Date Published: [1847] Binding: No binding 4-1/2 x 7 inches, was folded to 4-1/2 x 1-3/4 inches to fit in envelope included with this letter. Autograph letter signed. Very good condition. Four pages, Undated.[but 1847]. To fellow author, Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881) an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs..... More
Boston: Copeland and Day. Place Published: Boston Publisher: Copeland and Day Date Published: 1897 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 7.5 x 4.75 inches. (10),[1]-76pp, (3 blank). Original pale blue cloth with gilt trim and gilt symbol of stylised flower on front and back cover which are soiled..... More
Niagara, Printed at the "Mail" Office. Place Published: Niagara, Publisher: Printed at the "Mail" Office Date Published: 1859 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 5-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches, pp. 178, [1] (Errata). Small 8vo, Original blind-stamped brown blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine. The cover is soiled, spotted..... More
Ottawa: J. Durrie & Sun. Place Published: Ottawa Publisher: J. Durrie & Sun Date Published: 1888 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First Edition First Issue of Archibald Lampton’s first book (self published) 5-1/4 x 7-5/8 inches. v,(2),[1]-151pp. Original maroon cloth slightly wrinkled on boards and a 1/4 and 1/8” piece..... More
Date Published: 1928 to 1987 Binding: Dorothy Livesay is considered one of Canada’s pre-eminent poets and the winner of two Governor General’s Awards (1944, 1947). Following the publication of Green Pitcher (1928) when she was only nineteen years of age, she published Signpost (1932). This was followed by twenty-two..... More
Date Published: 1850 to 1911 Binding: No binding & hard cover Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the author of Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, and many poetry collections, Longfellow (1807-1882) was America’s greatest poet of the nineteenth century. He was also a translator, educator, and novelist. The collection consists of 52..... More
London. Place Published: London Date Published: [1947] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover This Louis MacNeice collection includes two important items; a signed carbon typescript of The Dark Tower and first edition of his Dark Tower book. 1) Louis MacNeice signed carbon typescript (ND, circa 1947) of The Dark Tower..... More
Date Published: 1916 to 1928 Binding: Hard Cover Russell Markland, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym of R.M. Ingersley, was an English poet and chronicler. The collection consists 4 items dating from 1916 to 1928, specifically, 1 Manuscript, 2 books of poetry, and 1 Pamphlet. 1 Manuscript (Ms.); • Ms..... More
Date Published: 1934 to 1940 Binding: No binding & hard cover Martha Martin, born in 1875, in Montreal who later moved to New York City. She supported herself by her prolific pen, publishing ten volumes of poetry and one novel. Her poetry met the interests of others - one volume..... More
Date Published: 1914-1958 Binding: John Masefield (Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom) Collection of ephemera include; • ALS to Rose Bruford, [31 January 1961], re sending poems to her, with envelope, “My thanks & blessings & greetings to James [Dodding] & you.” • Signed mimeo or carbon copy typescript..... More
John Minihan. Publisher: John Minihan Date Published: 2003 Binding: No binding Large silver gelatin photograph of Brown's Hotel, Laugharne, Dylan Thomas' favourite pub by John Minihan inscribed and signed by the photographer 'Brown's Hotel, Laugharne where Dylan played cards with family and friends. John Minihan 2003'. Paper size: 11-1/8 x...... More
New York: Edward Walker. Place Published: New York Publisher: Edward Walker Date Published: 1853 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 5 x 8 inches. (7)[5]-298pp. New leather spine with 5 bands and gilt type on leather label, new marbled paper over boards and new endpapers. There are 10 fine..... More
London: Jones and Company. Place Published: London Publisher: Jones and Company Date Published: 1824 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 5 x 8-1/4 inches. vi, [3]-330pp. New leather spine with gilt type, new marbled boards and endapers. Minor soiling and 2 very small holes on title page, otherwise..... More
Date Published: 1968 to 2017 Binding: No binding & hard cover Robert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, translator, and academic. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of which..... More
Providence: Cory and Daniels. Place Published: Providence Publisher: Cory and Daniels Date Published: 1835 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover 15.5cm x 10cm, In original illustrated wrappers. 16 pages in total but pages all out of numerical order, some missing - should be 23 however booklet is in original stitching..... More
Date Published: 1966 to 1979 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPIES OF POUND'S LATER WORKS Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, and a major figure in the early 'modernist' literature - that is, experimental literature written during the first part of the twentieth century. He..... More
Quebec: Daily Telegraph Print. Place Published: Quebec Publisher: Daily Telegraph Print Date Published: 1897 Edition: 1st Binding: First edition. 5-1/2 x 8-3/8 inches. (2),[3]-250pp.(2) Original dark brown cloth with gilt type on front cover and gilt owl very bright, apparently Mr. Procter's logo. The top and bottom of the..... More
Toronto: Williamson Book Company, printed by J. J. Anslow, Windsor, NS. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Williamson Book Company, printed by J. J. Anslow, Windsor, NS Date Published: 1892 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover RARE true first edition with emotional Roberts inscription / signature and in overall very good condition..... More
Date Published: 1786 to 1834 Binding: Samuel Rogers was an English poet, banker, and art collector, and best remembered as a witty conversationalist and as a friend of greater poets and politicians, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, and Charles James Fox. The collection consists of 11 items dating from 1786..... More
Date Published: 1887 to 1938 Binding: No binding & hard cover Carolyn Ernestine Hale Russ of Boston, Mass. was an elocutionist, reader, and a popular figure that performed dramatic recitals during the late 1880s and 1890s. She was active with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her parents were Richard..... More
Montreal, Lovell; Kingston, Creighton. Place Published: Montreal, Publisher: Lovell; Kingston, Creighton Date Published: 1860 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover 7 x 4-1/2 inches. vii, [1], [9]-186,pp. [4pp. ads]. Newer brown cloth with new endpapers, previous owner name on title page and dedication page The four pages at the back of..... More
Date Published: [1885] Binding: Hard Cover 4 1/2 x 3 inches, about 60 pages, A new leather spine and nice new tight binding. In very good+ condition. Owned by Kitty Scott of Toronto in the 1880's. Charming little autograph album with, inscriptions, a few poems, 2 mall coloured flower illustrations..... More
Date Published: 1954 to 1994 Binding: No binding & hard cover Sir Stephen Spender was an English poet, novelist, editor and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of..... More
Date Published: 1939 to 1953 Binding: No binding & hard cover Jan Struther (Joyce Anstruther) was an English columnist, poet, hymn writer, and radio personality. Her book, Mrs. Miniver, was the basis of a patriotic, romantic film about the life of a British housewife in rural England during World War..... More
Date Published: 1922 to 1939 Binding: Genevieve Taggard was an American poet of thirteen poetry collections. The author of the biography The Life and Mind of Emily Dickinson (1930), she edited the anthologies May Days: An Anthology of Verse from Masses-Liberator (1925) and Circumference: Varieties of Metaphysical Verse, 1456-1928..... More