Search Results: Poetry from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

[Toronto]: Various people, 1885. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 4 1/2 x 3 inches, about 50 pages, A new leather spine and nice new tight binding. In very good+ condition. Owned by Kitty Scott of Toronto in the 1880's. Charming little autograph album with, inscriptions, a few poems, 2 small coloured flower illustrations and of course many autographs. One of the autographs is a formerly significant person, that of of Harry Cockshutt, Brantford, in 1885. The Hon. Harry Cockshutt (1868-1944) youngest son of Ignatius and Elizabeth (Foster) Cockshutt was educated at the Brantford High School. He was employed in the family business, the Cockshutt Plow Co. Ltd. He rose through the ranks, becoming secretary-treasurer (1888), managing director (1893) and ultimately the president. He was the president of the Frost & Wood Co. of Smith's Falls, president of the Brantford Carriage Co., president of the Adams Wagon Co., and a director of the Bank of Montreal. He was elected president of the Brantford Board of Trade in… Read More

Various: Various, 1996. No binding & hard cover. Good. The collection has original material pertaining to 22 American women poets, dating from 1842-1996 a total of 63 items, specifically 30 letters, 14 pieces of ephemera, 8 typescripts / manuscripts, 8 books, and 4 photos. Includes 2 pieces from Louise Glück, the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature:BATES, Charlotte Fiske (signed Charlotte Rogé; American poet and associate of Longfellow). • ALS to Mrs. Swift, 10 June 1891. Thanks Mrs. Swift for the "very sweet and heartfelt poem written for my wedding". Signed ms., split in the center, "At Philadelphia", July 4, 1876. On the left margin, Bates has written: "This is coming out in the Cong. this week, but as you will be away I give you this MS I have." The words "June Missionary Church" are written in the upper right of the sheet of paper.  This is a famous, patriotic verse poem in six stanzas separated here by horizontal lines drawn by the poet.BROWN, Alice (American novelist, poet, and… Read More

1955. No binding & hard cover. Alfred Kreymborg was an American poet, novelist, playwright, literary editor, and anthologist. The son of a cigar-store owner, he attended public school in Manhattan and became a chess phenomenon by the age of ten. He began writing poetry in his late teens and soon became an active figure in the Greenwich Village literary circles. The first writer to be involved with Alfred Stieglitz's 291 gallery, he joined forces with the avant-garde photographer Man Ray in 1913 to create The Glebe, a Modernist journal. His first book of poetry, Mushrooms: A Book of Free Forms (1916), solidified his reputation as one of the first writers utilizing free verse. By the end of his life at the age of eighty-two, Kreymborg had edited several notable little magazines, written forty books, lectured, taught, and served as associate director of the Federal Radio of the W.P.A., president of the Poetry Society of America, and judge of the Pulitzer prize competition.The collection contains 15… Read More

ND. No binding. Near Fine. Typescript poem titled "The Test" signed on 7-1/8 x 10-7/8 inch paper.Near fine condition. Alice Ann Dorey was a teacher, a writer, a poet, and the wife of United Church Moderator Very Rev. George Dorey. Alice Ann Dent was born in Cowansville, Quebec. She taught at a school for the deaf in Montreal and wrote poems which were published in Canada, the United States, England, Australia, and some which were translated into Hungarian and Italian. Her book, Light and Shadow, 25pp., was by Ryerson Press in 1949. She also wrote book reviews and occasional articles for The United Church Observer.

1817. Hard & Soft cover. Very Good. Three early classic works on the Italian merchant Amerigo Vespucci, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence who allegedly undertook several voyages to the "New World". In recognition of his explorations, the cartographer Martin Waldweemüller latinized his name as America in Cosmographiae Introductio (1507). • Girolamo Bartolommei già Smeducci (1584-1662). L'America poema eroico di Girolamo Bartolomei già Smeducci Al cristianissimo Luigi XIV. re di Francia e di Navarra. Roma: Nella stamperia di Lodouico Grignani, 1650. [20], 564, [12] pp. 4to, 300 × 215 mm. ² a-b A-4A 4B² 4C 4D². Allegorical engraving by Johann Friedric Greuter depicting Vespucci reaching the Americas. Lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece of the author but otherwise complete. Vellum binding, some browning but very nicely restored, handwritten title on the spine. Dedicated to Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre. First and only edition of this epic poem in forty… Read More

Toronto: William Briggs, 1905. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First edition. 4-3/4 x 7-3/8 inches., 3 printed plates (Dufferin 3pp letter, Crawford manuscript example and tissue guarded portrait plate), (2), 309pp., original green cloth boards with gilt lettering and perimeter gilt rules. New endpapers. Cover a little marked and a dent in the top board, otherwise in very good condition. 86 poems. With introduction by Ethelwyn Wetherald, Author of The House of the Trees, Tangled in Stars, The Radiant Road, etc., etc. This volume contains 86 poems of superior merit of which 52 appear for the first time in book form. Collected in Books I. through IV. which are: Book I.; Book II.; Blank Verse; and finally Dialect Verse. Contents pages are followed by a Page of Manuscript in Facsimile.

NP, ND. No binding. cut paper size: 2-1/4 x 7/8 inches"Matthew Arnold" Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator.Harold Bloom writes that "Whatever his achievement as a critic of literature, society or religion, his work as a poet may not merit the reputation it has continued to hold in the twentieth century. Arnold is, at his best, a very good, but highly derivative poet, unlike Tennyson, Browning, Hopkins, Swinburne and Rossetti, all of whom individualized their voices." The writer John Cowper Powys, an admirer, wrote that, "with the possible exception of Merope, Matthew Arnold's poetry is arresting from cover to cover - [he] is the great amateur of English poetry [he] always has the air of an ironic and urbane scholar chatting freely, perhaps a little… Read More

Various: Various, 1900. No binding & hard cover. Good. Edgar Fawcett was a prolific American novelist, essayist, and poet. His best-known novels were satirical studies of New York high society. Fawcett also wrote numerous works for children. Collection contains 6 items dating from 1888 to [1900], specifically 3 Autographed Signed Letters (ASL), 1 typescript (ts) of a play, 1 inscribed book and 1 signed note,3 Autographed Signed Letters (ASL)• ALS to Mr. Clemens (Samuel Clemens? i.e. Mark Twain?), 20 June [1898-1900], re Arthur T. Vance, editor of the Women's Home Companion, might publish one of his short stories ("Love, the Leveller") for $50, "Flowers on a Grave" considered to be too sombre. • ALS addressed "Dear Sir" (a publisher), 7 December [1898-1900], re publication of his poem, "Pride of Nations". • ALS addressed "Dear Sir", Monday, n.d., Union Club letterhead, asking for a copy of the journal published 4 years ago containing his biography. 1 Typescript (Ts)., • "The Unpardonable… Read More

1943. various. No binding & soft cover. A collection of 147 mostly unique ephemera items dating from 1892 to 1943, specifically approximately 70 leaflets and chapbooks, approximately 50 letters, 11 broadsides, 11 photos, 3 manuscripts/typescripts, 1 scrapbook, and 1 book.Edwin Markham (né Charles Edward Anson Markham, (1852-1940) was an American poet, Poet Laureate of Oregon, best remembered for his poems, "Lincoln, the Man of the People" (read by Markham at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922) and "The Man with the Hoe" (inspired by Jean-François Millet's painting).Florence Hamilton (née Danforth, 1873-1968) was the lecture manager and secretary to Edwin Markham from 1920 until he suffered a debilitating stroke in 1936. After Markham's death, she made a donation of his manuscripts to the Library of Congress. Hamilton published several volumes of her own poetry, lectured on poetry herself, and was an active member of several organizations for poets. Lincoln & Other Poems. New York:… Read More

1955. First Editions from 1933 to 1955. An interesting archive of five early titles in Spanish by the Cuban poet, translator, critic and scholar Eugenio Florit. 4 of 5 books inscribed to his friend and colleague, H. R. (Hoffman Reynolds) Hays, American poet, novelist, critic, playwright, translator, social anthropologist, and educator. Hays had a special interest in Spanish language writers and was the author of "12 Spanish American Poets" 1943 of which Eugenio Florit was one of the poets.This collection consists of the following stapled and one glued card covers books: 1. 'Reino' 1938 Ucar Garcia Y Compania. First edition. Signed by Florit on the title page. 66 pp. Cardboard covers. Offcut pages. Pages toned with edgewear to covers. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Very Good. 2. 'Eugenio Florit Vida Y Obra- Bibliografia-Antologia- Obras Ineditas' 1943 Hispanic Institute in the United States, New York. First edition. Signed by Eugenio Florit and inscribed by him to Hoffman Hays on the copyright page.… Read More

NP, ND. No binding. Fine. Small sheet, 2-7/8 x 2-1/2 inches. Autograph "G.H. Clarke" in ink. Fine condition. George Herbert Clarke was a Canadian poet and academic. He attended McMaster University, where he earned a B.A. in 1891 and an M.A. in 1896. He served as a Professor at Mercier University, Georgia, (1901-1905), Peabody College, Tennessee (1908-11), and the University of Tennessee and University of the South until 1925. From 1925 he was head of the English Department at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario and editor-in-chief of Queen's Quarterly in 1944, and held that position until his death. In 1937 Clarke's poem "Hymn to the Spirit Eternal" was awarded a gold medal by the Governor-General for best poem appearing in the Canadian Authors Association literary magazine, Canadian Poetry, during 1936. Clarke received an LL.D. from McMaster in 1923, an LL.D. from Queen's in 1943, and a D.C.L. from Bishop's University in 1944. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1930, and… Read More

Ottawa: Published by Borealis Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First edition. 6 x 7 inches. [1]-59,(1). Soft cover. White and pink card wrapper covers with black lettering to front and spine.Near fine condition and signed by Carol Shields on inside page.This is the author's second volume of 50 poems published, 2 years after her first "Others" Carol Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 1998, the Governor General of Canada made Carol an Officer of the Order of Canada. She subsequently (2002) was made a Companion of the Order of Canada - Canada's highest honour. Also in 1998, Carol was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

London: Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, 2004. No binding. Fine. Photograph of poets Derek Walcott and Ben Okri Large silver gelatin photograph of Derek Walcott and Ben Okri by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, three-quarter length, both seated, smiling at one another. Douglas-Menzies' label on verso with details of the shoot, 128 Kensington Church Street, 2004.Paper size: 15 x 13-1/2 inchesImage size: 10 x 10-1/2 inchesFine condition. Provenance: Lucinda Douglas-Menzies. The Roy Davids Collection (Bonhams).Derek Walcott was a Saint Lucia poet and playwright. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992 was awarded to Derek Walcott. Some of his other honours also include a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, and, in 1988, the Queen's Medal for Poetry. He is an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He was recently named Knight Commander of the Order of St. Lucia.Ben Okri is a Nigerian novelist, poet, and essayist.His honors include an OBE, Italy's… Read More

Montreal: Self-published, 1957. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First edition xvi, [1]-329pp.,[1]. 9 x 6-1/4 inches. The pages are clear and the binding is tight. The beige cloth and burgundy leather cover.. In very good condition.This Edition De Luxe is Limited to 250 Copies of which this is No. 54 (marked in blue ink). It is also signed by the author.A most interesting compilation on early Canadian poets by Lawrence Lande (1906-1998) the noted lawyer, bibliophile and avid book collector. This is a collection of biographical information, and sample poetical works of some of the earliest Canadian poets.Main headings headings include: Early Poetry in Acadia, Early French Canadian Poetry, Early Poetry in Lower Canada (Quebec), Early Poetry in Upper Canada (Ontario), and Early Poetry in Newfoundland.Some of the poets include: Henry Alline, Joseph Stransbury, James Hogg, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Aylwin, Levi Adams, Adam Kidd, Bishop Mountain, Gustavus William Wicksteed, Jonathan Odell, George… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Nickerbocker Press, 1898. 1st Edition. Very Good+. UNCOMMON WITH DUST JACKET First edition. 5-1/4 x 7-7/8 inches, (3), [1]-12pp, card stock. Front cover inside with a 2 inch separation of endpaper, otherwise Fine book condition. 3 plates. With uncommon dust jacket in good condition having some holes and tears with both DJ flap separated. Overall condition very good+.Inscription neatly written to previous owner on front end paper.The Habitant press notice 1 page ad separate sheet at back end paper which is the same as the one printed on the back of the dust jacket. Sepia-toned illustrations title page with 4 attractive full page mezzotint illustrations and tissue guards. Illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn. William Henry Drummond was an Irish-born telegraphist, physician, poet, professor, public lecturer and Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and… Read More

London: Published by Edward Moxon, 1836. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First editions. 6 Volumes (vols. 1 & 2) 1836 and (vols. 3-6) 1837 for the 1st Moxon published edition. 4-1/2 x 7 inches. Vol.1 (3),vi-313pp,(5) ; Vol.2 (5),v-351pp,(1) ; Vol.3 (5),vi-355pp,(1) ; Vol.4 (4),vi-364pp, ; Vol.5 (4),vi-412pp ; Vol.6 (8),x-374pp.(2)Bound in the original green cloth covered boards with bent corners, gilt title lettering on spine. Vol. 1 Includes foxed Wordsworth portrait, preface, dedication to the 1815 edition and errata slip. Pages generally clean in all volumes, with some spotting first pages, some light marks to endpapers. Books are in otherwise very good set in scarce original publisher's cloth of Moxon's esteemed 1st 1836-37 new edition.The great William Wordsworth, Poet Laureate is considered the embodiment of the romantic movement in England. In 1835 Wordsworth changed publishers from Longmans to his friend, Edward Moxon (1801-58) who would continue be Wordsworth's publisher. Moxon was… Read More

1935. No binding & hard cover. Sheldon Christian archives. 1922-1935. Approximately 1,800 pp. These extensive archives contain manuscripts and typescripts of Christian's plays, short stories, news stories, poems, correspondence, diary entries, and ephemera. Much of the material concerns Christian's academic life at Tufts College, his literary pursuits, his editorship of the Tuftonian (1930-1) and the Beacon (Trinidad, British West Indies), his correspondence with publishers about the publication of his works, his romantic attachments, YMCA materials, church correspondence, and many pieces of miscellaneous ephemera including drawings, photos, and programs. There is also some secondary source material about Christian. With the archives are five books edited or written by him.Sheldon Christian (1907-1997), often called "Tubby" by his friends, was an American playwright, a poet, a local historian of New England, a minister, and a printer of ephemera. Born in Jutland, Denmark on 1 January 1907 when his… Read More

1903. No binding & hard cover. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts Known as the Father of Canadian Poetry, Charles G.D. Roberts was a poet and prose writer who inspired creativity in other poets of his generation, among them Bliss Carman (his cousin), Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott. Together, these four poets became known as the "Confederation" poets.Charles G. D. Roberts collection contains 6 items dating from 1893 to 1903, specifically 5 Books (4 signed) and 1 signed manuscript.5 Books (4 signed):• Songs of the Common Day and Ave!, 1893. Toronto, William Briggs. Blue cloth, rubbing at the top and bottom of spine and at the corners, first gathering very loose. Signed presentation copy for the British vaudeville performer Owen A. Smiley, dated "Fredericton N.B. Xmas, 1895".  • The Little People of the Sycamore, First edition. Roberts's Animal Stories series. Greenish grey decorative cloth in chipped dust jacket with signed card, 24 June 1896 affixed to the front free endpaper (some… Read More

1930. No binding & hard cover. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts 4 Poetry Books (all signed) & 1 signed inscription collection ROBERTS, Sir Charles George Douglas [1860-1943]Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts Known as the Father of Canadian Poetry, Charles G.D. Roberts was a poet and prose writer who inspired creativity in other poets of his generation, among them Bliss Carman (his cousin), Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott. Together, these four poets became known as the "Confederation" poets.Charles G. D. Roberts collection contains 5 items dating from 1892 to 1930, specifically 9 Books (all signed) and 1 signed manuscript. 4 Books (all SIGNED):• Ave : An Ode for the Centenary of the Birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley. 1892. Toronto, Williamson Book Company. Rare true first edition with emotional Roberts inscription / signature and in overall very good condition. 8vo, 27pp. Salmon paper covered boards with black titles to front. With some minor dark marks on front cover. End papers with some… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1881. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. QUITE RARE POETRY BOOK BY AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN WOMAN First edition. 3-1/2 x 5-3/8 inches. iv, (2), [3]-317pp. Worn original green cloth with embossed design and gilt logos and type on front and spine. Previous owners names and dates on front endpaper. Good condition. A collection of poetry, Under the Olive, which included the poem "Not by will, and not in striving": Published anonymously, this volume contains 19 verses written in classical meter on subjects such as Achilles, Sophocles, and Pandora. The book was well received. Harriet Beecher Stowe, a close friend of Fields, was happy for the book's reception, but she thought that Fields' charity work had a "higher beauty." Fields's first collection of poems, Under the Olive. (1881), became available near the end of 1880. In Annie Adams Fields (2002), Rita Gollin notes that Fields's Under the Olive (Copyright 1881) appeared in November of 1880 (p. 202)… Read More