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
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 WWI soldier. The collection consists 4 items dating from 1916 to 1928, specifically, 1 Manuscript, 2 books of poetry, and 1 Pamphlet. 1 Manuscript (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; • Signed mimeo or carbon copy typescript (ND circa 1914 presumed] of Masefield’s famous WWI historic and only war poem entitled “August, 1914”. It was the first poem to see print after war was..... 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
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
Date Published: 1910 to 1958 Binding: No binding & hard cover Nancy Price was an English actress on stage and screen, poet, novelist, editor, essayist, and memoirist. She was one of the leading lights of the British theatre in the twentieth century. She began her stage career in 1899 and... 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: 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: 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
Date Published: 1928-1970 Binding: TATE IS NOTED FOR HIS POEM "ODE TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD" (Dec. 1926) Allen Tate (American poet, critic, essayist and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress). "Tate was a well-known man of letters from the American South, a central figure in the fields... More
Date Published: 1903-1924 Binding: Taylor, Bert Leston was a journalist, doggerel poet, and humorist. At the height of his literary career, he was a central literary figure of the early 20th century Chicago renaissance as well as one of the most celebrated columnists in the United States . William... More
Date Published: 1925-1969 Binding: Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977) was an American poet, anthologist, critic, editor and translator of more than one hundred books for readers of all ages.. He will be best remembered as the prolific anthologist whose collections have introduced students to contemporary American poetry since 1919. Untermeyer was... More
Date Published: 1935 to 1967 Binding: No binding & hard cover Van Doren, Mark was a 1940 Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, critic, and editor, was also a novelist, short story writer, playwright, scholar, and teacher (professor of English at Columbia University). This collection contains 13 items dating form 1935 to... More
Date Published: 1892-1931 Binding: No binding Henry van Dyke Collection contains 51 items specifically 11 Autograph Letters Signed, 17 Typed letters Signed, 6 Manuscripts, 8 Autographed signed notes/ cards and 9 Ephemera. Collection items dating from 1892 to 1931. Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), Presbyterian clergyman, author, and professor was born... More
London: Lucinda Douglas-Menzies. Place Published: London Publisher: Lucinda Douglas-Menzies Date Published: 2004 Binding: No binding Large silver gelatin photograph of Derek Walcott and Ben Okri by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, three-quarter length, both seated, smiling at one another. Douglas-Menzies' label on verso with details of the shoot, 128 Kensington Church Street, 2004... More
London: Longman, Rees, & Co. Place Published: London Publisher: Longman, Rees, & Co. Date Published: 1830 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE JUVENILE GIFT BOOK First edition. 3- 3/4 x 6 inches. x, [1], 240pp., 6pp ads. Original half-bound green Turkey morocco with worn corners and front and back... More