Poetry from Bazaar of Books

Shel Silverstein's Poems and Drawings: Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up, 3 volume boxed set. (Special Collector's Edition). New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [1974, 1981, 1996]. pp. 176; pp. 176; pp. 178, Index. numerous b. & w. illustrations. Hardcover, white illustrated boards with black titles on spine, in a blue cloth covered cardboard slipcase with… Read more about this item

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1939]. First published in September 1939, Second impression November 1939. pp. 45. Hardcover, yellow cloth with red illustration on front cover & red title on spine, fore-edge uncut (last two pages at end, have short tears at fore-edge & some loss, dampstain on back cover… Read more about this item

"Traffics and Discoveries" by Rudyard Kipling. Toronto: Morang & Co., Limited, 1904. pp. 363. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt title on front and spine and ship illustration stamped on cover (corners bent & worn, spine bumped & frayed, back cover dented on bottom edge, gift inscription on front free endpaper, interior is clean & unmarked). top edge gilt, others are… Read more about this item

"Canciones" by Antonio Machado. Translated by Robert Bly. West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, [1980]. One of 1,450 copies. unpaginated- 15 poems. Softcover, green wrappers with gilt title & decoration on front cover (corners creased & worn, edgeworn, front and back covers rubbed, crease to lower back cover). Very Good condition. Size: 8" x 4 1/4" (20cm x 11cm). "The original poems… Read more about this item

"Tennyson Year Book: Selections for Every Day in the Year from the Poetry of Alfred Tennyson" by Imogen Clark. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1899. pp. 167. Hardcover, half imitation white leather with birds & flowers decoration, gilt title on front cover & spine (corners bent & worn, spine worn at top & bottom, spine darkened, covers soiled,… Read more about this item

"The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats." Revised Second Edition. Edited by Richard J. Finneran. [New York]: Scribner Paperback Poetry (Simon & Schuster Inc.), [1996]. pp. 544, Index. Paperback (few scratches, some pages bent on bottom edge, slight dent in back lower corner, Remainder mark, interior is clean & unmarked). Very Good condition. Size: 8 3/8" x 5 1/2" (21.5cm x 14cm).

"Art & Nature: An Illustrated Anthology of Nature Poetry" selected and introduced by Kate Farrell. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1992]. First edition. pp. 175, Index. 145 colour illus. Hardcover, green cloth with silver decoration on cover and silver title on spine (corners bent, spine bumped, scratches on back cover, bookplate on… Read more about this item

"Downstream" by Thomas Kinsella. Dublin: The Dolmen Press, London: Oxford University Press, 1962 pp. 64. Hardcover, grey cloth with black title on spine (corners square, 1 corner bent, spine bumped, interior clean & unmarked). d.w., unclipped (foxed, especially spine, tattered, scratches on front cover). Very good condition.Size: 8 1/4" x 5 5/8" (21cm x 14.5cm).

"Death of a Naturalist" by Seamus Heaney. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., [1966]. First Edition, second impression. pp. 57. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt title on spine (top corners bent, corners bit worn, spine bumped & worn, several marks on front cover, top edge has couple spots of foxing, inscription on front free endpaper. dj., clipped (spine faded, bottom of… Read more about this item

"Selected Poems" by Robert Bringhurst. [Kentville, Nova Scotia:] Gaspereau Press Limited, 2009. pp. 269. Index. Paperback (in red with black title on spine). Dust jacket is black with imprinted words, and grey titles on front and spine, with publisher's wrapper. (some wear to book and jacket, but no marks or tears, interior is clean & unmarked). Very good condition. Size: 8 1/2"… Read more about this item

"A Shropshire Lad" by A. E. Housman. Illustrations by Elinore Blaisdell. New York: Three Sirens Press, [1932]. pp. 111. 9 b. & w. illus., incl. frontis. Quarter leather and green cloth, with title on front and spine (top edge gilt, fore edge uncut, top right corner dented, probable water damage, surface wear to cloth, bottom & top of spine worn,… Read more about this item

"For the Children, with woodcuts by Burland Murphy" by Rita Joe. [editor Ronald Caplan]. [Wreck Cove, Nova Scotia:] Breton Books, [2008]. pp. 52. 11 b. & w. illus. Paperback (corners bent, otherwise clean and unmarked). Very good condition. Size: 8" x 8". (20.5cm x 20.5cm).

"Images of Departure" by Padraic Colum. [Dublin:] The Dolmen Press, [1969]. pp.35. Hardcover, green cloth, gilt title on spine (top & bottom of spine bumped, end papers browned, interior unmarked). dw., unclipped (browned, tattered & chipped). Size: 8 7/8" x 6 1/4" (22.5cm x 15.5cm). Very Good condition. dw. (Good condition). Padraic Colum was a poet, novelist, playwright, children's author and… Read more about this item

"A Treasury Of Irish Saints" by John Irvine, with drawings by Ruth Brandt. [Dublin:] The Dolmen Press, [1964]. Illustrated boards, title on spine (top & bottom of spine bumped, corners bent, end papers slightly brown, otherwise clean & unmarked). dw. (browned, edges worn, few short tears). First Edition. Size: 10" x 5 1/8" (25.5cm x 13cm). Good condition.