Poetry from Bruce McLeod

Fine First Edition, 1st printing Trade Paperback. A spectacular copy: crisp, clean and unmarked. Looks and feels unread and unhandled. In this 74 page collection of poems from this award-winning Moose Jaw, SK author & poet the ordinary becomes charged with occult power.

Very Good- 1st printing softcover. 5.5" x 8.5", 72 pages. Light wear to covers, one crease on front cover, minor ripple on some pages. Poetry by Manitoba high school students. Includes list of student contributors, and a letter from the publisher soliciting submissions from students for the 1972 edition of this book.

Near Fine First Edition, 1st printing. 5.5" by 8.5", 103 pages. Wraps are nearly perfect, interiors like new. Gift inscription on inside of front cover. The author of these poems won the Alumni Jubilee Award and was the first female to hold the office of asst. deputy minister in the Province of Manitoba.

FINE 2nd printing trade softcover. No creases, pages are all crisp & clean with no markings. Appears unhandled & unread. 5.5" x 8.5", 217 pages. All 70 poems in both Polish and English languages. Szymborska is widely regarded as one of the best representatives of the rich and ancient art of poetry in Poland. She was the winner… Read more about this item

Very Good First Edition, 1st Printing. No creases, no markings. Top edge lightly dusted, pages slightly tanned. 5.5" x 8.5", 103 pages. This is Atwood's 9th collection of poems

Fine trade softcover. A superb later printing with near-mint covers, pristine interiors but for previous owner's name on half title page. 5" x 8.75", 64 pages, silk-screen illustrations by Charles Pachter. This beautiful and hypnotic book is based on the journals of Canadian pioneer Susanna Moodie.

Fine 1st printing trade paperback, no markings, crisp and clean. 5.5" x 8.75", 102 pages. The author's moving poem about his dying mother. Cooley's writing unlocks the language of loss, the morphology of longing, he elemental rhythms of elegy.

Fine HC. Boards, binding and pages all in as-new condition with inscription and signature of author Tom Saunders on endpaper, in a good DJ with several short closed tears. 6 x 9, 57 pages. Renowned as the first authentic voice of Manitoba and the prairies in poetry, Saunders has earned worldwide acclaim for his verse.

Fine 2nd printing, no wear, inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Owner's stamp on endpaper. 5.5" x 8", 80 pages. Ukrainian-Canadian poetry, this book was nominated and short listed by the Shevchenko Foundation for the Kobzar Literary Award in 2010.

Polish Community Media Corporation, 2000. Hardcover. New. Brand New. Only 300 copies printed in this Limited Edition. No wear. Signed by author on title page. Text in English and Polish, color art and poetry.

Thistledown Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+/VG First Edition. Very nice, with non-authorial inscription on front endpaper, minor foxing on endpapers and top edge. No bumps, crisp, clean, tight. DJ has minor wear and a few light marks. 7" x 9", 74 pages, illustrated. NOT ex-library. A poetic tribute to the mothers of aboriginal… Read more about this item

Breakwater, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good 1996 reprint in nearly perfect wrappers. As-new interiors, no markings, 6" x 9", 235 pages. A very readable collection of Canadian poetry beginning with a selection of Aboriginal voices, and moving to the verse of explorers, voyageurs, adventurers, immigrants, poet-songwriters, students and others. Includes modern and Canadian classics, selected bibliographies,… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Peguis Publishers, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. FINE First Edition Trade Paperback. Nearly perfect covers. Spine, binding and interiors as-new. Approx. 6" x 9", 169 pages. A collection of short fiction, articles, humour, anecdotes, commentary and poetry by a group of dedicated writers. Started in 1940, the Penhandlers are inspired by the life… Read more about this item

NY: Vantage Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine/Very Good First Edition (stated). Crisp, clean, no markings, all pages pristine. A beautiful copy of this uncommon book. It appears unhandled and unread. The unclipped DJ has light shelfwear, no tears. 6" x 9", 85 pages. This book is challenging poetry at its most ambitious, sure to… Read more about this item

NY: Vantage Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine/Very Good First Edition (stated). Crisp, clean, no markings, all pages pristine. A beautiful copy of this uncommon book. It appears unhandled and unread. The unclipped DJ has light shelfwear, no tears. 6" x 9", 85 pages. This book is challenging poetry at its most ambitious, sure… Read more about this item

Toronto: Natural Heritage, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Fine First Edition in illustrated covers. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Also includes three additional laid-in verses by the author. 6" x 9", 82 pages. Winner of the Doris Huestis Speirs Award and named as Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union in… Read more about this item

Toronto: J Gordon Shillingford - The Muses, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. FINE First Edition Trade Paperback, SIGNED by the author on the title page. 6" x 9", 96 pages. This award-winning poet's work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. This is his first book. In 2003, Hutchinson won the Earle Birney Prize for Poetry.… Read more about this item

Copp Clark Pitman, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good++ HC, professionally rebound by Victoria Bindery. Small school sticker on front cover, interiors excellent, a couple of pages with whiteout, no other markings. Fine boards, as-new binding and hinges. 5.5" x 8", 252 pages, biographies and notes, index of authors.

Don Mills, ON: Ontario Publishing, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Very Good. FINE/VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Canadian Printing. No wear, no markings, top edge dusted. Unclipped DJ has a few tiny tears & light chipping at head of spine. 5.25" x 8.25", 94 pages. R.A. Parsons wrote 11 books of Newfoundland poetry between 1954 and 1977.… Read more about this item

NY: Vantage Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near-Fine/Near-Fine First Edition, 1st Printing. The red covers are almost perfect, showing just one gently bumped corner. The binding is as new. The interiors are 100% clean, crisp and unmarked - appearing brand new. The DJ is price clipped, and while it has a touch of shelf-wear… Read more about this item