Search Results: Poetry from Leaf and Stone Books

Toronto: Lyricalmyrical Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 22pp + 14 unnumbered pages. Chapbook. Book has a white paper softcover with blue text on front cover. Some threads on back cover are broken, slight marks on covers. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 36 pages .

Toronto: Simon & Pierre. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0889242720 . 94 pp. Signed to a friend by the author on the title page, with an invitation to the book launch tucked in. Brown paper covers with b/w photo is clean and nice, slightlest bit of corner curl to top corner, small crease at bottom edge. Interior clean and bright, first few pages have a small bit of curl at top corner, otherwise very good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages; Signed by Author .

Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 1554470145 . Signed on the title page by the author. Brown French paper wraps are clean and bright, book itself is beautifully designed and executed, clean and fresh, a lovely copy in a typically beautiful Gaspereau edition. The author's 8th collection of poetry . ; 7.90 X 5 X 0.70 inches; 137 pages; Signed by Author .

Toronto: Lyricalmyrical Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 25pp + 7 unnumbered pages. Chapbook. Book has beige paper softcover with black text on front cover. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages .

Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books. Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0208020306 . KB 15. Xi, 264pp + 5 unnumbered pages. Notes, bibliography, index. Book has green cloth hardcover with gold text on spine. Dust jacket is cream with green design and green text. Slight bumping on head and tail. Text is clear and unmarked. "This is the first book in English during a quarter of a century to deal with impact of Japan on American poetry." Sanehide Kodama traces historically how these poets absorbed, filtered, transformed and assimilated Japanese influence in their work and into American culture. 5 poets are treated in depth: Amy Lowell, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder and Richard Wilbur. In English with some Japanese. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages .

Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Good with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0888440936 . Xiii, 285 pp. Bibliography, indices. Large octavo. Plum glossy softcover with inset of Anglo-Norman manuscript in cream and black. Some sticker residue at bottom spine, interior has institutional stamp on title and another stamp on copyright page, otherwise clean and unmarked. Slight corner curl at top corner, otherwise clean and nice. Poetry is given in Anglo-Norman with an English translation. A very usable copy. ; Studies And Texts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 285 pages .

Mexico: Ediciones Botas. Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Third Edition. Softcover. 330, [iv] pp. Ilustradas por 20 Artistas Mexicanos de Renombre. Softcover illustrated with a beautiful 19th century woman sitting in a tiled garden, in blue, yellow and white. Covers have moderate normal wear, the original glassine dust jacket not present, title page in blue and white. Pages never separated. Clean and nice except the last 3 leaves have some creasing and a bit of soil at the bottom edge. Scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 330 pages .

Dublin: Gallery Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 0904011097 . 54 pp. Signed by author on the first blank. Octavo. Pale blue paper wraps with black has minimal wear. October 1980 first edition. Interior clean and unmarked. The poems begin in the author's Kerry childhood. A squence of sonnets, Six of One, constitute a bitter indictment of popular values. They are studies of power and invasion and expose the bullying aspects of relationshps and colonization. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; Signed by Author .

Bari, Italy: Gius. Laterza & Figli. Good in Good dust jacket. 1920. First Edition. Paperback. 369 pp. In Italian. Published August 1920. Paper soft covers with dust jacket showing a woodcut engraving in medieval/arts & crafts style. DJ slightly grubby, small humidity stain at top edge, just starting to separate at top/bottom hinges. Interior clean and unmarked, some hints of aging, minor foxing, page edges untrimmed. Nice unusual copy of this Italian medievalist poet. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Sacramento, CA: Open Skull Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. [44] pp (unpaginated) . Octavo. White and orange covers stapled, interior paper is goldenrod. Covers are clean, bit of age darkening at the spine, small bump at top edge that goes all the way through, otherwise clean and unmarked. Stated 1st printing in an edition of 300. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44 pages .

Paris: Honoré Champion. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 2745307606 . 688 pp. Table of contents and 3 indexes at rear. French text. Orange/brown cloth boards. Book is in very good condition, very clean with no marks. ; Textes De Littérature Moderne Et Contemporaine 65; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 688 pages .

Bowling Green, OH: Doones. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 64 pp. Book has black and white softcover. Slight yellowing, marks, and creasing on covers. Slight yellowing on some pages, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; Vol. 1; 64 pages .

Bowling Green, OH: Doones. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Softcover. 64 pp. Book has black and white softcover. Slight yellowing, marks, and creasing on covers. Slight yellowing on some pages, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. Cover by Stephen Shrader; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages .

Thornhill, ON: Aelous House. Good with no dust jacket. 2009. Softcover. 0981127231 . 84pp. Author's notes, biographical note. Signed to a friend. Book has grey paper softcover with black and orange text on covers and spine with illustration on front cover. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages; Signed by Author .

Sydney, Australia: Island Press. Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0909771405 . 61 pp. Black softcover. Book is in good condition, faint wear along edges. Underlining throughout. Signed by author with dedication on reverse of half-title page as well as on rear fly page. ; X X ; 61 pages; Signed by Author .

Sydney, Australia: Island Press. Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0909771405 . 61 pp. Black softcover. Book is in good condition, faint wear along edges. Very clean with no marks. Signed by author with dedication on reverse of half-title page as well as on rear fly page. ; X X ; 61 pages; Signed by Author .

Lecce: Pensa Multimedia. Good with no dust jacket. 2012. Softcover. 8882329682 . 153, [i] pp. Indices, bibliografia. Small octavo. Dark purple wraps with illustration of people in rubble has minor normal shelf wear. Half title has the top corner cut off, otherwise clean and unmarked. Hard to find. Entirely in Italian. Giuseppe Giannuzzi (1841-1915) wrote the "De Siciliae et Calabriae Excidio Carmen" on the occasion of the earthquake, which devastated the cities of Reggio Calabria and Messina in 1908. With this poem the priest of Acquarica del Capo (LE) participated in the "Certamen poeticum Hoeufftianum" of 1919 in Amsterdam and was judged worthy of great praise, ranking second behind Pascoli, who obtained the gold medal with the composition Pomponia Graecina; Testi E Studi Di Letteratura Antica; Vol. 10; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages .

Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Softcover. 3525251971 . 161 pp. Ruckblick und ausblick; literaturverzeichnis; register. Auf Deutsch. Mustard yellow paper covers with white and dark red are clean, minimal shelf wear. Interior first leaf has old owner inscript cut off at the corner. The first 15 pages (including Inhalt and Vorwort) have blue ink underlining and marginalia, otherwise sturdy and unmarked. Priced low to reflect condition but book is quite usable. ; Hypomnemata; Vol. 98; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 161 pages .

Montreal: John Dougal & Son. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. Hardcover. iv, 763pp + 3 unnumbered pages. Frontis, illustrations, Book has marbled brown and blue leather hardcover with gold text on spine. Wear on front and back inner hinges. Yellowing on inner and outer corners of front and back pastedowns, flyleaves, and endpapers. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 770 pages .

London: Thomas Davison. Good with no dust jacket. 1820. Second Edition. Leather. [viii], 227 pp. Includes blanks and has what look to be original card covers bound in. Each Canto has a separate TP but pagination is continuous. A small octavo. Modern and very handsome full leather binding with 5 raised bands, red and gilt spine labels, marbled end papers. The top edge of the front card cover is worn and chipped with some foxing, the first few pages around the card covers have some foxing, otherwise the text is clean and nice. Lord Byron wrote his satyrical epic Romantic poem, Don Juan, over the period 1819-1824. This is the second edition of the first two cantos, published shortly after the first. "Lord Byron derived the character of Don Juan from traditional Spanish folk legends, however the story was very much his own. Upon publication in 1819, cantos I and II were widely criticized as immoral because Byron had so freely ridiculed the social subjects and public figures of his time.… Read More