One Leaf Shaking by Robin Skelton - 2000-04-16

Beach Holme Publishers, Victoria, 1996, Fine Trade Paperback, 274 pages, 5.25" x 8.25", signed by poet on title page.

Porcepic Books. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0888783701 . 1996 printing. Cover different than stock photo. Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings such as front and spine sticker. Internal pages clean and tight, age tanning to page edges and inside covers. Cover has light scuffing and light wear at corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages; One Leaf Shaking is the first collection of Robin Skelton's later poetry in one volume, written during his fifties and sixties. The poems are taken from: Landmarks (1979) , Limits (1981) , Distances (1985) and Openings (1988) , as well as two chapbooks and a manuscript. The book includes 17 poems which have not previously appeared in book format. In spare, direct language Skelton skillfully illuminates the small quotidian wonders of life on Canada's west coast. His writing is tactile, tender, written as if whispered in confidence to a close friend. [335-noto] .

Midpoint Trade Books Inc. Used - Very Good.

Press Porcepic, 1979. Book. Good.. Paperback. Very light wear..

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.