Date Published: 1920 to 1938 Binding: No binding Arthur Guiterman was an American poet of humorous verse, a co-founder of the Poetry Society of America 1910, President, Poetry Society of America, 1925-26 and an editor of Woman’s Home Companion and the Literary Digest. The collection contains 16 items dating from..... More
NP: John Holland. Place Published: NP Publisher: John Holland Date Published: 1820 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding 23.7cm x 17.7cm (8-1/2" x 7 inches), The Rainbow; 3pp. manuscript poem, titled, dated (1820) and signed. Agetoned and yellowed paper with page 3 having a 1/2 inch piece of paper missing..... More
Date Published: 1874 to 1916 Binding: William Dean Howells nicknamed “The Dean of American Letters”, was a prolific realist novelist, literary critic (Atlantic Monthly), poet, and playwright. He was a close colleague and friend with many major American writers of the nineteenth century, including Henry Adams, William James, Henry..... More
Date Published: ND to 1869 Binding: No binding & hard cover Jean Ingelow was an English poet, novelist, and a writer of short stories for children. The collection contains 7 items dating from ND to 1869, specifically 2 letters, 4 cartes de visite, and 1 book with enclosures. 2 Autographed..... More
Date Published: 1916 to 1955 Binding: No binding & hard cover Alfred Kreymborg was an American poet, novelist, playwright, literary editor, and anthologist. The son of a cigar-store owner, he attended public school in Manhattan and became a chess phenomenon by the age of ten. He began writing poetry in..... More
Montreal: Self-published. Place Published: Montreal Publisher: Self-published Date Published: 1957 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition xvi, [1]-329pp.,[1]. 9 x 6-1/4 inches. The pages are clear and the binding is tight. The beige cloth and burgundy leather cover.. In very good condition. This Edition De Luxe is Limited..... More
Date Published: 1928 to 1987 Binding: No binding & hard cover 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..... More
Date Published: 1850 to 1911 Binding: No binding & hard cover INTERESTING COLLECTION OF AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN AUTHOR 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..... More
various: various. Place Published: various Publisher: various Date Published: 1887 to 1891 Binding: No binding & hard cover Charles Henry Lüders was born in Philadelphia, the son of Thomas L. and Eleanor C. Lüders. He was an American poet, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and a contributor to Our..... More
Date Published: 1888 Binding: No binding Holograph letter signed. Three pages Flat 8 x 9-3/4 inches folded to 8 x 4-7/8 inches. Dated King's College Hospital, February 2, 1888. Acknowledging in flowery language, the great honor that Sir Frederick Young has just received from the Queen. Mosse Macdonald was Secretary..... More
NP. Place Published: NP Date Published: ND Binding: No binding Wilson Macdonald signed inscription on one of his book's pages, 5 x 7-1/2 inches. Undated. Four lines. Hazel Grierson: Wishing you many a pleasant journey down those trails of Song. Wilson MacDonald Very good condition. Wilson P. Macdonald was a...... More
Date Published: 1940 to 1981 Binding: No binding Archibald MacLeish was an American poet, playwright, essayist, Librarian of Congress, lawyer and writer who was associated with the Modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University. MacLeish was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for his..... More
Date Published: 1892 to 1943 Edition: various Binding: No binding & soft cover A collection of 147 mostly unique ephemera items dating from 1892 to 1943, specifically approximately 70 leaflets and chapbooks, approximately 50 letters, 11 broadsides, 11 photos, 3 manuscripts/typescripts, 1 scrapbook, and 1 book. Edwin Markham (né Charles..... 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 CALLED THE "PRODIGAL POETESS" BY THE MONTREAL GAZETTE Martha Martin was born in 1865 in Cologne, Germany. Martha and her family and settled in Montreal in 1870. Martha studied in Montreal and abroad, including music. She moved to about..... More
Date Published: 1875 to early 1900’s Binding: No binding & hard cover Small collection of 4 items dating from 1875 to early 1900’s, specifically 2 letters, 1 broadside and 1 book. Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (née Thompson) was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a...... More
Date Published: 1935 to 1975 Binding: No binding & hard cover Robert Nathan was an American novelist, poet, a children’s author, and an author of screenplays and radio and TV programs. Nathan's seventh wife was the British actress Anna Lee, to whom he was married from 1970 until his death..... 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
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1913 to 1975 Binding: No binding & hard cover Cecil Roberts was a prolific English journalist, editor, poet, dramatist, and novelist. During World War II, he worked in the USA for the British government in the war effort. He lived among..... More
Date Published: 1892 to 1930 Binding: No binding & hard cover Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts Known as the Father of Canadian Poetry, Charles G.D. Roberts was a poet and prose writer who inspired creativity in other poets of his generation, among them Bliss Carman (his cousin), Archibald Lampman and..... More
Date Published: 1887 to 1938 Binding: No binding & hard cover RUSS WAS A POPULAR FIGURE THAT PERFORMED DRAMATIC RECITALS 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..... More
[Toronto]: Various people. Place Published: [Toronto] Publisher: Various people Date Published: [1885] Binding: Soft Cover 4 1/2 x 3 inches, about 50 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..... More
Ottawa: Published by Borealis Press. Place Published: Ottawa Publisher: Published by Borealis Press Date Published: 1974 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover First edition. 6 x 7 inches. [1]-59,(1). Soft cover. White and pink card wrapper covers with black lettering to front and spine. Near fine condition and signed by..... More
Date Published: 1939 to 1953 Binding: No binding & hard cover JAN STRUTHER WAS A BRITISH AUTHOR, POET, & RADIO PERONALITY 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..... More
Date Published: 1922 to 1939 Binding: No binding & hard cover 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..... More