Search Results: Poetry from Black Sheep Books

Guelph, ON: Gryphon Press, 1981. Limited/Numbered/Signed. . Card Cover. Good+/-. Limited edition of one hundred and ten. This volume is number 65. Light brown card cover, black titling to front, signed and inscribed by author to first page, unpaginated, signed by author to limitation page. Stain to fore edge and a few small spots (probably coffee). For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Victoria, BC: Beach Holme Publishers Limited, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good/-. Tuey, Margaret. A delightful collection of children's poetry about the Cariboo region of nerthern British Columbia. It captures the spirit of what is still very much a frontier. Light brown card cover with red titling and illustration to front, signed by author to half title, illustrated with line drawings by Margaret Tuey, 41 pages. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Santa Barbara, CA: Noel Young Prress, 1971. Limited First Edition. . Card Cover. Very Good. Freeman, Lydia. A very attractive little volume of poetry by Marjorie Bauersfeld, limited to 1000 copies. Yellow card cover with black titling on front, wrap-around red line drawing by Lydia Freeman on front and back, brown end papers, decorated title page, 72 pages. Top text block edge has multiple small brown spots, spine slightly sunned, ink inscription on end paper, otherwise book is in lovely condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1989. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/-. A collection of linked short stories and a new long poem. Glossy soft cover, white titling to front, black titling to spine, signed and inscribed to Phyllis [Webb] to title page, 63 pages. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Victoria, BC: Hawthorne Society, 1994. Card Cover. Very Good/-. An Album for Arlene on her sixtieth birthday 19 July 1994 From Her Friends in the West. Published for the Hawthorne Society of Arts and Letters by Reference West. An edition of seventy-five numbered copies for private distribution. This is number 72. Card cover with staple binding, a collection of poetry by Canadian poets, unpaginated. A small pressure mark to front. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Carmel-by-the-Sea, Ca: Carmel Pine Cone Press, 1945. Limited/Numbered/Signed. . Hardcover. Very Good-. Book is limited to 250 autographed copies of which this is #34. A collection of eighteen poems. Pale blue hard cover, dark blue illustration and titling from a wood or linocut, silver speckles over all, signed and numbered on last page, leading text block edge untrimmed, 39 pages. Spine and ajacent front edge as well as rear edge are sunned, light wear to spine ends and corners, some small specks of discolouration, text block edges slightly darkened, first and last free end papers foxed, occasional pale foxing spots in text near page edges. This is a very attractive little book - cover is generally clean and bright, binding is tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you… Read More

Toronto, Ontario: Little Hut Publishing Company, The, 2000. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/-. Lovegrove, Jessica. An illustrated book of poetry, inscribed by the now deceased author, who has published five books of poetry and two children's stories. Blue cloth with silver titling, border and illustration on front, silver illustration on back, every page has either a black or a grey illustration. This very handsome book appears to be without flaws. 85 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Toronto, ON: Ryerson Press, 1946. First Edition. . Hardcover. Light blue paper covered boards with dark blue titling to front and spine, 43 pages. Illustrated gift inscription on the ffep adds considerable charm to this copy. Some age darkening to spine and edges, light shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Bowen Island, B.C.: Osler, Richard, 2002. Limited/Numbered. . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blackwood, David. #97/300 A book of 44 poems and an eight-page preface by Bowen Island poet, Richard Osler. Blue illustrated soft cover, white titling, SIGNED by author and inscribed to Nick, black and white illustrations. 59 pages. Minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good/-. A "traditional ballad based, imaginatively, on the life of Isabel Gunn, on Orcadian who disguised hersalf as a man in order to join her lover in the service of the 'Hudson's Bay Company'. She shipped from Scotland to Canada in 1803, and worked with" them until she was found out. Glossy soft cover, green titling to front, black titling to spine, signed and inscribed 'for Phyllis' by the author to half title, several black and white illustrations, 58 pages. Light edge wear, a small light crease to top free corner of front cover, light age darkening to cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Regina: School Aids and Text Book Publishing Col, Ltd., 1945. Second Printing. . Card Cover. Good to Very Good. A collection of ballads, written in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. Red paper-covered rigid card cover with white titling and purple illustration on front, inside of cover and first and last free end papers have an overall green and white design, staple binding, illustrated with black and white photographs and a line drawing, 61 pages. Cover has light edge wear, some chipping of top layer of paper on spine, light shelf wear, two small spots of front endpaper missing top layer. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver, BC, 1993. Limited Edition. . Card Cover. Very Good/-. Limited edition of 150 copies. Grey card cover, red titling to front, unpaginated. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Victoria, B. C.: Ekstasis Editions, 1998. Soft cover. Good+. Contemporary Canadian Poetry. Decorated purple soft cover, orange titling on front, white on spine, 76 pages. Light edge wear, shelf wear with some light creases, small black mark to bottom of textblock edge. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Toronto, ON: BookThug, 2009. Soft cover. Very Good+/-. Manufactured in an edition of 400 copies in the April 2009. Grey and white soft cover with black titling to front and spine, 60 pages. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co, 1892. Half-Leather. A volume of The Minerva Library of Famous Books, edited by G.T. Bettany. Red marbled boards, leather corners and spine, gilt titling on red leather spine label, raised bands, gilt decorations and decorative panels on spine, marbled text block edges and end papers, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations. Corners and edges worn, boards have shelf wear, some light rubbing on leather corners, spine intact and only slightly sunned, presentation plate inside front cover, book appears to be unread - textblock is clean and tight. This is a very handsome book, in great shape for its age. 570 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Salt Spring Island, B.C.: (m)Other Tongue Press, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Peter Haase. Beautiful chapbook, created by private literary press and letterpress printer (m)Other Tongue Press, one of the "Island Poets" series, hand-sewn, some papers hand-made, number 41 of limited edition of 125, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 20 poems by Shirley Graham. 20 pages plus two pages of colophon, two sets of endpapers. Minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Paper Cover. Very Good-/-. twobitter poetry series # 29. No publishing date, ca. 1984. Paper cover, black titling, staple binding, unpaginated. Light sunning to spine and bottom part of front cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" Tall

Manchester, UK: Carcarnet, 1988. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/-. 'Brunizem' refers to the dark brown prairie soil of akind found in Asia, Europe and North America, the three very different worlds of Sujata Bhatt's imagination. Half the poems are about the India; the rest are about the Western world. Soft cover, signed and inscribed by the author "For Phyllis Webb", inscription dated 9 June 1992, 110 pages. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Samuel Maunder. Hardcover. Further subtitled: "Compiled from the Most Ancient as Well as Modern Sources, Foreign and Domestic, Serious and Facetious: to Which are Annexed, Some Observations on Churches, Church-Yards, Rites of Sepulture, Tombs, and Mausoleums; with Instrctions for Ascertaining the Dates of Ancient Monuments." Black cloth with black titling on white spine label, 264 pages. Spine ends worn, one inch crack at top and bottom of front gutter, wear to edges and corners, corners bumped, spine label mostly rubbed off - titling illegible, cover has shelf wear including several small spots where cloth has bubbled or lifted from board, text block edges darkened, heavy foxing spots on first end papers through table of contents as well as last end papers, foxing spots throughout text. Cover is clean, binding is firm. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian… Read More

Victoria, BC: Self-Published, 1996. Card Cover. Very Good/-. This collection consists of two parts: The first part derives from a visit in Paris in October 1995. The second part consists of translations: five poems each fro Charles Baudelaire and Pierre Reverdy. Card cover with dark blue titling to front, staple binding, inscribed and signed by author to title page. A small faint smudge to top of front cover, a very small crease to bottom free corner of back cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall