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BARBED WIRE BALLADS.

BARBED WIRE BALLADS.

by Melville, Tom (Scotty), Lieut.

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Regina : School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., 1945. 62 pp, 8" H. Green patterned endpapers, 2 b&w photographs, drawing. These ballads were written by an officer of the South Saskatchewan Regiment while in a German POW camp (Oflag VII/B) during WWII. Interior - two small splits in paper of front hinge, light browning to edges of endpapers, light browning to margins of pages, tiny crease and faint bump at top corner of pages, staples are rusty very small foxing mark on edge of pages 27 to 34. Exterior - edges of text block are browned, tiny scuff on top of text block, light to moderate edge wear on covers and spine, some small and tiny light stains on covers, a few small creases on covers.. Second Printing. Stapled in Wraps. Good-.
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THE BATTLE OF AUGHRIM.  (ALSO INCLUDES: THE GOD WHO EATS CORN.)

THE BATTLE OF AUGHRIM. (ALSO INCLUDES: THE GOD WHO EATS CORN.)

by Murphy, Richard.

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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968. 74 pp. 8vo (8 9/16" H), hard cover - no dust jacket. A poem about "The batttle of Aughrim (literally horse-ridge)...fought on the evening of Sunday, July 12, 1691, about seventeen miles southwest of Athlone, almost in the centre of Ireland. It was the last decisive battle in Irish history." This is followed by a poem set in Southern Rhodesia, "The God Who Eats Corn". Interior - soft crease down rear free endpaper and last page, small faint stain at bottom of page 67/68, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - tiny light stain at top of spine, minor rubbing, very faint small cup ring and liquid stain on front board. VG-.
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THE CORDUROY PATCH.

THE CORDUROY PATCH.

by Schaffer, Eddie.

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New York: Exposition Press, 1955. 200 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H). B&w photographic frontispiece. Printed/typed presentation slip tipped-in at title page, stating: Present By / Mr. Eddie Schaffer (no signature). "(T)he product of a remarkable man, Eddie Schaffer, ex-Marine and currently one of the more popular bus drivers in the city of St. Louis. Here is a volume of amusing, significant and vivid poems on a wide range of challenging subjects: the mixed pleasures and duties of parenthood; the magnified emotions and adventures of children; the bittersweet experiences of adolescence; the personal adventures of a big-city bus driver; the confused excitement and swift tragedy of war as seen throught a Marine's battle-weary eyes." Light wear - mainly at the corners, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor soiling/browning on top of textblock, 2" bump/wrinkle at fore-edge of pages 101 to 122, small book store label and a stamped number 251 on free front endpaper. Dust jacket has… Read More
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A CROWN OF LIFE:  THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.

A CROWN OF LIFE: THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.

by Graves, Dianne. (John McCrae.)

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St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 1997. 300 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps, drawings, photographs. "Born in Canada, (John) McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, whilst serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he wrote his famous poem (In Flanders Fields). Set against a background of nearly half a century of history, (the author) brings alive in fascinating detail John McCrae and his world; some of the people he knew and met - amongst them Rudyard Kipling, Leo Amery, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Stephen Leacock; the threads that linked their lives; and the story of four people who, after the war, were instrumental in the events that led to poppies being manufactured and sold to raise funds." Book is in Fine condition. Dust jacket has minor rubbing on rear panel, minor wrinkling at the top of the flap-folds... Not Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+.
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A CROWN OF LIFE:  THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.

A CROWN OF LIFE: THE WORLD OF JOHN McCRAE.

by Graves, Dianne. (John McCrae.)

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St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 1997. 300 pp, lg.8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w maps, drawings, photographs. "Born in Canada, (John) McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, whilst serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he wrote his famous poem (In Flanders Fields). Set against a background of nearly half a century of history, (the author) brings alive in fascinating detail John McCrae and his world; some of the people he knew and met - amongst them Rudyard Kipling, Leo Amery, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Stephen Leacock; the threads that linked their lives; and the story of four people who, after the war, were instrumental in the events that led to poppies being manufactured and sold to raise funds." Book is in Fine condition. Dust jacket has very minor rubbing on rear panel, small area of laminate loss on front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+.
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DUNKIRK.
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DUNKIRK.

by Pratt, E.J. Signed.

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Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1941. 13 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H) - dark blue cloth with gilt title on front board. Signed on title page: "E.J. Pratt". Limited edition reprint: "Three hundred copies of this edition of 'Dunkirk' have been printed especially for Messrs. Johnston, Everson & Charlesworth, Christmas, 1941. This Copy is No. 106." E.J. Pratt's poem of the Dunkirk rescue. Pages browning lightly - a little more on the endpapers, staples starting to rust, a few tiny faint ink marks on the title-page, light wrinkling at bottom of spine, light browning to the edges of the text block. Dust jacket has light edge wear, light soiling/rubbing, light to moderate browning - mainly at the edges and on the spine and flap-folds, a few small edge chips/tears, small hole on spine, irregular shaped 2" long x 3/8" deep piece missing from top of spine/rear hinge area - now protected in removable mylar sleeve.. Signed by Author. No. 106 of Limited Edition of… Read More
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ECHOES OF THE WAR.  (CONTAINS:  THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS; THE NEW WORD; BARBARA'S...

ECHOES OF THE WAR. (CONTAINS: THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS; THE NEW WORD; BARBARA'S WEDDING; A WELL-REMEMBERED VOICE.)

by Barrie, J.M.

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. 188 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H) - dark green cloth with gold letteringon spine, blind stamp of Barrie's initials on front board. Tissue-covered frontispiece. Four plays by the author of 'Peter Pan' on the subject of war and its consequences. Previous owner's name/datre and small corner crease on front free endpaper, paper at inside rear hinge is split - joint still holding well, hinge crease on frontispiece which has a 2" tear and is now archivally taped, minor browning to endpapers, moderate edge wear - mainly at top/bottom of spine, two slight corner bumps, moderate browning to edges of textblock, tiny stains on top of textblock.. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Good reading copy only./No Jacket.
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EIGHTY FOUR DAYS.  A RHYMING APPRECIATION AND COMMENT ON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

EIGHTY FOUR DAYS. A RHYMING APPRECIATION AND COMMENT ON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

by Winchester, Barry. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park.

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Horsted Keynes, Sussex: Selma Press, 1974. 176 pp + appendices, 8vo (8 1/2" H). Map endpapers, b&w illustrations. From the Foreword, " Many books have been written about the Battle of Britain and most have failed to appeal to the general public, being too long or too technical. Other books have been too scrappy to paint a clear picture. Barry Winchester avoids these mistakes and, by his new approach to the subject - i.e. a mixture of verse and prose, has written a most readable and entertaining book." Appendices: 1. The Battle of Britain - Facsimile of the Ministry of Information Booklet issued on behalf of the Air Ministry and distributed nationwide in 1941. 2. Facsimile Anti-Invasion leaflets issued nationwide. Small red ink mark at bottom edge of first appendices page (from manufacturing process), light edge wear, light bump to bottom of spine and hinges - very light wrinkle at bottom of pages at gutter. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear (small areas of surface paper… Read More
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I SING OF LIFE:  SELECTED POEMS.

I SING OF LIFE: SELECTED POEMS.

by Roberts, Lloyd.

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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937. 99 pp, 7 13/16" H - green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board, gold emblem on front board. A collection of poems by the Canadian poet Lloyd Roberts, gathered under the headings: General; Mystical and Philosophical; Love; War; Children; Nature; Songs. Minor browning to pages, tiny light foxing marks on rear free endpaper, moderate browning to edges of textblock, heavy fading to spine colour, moderate fading on boards - more on front board, fading to edges, small light stains on bottom of textblock.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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MEN WHO MARCH AWAY:  POEMS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

MEN WHO MARCH AWAY: POEMS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

by Parsons, I.M., edited with introduction by.

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Chatto & Windus, London, 1968, 4th impression. 192 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Ex-library. "The first world war produced a far greater body of good poetry than any other war in which Britain has been engaged. Now, from a distance of fifty years, we can get both the war an d the poetry in perspective, accepting not only the ordeals and disillusionments suffered by soldier poets, but also the 'visions of glory' which fired some of them in 1914. Mr. Parsons has made a broad but rigorous selection of the poetry w h i c h r e sulted. His anthology contains work by the famous front-line poets - Owen Rosenberg, Sassoon, Edward Thomas, Blunden, Graves - and by others, less known today, who wrote truthfully and well out of their experience. There are poems, to o, b y ol d er p oets who were deeply affected by the war though they could not take an active part in it - Hardy, Yeats, Kipling, Lawrence, and Walter de la Mare. Mr. Parsons has divided his anthology… Read More
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THE MILITARY ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY NEWCOME.  WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS CAMPAIGNS ON THE PENINSULA AND...
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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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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 pages, light browning to the pages and to the endpapers, previous owner's small name stamp on the front pastedown, a few places where there is a slight seperation between page gatherings but pages are still held firmly, large corner crease on page 25, scattered liquid marks on the boards - mainly on the front board, a 1" x 1/4" area of red dye has run into the fore-edge of pages up to page 25, some darkening to the colour of the spine and boards, browning to the spine label.. Not Signed. New Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by T. Rowlandson. (Thomas Rowlandson.).
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THE NEW CRUSADERS AND OTHER POEMS.

THE NEW CRUSADERS AND OTHER POEMS.

by King, Amabel. Inscribed.

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Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1943. 66 pp, 8vo (8 1/16" H) - green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Leslie Gordon Barnard. In memory of a very happy gathering when he was our guest speaker at the C.A.A. annual dinner, May 6th 1944, Toronto - Sincere regards, Amabel King". A collection of poems, gathered under the headings "War Poems" and "Peace Poems" with a decorated title page for each section by Wilson MacDonald. Light browning to edges of textblock, light fading to spine and at edges of boards, minor rubbing.. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Wilson MacDonald..
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THE RED FLOWER: POEMS WRITTEN IN WAR TIME.

THE RED FLOWER: POEMS WRITTEN IN WAR TIME.

by Van Dyke, Henry.

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. 52 pp, 7 3/8" H, gray boards with dark blue cloth spine, blue lettering/border and red flower device on front board. A collection of poems about the First World War. There is an Xmas message dated 1917 on the front free endpaper and a contemporary Xmas sticker (bluebird with wreath) on the bottom right hand corner of the front cover. An early owner has glued related poems by Rupert Brooke, Rudyard Kipling, Richard Le Gallienne, Lauchlan MacLean Watt and others clipped from newspapers (browned) on the bottom of page 52 and on the following blank pages. Pages lightly browned - mainly preliminaries, browning to edges of text block, moderate edge wear, rubbing and some areas of discoloration on front board, very small corner bumps. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good reading copy only./No Jacket.
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ROUGH RHYMES OF A PADRE.

ROUGH RHYMES OF A PADRE.

by Kennedy, G.A. Studdert, M.C., C.F. "Woodbine Willie". Introduction by Llewellyn H. Gwynne.

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Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. 99 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H) - red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. A collection of poems by a padre who served with the 46th and 24th Infantry Divisions of the B.E.F. during World War I. He earned the nickname "Woodbine Willie" for dispensing the practical comfort of cigarettes along with his prayers for wounded and dying soldiers in France. Includes: The Sorrow of God; Prayer Before an Attack; Christmas; A Scrap of Paper; A Mother Understands; English Land in France; His Mate; What are We Fighting for?, etc. Small greeting inscription on preliminary page, book cracked at pages 86/87 and 38/39 (pages holding firmly), very small erased pencil check mark on page 98, spine slightly twisted, darkening and foxing on top of textblock, a few tiny foxing marks on fore-edge of textblock, very light edgewear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, damp mark at fore-edge of front board, light soiling.. First Canadian Edition. Hard… Read More
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SERVICES WRENDERED.

SERVICES WRENDERED.

by Broome, Jack, Captain.

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London: William Kimber, 1974. 128 pp, 8 1/2" H. Profusely illustrated with cartoons in black, white, blue and red. "Records of World War II are incomplete without a tribute to the 'Fighting Services Title-Abbreviating Department', and the inspired minds therein which christened the Women's Royal Naval Service the WRENS. Surely the dedicated brood - such invaluable handmaidens to Britannia in her wave-ruling activities - owes something to such a delightful title. Captain Jack Broome also feels indebted to the Department for enabling him to call his gay, witty book of illustrated verses about these fledglings 'Services Wrendered'. In their many roles, in dockyards, on parade grounds, driving cars, teleprinters, or motor-boats with such enthusiasm and apparent awe for naval tradition, gold braid and authority, there remained that beautifully balanced, built-in, not-so-subservient subservience." Previous owner's name on free front endpaper and on title page,… Read More
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TECUMSEH, A DRAMA and CANADIAN POEMS.
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TECUMSEH, A DRAMA and CANADIAN POEMS.

by Mair, Charles.

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Toronto: William Briggs, 1901. 276 pp, 7 11/16" H. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering/decoration on spine and front board. Tissue-covered b&w photographic frontispiece of author with facsimile signature, title page decorations by J.E. Laughlin, b&w portraits of Tecumseh and Brock. Contents: Part I. Tecumseh: A Drama; The Legend of Chileeli; A Ballad for Brave Women; The Last Bison; Missipowistic; The Iroquois at the Stake; Kanata; Vain Regrets; Open the Bay!; In Memory of Wm. A. Foster; Absence; The River of Pain; Cabot; Demos Tyrannus; The Recompense; Ruins; The Chain; Fulfilment. Part II. Dreamland; The Pines; Address to a Maid; To Mount St. Patrick; Innocence; To a Morning Cloud; The North Wind's Tale; To a Captured Firefly; Night and Morn; Ponemah; Winter; Summer; To My Photograph; Wood-Notes; The Morning Land; My Love: A Rhapsody; To the Spirit of Memory; In Memory of Thomas D'Arcy McGee; Ideals; To a Humming-bird; Bardolph Redivivus; Germs; Love's Land; To an Infant;… Read More
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THIS ENGLAND.

THIS ENGLAND.

by Ward, James Edward.

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Toronto: Longmans, Green, 1942. 48 pp, 7 5/8" H. The main poem in this volume, 'This England', speaks of the qualities for which the nation was fighting at the time (WWII) of writing. It is preceded by a poetic tribute to Winston Churchill and followed by a collection of sonnets (including: Easter in Wartime, On Seeing an Autumn Ploughman, On Returning from a Discussion on Greece, The Astronomers). Browning to pages and edges of text block, small edge tear archivally taped on rear free endpaper. Dust jacket has light browning on spine, hinges, front panel, flap-folds, and flap top edges; light water stain at bottom of spine; two tears archivally taped; very small chips and wear at top/bottom of flap-folds; light rubbing.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good.
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WHO DARE TO LIVE.

WHO DARE TO LIVE.

by Watt, Frederick B., Lt.-Cmdr., R.C.N.V.R.

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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1943. 68 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w frontispiece. "Scrawled on the backs of envelopes and signal pads, (this) poem grew for two years while its author, aboard hundreds of merchant vessels, pursued his duties as Naval Boarding Officer. Some of the passages written in convoy were punctuated by the thump of underwater explosions. In this tale of a typical freighter Captain the reader meets the Merchant Navy seaman with a new intimacy - shares his dreams and the commonplace elements of his inarticulate heroism. The 'march of hearts that would not break', along the gray trails between the Old World and the New, gradually rises above its geographical bounds to reach a climax of spiritual significance in which the reader finds himself a participant, not a spectator. (This) is primarily a story, written in simple narrative verse for the ordinary man afloat or ashore. At the same time it achieves its author's original objective: a tribute to the men who sail the… Read More
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THE WOOD OF THE NIGHTINGALE.

THE WOOD OF THE NIGHTINGALE.

by Child, Philip.

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Toronto: Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1965. 152 pp, 9 1/2" H. "(A) narrative and reflective poem in which the characters of the plot, a young soldier and his comrades, act out their human drama against the urgent and ever-present reality of the First World War. Their decisions, thoughts and emotions occur in all the horror and irony of battle. The lonely men reflect ultimately on what they have stood for as individual human beings, now that they 'walk the soldier's mile'." Pages browning very lightly, minor edge wear to boards, slight wrinkling at top of spine, edges of textblock moderately foxed. Dust jacket has small chips/tears, ghost sticker mark at top of front cover, browning to spine/edges, moderate edgewear/rubbing/wrinkling. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Fair.
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