CANADIAN ANTHOLOGY Supplement
by KLINCK, Carl and Reginald Watters, editors
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- First printing
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- (c 1965)
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- Softcover
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$21.95
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Toronto: Gage. (c 1965). First printing. Softcover. Octavo, pp iv, 59, stapled in white card covers. Light yellowing to covers, ink notes to the Reaney poems, owner name at front, else a VG clean and unworn copy. A supplement to the 1955 hardcover, a standard CanLit anthology used in schools. The second edition, revised, was in… Read more Item Price
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THE POETRY OF OUR AGE
by McFADDEN, David
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- 1986
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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Toronto: Letters. 1986. Softcover. 13.8 x 10.5 cm, self wrappers. Two Bit Poetry No. 5. #45 of 100 copies. A short essay. Fine copy. ; [16] pages . Item Price
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COACH HOUSE PRESS ephemera: List of poetry available ca. 1967. Newsletter no. 7, April 1979. (2 items)
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- (1967)
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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Toronto: Coach House Press. (1967). Handbill printed on cream paper, 21.5 x 15 cm, touting four books, none later than 1967. Fine. Newsletter is three quarto sheets folded once, fine. ; Octavo . Item Price
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A MAPLE STUMP FENCE
by TAYLOR, Mel
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- 1977
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$25.00
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No place (Victoria, BC): Terrapin. 1977. Softcover. Stapled in plain purple card covers. "first impression xerox in an edition of 10 copies from the manuscript." Verse and drawings. Some cover sunning, else fine. Signed by the author.; Octavo; [14] pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
$25.00

EYES WITHOUT A FACE. Gallery Editions : One. Original etching and cover by Graham Coughtry
by McROBBIE, Kenneth
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- 1960
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$29.95
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Toronto: The Isaacs Gallery. 1960. First Edition. Softcover. The trade issue, white card covers printed in black. Tipped in is a reproduction of a black & white etching. Review copy with folded sheet laid in. Fore edges rough trimmed, yellowed. Covers have minoir soiling, corner crease, faint yellowing, VG+ otherwise. The poet's first book. ; Octavo.;… Read more Item Price
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ANVIL BLOOD
by (LAYTON, Irving)
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- 1973
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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Toronto: York University. 1973. Softcover. Card covers with flaps. Faint spine sunning, else fine. Poetry anthology from the York Workshop, with a three page intro. and two poems by Irving Layton.; Octavo; 57 pages . Item Price
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AN HONEST TRADE: an exhibition of Canadian small press books printed and bound at the Porcupine's Quill in Erin, Ontario (1974-1983).
by INKSTER, Tim, notes and anecdotal reminiscences by
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- 1983
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill. 1983. Softcover. Illustrated. Fine copy. Signed by Tim Inkster. ; Octavo; Signed by Author . Item Price
$19.95

Flier for Centre Stage Forum, A Tribute to Gwendolyn MacEwen by writers and friends. Hosted by Robert Weaver...
by MacEWEN, Gwendolyn
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- 1988
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$14.95
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Toronto: St Lawrence Centre. 1988. 8.5 x 11 inches, printed in brown with b&w photo. Fine copy. The event was held Wed., Jan. 20, 1988, at the St. Lawrence Centre. She had died 29 Nov., 1987. ; Octavo . Item Price
$14.95

THE SENSIBLE
by BOWERING, George
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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- Softcover
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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Toronto: Massasauga Editions. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Stapled sheets glued into a green paper cover with flaps. The glue has dried up so the text block in loose from the cover. Else fine. #141 of an edition of 200 copies. Poetry. Frank Davey's press. ; 16mo . Item Price
$19.95

FAR-AWAY FLAGS
by BATES, Maxwell
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- First Edition
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- 1964
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- Softcover
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WELLAND, Ontario, CAN
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$50.00
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Victoria, BC: Author. 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers. Design by Roy Kiyooka, printed at the Seymour Press. Bit of sunning to spine and margins of covers, else fine. Inscribed by the author to Moncrieff Williamson, Oct. 1964. Poetry by this noted Calgary-born abstract expressionist painter. ; Octavo; (iv), (60) pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
$50.00