The Oxford Book Of Canadian Verse (1913) by Wilfred Campbell (Editor) - 2007-10-02

Oxford University Press,, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1905. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. No date, c. 1905. Previous owner signature of A. Watson Bain, the anthologist. .

Paperback / softback. New. A century ago Oxford University Press published the first anthology of Canadian poetry-a beautiful blue edition with gilt edges. "There are selections of verse in this volume which now appear for the first time in the pages of any Canadian anthology," proudly writes volume editor and poet Wilfred Campbell in his preface. While he argues that "the so-called Canadian spirit is the voice of the Vaster Britain," his original selection submitted to the publisher was considered too traditional and British, poorly representing contemporary writers. The selection was revised, and a host of younger poets were included-poets now associated with early attempts to forge a uniquely Canadian voice. Perhaps hoping he could sell his poetry to Empire readers, many of Campbell's poems reflect the British literary tradition of dark, cold, and dangerous landscapes. Cold is a recurring metaphor for emptiness and dislocation in this early immigrant poetry, as in C.D.… Read More

Toronto: Oxford University Press Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original navy cloth over boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Minor corner wear. Remains of former owner's bookplate inside front cover. Gutter break at Index of Authors. Undated, but probably early 20th century. 344 pp. including Indices..

Toronto: Oxford University Press, [1913].. 12mo., 122 pp., Very Good, Blue Cloth, sun-fading, minor stains, edge wear & rubbing on covers; some pencil scribbles on end papers; staining on edges of text block, end papers & title page; pages yellowed; splitting along gutters on several pages; shelf wear.

Toronto: Oxford University Press [no date]. (Leather binding) 344pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Red leather with gilt decorated spine in six compartments. Top edge gilt, ribbon page marker, indices. The book is lightly scuffed at the extremeties and has occasional underlining and marginal notation. (Poetry--Canada, Poetry--Canada).

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Manotick, ON: Penumbra Press, 2004. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st . Card Covers. Fine+/No Jacket as Issued. 9 1/4" X 9 1/4. . . . a carefully researched and richly entertaining social history of this unique Canadian heritage settlement road . . . ." (rear panel) 268 pp. plus: Summation, Afterword - The Raftsman's Rock, References, Photo Credits. 271 pp. in toto. Top edge has very slight dust soiling, ow it is as new. INSCRIPTION: " For my dear old friends/ for so many years/ and more to come - / love / Joan Finnigan / Mackenzie / Oct./04 " in black sharpie. The book was closed before the ink was dry and the frontis is dotted with the extra ink.