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CANADIAN CRYSTALS. POEMS.
by Watson, Thomas.
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- 1901
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Toronto: William Briggs, 1901. 160 pp, 7 1/2" H, gray/green cloth with gilt lettering/banding/decoration on spine and front board. Verses by Canadian poet Thomas Watson (1857-1937), gathered under the headings: Patriotic; Imperial; Domestic; Educational; Matrimonial; Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year; In Memoriam & Evangelical. Titles include: Colborne; Colborne's Veterans; The Royal Visit; "Maple Beach"; The Canadian Contingent; Loughbreeze; Spring Hill Farm;… Read more about this item Item Price
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WHAT MADE HO HO GROW?
by Hussey, Betty A.
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- First Edition
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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New York: Vantage, 1963. [49] pp, 9 1/4" H, bright blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Monochrome illustrations. A fable in rhyme. "Ho Ho is a happy sort. Fat and smiling, he is made of rubber, and so is able to soar, roll, bounce, or float flat on his back in a streamlet and let ducklets ride on him… Read more about this item Item Price
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES.
by Stevenson, Robert Louis.
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- 1947
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. 118 pp, 8 1/2" H, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, decorated paper title label on front board - now protected in removable stiff plastic sleeve. Pictorial endpapers, delightful colour and b&w illustrations by Tasha Tudor throughout. A collection of verse for children including: Pirate Story; Auntie's Skirts; The Land of Nod; The… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DALHOUSIE REVIEW. VOL. XIV. NO. 3. OCTOBER, 1934.
by Stewart, Herbert L., Editor. (H.F. Angus, C.F. Lloyd, Nell Hanson, R.C. Lodge, D.H. Stewart, Louise Morey Bowman, E.W. Nichols, H. Sinclair Tait, Watson Kirkconnell, A.D. Fraser, S.A. Saunders.)
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- 1934
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Halifax, N.S.: Review Publishing Co., 1934. Paging runs 265 - 404, i - xx. 10 1/8" H. Articles: Canada and a Foreign Policy, by H.F. Angus; Some Literary Titbits, by C.F. Lloyd; Song of a Queen, by Nell Hanson; Philosophy and Education, by R.C. Lodge; A Planned or a Humanist Economy, by D.H. Stewart; "Follow-Follow", by Louise Morey… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK. IN AID OF THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF YORK HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
by Barrie, J.M.; Kipling, Rudyard; Young, Francis Brett; Chesterton, G.K.; Uncle Dick (B.J. Lamb); Blackwood, Algernon; Struther, Jan; Tourtel, Mary; Bagnold, Enid; Davies, W.H; Hilton, James; Mackenzie, Compton; Asquith, Herbert; de la Mare, Walter; et al.
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- 1935
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935. 224 pp, 10" H. No date, but c1935. Cream cloth with blue lettering/decoration, silver crown and E on spine and front board. Endpaper and title page decorations by Rex Whistler. B&w double page spread of some of the authors/artists as children, colour plates including 2 double spreads of Mickey Mouse and gang, frontispiece… Read more about this item Item Price
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SKY SEA BIRDS TREES EARTH HOUSE BEASTS FLOWERS.
by Rexroth, Kenneth.
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- First Trade Edition.
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- 1973
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Santa Barbara: Unicorn, 1973. Unpaginated, 9 1/4" H - black card covers with white title blocks on spine and front cover, white illustration on rear cover. The first trade edition, following the handset, handprinted, handbound edition. Each poem faces a black & white illustration/calligraphy. Interior - previous owner's bookplate and chop mark (stamp) on front free endpaper, otherwise clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
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THEATRE D'AMOUR: COMPLETE REPRINT OF THE COLOURED "EMBLEMATA AMATORIA" OF 1620.
by Warncke, Carsten-Peter, essay and texts.
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- Facsimile Reprint.
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 9783822835722
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Koln: Taschen, 2004. 352 pp, 10 1/4" H, integral ribbon bookmark, reproduction marbled endpapers. "The album with the revealing title 'Theatre of Love' or 'Jestings on Love' brings together 143 magnificent copperplate engravings - from elaborately conceived love emblems and allegories to illustrations of proverbs, the Muses and the Virtues and Vices. The pictures, all of them devoted to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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FLOWERS OF ICE.
by Ziedonis, Imants. Translated by Barry Callaghan. Preface by John Montague.
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Paperback
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- 9780920428955
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Toronto: Exile Editions, 1987. 127 pp, 8 3/4" H. Inscribed, and with a drawing, by Barry Callaghan, the translator, on the title page: "for David - these poems in a / forked tongue, sung before sup, ' as night attends me - / love / Barry Callaghan / Toronto / Hotel Admiral / Nov, 1987". A collection of poems… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOFF: THE POEMS AND DRAWINGS.
by Callaghan, Barry, inscribed. Introduction by Hayden Carruth.
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- First Printing.
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- 1997
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- Paperback
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- 9780316120708
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Toronto: Little Brown, 1997. 135 pp, 9" H. Playfully inscribed (with the addition of several 'faces') - "To David / from / Hoggbound Barry". Colour illustrations. "Barry Callaghan originally created 'The Hogg Poems and Drawings' during the 1970s and published them in 1978. (I)n 1988, Callaghan published 'Stone Blind Love', which was soon recognized by him and others, as… Read more about this item Item Price
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FIRST POEMS OF CHILDHOOD.
by George MacDonald, Eugene Field, Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Lear, Clement C. Moore, Richard B. Sheridan, Alice C.D. Riley, Jane Taylor, Kate Brown, Lydia Maria Child, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, et al. (Tasha Tudor.)
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- Very Good
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- 1967
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New York: Platt & Munk, 1967. 45 pp, 8 1/4" H. Charmingly illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Poems include: Who has seen the wind?, by Christina G. Rossetti; At the seaside, by Robert Louis Stevenson; The arrow and the song, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Pussy willow, by Kate Brown; Thanksgiving Day, by Lydia Maria Child; The owl and… Read more about this item Item Price
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AWAKENED COSMOS: THE MIND OF CLASSICAL CHINESE POETRY.
by Hinton, David.
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- Second Printing
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- 2019
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- Paperback
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- 9781611807424
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Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala, 2019. 138 pp, 8 1/2" H. "What is consciousness but the Cosmos awakened to itself? This question is fundamental to the Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist worldview that shapes classical Chinese poetry. A uniquely conceived biography, (this book) illuminates that worldview through the life and work of Tu Fu (712-770 C.E.), China's greatest classical poet. Tu… Read more about this item Item Price
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WHAT BOOK!? BUDDHA POEMS FROM BEAT TO HIPHOP.
by Gach, Gary, editor. Foreword by Peter Coyote. (John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, Steve Sanfeild, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Paul Reps, Ngodup Paljor, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jane Hirshfield, Lawson Fusao Inada, Patricia Donegan, et al.)
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- 1998
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- Paperback
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- 9780938077923
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Berkeley, California: Parallax, 1998. 248 pp, 8" H. "This enigmatically titled anthology offers numerous delights and valuable evidence that great poetic variety, from haiku and witty two-liners to page-long discourses, has by now given distinct expression to Western Buddhism." Publishers Weekly. Includes works by Gary Snyder, Nanao Sakaki, Jack Kerouac, Philip Whalen, Joanne Kyger, Patricia Donegan, Alan Chong… Read more about this item Item Price
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YEATS NOW: ECHOING INTO LIFE.
by Hassett, Joseph M. (W.B. Yeats.)
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- Third Printing.
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- 2020
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- Paperback
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- 9781843517788
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Dublin: Lilliput Press, 2020. 188 pp, 8 3/16" H - soft cover with self-flaps. B&w and colour illustrations. "By focusing on Yeat's most memorable lines of poetry, Joseph Hassett reveals new ways of enjoying a body of work that speaks to the twenty-first century." Chapter headings: On Friendship; The Moment Alive; Working; Making Your Soul; Loving; Hospitable Places;… Read more about this item Item Price
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MORE THAN TRUE: THE WISDOM OF FAIRY TALES.
by Bly, Robert.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2018
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- Hardcover
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- 9781250158192
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New York: Henry Holt, 2018. 169 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w illustrations. "Few forms of storytelling have greater power to captivate the human mind than fairy tales, but where do these tales originate from and what do they mean? Robert Bly has been asking these questions throughout his career. Here he looks at six tales that have stood the… Read more about this item Item Price
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PAJARO-CU-CU: ANIMAL RHYMES FROM MANY LANDS.
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- First Edition
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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New York: Atheneum, 1967. Unpaginated, oblong (9 1/4" H x 11 3/8" D). Colourful lithographic illustrations. "The verses in this book have been chosen from nursery rhymes and familiar animal poems of many countries (Mexico, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, China, England, Russia, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Latvia & Japan). The authors have long since been forgotten, but the verses have lived… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MILITARY ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY NEWCOME. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS CAMPAIGNS ON THE PENINSULA AND IN PALL MALL AND NOTES.
by An Officer. (David Roberts.)
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- New Edition
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- 1904
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- Hardcover
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London: Methuen, 1904. 247 pp, 6 7/8" H, red cloth with paper label on spine, top edge gilt. 15 colour plates by Rowlandson - all present, clean & bright. The fictional adventures, told in humorous verse, of a grocer's son who covets military glory and coerces his parents into buying him a commision. Scattered light foxing marks throughout the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ICE CREAM STORE.
by Lee, Dennis. Signed.
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780002237499
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Toronto: HarperCollins, 1991. Unpaginated, 10 1/4" H - glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Signed on title page: Dennis Lee". Over sixty poems including; Digging a Hole to Australia, The Pig in Pink Pyjamas; Gumbo Stew; A Wonderful Trip in a Rocketship, I'm Not a Naughty Daughter, The Lottery Dream of Miss Patricia Pig, A Home Like a… Read more about this item Item Price
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1. MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES. 2. MOTHER GOOSE CHIMES. 3. MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES. 3 ITEMS.
by (Mother Goose.)
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- 1929
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Akron: Saalfield, 1929. 3 'linen-look' children's nursery rhyme books - stapled in wraps, 8 5/8" H. Colour and b&w illustrations. Contents include: Hot Cross Buns; Rock-a-by Baby; There was a Little Girl; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Old Mother Goose; Ride a Cockhorse; Three Blind Mice; Yankee Doodle; Jack be Nimble; Goosey, Goosey Gander; Little Bo-Peep; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater; Hickory,… Read more about this item Item Price
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WINDSWEPT.
by Bonis, Robert R. Inscribed.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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West Hill, Ontario: Highlands Press, 1980. 202 pp,10 1/4" H. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To L__ W___ / With the best wishes / of the members of the Fellowship / Club of St. Timothy's Church, / Agincourt, and a Scarborough / historian. / Robert R. Bonis / April 7th, / 1990." - also signed by author on title… Read more about this item Item Price
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HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOLUME CXXV. JUNE, 1912 TO NOVEMBER, 1912. (VOLUME 125)
by Booth Tarkington, Norman Duncan, James Oppenheim, George Weston, Ellen Glasgow, Mary Wilins Freeman, Gilbert Parker, Hiram Bingham, Richard Le Gallienne, Arnold Bennett, Louise Collier Willcox, Harrison Rhodes, Sydney Adamson, Forrest Chrissey, et al.
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- 1912
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912. iv, 972 pp, 9 7/8" H. Black cloth with blind stamped decoration on boards and spine, gilt lettering on spine and front board (giving the title as "Harper's New Monthly Magazine"), plain light green endpapers. Colour, b&w and sepiatone illustrations, photographs throughout. Contents include: Adventuring Along the Upper Orinoco, by Caspar Whitney; Beauty… Read more about this item Item Price
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