Original trade paperback photo cover on grey stock. Poetry and photographs by the author. Proceeds to go to Hestia House, a shelter for women in Saint John. 68 pp. View More...
Original black cloth on boards with geometric diamond pattern and white lettering and decoration. Book is clean except for inscription and signature of author. Seven poems in French-Canadian dialect. MacDonald is said to have been more popular than Pauline Johnson or Robert Service in the 1920's. He was an excellent promoter and stage performer. He is honoured by a museum near Selkirk in Haldimand County, Ontario. 46 pp. View More...
Original beige boards, orange cloth spine. No DJ. Believed first edition of this little book of lightly sentimental and romantic poetry. Light cover and edge soil. 39 poems on 44 pp. View More...
Original brown cloth with pastedown title. Gift inscription in front. A heart-rending biographical note introduces the poetry. Manning was born and reared in Saint John, where he worked briefly in Public Works before leaving for university to study dentistry. When war broke out a year later, he entered active service, where he was injured at Vimy Ridge and invalided home. Back in the fray at Lens, he was first buried alive and then suffered the loss of his left hand, which forced him to give up dentistry. Returning to university - Acadia this time - he received his B.A. after one year. F... View More...
Original dark green cloth decorated in silver and black on boards. Fabric bookmark. Previous owner's name. No other writing and no damage. Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge, Byron, Hood, Tennyson, Browning. 184 pp. View More...
Light brown hardcover with 1" wide dampstain along right side of covers (front and back - does not affect the pages). Black printed title and art nouveau decoration on cover. Someone has printed "CHEBUCTO" in bubble letters with black ink fairly neatly on the spine. The author was the ex-principal at the Alexander McKay School in Halifax. In the Preface to this 2nd Edition dated August, 1919, he indicates that there are several new poems which have been added, including two inspired by the Halifax Explosion. 152 pp. View More...
Original brown softcover, staple bound. Enlarged to 19 poets by the addition of Hon. Jonathan Odell (M.D.), Jean E.U. Nealis, and the Bliss Sisters, and to 85 pp. from the original 63. Lillian Mary Beckwith Maxwell (1877-1956) is better known for her "Round New Brunswick Roads" volume of 1951 and her "Outline of the History of Central New Brunswick" in 1937, now scarce. This little book is clean and undamaged. View More...
Brown cloth on blindstamped boards. Minor abrasion to head and foot of spine and corner tips. This poet is credited with the popular Christmas selection, Sing We All Noel ! Following the death of her first husband, Pierre E.F. McDonald, she was married to Henry Meigs, a banker and first mayor of Bayonne, N.J. This book is in sound, clean condition, save for scribbles and previous owner's name on first two free endpapers. 208 pp. View More...
Orignal tan cloth on boards. Library discard with envelope and stamps. Top edges gilt. Front and foot untrimmed. Wear to head of spine. The Glasgow Ballad Club was formed in 1876 for the production and friendly criticism of ballads and lyrical poems. A candidate for membership must produce samples of work and then be voted on by members. 279 pp. View More...
Bright red hardcover with gilt and black titles and cover illustration. Spine is worn, frayed, sunned, and has a 3/4 inch tear at bottom of rear hinge. Slight folding to bottom corner at the hinge of pages 101-112, and cuts at bottoms of pages 225-230 (not affecting text). Patterned endpapers in cream and tan. Delightful rhymes for young children with hundreds of black and white illustrations. Includes all the classics such as Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo-Peep; Twinkle, Twinkle; Little Boy Blue; and Hi-Diddle Diddle. 352 pp. View More...
Tan softcover. Translated by Gerald Bellefleur. Thoughtful poems appropriately illustrated. "Our woods are riding to New York today" speaks plainly of the calculated waste associated with one of our annual traditions. Approx. 38 pp. View More...
Original tan cloth backed in orange cloth on boards. Heavy book might need extra postage. 775 pp. including biographical notes on the poets. Previous owner's name and address. View More...
Full brown leather on boards. Front cover joint cracked full length, secured by cords and glue. Gift note dated 1811. Marbled endpapers. 133 pp. View More...
Beige softcover in digital typescript contains poems by a number of authors as well as poems and essays by Marjorie Mullin. Approx. 60 pp. Cover lightly soiled. Previous owner's name. View More...
Black cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ has remains of price tag removal. Previous owner's name. This is Susan Musgrave's second volume of verse. 49 pp. View More...
Dark blue cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Inscribed and signed "To Gus - with affection and respect. N." No additional writing and no damage. The author may have been a Saint John boy, Norwood Carter, a student at University of New Brunswick who lied about his age to get into the Navy during WW II. 36 pp. View More...
Dark blue cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Some fading to dustjacket. The author may have been a Saint John boy, Norwood Carter, a student at University of New Brunswick who lied about his age to get into the Navy during WW II. 36 pp. View More...
