Search Results: Poetry from High Park Books

Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., 1997. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A sixth book of poetry from Stitt, a member of the League of Canadian Poets. 85pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancover: Talonbooks, 1982. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. Author's seventh major book of poetry, 132 pp., near fine, unread copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1974. Pictorial Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Frank Newfeld. Classic Canadian children's verse by the Toronto writer, poet, publisher, educator, children's writer, Governor General's Award winner and Toronto institution. 1987 reprint of the original 1974 publication. 64pp. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Loughcrew, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland: Gallery Press, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A transformation - reinterpretation by the immensely influential Irish writer / translator / interpretor (1941 - 2020). Published simultaneously in hard & soft cover. Grey glossy illustrated covers protected in archival sheath. 62 pages

Budapest, Hungary: Corvina, 1989. French Flaps. Very Good+. English translation of the poetry the internationally-recognized Hungarian poet, essayist, writer, screen-writer intellectual and politician. Known as a Folk Surrealism poet, his critical essays on the spiritual and political situation of Hungary prompted the the communist government to ban his writings and suspend his books. Forword by Len Roberts. 91pp.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Hamilton / Guelph, ON: Wolsak and Wynn Publishers, 2007. First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Recollection & poetry on the founding and early days of Toronto's Bohemian Club by its founder - an comedic actor, writer, radio personality, renaissance man, raconteur, mentor, entrepreneur & Toronto fixture (1933 -2002). 111pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight cover curling.

Loughcrew, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland: Gallery Press, 1982. 1st Printing. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A version of Les Chimieres by Gerard de Nerval. by the influential Irish poet, writer / translator / interpretor (1941 - 2020). Blank white soft covers with green dust wrapper. 20 pages Published simultaneously in hard & soft cover.

1969. Soft cover. Near Fine. Late poetry by the poet, prospector & public servant (1864 - 1941) who wrote in the Doric dialect of Scots. Published for Charles Murray Memorial Trust by Aberdeen University Press. Preface and Notes by Alexander Keith. Appreciation of Charles Murray by Nan Shepherd. 1970 REPRINT. Brown card covers with black & gilt lettering with gilt illustration. (xxii) 30 pages with glossary & chronology. Frontispiece + 3 illustrations. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Slight corner wear.

Hamilton, ON: Mekler and Deahl, Publishers, 1995. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First collection of poetry about peace and love by Botswana-born Mazebedi. The poet views poetry as natural as waves in the sea and sees the poet as the shore on which they break. 55pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Guelph, Ontario : Restless River Books, 2005. Trade Paperback. Near Fine +. Collection of poetry by the Australian born-and-raised, Canadian academic (University of Waterloo). (x) 206 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

London / Loughcrew, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland : Viking / Gallery, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Selected Poetry by the immensely influential Irish writer / translator / interpretor (1941 - 2020). Published in association with Oxford University Press. Viking ISBN - 0670835757 Printing states 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Bar code / ISDN sticker on flap of front cover with 1994 date. Protected with archival covering. INSCRiBED to long-time Canadian acquaintance & dated 1994.

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1984. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good -. Edward and Patricia are children of the sixties, who stumble through sex, marriage, generation gap, career, birth control, the counter-culture, domestic violence, the sexual revolution, domestic bliss, and sex hilariously and tragically into our own time. (The author's) rollicking poetic fiction captures not only a period but two engaging people whose hopes and conflicts are still very much part of ours." Author's photo on back cover by Michael Ondaatje. 39pp. Minor staining of small section of page edge, edgewear and rubbing with small amount of colour loss at edges, spine and corners. Pages clean and tight. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good -/Good+. Red hardcover with gilt lettering. Hardcover has curve on bottom right side. This first collection of poems by the Anglo-Canadian writer won the 1955 Governor-General's Award for poetry. The author was teaching at the University of Alberta when this collection was published. Contains his Dylan Thomas poems. Red DJ has wear and small tears on top edge. Interior clean and tight. 55pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dublin, Ireland: Gallery Press, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A transformation - reinterpretation of Moliere's The School for Husbands by the immensely influential Irish writer / translator / interpretor (1941 - 2020). Published simultaneously in hard & soft cover. White blank soft cover with reddish-orange dust jacket - black type on face & spine. In protective archival sheath. 58 pages

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1951. Very Good+/Good+. Winner of Twayne's First Book Contest for 1950. Foreword by Archibald MacLeish. 64pp. Near fine condition except for slight dusting to to upper pages edge. Yellow & red DJ (in with mylar) is qutie clean but has 3 tears at folds & slight chipping.

Toronto: Istituto Italiano Di Cultura, 1989. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Italian poetry presented in Italian and English. Includes Strehler's University of Toronto Convocation Address, delivered November 22, 1989. Minor edgewear. Pages clean, bright and tight. 64pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Houston, Texas: Brooke Publishing, 1978. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Art catalogue generated from exhibit in Bolivia in 1978. Limited Edition of 500. Twenty-two of her paintings with poems first appeared in the Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia, April - May 1978. Approx. 95 pages with 16 full-page, vividly-colored abstact paintings & poetry. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Large format, plastic-coated illustrated wraps. Signed & dated by Sween on inside front page. Slight edge wear & slightest of soiling to white covers.

Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/No DJ Issued. Winner of the Governor General's Award for children's illustration. (Visions in poetry Series) The multi-award winning Montreal designer / artist / illustrator won a second GG illustration award for his work in The Owl & the Pussycat (2007), also published by KCP. He is also the recipient of 2 GG's for illustration in French language children's literature for Charlotte et l'île du destin and Le Monde selon Jean de ... 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 40 pages of nonsense poetry & wacky colour illustrations plus one-page biographies of Carroll & Jorisch. SIGNED & dated (2004) by Jorisch.

London: Jonathon Cape, 1964. Third Printing . Pictorial Hardcover. Good +/No DJ Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Poetry, line drawings and musings from the 'writing Beatle'. Dark, blue , glossyboards with cover photograph of Lennon by Robert Freeman. 79 pages with B&W and sepia line drawings and text. First published March, 1964. Fourth printing - May, 1964. 2 small scuffs to bottom edge. Former owner's name on front pastedown. Pages clean & tight.

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1983. 3rd Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine. 3rd Printing -1984. A follow up to the Canadian classics: ALLIGATOR PIE and GARBAGE DELIGHT by the Toronto writer, poet, publisher, educator, children's writer, Governor General's Award winner & Toronto institution. 4th Printing - 1984 . 64 pages of children's fun & frolic. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated by England's multi award-winning illustrator / artist Juan Wijngaard (living in New Mexico since 2004), recipient of the 1981 Mother Goose Award & the 1985 Kate Greenaway Medal.