The Improved Binoculars: Selected Poems. by LAYTON, Irving - 1956.

Porcupine's Quill, 1991-09-15. Paperback. Good.

Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1956 Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC. Autumn 1956. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition of 500 copies. Jargon Book 18 by Jonathan Williams. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; sunfades spine with repaired paper damage on spine; light edgewear; bumping to rear upper corner. No DJ. Pictorial card stock French wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 106 pp 8vo. The 87 poems in this book are selected from ten years and eight volumes of work which have established Irving Layton as Canada's most controversial poet. Laid-in is a Borderguard trifold brochure of avant-garde materials from small presses and magazines. A clean very presentable copy.

Porcupine's Quill. Fine. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0889841012 . Stiff bright unmarked book. ; 0.38 x 8.58 x 5.52 Inches; 128 pages .

Erin, Ontario: The Porcupine's Quill, 1991 First printing of this edition in trade paperback. Very minor rubbing and light curling to covers. Near Fine.

Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams, Publisher, 1956. 139, [5]p. of contents. A near fine copy, with the former owner's signature on the front free endpaper. This second edition of 1957 contains 30 additional poems.. Second Edition of 1000 Copies. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ashville, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1957. 1st thus wraps. Paperback. Very Good/None. Intro. by William Carlos Williams. The second printing (1,000 copies) with 30 additional poems by the Canadian poet. . Record # 64229

Jonathan Williams, 1956. First edition. Second printing with thirty additional poems. Near fine pictorial gatefold wraps with clean bright text throughout. Selected from ten years and 11 private printed of work by the poet. The second printing with 30 additional poems added. This is Layton's selected poems at its best with an introduction by William Carlos Williams.

Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams, 1956. Book. Fine. Wraps. First Edition. Jacket lightly soiled, otherwise excellent. Second printing with thirty additional poems..

Highlands, North Carolina: Jonathan Williams, 1956. Book. Fine. Wraps. First Edition. An excellent copy. Second printing, with thirty additional poems..

Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; small dot stain inside edge of back cover; light wear to inside corners; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; A collection of important Canadian reprints edited by John Metcalf and John Newlove; "The chorus of disapproval that greeted by writing has abated somewhat but not entirely, I'm proud and happy to say. In a world of rapid change and dislocation it is indeed a comfort to know some things never change, some things are eternal: lousy taste, philistinism, smuggery and the vapourings of the half-alive." - Irving Layton