Search Results: Poetry from Post Horizon Booksellers

Toronto, ON, Canada: Thomas Allen, Limited, 1943. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. vii, 80pp. Gift inscription inked to ffep. Red cloth w black lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. DJ shows soiling and wear commensurate w age and handling, shallow loss to head and tail, preserved now in mylar cover.. Duodecimo: 197 x 132mm. Originally published 1941, this is the second printing, 1943, stated.

Moonbeam, ON, Canada: Penumbra Press, 1989. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 61pp. Colour illustrated wrapper clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Octavo. Penumbra Press poetry series, no. 21

Calgary, AB: Sandstone Publishing, 1981. First Canadian Edition . Chapbook (Softcover). Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [24pp]. Card wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Reduced shipping may apply. "Brian Thompson has long been interested in poetry, but did not start to write his own seriously until after he was found to have Multiple Scleosis in 1973. Writing poetry became a help during his recovery and gave him a release for his emotions.

Saint John's, NF, Canada: Breakwater Books, Limited, 1976. First Canadian Edition 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Squires, Gerry; Dawe, Tom. 138pp. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Small octavo. Poetry and prose by Grace Butt, Pat Byrne, Michael Cook, Tom Dawe, Bill Gough, Ray Guy, Dr. A.C. Hunter, Tom Moore, Al Pittman, Helen Porter, Clyde Rose, Geraldine Rubia, Ted Russell, Art Scammell, Enos D. Watts.

Bath, UK: Bath City Books Limited, 1999. First U.K. Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wooding, Lisa. 40pp. Original illustrations by Lisa Wooding. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Octavo.

Toronto, ON, Canada: William Briggs, 1911. Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 137pp. Dark blue cloth w gold lettering and decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. Very small surface scuff at corners, head and tail. Binding square and sound. Duo-decimo: 195 x 133mm. Original copyright 1909.

California, PA, USA: Arthur and Glee Knight, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 175pp. bw photos, ports. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean, showing small surface scuff along joints. Binding square and sound. Quarto. The Beat Book comprises Volume 4 of the Unspeakable Visions of the Individual

New York, NY, USA: Corinth Books, 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. McDarrah, Fred (photography). 185pp, [8]. bw photos, ports. by Fred McDarrah. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean, showing light scuff to front joint. Binding square and not creased. Duodecimo:208 x 138mm. First published 1960, this is the sixth printing, 1973, stated. Verse and prose. Contents include poems by Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman, Jack Kerouac, Kenneth Koch, Michael McClure, Frank O'Hara and Jonathan Williams

New York, NY, USA: A New Directions Book, 1960. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Patchen, Kenneth. 83pp. Illustrated by Patchen. Illustrated wrapper shows faint yellowing near spine; no edgewear. Binding square and sound. Eighth printing, stated. Reduced shipping may apply. Kenneth Pratchen has created many worlds. Now comes the comic, disturbing world of these new poems and drawings of Because It Is.

Regina, SK, Canada: Burton House Books, 2017. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 114pp. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. A new book. Whenever he was working away from home, Moose Jaw railwayman and poet, Jim McLean searched for Beethoven in the Canadian landscape. Through skillful use of techniques learned from William Carlos Williams, among others, each poem is a script for performance and a piano that Jim plays, sometimes symphonically, sometimes in ragtime, sometimes in the blues, but always from the heart.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Thomas Allen, Limited, 1939. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 88pp. Prev owner name inked to ffep, gift inscription inked to front pastedown Green cloth w crisp black lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ shows small wear to corners, shallow loss to head, tear to bottom front edge, neatly closed but remains visible. DJ preserved in mylar cover. Duodecimo: 208 x 136mm. 1st printing, 1939

Toronto, ON, Canada: Thomas Allen, Limited, 1943. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 88pp. light green cloth w crisp black lettering to cover and spine. Faint leaching to lower third front fore edge. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ shows wear to top edge, chip to center of spine, shallow loss to tail, toning to spine and front fore edge. DJ preserved in mylar cover. Duodecimo: 208 x 136mm.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Thomas Allen, Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 88pp. Signed by the author to ffep. Gift inscription whited out. Green boards w fine black lettering to cover and spine. Bumping to top corners and tail. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ shows small splatter stain to back panel, tear to top front corner, chipping to head. DJ preserved in mylar cover. Duodecimo: 208 x 136mm.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Tightrope Books, Inc., 2016. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiii, 120pp w appendices. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear, showing light discolouration over barcode, lower back corner, from price label previously removed. Binding square and not creased. Guest editor, Helen Humphries. Series editors, Molly Peacock and Anita Lahey.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Modern Press, Prairie Book Service, 1967. First Canadian Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 52pp. Gold cloth with black lettering to cover. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ clean, showing small scuff to spine, now preserved in mylar cover. Duodecimo: 196 x 135mm. First edition, second printing, 1967. Chosen from twelve of her books of poetry, this second edition of "The Best of Edna Jaques", includes fifteen poems not included in the first edition.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Western Producer Book Service, 1967. First Canadian Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 52pp. Goldenrod cloth with black lettering on cover. No wear to covers or spine. Photo illustrated DJ clean, showing light w ear, now preserved in mylar cover. Duodecimo:196 x 135mm. First published 1966, this is the second printing, 1967, stated. Chosen from twelve of her books of poetry, this second edition of "The Best of Edna Jaques", includes fifteen poems not included in the first edition.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Western Producer Book Service, 1974. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 72pp + index. Red cloth with black lettering on cover. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound Photo illustrated DJ showing light surface wear, scuff to rear fore edge. DJ now preserved in mylar cover. Duodecimo. This second edition includes 15 poems not included in the first edition. Chosen from twelve of her books of poetry, this second edition of "The Best of Edna Jaques", includes fifteen poems not included in the first edition.

Calgary, AB, Canada: Frontenac House, Limited, 2005. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 75pp, [2] glossary. Wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Octavo. At first, Buchanan seems a courtroom artist sketching. Soon, however, she immerses us along with herself in the raw narrative of the court's arbitration in the ruin of our private lives. The accumulative sense is a profound loss of home.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Margot Press, 1996. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 257pp. Wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased, showing bumping to head. Octavo. Limited edition of 1000 copies.

Hamilton, ON, Canada: Last Gasp Press, 1988. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 116pp. Signed by author beneath bio-sketch at the end of the collection of poems. Wrapper is clean and without wear. Stapled binding sound. Small octavo. This self-published first collection of poetry by award-winning Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer is a rare find