Search Results: Poetry from Reading Rat

Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1997. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good +. 35 p. small PB; VG+

Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1989. Paperback. Good +. 344 p., TP, overall good condition, some wear, one poem has significant marginal notes.

Fredericton NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Series, 1970. Limited. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. 52 p; VG+; slight reading wear. A collection of poems published in a limited edition of 550 copies. Some previously appeared in literary periodicals. This is the seventh book to be published as a result of the Theodore Roberts Fund for Literature. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

above/ground Press, 1997. Limited Edition. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. Unpaginated; VG+; original wraps; small chapbook of poems published in an edition of 150 for a reading at the Imperial Library Pub, Toronto, November 27, 1997 as part of an above/ground press night. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: MacMillan, 1972. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Stephen Gerriets. 76 p.; VG/VG; ex-library with usual stamps, DJ taped to boards. DJ covered in plastic and is in very nice condition. Interior clean, bright and unmarked. A collection of poems inspired by the Apollo 12 mission. "Gwendolyn MacEwen is one of the most talented young Canadians writing today. She received the Governor General's Award in 1969 for her collection of poetry The Shadow Maker. . . . The Armies of the Moon is her fifth book of poems." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Wolsak & Wynn Publishers, Limited, 1995. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Small softcover; 83 p.; cover art by author. VG+, bottom corner a bit bumped, otherwise clean, solid copy. Donald McGrath grew up in the Avolon Peninsula of Newfoundland and at the time of publication lived in Montreal. This is his first book of poetry. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada: Broken Jaw Press, 2000. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 120 p.; VG; top corner a bit bumped. Signed and inscribed by author on title page, "To Borealis, the best bookstore in Winnipeg, thanks. Rob Mclennan, Nov. 1 '00". 93 interconnected poems by prolific and multi-talented writer/artist Mclennan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hamilton Ontario: Wolsak and Wynn, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. PB; 8 1/2 x 5 inches; 192 p.; VG+; short introductions to the poets and their countries by the translators and editor. Translators are Inara Cedrins, Eric Dickens, Hwebert Lomas and Edita Page. An introduction for English readers to the poetry and history of the Baltic region. Very Good condition, minor shelf wear only, no interior marks.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. Aislin. 112p. incl credits+acknowledgements. Sponsored by "This Magazine". Poetry deals with Canadian issues from GST to free trade. Margaret Atwood foreword, Allan Fotheringham and others contributed to this work. DJ has very minor wear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 1977. Limited. Original Wraps. Good+/No Jacket. Unpaginated; small oblong book, dark green card covers, cover illustration by Lydia Morgan Brown. Overall in good condition with some rubbing of the edges and bumping of the corners. A collection of short poems, set in Cloister Old English. Only 1000 copies were printed. HTF. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Vancouver, BC: Panarky Art Works, 1995. Not Stated. Saddle Stitched. Very Good -/No Jacket. Niki Kaloudas. Unpaginated; VG-; top corner somewhat crunched, small water stain. Booklet of poems launched as part of the authors Cross Canada "Poetry in Motion" Bicycle Tour, taking place from Vancouver to Montreal in July and August of 1995. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Faber & Faber, 2004. Apparent First. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 83 p.; small HC in fine unclipped DJ; poems by singer/songwriter of the Chicago band Smashing Pumpkins.

Winnipeg: Pachyderm Press, 1994. Apparent First. Staplebound. Very Good. 43 p. staplebound; VG;. Poems, many of an erotic nature; edited by Di Brandt; typeset by Heidi Harms. One of a series of chapbooks published at St. John's College, University of Manitoba.

Watsonville CA: Papier-Mache Press, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Very Good- . 74 p. PB. VG condition although bent. Poems, essays and photographs chronicle working class experiences of plant closures.

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1998. Apparent First. Paperback. 90 p.; VG+; signed by author on title page as both Louise Halfe and Sky Dancer, her Cree name. ``A contemporary narrator, a Cree woman, draws into her own story the poignant history of her ancestors and the Europeans they tragically wlecomed into their lives.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: Coteau Books, 1983. Not Stated. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 60 p.; slim trade paper with pictorial cover; VG, light wear, PO name stamped on ffep, otherwise unmarked. Back cover photo of author with his mother Shirley Baran. "A remarkable journey into the past . . . from California in the sixties to pre-revolutionary Russia." Other titles by this author are available. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

above/ground Press, 1997. Limited. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. Unpaginated; VG+; original wraps; small chapbook of poems published in an edition of 150 for a reading at the BARD reading series, Royal Oak II, February 18, 1997. Dedication "for Neil Gaiman" on copyright page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fredericton NB: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1969. Limited. Saddle Stitched. Very Good +/No Jacket. 47 p; VG+; slight reading wear. A collection of poems published in a limited edition of 500 copies. Some previously published in literary magazines. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Due to a printer error the contents page appears at the end rather than beginning.

Winnipeg MB: The Impressionists, 1993. Revised. Metal Can. As New/As New. An unusual item, in AS NEW condition. The printed word preserved in a metal skin, "The CANNED THINK, yours to open" is a book of poetry. The pages are three inches wide by 32 inches long rolled into a half pint tin can. The form is derived from ancient eastern manuscripts and old proclamations of the western world. It is a format that frees the printed page from the conventional three-dimensional cubiform structure. The contents are 33 selected poems by Tyrrell Mendis printed on one side only on eight pages. The pages are fastened together with a single eyelet to facilitate display on a vertical surface. In most copies all the pages are white, and in some there is at least one coloured page. The coloured pages are white, yellow, orange and blue in no particular order. This poetry in a can is a tonic for the mind, providing a new stimulant in a familiar package that is symptomatic of our mechanised materialistic world.… Read More

Anchorage : Salmon Run, 1996. First American edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 70 p. small paperback; VG+ condition; review copy sticker on cover. Thirteenth book by author, who at time of publication had been publisher and editor for Poetry Australia. Four sections: The Small Village of Loth, Holocaust, Sydney Poems, Brush Strokes