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MacLennan's Personal Copy Of Karsh's CANADIANS

Karsh, Yousuf. KARSH CANADIANS. University of Toronto Press, 1978. First Edition of these iconic images of famous Canadians, Inscribed in the month of publication on the half-title page to author Hugh MacLennan, whose photograph appears on pp. 106. "For Hugh MacLennan, With fond remembrances and the admiration of Yousuf Karsh, Nov. 7, 1978." A fine copy in silver cloth, silver titles, in a fine pictorial dustwrapper with some very light use. 4to. 203 pp. An exceptional association copy. Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990) was a widely respected Canadian novelist & academic. MacLennan wrote primarily of Canadian themes & was credited with being the first writer to establish a national literary identity for Canada. Works like Barometer Rising, 1941 & Two Solitudes, 1945 established his credentials as one of Canada's greatest novelists. He also published several collections of essays & has himself been the subject of academic study. The National Film Board (NFB) of Canada paid tribute to MacLennan by dramatizing his life and work. In portraying Canada's national character in fiction, the Nova Scotia-born novelist & essayist assured other younger writers that their country was worth writing about. He won the Governor General’s Award five times. [29619] $4500

Acorn Inscribed to Miriam Waddington

Acorn, Milton. THE BRAIN'S THE TARGET. Toronto: Ryerson, 1960. 8vo, Printed blue boards in fine condition. First edition. Sm. 8vo., 16 pp. 1 of 250 copies. "Ryerson Poetry Chap-Book." Extraordinary Presentation Copy inscribed: "To that beautiful, intuitive, / evocative, important, socially / conscious poet / Miriam Waddington / Milton Acorn / "Callum" was written mainly to prove to you I could write images". [29702] SOLD

eyes a lake you see rocks on its bottom;
voice a loop
with music in what it said
that tangled inside your head.
"Callum" was his name,
pronounced as if he’d sign it on the sun;
from "the island" he came . . .
don’t know which one.

'Callum' first appeared in the Marxist 'Canadian Tribune', April 22nd, 1957. It was Acorn's 6th & His final poetic contribution to the paper. He told Purdy that 'Callum' was among his three or four best poems..

Presentation Jawbreakers

Acorn, Milton. JAWBREAKERS. Toronto: Contact Press, (1963). Light blue card covers printed in red & black in dustwrapper. Thin 8vo., 54 pp. 1 of 200 copies printed [of 250] in fine fresh condition. Extraordinary Inscribed Copy. On the half title the author has written: "A poem is something / you call a poem / P-O-E-M / or P-O-M-E / and works / Milton Acorn / in loving appreciation / of / Joe Rosenblatt / Joe Irving / Red Lane / and Lionel Kearns (MA)". A penciled price of 16/- on the half title, suggesting that Lionel Kearns bought this copy in England. The inscription probably dates from the mid-60's while Acorn was living in Vancouver. He used to hang out in a coffee house named The Advance Mattress Company, and was involved politically, most curiously with the LISA [League for Socialist Action], a Trotskyist formation. Joe Irving was a poet in resident at the LSA offices on Granville Street, and a singer of folk songs as well. An important association copy. [29703] SOLD

Exceptionally Bright Copy

Anderson, Patrick. THE WHITE CENTRE. Toronto: The Ryerson Press. (1946). First Edition of Canadian poet and co-founder of Preview and Northern Review Patrick Anderson's second book. 8vo. 72 pp. A fine copy in white paper covered boards, red titles in a bright, fresh fine dustwrapper. Lovely example. [29704] $250

Atwood / Double Persephone

Atwood, Margaret. DOUBLE PERSEPHONE. Toronto: Hawkshead Press, [1961]. First Edition of the Author's Rare First Book published in a run of about 125 copies. White stiff printed wrappers. 12mo., 16pp. 7 poems. A very fine unblemished copy which won the E. J. Pratt Medal. [29705] SOLD

One of 20 Copies only / Signed by Pachter

Atwood, Margaret. KALEIDOSCOPES BAROQUE. A Poem by Margaret Atwood. Illustrated by Charles Pachter. Toronto: Pachter, January 1965. 12mo., 16pp. Plain nubby cloth binding, rich blue card endpapers. Lovely handmade paper stock by Pachter. 6 woodcuts by the artist who has signed & numbered the limitations page. 20 copies only produced. This is copy number 19. In addition to the present book, Pachter illustrated the original covers for several early & rare editions for Atwood including: Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein, Expeditions, What Was in the Garden?, The Circle Game & The Edible Woman.
[29706] $4875

Atwood In Circles

Atwood, Margaret. THE CIRCLE GAME. Toronto, Contact Press, 1966. 1 OF 200 Copies printed in wrappers with French flaps. Alan Walker's Copy. Inscribed by Atwood on the ffe.: "To Alan Walker / the president of the / Dracula Society / from / Margaret Atwood / 1967". In the late '50's, Alan Walker, Dennis Lee & Margaret Atwood formed a tight knit group at the University of Toronto, The Dracula Society being one of its handles. One of the earliest & most formative of literary associations, a most desirable copy of Atwood's first regularly published book. In fine condition. [29707] $11500

Atwood In More Circles

Atwood, Margaret. THE CIRCLE GAME. House of Anansi, 1967. The second edition overall preceded by the 1966 Contact Press first edition. 1 OF 100 HARDCOVER COPIES in silk screened white decorated & lettered black cloth in black cloth slipcase. Signed & numbered by Atwood with a neat presentation by the author on the title page.[29709] $7500

The Edible Woman

Atwood, Margaret. THE EDIBLE WOMAN. Presentation Copy. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1969). First Edition of Margaret Atwood's first novel Inscribed by her on the title-page. "For...With best wishes, Margaret Atwood." A fine copy in burgundy cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine Charles Pachter designed pictorial dustwrapper showing some minimal use. 8vo. 281 pp. Superb copy. [30476] $2350

Atwood, Margaret. THE EDIBLE WOMAN. Signed. Boston: Atlantic Little Brown, (1969).Margaret Atwood's first novel Signed by her on the title-page. 8vo. 281 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 pink over yellow cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh John Alcorn designed pictorial dustwrapper showing some overall light use, a small chip to the heel of the spine and minimal use at the crown. [30477] $575

Fine Presentation Copies To Daryl Hine

[30744] Atwood, Margaret. PROCEDURES FOR UNDERGROUND. Signed. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. First Edition of Margaret Atwood's fourth poetry collection, wonderfully Inscribed by her to close friend & confidant, Canadian poet Daryl Hine in the year of publication on the title-page. "For Daryl - (don't be alarmed by the title - it's neither a sewage manual nor a revolutionary handbook) - with love and best wishes, Peggy Atwood, September 1970". 8vo. 79 pp. Fine in the publisher's decorated wrappers, as issued. An extraordinary association copy. $3750

[30746] Atwood, Margaret. POWER POLITICS. Signed. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1971. First Edition of Margaret Atwood's fifth poetry collection, wonderfully Inscribed by her to close friend & confidant, Canadian poet Daryl Hine in the year of publication; "For Daryl / with love / Peggy Atwood, 1971". 8vo. 58 pp. Fine in the publisher's decorated wrappers. A superb association copy. $750

30787] Atwood, Margaret. THE JOURNALS OF SUSANNA MOODIE. Signed. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. First Edition of Margaret Atwood's highly acclaimed sixth poetry collection, based on the life of English-born Canadian author Susanna Moodie’s experiences as a settler in Canada, (Roughing It In The Bush, Life in the Backwoods, Life in the Clearings), warmly Inscribed by Margaret Atwood to Canadian poet Daryl Hine in the year of publication on the title-page. "For Daryl - with affection, Peggy Atwood, March 1970". 8vo. 64 pp. A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial wrappers, as issued. A paperback original & extraordinary Association Copy. $750.

Unusual Poster Signed

[30787] Atwood, Margaret. LIFE BEFORE MAN. Signed Litho. Toronto: Seal Books/McClelland and Stewart-Bantam, (1980). Publisher's promotional poster coinciding with the first paperback edition of Margaret Atwood's fourth novel, a Governor General's Award finalist, Signed by her (not autopen). Beautifully printed on cream semi-gloss poster stock with a stunning photographic illustration of a young Margaret Atwood. Near fine with a hint of surface rubbing and 2 light horizontal creases. 15 in. X 22 in. $250

One of Only Copies / Signed by Atwood

[30745] Atwood, Margaret. PROCEDURES FOR UNDERGROUND. Signed. Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book/Little Brown. First American Edition of Margaret Atwood's fourth poetry collection, Inscribed by her to American poet William Stafford in the year of publication on the title-page. "For William Stafford with thanks for a good trip - Margaret Atwood, 1970 Nov". 8vo. 79 pp. Near fine in the publisher's decorated wrappers, showing some light use. $750

[30706] Atwood Margaret. SNAKE POEMS. Toronto: Salamander Press, 1983. Limited Edition handbound by Anne Goluska in Momi Kon paper over earthy dark green boards accordion style, printed leaf green & black title-piece pasted to the upper cover. A unique production designed by Glenn Goluska. One of only one hundred copies hand-numbered "60" & signed by Atwood. Although the limitation suggests that there are copies out there somewhere, in our experience, they rarely appear offered for sale. A very fine copy. $1175.

[30779] Atwood, Margaret. "...the marsh rushes to bend aside, the water to accept us, it is only revelation, simple as the hawk which lifts up now against the sun...". Atwood, Margaret. MARSH, HAWK. Toronto: Dreadnaught, n.d. (1977). First Edition of this broadside poem, Limited to 250 copies. Beautifully designed and printed at the Dreadnaught Press on fine beige paper stock in red, navy and brown with an illustration by Suzanne Mogensen. 6 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. A fine example. $55

[30778] Atwood, Margaret. "In the house on the cliff by the ocean, there is still a shell...it was once a horn you could blow like a shaman conjuring the year...". Atwood, Margaret. A POEM FOR GRANDMOTHERS. San Francisco: Square Zero Editions, 1978. First Edition, First separate printing, one of 100 copies (there were 26 lettered as well) designed and printed on Imago paper at the Black Stone Press. A fine copy of this broadside poem from the poem sequence, Five Poems For Grandmothers with an illustration of a conch shell by Gendron Jensen. 21 3/4 in. x 8 13/16 in. $150

[30780] Atwood, Margaret. "...A river shaped her, smoothed her with sand and battered her against the shore, and she resisted, she is still here." Atwood, Margaret. BLACK STONE MOTHER GOD. Montana: Cross Country Press, (1979). First Edition of this postcard poem, Limited to 750 copies, originally issued as part of Cross Country No. 12 Special Postcard Issue. A fine copy beautifully designed and printed at the Cross Country Press, on fine beige paper stock in red and navy. 5 in. x 6 3/8 in. $75

One of Only Copies / Signed by Atwood

[30783] Atwood, Margaret. LIFE BEFORE MAN. Signed First American Edition, New York: Simon and Schuster, (1979). Advance Uncorrected Proof copy of Margaret Atwood's fourth novel, shortlisted for the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award, Signed by her on the title-page. 8vo. 307 pp. A fine copy in the publisher's yellow wrappers, printed in black. "Life Before Man is superb, complete." The New York Times. $75

[30784] Atwood Margaret. SELECTED POEMS. Signed. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1976). Signed. First American Edition of this highly-regarded collection of poems Signed by Margaret Atwood on the second free endpaper. 8vo. 240 pp. A fine copy in dark beige cloth, brown titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. With selections from The Circle Game, The Animals In That Country, Procedures For Underground, Power Politics, You Are Happy, The Journals Of Susanna Moodie et al. "One of the most important writers in English today.” Germaine Greer. $95.

[27991] Atwood, Margaret. LADY ORACLE. Signed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. First Edition Inscribed by Margaret Atwood on the title-page. A fine copy in red cloth, gilt titles, in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some light use at the extremities. 8vo. 345 pp. A stunning third novel by this highly acclaimed, award-winning Canadian woman of letters. $125.00

[20024] (Barbeau, Marius). (Carmen, Bliss). Brooker, Bertram. (edit.). YEARBOOK OF THE ARTS IN CANADA. 1928-29.. Toronto: Macmillan, 1929. First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's 1/4 gray cloth over gray paper covered boards, (previous owner's discreet bookplate on the limitation page), black titles to the spine. Illustrated ep's decorated by the Editor. In a lovely dustwrapper showing minimal use. Limited to 999 cc. Small 4to. 308 pp. Illustrated with 50 stunning black and white plates. Includes stories, poems and essays- reviews of literary, art and musical developments for the year. Inclusive of Bliss Carmen's last poem and contributions by E. J. Pratt, Lawren Harris, Duncan Campbell Scott, Arthur Lismer, Marius Barbeau et al. An unusually nice example. $250.00

[11030] Barbeau, Marius. ALEUTIAN ROUTE OF MIGRATION INTO CANADA. Signed. New York: American Geographical Society, 1945. Offprint from The Geographical Review, Vol. XXXV, No. 3, 1945. Pages 424-443. Numerous in text photo illustrations. First edition thus. 8vo. Full black morocco, gilt lettered spine. Bound in are the original beige coloured wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED by Barbeau on the cover. A fine copy. $325.00

[11029] Barbeau, Marius. BACKGROUND IN CANADIAN ART. Signed.. Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada, 1941. First edition. 8vo. Full black morocco, gilt lettered spine. Bound in are the original beige coloured wrappers. pp. 39 + 12 excellent b&w photo plates). PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED by Barbeau on the cover. A fine copy. $350.00

[11028] Barbeau, Marius. HOW THE RAVEN STOLE THE SUN. Signed. Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada, 1944. First edition. 8vo. Full maroon morocco, gilt lettered spine. Bound in are the original salmon coloured wrappers. pp. 68 + 8 excellent b&w photo plates). SIGNED by Barbeau on the cover. A fine copy. $325.00

Barbeau Inscribed to Alfred Laliberté

Barbeau, Marius. [Alfred Laliberté]. ROMANCERO DU CANADA. (FOLKSONGS OF CANADA). Signed. Toronto: MacMillan, 1937. First Edition. A significant association copy, Inscribed by Barbeau, the noted ethnologist and historian, to his long time friend & colleague, Canadian sculptor, Alfred Laliberté on the half-title. Both men shared a love for the preservation of the collective Anglo, Franco & Native Canadian memory in all forms of the Arts. A fine copy in the publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to the spine. 4to. 254 pp. With musical illustrations and examples of vintage French Canadian folksongs. [20045] $875

Saul Bellow Returns To Lachine

[27715] Bellow, Saul. HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES. Signed. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. First Edition Inscribed by Saul Bellow on the half-title page on the occasion of his return to Lachine, (Montreal) Quebec, his birthplace, to officiate at the opening of the Lachine Library. 'To ...Who gracefully saw me through my happy ordeal, Saul Bellow, June 11, '84'. A near fine copy in blue cloth, (minor fade at the edges), gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, price-clipped dustwrapper. 8vo. 294 pp. $375

Bellow Signed VICTIM - Excellent Copy

Bellow, Saul, THE VICTIM. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947. Lovely example of the First edition of the author's second book. Signed by Bellow at the top of the title-page in black ink. First edition. 8vo., 294pp., black cloth, lettered in light blue to spine, top edge stained blue. A fine copy in dustwrapper, price-clipped, showing minimal use; The delicate powder blue dustwrapper just a bit faded at the spine, a couple of short closed tears. By far a better than usual example of this important Burgess 99 Novel. [27191] $2650

Presentation Pierre Berton To Hugh McLennan

[29634] Berton, Pierre.. THE SECRET WORLD OF OG. Signed.. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1974. 1st Edition. First Edition. The first reissue of this classic children's story, a spirited adventure inspired by Pierre Berton's own children, Inscribed by him to author Hugh MacLennan on the front endpaper. "To Hugh, with great affection, Pierre Berton, Nov. 74." Small 4to. 160 pp. A near fine copy in pictorial wrappers, showing some light use. Charming colour and black and white illustrations by Patsy Berton. Adapted into the 26 part animated children’s series on CBC television. Wonderful association copy. $475

Earl Birney

Birney, Earl. DAVID and Other Poems. Signed. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (1942). First Edition, one of only 500 copies of Canadian poet Earle Birney's Governor General's Award winning first book Signed by him on the half-title page. A near fine or better copy in beige cloth, black titles in a very good first state dustwrapper with some wear apparent at the edges. 8vo. 40 pp. [29711] SOLD

Birney, Earl. NOW IS TIME. Signed. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (1945). First Edition of Canadian poet Earle Birney's Governor General's Award winning second book Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. "Best wishes, Earle Birney." A near fine or better copy in green cloth, black titles in like dustwrapper. 8vo. 56 pp. Superb. [29712] $250

Birney, Earl. STRAIT OF ANIAN. Signed. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (1948). First Edition of Canadian poet Earle Birney's third book Signed by him on the half-title page. A fine copy in blue cloth, (miniscule bookseller's ticket affixed to the bottom of the front free endpaper), black titles in a near fine or better dustwrapper. 8vo. 84 pp. [29713] $150

Birney, Earl. TRIAL of a CITY and Other Poems. Signed. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (1956). First Edition, third impression of Canadian poet Earle Birney's fifth book Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. "For the Edinboroughs - good friends and most timely and generous hosts, Earle Birney." 8vo. 71 pp. A fine copy in yellow cloth, black titles in a very good bright, fresh dustwrapper showing minor use, a few tiny nicks and miniscule tears. [29714] $65

[29874] Birney, Earle. THE COLLECTED POEMS OF EARLE BIRNEY. Signed.. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1975). First Edition, Two Volumes Inscribed and Signed in both by Earle Birney on the reverse of the front free endpapers and title-pages. Fine copies in brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine in the publisher's brown cloth slipcase, as issued. 8vo. 188 pp., 191 pp. Collecting poems from the Canadian poet's Governor General's Award winning, David And Other Poems, Now Is Time and The Straight Of Anian, Trail Of A City and Other Verse, Ice Cod Bell Or Stone, Down The Long Table et al. $225.00

Selected Poems Presentation Copy

Birney, Earle. SELECTED POEMS. 1940-1966. Signed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1966). First Edition Inscribed by Governor General's Award winning poet Earle Birney to Canadian writer John Glassco's wife Marion McCormick on the front free endpaper. "For Marion / old friend ever young / who helps keep green this whirling world / Earle, Feb. '67." A fine copy (tiny red smudge to the foredge) in slate blue cloth, silver titles to the spine in a near fine dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 222 pp. [29866] $250

Buchan 39 Steps

[27188] Buchan, John. THE THIRTY- NINE STEPS. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1915. 1st Edition. First Edition. Sm. 8vo., publisher's blue cloth covered boards lacking the rare dustwrapper. A very good copy showing light use. With this novel, Buchan won fame introducing spy-catcher Richard Hannay to the literature. H-Q Cornerstone Title basis for several movie adaptations, most notable Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film - likely his most famous. $795

John [Edward] Buell / One of Canada's most private authors, is a full time professor at Concordia University in Montreal. As a part time novelist, he has written four novels in seventeen years that have gained respect of reviewers at home and abroad. Yet he remains an obscure writer. But his lack of celebrity is by design, for Buell has shunned the literary limelight in favor of the university life, which has allowed him the quiet and security to write. The PYX and Four Days brought the author to the attention of American critic Edmund Wilson, who in his 1964 book O Canada observed: "One of the most interesting of the young Canadian novelists is John Buell of Montreal." Comparing the two books, Wilson noted: "Four Days , though we are still in the underworld, is an effort on a higher level, a narrative equally full of suspense that is also a psychological study." - Dictionary of Literary Biography

Buell, John, THE PYX. Signed. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1959. First Edition of the author's first novel. 8vo., 174 pp. Black cloth, gilt & red titles to spine. An exceptional nice collector's grade copy neatly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Irene Robertson, / with my best wishes, / John Buell". A fast-paced [occult] murder mystery adapted into film in 1973 with Christopher Plummer and Karen Black. A very excellent copy. [29699] $375

Buell, John, THE PYX. London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. Sm. 8vo., Original Cloth. A fine copy in dustwrapper [one tiny closed tear] of the First UK edition. [29700] $100

Buell, John, 4 DAYS. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. First Edition. 8vo., 232 pp. An exceptionally fine example in perfect dustwrapper of the author's second novel, preceded by THE PYX in 1960. [29791] $120

One of 400 Copies of the Press

Bujold, Francoise. AU CATALOGUE DE SOLITUDES. WITH 3 DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR. Montreal: Editions Erta, 1956. First Edition. One of 400 copies. A fine copy in the publisher's original card wrappers printed gold, green and black. 12mo. 40 pp. BNQ 20. From 1949 through 1960, 29 ERTA titles were published. This creative period in breakthrough French Montreal / Quebec poetry & experimental graphics publishing corresponded perfectly with the very explosive efforts of English Montreal's Contact Press. The 50's producing much of Canada's best small press achievements in either language. [16516] $175

Callaghan, Morley 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" matted to an overall size of 16" x 19 1/2" original silverprint by John Reeves. In fine condition. $485

LOW TIDE Inscribed To Charles G. D. Roberts

Carman, Bliss. LOW TIDE ON GRAND PRE. A Book of Lyrics. New York: Webster, 1893.First Edition of poet Bliss Carman's first authorized book and his most celebrated collection of verse, the title poem issued four-years previously by Copp Clark, Inscribed by him to first cousin, Canadian poet, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts on the front free endpaper. "No, neither Boardman, no Corrigan, but C.G., my first, "First Edition" Bliss Carman." Small 8vo. 120 pp. An essentially near fine mildly faded example in the publisher's delicate plum cloth, gilt titles to the spine, tasteful bookplate of Joseph E. Corrigan to the front pastedown, neat name (Mary) Boardman to the front free endpaper. With the Bliss Carman Memorial Fireplace pamphlet and postcard laid-in. A few pages with very light pencil appreciations in an unknown hand. Exceptional association copy. [29625] $3500

Bliss Carman FRSC [April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929] Preeminent Canadian poet, born William Bliss Carman, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Published under the name "Bliss Carman," although the "Bliss" is his mother's surname. Arguably Canada's best known poet, dubbed by some the "unofficial poet laureate of Canada." He later moved to New York & was influential as both an editor & writer for Cosmopolitan, the Atlantic Monthly, the Chap Book and other journals. Recognized for his anthology & editing of the 10 volume work, The World's Best Poetry, 1904 & The Oxford book of American verse. In 1928 he was awarded the Lorne Pierce Gold Medal by the Royal Society of Canada. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG , FRSC , BA [January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943]. Canadian poet & prose writer. Besides his own body of work, Roberts is known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he served as an inspiration for other writers of his time. Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott were known as the "Confederation poets".

Bliss Carman Inscribed To Charles G. D. Roberts

Carman, Bliss. THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN VERSE. Oxford University Press, New York, 1927. 8vo., 680pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettered at the spine, top edge gilt. A fine unique Association Copy Inscribed by Carman to first cousin & great friend, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts the grand 'Old Man' of Canadian Letters on the front free endpaper. "This book is not as good / as the Second Edition / will be, but until / then, best wishes to C. G. / Bliss". An exceptional example. $5500

Original Autographed Photo Portrait

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG , FRSC , BA [1860 / 1943]. Canadian poet & prose writer. Besides his own body of work, Roberts is known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he served as an inspiration for other writers of his time. Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman & Duncan Campbell Scott were known as the "Confederation poets". Glazed & framed in an bleached blond finish, double matted to an overall size of: 15" x 18" 1/2 [ 9" x 5" 1/2] Original black & white silver print signed: "Faithfully yours / Charles G. D. Roberts / Winnipeg, March 27, 1925". Very Handsome. [29161] $475

Contact Press / Richard Clarke

Clarke, Richard. FEVER AND THE COLD EYE. Toronto: Contact Press, 1966. First edition. Sm. 8vo., 100pp. A fine copy in printed grey wrappers. [29812] $135

Leonard Cohen

First Edition, First Book, Swagger Copy

Cohen, Leonard, LET US COMPARE MYTHOLOGIES. [Illustrated by Guttman, Freda]. Montreal/Toronto: Contact Press, 1956. 8vo., 79pp. Publisher's black cloth covered boards, silver spine lettering, deckled fore-edge. A fine fresh copy in a perfect dustwrapper designed by Greda Guttman. About 400 copies were printed, sponsored by McGill & edited by Louis Dudek, to present "the work of young writers at McGill of outstanding ability". Early presentation inscribed by Cohen on the front free endpaper in black fountain pen: "For Paul / In friendship / Leonard Cohen / Jan 3rd, 1957". A superb example. Contemporary presentation copies in collector's condition are rare. $14500

High School Yearbook & Galleys for Favourite Game

[Cohen, Leonard]. VOX DUCUM 1951. Montreal: Westmount High School, 1951. Small 4to., decorated wrappers, 106 pp. Cohen's Graduating Class Annual. In fine condition. A fascinating publication with several photos & biographical entries showing early indications of Cohen's "Sense of Self"; a heightened personal awareness that would ultimately lead to the publication of his first book during his McGill days in 1956, "Let Us Compare Mythologies". Entries & Photos include: Page 20: Biographies, Staff: Len Cohen. Page 23: Graduating photo of the young poet with his personal bio copy including: PASTIME, "Leading sing-songs at intermission" & AMBITION, "World Famous Orator" [very intuitive & prescient]. At Westmount High, Cohen was President of The Student's Council & a Science Graduate. The Council photo is on page37. School Theatrical Production entries are on page 40 & show "Len" Cohen in the cast "Comes The Revolution" - as Julius Caesar in "Death of Julius Caesar" & as the producer for "God Save The King". Page 41 shows the photo of the Glee Club with a caption on page 42. Page 47 shows Cohen as Chairman of the Students Production Committee for "You Can't Take It With You". Page 49 lists Len Cohen as Ticket Sales Manager for the play. Page 54 shows a photo of Leonard Cohen. Likely the first time Cohen appears in print in any form, Less than 200 copies originally printed. Save for a very few, all were likely discarded over time. Very uncommon [29717] $3500

Cohen, Leonard. THE FAVOURITE GAME. Unrevised Galley Proof. New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First American Edition. 4to., Spiral bound. Rare state. A handful of Printer's Galley Proofs were produced for the Publisher's / Author's use. A very good example showing moderate use of Cohen's semi-autobiographical & highly regarded first novel. Rare. [29718] $1850

Death Of A Lady's Man - Galleys

Cohen, Leonard. DEATH OF A LADY'S MAN. LONG GALLEY PROOFS. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1978. Tall galleys produced by ACCTEXT, Toronto. 114 unbound 8" 1/2 x 14" sheets representing 138 final pages [ + 3 pages supplied in duplicate]. A very rare state. Few galleys were produced strictly for the publisher's & author's use. In near fine condition. [29719] $1750

Beautiful Losers / Proof

Cohen, Leonard. BEAUTIFUL LOSERS. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, [1966]. Uncommon uncorrected proof copy of the first Canadian edition. 8vo., Sheets sewn as issued in the rare untrimmed proof dustwrapper. A fine copy, the oversized, untrimmed wrapper shows some light use & creases as would be unavoidable. [29722] $550

Parasites Of Heaven / Energy Of Slaves Presentations

Cohen, Leonard. PARASITES OF HEAVEN. Signed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1966). First Edition of Leonard Cohen's fourth volume of poetry, briefly Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. 'for . . . Leonard Cohen.' 8vo. 80 pp. A fine copy, (dedicatee's neat name and publisher's stamped logo to the front free endpaper), in blue cloth, silver titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine pictorial dustwrapper with usual fade at the spine and some light use. [29889] $1075

Cohen, Leonard. Cohen, Leonard. THE ENERGY OF SLAVES. Signed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1972). First Edition of Leonard Cohen's fifth volume of poetry, Signed by him on the half-title page. 8vo. 127 pp. A near fine copy in mint green cloth, (tiny bump to the top edge of the front board), gilt titles to the spine in a neatly price-clipped bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper. [29891] $1,250

Book Of Mercy Presentation Copy

Cohen, Leonard. BOOK OF MERCY. Signed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1984). First Edition Inscribed by Leonard Cohen on the title-page and dated in the year of publication. 'for . . . all good things, Leonard Cohen, Montreal, 1984.' 8vo. Unpaginated. 112 pp. A fine copy of this classic book of contemporary psalms in navy cloth, gilt titles and decorations in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. Exceptional copy. [29890] $850

Cohen, Leonard. FLOWERS FOR HITLER. London: Jonathan Cape, (1973). First Edition, Uncorrected Proof Copy of Leonard Cohen's third collection of poetry. Near fine in the publisher's gold stiff card wrappers, printed in black in the Martin Vaughn-James black and white illustrated dustwrapper, stating 'Provisional Publication Date May 31, 1973', on the rear flap. 8vo. 154 pp. A bright, fresh copy. $675.00

THE DEDICATION COPY OF THE FIRST STUDY OF CANADIAN-LITERATURE FROM A MODERNIST POINT OF VIEW

Collin apparently titled the collection The White Savannahs because he was living in London Ontario at the time, which he felt was so devoid of culture it was much like living in a desert. [William Edwin Collin, literary critic (b at Oakenshaw, Eng 9 May 1893; d at London, Ont. 21 Dec 1984). The White Savannahs, a modernist study of 9 Canadian poets, established him as a major Canadian critic. Collin applied the ideas of such writers as T. S. Eliot, Sir James Frazer & the French Symbolists to Canadian poetry. A fine prose stylist, he also wrote a study of Paul-Jean Toulet and many articles and reviews, including from 1941 to 1956 the yearly review of French Canadian literature for the University of Toronto Quarterly - The Canadian Encyclopedia]. "In 1982 critic, W. E. Collin recalled the excitement with which he discovered the poems of Leo [Kennedy] in a copy of the FORUM in 1930, and the urgency that sent him hurrying to Montreal to meet with the poet and his colleagues. The FORUM's editor had supplied him with addresses. Collin was struck by the proximity of the poets who were turning the desert imagery of T. S. Eliot to their own uses: "I exclaimed, 'They all live in Montreal, Kennedy, Smith, Scott, Klein, They all live in Montreal.'" Collin would eventually celebrate the group in his critical anthology THE WHITE SAVANNAHS [1936]." - AS THOUGH LIFE MATTERED, by Patricia A. Morley, 1994.

Contact Press / BRIDGE FORCE

Davey, Frank. BRIDGE FORCE. Toronto: Contact Press, (1965). 12mo., 77pp. First edition, issued in grey wrappers printed in blue & red. A fine copy. [29715] $150

William Robertson Davies, CC, O.Ont, FRSC, FRSL [b. August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, - Toronto, December 2, 1995] Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, & professor. One of Canada's best-known & most highly regarded authors internationally, & one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself & to have detested. Robertson Davies won the Dominion Drama Festival Award for best Canadian play in 1948 for Eros at Breakfast, received the Stephen Leacock Medal for humour in 1955 for Leaven of Malice, the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1961, the Governor-General's Literary Award in the English language fiction category in 1972 for The Manticore, as well as 23 honorary degrees. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College & the first holder of the Massey Chair position at the University of Toronto in 1961. He co-founded the U of T's graduate center for the Study of Drama in 1966, was Short-listed for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1986 for What's Bred in the Bone & was the first Canadian to become an Honorary Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Davies was also Companion of the Order of Canada.

First Edition - Bright Copy of His Very Uncommon First Book

Davies, W. Robertson. SHAKESPEARE'S BOY ACTORS. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1939. First edition of the author's rare first book. 8vo., pp. vii, 207, [1] [Bibliography]. Publisher's [electric] blue cloth covered boards, clean blue topstain, gilt-lettered at the spine with the blind-embossed crest on the front cover. Eight black & white plates. A very nice, near fine or better copy, in a very good or better copy of the rare [pc] illustrated white dustwrapper showing minimal use; 1 tear neatly mended on the verso of the back panel. An excellent, bright, unfaded example of this Davies high Spot & in definite collector's condition. Davies account of the life & training of the Elizabethan boy actors, a consideration of their particular abilities & shortcomings, & discussion of the extent to which these actors set free or hampered Shakespeare in his female characterizations. Very scarce indeed. Most of the edition was pulped to accommodate the paper shortage of the war years. Perhaps a few hundred copies were actually sold which accounts for its infrequent appearance on the market. In the last twenty-five years, less than a dozen copies have surfaced in varying states of perfection or lack thereof, usually without dustwrapper, in both the Toronto & Montreal markets. [27128] $3975

Fine First Edition

Davies, Robertson, EROS AT BREAKFAST AND OTHER PLAYS. Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1949. First Edition. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Introduction by Tyrone Guthrie. A fine copy in black cloth, red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine or better pictorial Grant MacDonald designed dustwrapper, the lower spine harlequin illustration in bright yellow and not faded to gray. 8vo. 129 pp. Black and white plates throughout. A lovely example of Davies' first play, named best Canadian play of the year by the 1948 Dominion Drama Festival. [20960] $650

Original Signed Davies Quotation

William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL [1913 / 1995]. Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, & professor. One of Canada's best-known & most popular authors, & one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself & to have detested. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate college at the University of Toronto. Framed Quotation. n.p. n.d. [small portrait photo print of Davies] Matted with a gold filet & black sculpted wood frame [glazed] to an overall size of 10" 1/2 x 13" 1/2 - Typed, signed & corrected 4x by Davies in black ink: [29157] $1975

"The tongue is one half of a man, but the other half is the heart'. I have always liked that proverb, because it does honour to the faculty of speech, and it is speech as much as anything that divides man from the lesser creations"

First Edition Inscribed to Harry Rasky

Davies, Robertson. A VOICE FROM THE ATTIC. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, 1960. First Edition Inscribed by Davies to Canadian author and editor, Frank Rasky on the title-page. A fine copy in navy cloth, silver titles to the spine, (Rasky's markings throughout), in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. 8vo. 360 pp. [20965] $650

[20968] Davies, Robertson. THE DIARY OF SAMUEL MARCHBANKS & THE TABLE TALK OF SAMUEL MARCHBANKS. Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1947, 1949. Two Volumes In The Publisher's Printed Card Slipcase Commemorating The First Edition Of The Diary Of Samuel Marchbanks. THE DIARY, a First Edition, second impression, as is called for and THE TABLE TALK a First Edition, first issue. Ex-Libris Hugo McPherson. Both fine copies in fine dustwrappers. A very scarce set. McPherson - Noted English professor, and Hawthorne Scholar, headed the Communication Department at McGill. His interesting light pencil notes throughout. A rarely seen publishing effort in the original slipcase. $750.00

Davies, Robertson. THE PAPERS OF SAMUEL MARCHBANKS COMPRISING THE DIARY, THE TABLE TALK. Signed. Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1985. First Combined Edition Signed by Davies in black fountain pen in his unique calligraphic hand & later inscribed to the recipient in blue ink. A fine copy in dark brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine, fresh dustwrapper. A nicely made book with the publisher's red marker ribbon. 8vo., 540pp. Extensive selections from "The Diary" (1947), "The Table Talk" (1949), & "A Garland Of Miscellanea". [20953] $165

First Edition Signed

Davies, Robertson. THE DIARY OF SAMUEL MARCHBANKS. Signed. Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1947.First Edition, second state, with the title leaf a cancel. Signed by Davies on the title-page. A near fine copy, (previous owner's discreet dedication to the ffe.), in red cloth, silver titles to the spine in a very good dustwrapper with one tiny chip to the top of the back panel and some wear at the edges. With, A Warning To The Reader present at the contents page. 8vo. 204 pp. [20975] $650

Elegantly Signed Table Talk

Davies, Robertson. THE TABLE TALK OF SAMUEL MARCHBANKS. Signed. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1949. First Edition. Beautifully signed by the author in his elegant hand in purple ink. 8vo., pp: [viii], 248. Decorations by Claire Stewart. A near fine copy in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a better than very good plus classic Claire Stewart dustwrapper showing light use; a couple of tiny nicks, a surface scratch on the back panel and minor soil, still extremely nice - a superior dustwrapper for this 60 year old High Spot. Davies' sequel to The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, the second of the three Marchbanks books of essays. [20974] $575

Stunning First Edition

Davies, Robertson. LEAVEN OF MALICE. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1954. 8vo., 312pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. An exceptionally nice premium copy in the Clair Stewart illustrated dustwrapper. Seldom seen as such these days. Winner of the 1955 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. The second novel in the amusing Salterton Trilogy, preceded by Tempest-Tost & followed by A Mixture of Frailties. [29814] $675

[20970] Davies, Robertson. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TWENTY-FIRST TORONTO ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR. Toronto: Letters and Coach House Printing, 1993. First Edition. Soft Cover. First Edition. # 22 of 100 Numbered Copies, Signed by Davies. Fine in the original decorated cream wrappers. Published as a memento of the The Twenty-first Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair. $225.00

[20961] Davies, Robertson. A MASQUE OF MR. PUNCH. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1963. First Edition Signed by Davies on the title-page. A fine copy in decorated orange cloth, black titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with slight fading from orange to yellow on the spine. A play written for the Preparatory School boys of Upper Canada College. 8vo. 58 pp. $550.00

[29677] Dudek, Louis. TWENTY-FOUR POEMS. Signed.. Toronto: Contact Press, 1952. 1st Edition. First Edition. Canadian poet and co-founder of the Contact Press Louis Dudek's third separate book, the first individual author's book from the Press, Signed by him on the half-title page. "Compliments of the author, Louis Dudek." 8vo. 24 pp. A near fine copy in yellow wrappers, showing some light use, printed in brown and black. A bright, fresh example. $225.00

[29639] Dudek, Louis. EUROPE. Signed. Toronto: Contact Press, 1954. First Edition of Canadian poet and co-founder of the Contact Press Louis Dudek's first major long poem, Signed by him on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy showing minimal use, in pictorial wrappers, printed in black. 8vo. 139 pp. $175.00

Dudek / First Book

Dudek, Louis. EAST OF THE CITY. Toronto: Ryerson, 1946. First Edition of the author's First Book. A fine lovely copy in the publisher's grey boards and excellent dustwrapper. [29811] $450

Dudek / Contact Press

Dudek, Louis. EN MEXICO. Toronto: Contact Press, 1954. First Edition of Canadian poet and co-founder of the Contact Press Louis Dudek's first major long poem, A near fine copy showing minimal use, in pictorial wrappers, printed in black. 8vo., 139pp. [29810] $175

Duval, Paul. A.J. CASSON. His Life And Works. A Tribute. Signed. Toronto: Cerebrus/Prentice Hall, (1980). First Edition. A homage to the life and work of Group of Seven artist A. J. Casson, Signed by him on the title-page. A fine copy in burgundy cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper showcasing the artist's 1940 painting, Country Cross on the front panel and 1937 painting, The White Forest on the back. Large 4to. 285 pp. Sumptuous colour and black and white illustrations throughout. A beautiful book. $400

Inscribed Dorothy Duncan BLUE NOSE

Duncan, Dorothy. BLUENOSE. A Portrait of Nova Scotia. Signed. Toronto: Collins, (1946). First Edition of this rich and varied travelogue exploring Nova Scotia, Inscribed by Governor General's Award winning author Dorothy Duncan, wife of Hugh MacLennan, on the half-title page. 'Once again - for ...with love / Dorothy / Montreal 1947.' 8vo. 273 pp. A near fine copy in blue cloth, yellow titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper with some overall use, a few chips and tiny tears. Sharply observed sketches of the author's first encounters with Hugh MacLennan and visits to the MacLennan family home in Halifax. [29865] $225

[12067] Engel, Marion. BEAR. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. True first edition. 8vo., pp. 141, blue cloth stamped silver at the spine. A fine fresh copy in dustwrapper of Engel's "Classic" title. $95

Inscribed Fiamengo / Illustrated by Jack Schadbolt

Fiamengo, Marya.. SILT OF IRON. With Ten Drawings by Jack Shadbolt. Montreal: Ingluvin, (1971). First edition. Tall 8vo. 60 pp, in wrappers with French flaps. Printed on a pinkish beige peachy paper stock. The poet's 3rd book, with illustrations by Shadbolt. Inscribed by the author on the half title: " To Dawn [Aspinall] / who helps quell / the gabble of barbarous Yankee gnomes / Marya Fiamengo / 1973". Correct first wrappers issue [a trimmed variant noted]. An essentially fine fresh copy. [29724] $85

First Edition Signed

Filion, Jean-Paul. DU CENTRE DE L'EAU. Montreal, Les Editions De L'Hexagone, 1955. An important association copy. First Edition Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Filion to his friend Ivar Labrie, who along with Roland Giguère, Gilles Robert & Conrad Tremblay were the founding pressmen, typesetters & designers for the Edition ERTA press, which along with Les Editions De L'Hexagone published Quebec's most important literary & graphic efforts throughout the 1950's & 1960's. A fine copy in the publisher's original white card wrappers, (just a hint of sunning), printed blue and black. 12mo. 32 pp. [16517] $175

Timothy Findley - Four Family Copies

Timothy Irving Frederick Findley born in Toronto, Ontario, on October 30, 1930, published his first short story, "About Effie," in The Tamarack Review in 1956 (reprinted in Dinner Along the Amazon [1984]), and considered a career in writing with the encouragement of his friends Ruth Gordon and Thornton Wilder. For a time he made his living writing for radio, television and the stage. He wrote for the CBC television adaptation of Mazo de la Roche's The Whiteoaks of Jalna (1971-72) and for Pierre Berton's The National Dream (1974), the latter for which he won a 1975 ACTRA award for scriptwriting with his partner William Whitehead. In 1974 he became the first playwright in residence at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. His first two novels--The Last of the Crazy People (1967) and The Butterfly Plague (1969)--were published outside of Canada; his third novel, The Wars (1977), won the 1977 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.

He published eight more novels, three short-story collections, and two memoirs (not including the posthumous Journeyman [2003]), in addition to numerous pieces in periodicals. Active in the Canadian writing community--he helped found the Writers' Union of Canada in 1973 and served as its chair from 1977 to 1978. He was president of the English-Canadian chapter of P.E.N. International (1986-87), and in 2002 the Writer's Trust of Canada named an award after him (for male fiction writers in mid-career). He lived for over 30 years at his cottage, Stone Orchard, near Cannington, Ontario, but in the mid-1990s moved to Stratford, Ontario, and divided his time between there and France. He died in Provence, of complications from a hip fracture, on June 20, 2002.

In addition to the ACTRA for The National Dream and Governor General's Award for The Wars, Findley won the 1985 CAA Award for Fiction for Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984), Ontario's 1988 Trillium Book Award for Stones (1988), the Mystery Writers of America's 1989 Edgar award for best paperback original for The Telling of Lies (1986), the 1991 CAA Award for Non-fiction for Inside Memory (1990), the 1994 CAA Award for Drama and 1996 Floyd S. Chalmers Award for The Stillborn Lover (1993), and the 2000 Governor General's Award for Drama for Elizabeth Rex (2000). He was a member of the Order of Ontario (1991), an officer of the Order of Canada (1986) and a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 1996). His name was added to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2002. (by Vivian Zenari)

THE LAST OF THE CRAZY PEOPLE 1st

Findley, Timothy. THE LAST OF THE CRAZY PEOPLE. Toronto: General Publishing (1967). First edition of the author's first book. Extraordinary Family Copy inscribed to his parents: "For Mother and Father - / When people ask you if you are in this book, I hope you will say yes... / with love / Tiff / May 7th 1967. Cannington, Ont. Tiff's father, A. G. Findley has added his sketch of Tiff in an 'old hat' to the front pastedown. A wonderful copy of Findley's breakout novel. [29725] $7500

THE LAST OF THE CRAZY PEOPLE 1ST UK

Findley, Timothy. THE LAST OF THE CRAZY PEOPLE. London: Macdonald, 1967. First Edition. Author's first book. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper showing some use. Inscribed on the ffe.: "For Mom & Dad - / Again - / With love. / Tif. / The English Edition / 1967." A lovely copy of the first UK edition. [29726] $6500

Irving Findley's LETTERS Typescript

[Findley, Timothy]. Findley, Irving. Letters of Irving Findlay DURING THE GREAT WAR April 1st, 1915 - September 5th, 1918. Original typescript. One of perhaps four or five family copies of this inspirational and unpublished document written by Timothy Findley's uncle & godfather and genesis for Timothy Findley's novel, THE WARS, chronicling the war experiences of the men in Findley's family. Unpaginated. 250 pages. Typed on rectos only & bound in a 3 ring binder. About very good - the preliminary leaves showing some age, the binder well worn. [29727] $3750

Timothy Findley was named for his uncle and godfather Thomas Irving Findley who was known by his initials, TIF. Timothy Findley was named Timothy Irving Frederick Findley so he could be known as TIFF. His uncle died when TIFF was about 3 years old of complication from wounds he received in the war. That war and his uncle's exploits in it were always the topics of family conversations in the Findley household. His letters home had been collected by his parents & bound up for posterity - everybody in the family read those letters. Given the place that the war had in Findley's family mythology, it was surprising to TIFF that he waited until halfway through his forties to write his acclaimed novel. As the center of family mythology, his uncles letters were the genesis for the work - "...they were my most valuable research resource". About his uncle, Findley said: " He was not a 'writer' - but he was a faithful correspondent and an equally faithful chronicler. What he wrote home ultimately gave me a better sense of life in the trenches - ultimately, in the air - than anything I could have found in the library." .

THE WARS

Findley, Timothy. THE WARS. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1977. First Edition. Family Copy. Inscribed on the ffe: "Against Despair / For Father & Mother / With all my / Love / Tiff / Your book...". Tiff's dad has pasted an article on the 'Longboat' on the verso of the ffe with his neat commentary - "Longboat is mentioned on page 48 of Tif's marvelous book / A.G.F. 77". THE WARS was the GGA / Governor General's award winner for fiction in 1977. [29728] $8500

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

Findley, Timothy. FAMOUS LAST WORDS. Toronto: Viking, 1981. First Edition. A very good or better copy in dustwrapper. 8vo., 396pp. Extraordinary Family Copy signed on the title page & inscribed by Findley to his father" For Father with much love / Tiff". His father has decorated the front pastedown with a coloured portrait of Queen Mary & has added a full page commentary about the novel on the front fly: "...Tiff has written one of the greatest pyrotechnic displays ever seen against the twilit skies of English literature... / Dad". A wonderful copy of this very highly regarded novel which explores the difference between truth & lies, fact & fictions. [29729] $7500

"Like its 1977 predecessor The Wars, Timothy Findley's 1981 Famous Last Words ruthlessly examines the (often violent) nature of social division and union, as well as the making of history. Together these two novels mark the peak of Findley's career. While the slim Wars focuses largely on a single Canadian soldier in the First World War, Famous Last Words observes the next war--sometimes in the wings, sometimes from a distant office--through expatriate American writer Hugh Selwyn Mauberley. The title character in a well-known poem by the infamous Ezra Pound ("born / In a half savage country-- / Bent resolutely on wringing lilies from the acorn"), Mauberley gives Findley a focus point for his forceful moral questions. Can bad people produce good art? (Good anything?) Are actions really excused by explanations? - Darryl Whetter

First Statement Press / New Writer's Series

First Statement Press - New Writer's Series. Montreal, 1945 - 1951. 8 volumes. Complete. Wrappers. A handsome set which includes: Layton, HERE AND NOW, [1945] / Anderson, A TENT FOR APRIL, [1945] / Waddington, GREEN WORLD, [1945] / Souster, WHEN WE ARE YOUNG, [1946] / Sutherland [Ed.], OTHER CANADIANS, [1946] / Layton, NOW IS THE PLACE, [1948] / Wilkinson, COUNTERPOINT TO SLEEP, [1951] & Smith, FOOTNOTE TO THE LORD'S PRAYER, [1951]. New Writers' Series numbers 1 through 8. All books are very good or better. [29730] $7500

Two Inscribed by Norrie

Frye, Northrop. ANATOMY OF CRITICISM. Four Essays. Signed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. First Edition of Northrop Frye's second book, establishing his reputation as literary critic, hailed by Harold Bloom, who credits Northrop Frye as his nearest precursor, "Anatomy establishes Frye as "the foremost living student of Western literature", briefly Inscribed by Northrop Frye on the title-page. "For...With Best Wishes, Northrop Frye". 8vo., 383 pp. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped dustwrapper with fade at the spine and edges. 'One of the most important works of literary theory published in the twentieth century'. [29693] $1500

Frye, Northrop. NORTHROP FRYE ON SHAKESPEARE. Signed. Markham, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1986. First Edition of these 1986 Governor General's Award winning essays based on lectures given on Shakespeare's plays at the University Of Toronto, Inscribed by Northrop Frye on the title-page to long-time friend Pauline McGibbon, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, whom Frye described as, "a precedent-breaker: her career is peppered with the phrase 'first woman,' as though she were Ontario's Eve." "Love to Pauline, as always, Norrie." Further, Signed in full, Northrop Frye and dated in the year of publication, Sept. 29/86. A fine copy in navy cloth, Lieutenant Governor Pauline McGibbon's library stamp to the title-page, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. Edited by Robert Sandler. 8vo. 186 pp. Keenly observed insights into Romeo And Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Richard 11, Henry 1V et al. [29695] $500

Mavis Gallant's Copy

Gallant, Mavis. FROM THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. Signed. London: Jonathan Cape, (1980). First British Edition Signed by Mavis Gallant on her neat Address Label affixed to the front free endpaper. 'Mavis Gallant, Brussels, May 1981'. [Her Copy]. A bright, fresh copy in 1/4 burgundy cloth over rose paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine dustwrapper with minimal use. 8vo. 243 pp. A dazzling collection of short stories and a novella by this consummately gifted writer. [30458] $250

Galbraith to Joey Smallwood

Galbraith, John Kenneth. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Signed.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Inscribed to Joey Smallwood. 8vo. 368 pp. First Edition, early impression, (14th), of this landmark work, depicting a consumer culture gone wild, rich in goods but poor in the social services that make for community. "One of those rare works that forces a nation to re-examine its values" - The New York Times, April 30, 2006, nicely Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith to Premier Joey Smallwood of Newfoundland on the front free endpaper. 'For the honourable J. R. Smallwood, with my warm regards, John Kenneth Galbraith'.
'Then I had a long and close association with the most notable figure in Newfoundland history and one vital in that of Canada as well. That was Joseph Robert Smallwood. Joey Smallwood, one of the most diversely alert and interesting political leaders of this century and a central figure in the anniversary celebrations of these days. Joey Smallwood was several times in touch with me in Cambridge called me here to St. John's on one or two occasions for meetings, was one of the most interesting (and I must say unpredictable) political figures of his time. I now tell of something which until this moment is still unknown. He once pressed me hard and seriously to return to the land of my birth as head of this university. Under the arrangement that would be proposed I would retain a part-time commitment to Harvard. Not without difficulty I persuaded him that this would not be good for this university, would be unacceptable at Harvard and possibly questionable for Galbraith. Had I accepted, there would have been one certain and sad result: I would not today be receiving an honorary degree. Excerpted from the Convocation address by Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith at Memorial University Of Newfoundland - 75th anniversary of the founding of Memorial University College in 1925. (A long association well-documented). A near fine copy in brick coloured cloth, black morocco - style label with gilt titles to the spine, (some hand notations throughout), in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some minimal use. [26843] $875

[30298] Gallant, Mavis. HOME TRUTHS. Signed. Toronto: Macmillan, (1981). First Edition Inscribed by Mavis Gallant on the front free endpaper to Canadian artist Philip Surrey and his wife, Margaret. 'For dearest Margaret & Philip from Mavis, Montreal, 2 December 81'. A near fine copy of this Governor General's Award-winning selection of short stories in rose cloth, (tiny bump to the top corner of the front board), gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, near fine dustwrapper with minimal use. 8vo. 330 pp. A dazzling collection by this consummately gifted writer. $150.00

[29640] Geddes, Gary. LETTER OF THE MASTER OF HORSE. Signed. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1973. First Edition [The Uncommon Cloth Issue] of Canadian poet Gary Geddes fourth book, regarded as his first significant work, Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. "For [Professor] Hugo and Louise (McPherson), with love and all good wishes, Gary." A fine beautiful copy in brown paper covered boards, blue titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. Unpaginated. 48 pp. "This poem gives me an enormously visual picture of an actual event; it conveys in very few words a character portrayal of considerable power; and its universality means in my terms that is has contemporary relevance. The Master of Horse is a man who has perceived too much of the heart of conquest and who knows the darkness at its core - I consider Gary Geddes to be one of the best of the younger Canadian poets." - Margaret Laurence $275.00

[29674] Geddes, Gary. THE TERRACOTTA ARMY. Signed. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1984. First Edition of Canadian poet Gary Geddes seventh book, winner of the 1985 Commonwealth Poetry Competition, Americas Division, Signed by him on the copyright page. 8vo. 55 pp. A fine copy in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. "Gary Geddes is unquestionably one of Canada's finest writers...The Terracotta Army is a brilliant example of his remarkable ability to maintain the tone, structure, and rhythms of the long, connected narrative." Patrick Lane. $85.00

Gratien Gelinas

Gelinas, Gratien. TIT-COQ. PIECE EN TROIS ACTES. Signed. Montreal: Beauchemin, 1950. First Edition. Number 108 of 200 Numbered Copies printed on Rolland de luxe blanc. This copy Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. 'A ... en hommage amical, Gratien Gelinas'. 8vo. 197 pp. Near fine in the publisher's stiff card wrappers, showing just a hint of light use. A bright, fresh copy of this major Gelinas work, adapted into the 1953 film and winner of the Film of the Year at the Canadian Film Awards in the same year. Very Important. [28512] $500

[20022] Gibbon, J. Murray. CANADIAN FOLK SONGS OLD AND NEW. Signed. Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927. First Edition Inscribed by Gibbon on the first free endpaper. A fine copy in the publisher's 1/4 white cloth over beige paper covered boards, red titles to the spine. With erratum slip tipped-in at the dedication page. 8vo. 105 pp. Harmonizations by Geoffrey O'Hara and Oscar O'Brien. Decorations by Frank H. Johnston. $150.00

[20023] Gibbon, John Murray. MELODY AND THE LYRIC. FROM CHAUCER TO THE CAVALIERS. Signed. Toronto: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1930. First Edition Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in the publisher's navy cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Small 4to. 204 pp. $150.00

          NEUROMANCER 1st UK 1st HC Typescript - A Collection

1 - Gibson, William. NEUROMANCER. London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. 1st Edition. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." Gibson's literary agent's copy of the actual Xerox corrected typescript used to publish the first UK & first hardcover edition of Neuromancer with his name [Christopher Priest] & contact information sticker on the first page. 8vo., 8 1/2" x 11" white bond, 303pp. Bound in a blue business 'Joca' file binder with a plain typed label on the upper cover. In addition, 42 non-sequential pages [Xerox] with additional corrections inserted loosely at the back of the binder. A rare state of this breakthrough defining novel & Nebula, Hugo and Philip K. Dick Award winner. Gunn, The New Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction. Pringle. 100 Best Science Fiction Novels. Of the three or four modern cornerstone SF novels of the 20th century that will stay top-of-mind for the foreseeable future, Neuromancer along with Dune, Stranger In A Strange Land & Do Androids Dream lead the way. $25000

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2 - Gibson, William. NEUROMANCER. Signed. New York: ACE Science Fiction. PBK Original. SOLD

3 - Gibson, William. NEUROMANCER. Signed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. 1st $5500

4 - Gibson, William. NEUROMANCER. Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1986. Typesetting Proof Copy $7750

5 - Gibson, William. NEUROMANCER. Signed. Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1986. 1/375 Signed Copies. SOLD

6 - Gibson, William. NEUROMANCER. Signed. Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1986. 1/1200 Signed Copies. SOLD

7 - Gibson, William. COUNT ZERO. London: Victor Gollancz, 1986. First Edition. Actual working marked-up typescript of the second novel. $28750

[29587] Gibson, William. COUNT ZERO. London: Victor Gollancz, 1986. Original typesetting Xerox copy with holograph ink corrections & instructions for the True First Edition & First UK Edition of the author's second book, the middle volume of the Sprawl trilogy preceded by Neuromancer & followed by Mona Lisa Overdrive. 8vo., 303pp, white unbound bond sheets with extensive typesetter's instructions throughout. In addition, several extra pages of specific instructions and typesetting detailing specifying sizes & faces & with notes & designs for the title page & copyright page settings & layout. A unique example. Nominated for the Locus & British Science Fiction Awards in 1986, as well as the Hugo & Nebula awards in 1987. $38,750.00

[29585] Gibson, William. NEUROMANCER. West Bloomfield, Michigan: Phantasia Press:, 1986. Rare Advance Typesetting Proof Copy. Cerlux bound, 275 pages. 8 1/2" x 11" sheets produced by DIGITYPE typesetters of Beachwood, OH with their crop marks & pagination dated April 9th, 1986 at the top of each page. Publisher's "Advance Copy" stamped in red on the front cover. A rare state of the first Phantasia Press edition of which only a handful were produced. [In near fine condition]. Nebula, Hugo and Philip K. Dick Award winner. Gunn, The New Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction. Pringle. 100 Best Science Fiction Novels. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." $7,750.00

[29574] Gibson, William. NEUROMANCER Signed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." True First Hardcover Edition & First UK Edition, after the paperback original, of the defining novel of the 'cyberpunk' genre, Signed by William Gibson on the title-page. A fine, fresh outstanding copy of this Nebula, Hugo and Philip K. Dick Award winner in blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine, flawless dustwrapper. 8vo. 251 pp. Gunn, The New Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction. Pringle. 100 Best Science Fiction Novels. Superior example. Apparently scheduled for 2011 release as a major film effort directed by Joseph Kahn. Of the three or four modern cornerstone SF novels of the 20th century that will stay top-of-mind for the foreseeable future, Neuromancer along with Dune, Stranger In A Strange Land & Do Androids Dream lead the way. A superior example. $5,500.00

[29586] Gibson, William. COUNT ZERO. London: Victor Gollancz, 1986. True First Edition. First UK Edition of the author's second book. Rare Uncorrected Typesetting Proof. Printed blue card covers, black plastic spine. One of only 3 or 4 copies produced exclusively for the use of the author & the publisher's editorial staff. 8" x 12" oblong produced by Rowlands Phototypesetting; 269 pages with holograph typesetting notes & corrections in blue & red ink scattered throughout. Very rare state of this follow-up novel to the award winning breakthrough Neuromancer. Count Zero was nominated for the Locus & British Science Fiction Awards in 1986, as well as the Hugo & Nebula awards in 1987. $8,500.00

Inscribed ERTA Founder's Copy

Giguère, Roland. LES ARMES BLANCHES. Original Cover Serigraph by Albert Dumouchel. 6 Drawings By The Author. Montreal: Editions Erta, 1954. An Excellent Association Copy. First Edition Inscribed and dated on the half title by Giguère in the year of publication to his close friend, Ivar Labrie who along with Giguère, Gilles Robert & Conrad Tremblay were in fact the founding pressmen, typesetters & designers for the press. From 1949 through 1960, 29 ERTA titles were published. This creative period in breakthrough French Montreal / Quebec poetry & experimental graphics publishing corresponded perfectly with the very explosive efforts of English Montreal's Contact Press. The 50's producing much of Canada's best small press achievements in either language. One of 100 hand-numbered copies on Japon Laurentic of a total edition edition of only 350 copies. A fine example [minor rubs to the extremities of the spine] in the publisher's pictorial stiff wrappers featuring an original serigraph by Albert Dumouchel. 12mo. 30 pp. BNQ 12. An exceptionally important copy. [16510] $675

[29484] Glassco, John. SELECTED POEMS. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st Edition. First Edition of this poetry selection by Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist John Glassco, Signed by him on the half-title page. A near fine copy in the publisher's illustrated stiff paper wrappers, as issued. 12mo. 94 pp. $125.00

Neat Inscribed MEMOIRS OF MONTPARNASSE

Glassco, John. MEMOIRS OF MONTPARNASSE. Signed. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. First Edition Inscribed by John Glassco on the front free endpaper. 'To Keith, on his birthday. With much affection from his friend and fellow horseman - this work of homage, with the hope it will amuse (though not instruct) is given by Lee and Dale, Buffy Glassco, May 28, 1970.' Introduction by Leon Edel. A fine copy in gold cloth, black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 241 pp. "Memoirs of Montparnasse should be read and at last recognized as the most dramatic of the many narratives dealing with Paris in the 1920's." -- Malcolm Cowley, The New York Times. [28144] $400

Happy Cat O' Nine Tails

Glassco, John. (trans.). Von Sacher-Masoch, Leopold. VENUS IN FURS. With The Original Illustrations Of Franz Buchholz.. Burnaby: Blackfish Press, 1977. First Edition thus of this classic masochist novel Inspirationally Inscribed by translator John Glassco on the front free endpaper. "Happy Cat O' Nine Tails John Glassco." Tall 8vo. 111 pp. A near fine copy in the publisher's illustrated stiff paper wrappers, as issued. [29485] $325

Grandbois Translated by Miller

[Miller, Peter] Grandbois, Alain. SELECTED POEMS. Contact Press (1964). First Edition. 8vo., 101 pp. Printed cream wrappers. A very good or better copy with a bit of discolouration at the extremities. Translated by Peter Miller. Facing French and English texts. A nice production. [29733] $75

Gotlieb Phyllis 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" matted to an overall size of 16" x 19 1/2" original silverprint by John Reeves. In fine condition. $475

One of 50 Hardcover Copies

Grier, Eldon. A FRICTION OF LIGHTS. Toronto: Contact Press, 1963. First Edition of modernist Canadian artist and poet Eldon Grier's fifth book. A near fine copy in red cloth, (tiny bump to the lower corner of the front board) gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper designed by Grier's wife, Sylvia Tait, showing some minor use. One of only 50 copies. Rarely seen in hardcover. The paperback edition of 200 copies was issued later & is considered a second printing. 8vo. 61 pp. Very Nice. [29734] $1250

Contact Press

Grier, Eldon. THE RING OF ICE. Montreal: Cambridge Press, 1957. First Edition of modernist Canadian artist and poet Eldon Grier's third book. A near fine copy in white stiff card wrappers with dustwrapper as issued. Artist Sylvia Tait's colour illustrations tipped-in. 8vo. 101 pp. [29735] $75

Neat Ephemera

Grier, Eldon. STARTING WITH THE WEST. The League Of Canadian Poets: np. nd. 8 1/2" x 14". Two sides printed black on cream coloured stock, folded in 4. 6 poems plus short bio of Grier. First Edition of this poetry pamphlet by modernist Canadian artist and poet Eldon Grier, printed by Raymond Souster's League Of Canadian Poets  Fine, as issued. [29736] $75

Gustafson's fine presentation Copies

Ralph Gustafson - Poet, Music Critic, Anthologist, Professor of English & Short Story Writer, Gustafson contributed widely to Canadian culture in the 20th Century. His acclaimed editing of the Anthology of Canadian Poetry in 1942, & The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse in 1958, were early, influential collections of Canadian writing. An acknowledged master of Canadian poetry, he won the Governor General's Award with 'Fire on Stone' in 1974. Winter Prophecies is a film about Gustafson's life & art.

Gustafson's Presentation Golden Chalice

[29637] Gustafson, Ralph. THE GOLDEN CHALICE. Signed. London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1935. 1st Edition. First Edition of poet Ralph Gustafson's first book, winner of the 1935 Prix David Award, Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. "For Aunt Isabel with love - Ralph." Additionally Signed on the title-page in full, Ralph Gustafson. Neat name of Mrs. Fred H. Bradley, April, 1935 on the ffe. A very good or better copy in gray paper covered boards, printed in brown, lacking the tissue dustwrapper. Small 8vo. 105 pp. Family copies are rarely offered. $1,550

Gustafson's Presentation ALFRED in Dustwrapper

[29636] Gustafson, Ralph. ALFRED THE GREAT. Signed. London: Michael Joseph, 1937. 1st Edition. First Edition of poet Ralph Gustafson's second book, Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. "For Mamie - affectionately Ralph, 1937." Additionally, with an extraordinary 1pp. TLS laid-in, dated March 9, 1990, in part, explaining the dedication, the scarcity of the book itself - most copies having been destroyed in the London Blitz and his thoughts for writing the play. "Alfred the great was a result of my interest in Alfred as a figure who stemmed the tide of the invading Danes as Churchill & the Battle Of Britain stemmed the Nazi invasion. I used Alfred as a contemporary symbol of opposition to Fascism even though I, of course, when I wrote the play, I did not know of the 1940's. In the way of youth who dream, I thought Nicholas Medtner might use Alfred as a libretto for an opera!" A very good or better copy in red cloth, silver titles to the spine in a bright, fresh excellent dustwrapper with one thumbnail chip at the heel of the spine. Very nice indeed $775

GUSTAFSON to Leo Kennedy & John Newlove

Gustafson, Ralph. EPITHALAMIUM IN TIME OF WAR. A Poem. New York: Privately Printed, 1941. Extraordinary copy of the First Edition, Number 69 of 100 Copies. Inscribed by Canadian author Ralph Gustafson to poets Leo Kennedy and John Newlove on the front free endpaper in two different inks. "For Leo Kennedy, With best wishes Ralph Gustafson." "For John Newlove, With admiration renewed and renewed and old/new friendship! Ralph Gustafson, 1978." Additionally with the ownership signatures of John Newlove and John Metcalf. 8vo. 11 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 gray over green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, without dustwrapper, as issued. [29524] $1,575

Inscribed Family Copy

Gustafson, Ralph. LYRICS UNROMANTIC. New York Privately Printed, 1942. Signed. First Edition, Limited to 100 Numbered Copies of Canadian poet Ralph Gustafson's fourth book of poetry, described by E. J. Pratt as "pure sculpture", Inscribed by Ralph Gustafson on the front free endpaper. "For Dad, With love, Ralph". A fine copy in 1/4 gray over brick cloth, black titles to the spine. 8vo. 19 pp. Family copies are rarely offered. [29676] $875

One of 85 Copies Of The Press

Henault, Gilles. TOTEMS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALBERT DUMOUCHEL. Montreal: Editions Erta, 1953. First Edition. Limited to 335 copies and one of only 85 copies hand numbered on Japon Laurentic. A fine copy in the original beige card wrappers printed green and black. 12mo. 28 pp. BNQ 11. From 1949 through 1960, 29 ERTA titles were published. This creative period in breakthrough French Montreal / Quebec poetry & experimental graphics publishing corresponded perfectly with the very explosive efforts of English Montreal's Contact Press. The 50's producing much of Canada's best small press achievements in either language. [16515] $295

[20048] Hickson, A. Beatrice. POEMS 1916. Toronto: n.p. n.d. (1916). First Edition of this fragile, self-published book of WW1 poetry by one of the very few Canadian female World War I poets. A near fine copy in the publisher's grey rag paper covered boards. Paper title label on the front covers. 16mo. 40 pp. uncut . Only three copies located; Brown, Dalhousie and BM. Watters pp. 91. $150.00

Daryl Hine's First & Second Book

Hine, Daryl. FIVE POEMS, 1954. Toronto: [Emblem Books], 1954. 12mo., 16pp. Original typescript, staple stitched, illustrated stiff decorated cream wrappers. First Edition of the author's uncommon First Book. A near fine copy of this scarce item.. The first volume in Jay Macpherson's series of poetry chapbooks, Emblem Books. [29737] $170

Hine, Daryl. Hine, Daryl. THE CARNAL AND THE CRANE. Montreal: McGill Poetry Series, (1957). First Edition. One of only 200 copies of Canadian poet Daryl Hine's second book and the second publication in the McGill Poetry Series. Fine in pictorial printed card covers in a near fine or better cream dustwrapper, as issued. Tall 8vo. 50 pp. A very nice example. [29738] $125

Hugh John Blagdon Hood (April 30 , 1928 – August 1, 2000) was a novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Montreal, Quebec. Hood wrote 32 books: seventeen novels including the twelve-volume New Age novel sequence (influenced by Marcel Proust and Anthony Powell), several volumes of short fiction, and five of nonfiction. He taught English literature at the Université de Montréal. In the early nineteen-seventies he and fellow authors Clark Blaise, Raymond Fraser, John Metcalf and Ray Smith formed the well-known Montreal Story Tellers Fiction Performance Group, which popularized the public reading of fiction in Canada. In 1988, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

Presentation Author's Copy

Hood, Hugh. FLYING A RED KITE. Stories. Signed. Toronto: Ryerson, (1962). 8vo., 239pp. Grey cloth covered boards with red stamped spine titles. First edition of the author's First Book. With a blurb by Robert Weaver on the rear panel of the dust jacket. One of Hood's personal copies. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "This is an 'author's' copy / of the first edition / October 26th, 1962 / with complements / and best wishes of / Hugh". A fine copy in like dustwrapper showing very light use. A much nicer than usual copy in a most desirable state. [29739] $1175

Presentation Author's Copy

Hood, Hugh. WHITE FIGURE, WHITE GROUND. Signed.   Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (1964). First Edition of Canadian author Hugh Hood's well-received second book Inscribed by him on the title-page. "This is an / author's copy / of the first Canadian / hard cover edition / of this book / Presented to / Carolyn Bennett / Christmas 1982. Hugh Hood" 8vo. 251 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 white cloth over white patterned paper covered boards, black titles to the spine in an exceptionally nice pictorial dustwrapper. [29740] $450

[29838] Hood, Hugh. AROUND THE MOUNTAIN. Scenes From Montreal Life. Signed. Toronto: Peter Martin, 1967. First Edition of Canadian author Hugh Hood's homage to Montreal, a cycle of twelve stories following the months of the calendar year, briefly Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. 'With best wishes, March 1972, Hugh Hood.' A fine copy in burgundy cloth, gilt titles in a bright, fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 175 pp. $65

Indian File Books / Complete Set

The Complete Set of INDIAN FILE BOOKS. Toronto. McClelland & Stewart, 1948-1958. Cloth & various coloured patterned paper over boards. Designed by Paul Arthur, the managing editor of HERE AND NOW, typographically the most innovative & striking periodical of the 1940's. The series was more or less an annual collection of the best poetry of each year & was of colossal importance in the 1950's. Indian File 1, Daniells, Roy DEEPER INTO THE FOREST [1948]. Indian File 2, Finch, Robert THE STRENGTH OF THE HILLS [1948]. Indian File 3, Reaney, James THE RED HEART [1949]. Indian File 4, Wreford, James OF TIME AND THE LOVER [1950]. Indian File 5, Bailey, A.C. BORDER RIVER [1952]. Indian File 6, Anderson, Patrick THE COLOUR AS NAKED [1953]. Indian File 7, Page, P.K. THE METAL AND THE FLOWER [1954]. Indian File 8, Webb, Phyllis EVEN YOUR RIGHT EYE [1956]. Indian File 9, Glassco, John. THE DEFICIT MADE FLESH [1958]. Fine copies in very good or better dustwrappers showing light use. The Finch & Wreford books are Review Copies with the publisher's slip present. The Reaney is Signed & the Glassco is a fine Inscribed Presentation Copy. Nine volumes. While individual volumes of several titles are quite common, a few are very scarce & complete sets are difficult to assemble. [29741] $2650

A. Y. Jackson Signed Portrait

Original A. Y. Jackson Autographed Photo Portrait
Alexander Young Jackson, CC, CMG [1882 / 1974]. Canadian painter & founding member of the Group of Seven. Autographed Original Photograph Signed of a cheerful A. Y. Jackson in excellent condition. Glazed & framed to an overall size of: 10" 1/4 x 12" 1/4 [6" x 8"] in a rich scalloped antique blue/gold finish with gilt filet. Very nice indeed. [29166] $475

(Jackson, A. Y.). Groves, Naomi Jackson. A.Y.'S CANADA. Signed. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, (1968). First Edition of this comprehensive collection of extraordinary pencil drawings of Canada by A. Y. Jackson, founding member of the Group of Seven, Signed by Naomi Jackson Groves and A.Y. Jackson on the title-page and further, beautifully Inscribed by A. Y. Jackson on the half-title. "To Marion: There are colours and ...and lines and movement and varying effects of light and if there is less ready made stuff then it is up to the artist not only to observe but to empasize and create and to give his own interpretation to what he sees, A. Y. Jackson." Oblong 4to. 248 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A fine copy in beige cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some overall light use. $650

[20046] Jenness, Diamond. Roberts, Helen. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 1913-1918. VOLUME XIV. ESKIMO SONGS. SONGS OF THE COPPER ESKIMOS. Ottawa: F. A. Acland, 1925., 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition Signed by Diamond Jenness on the title-page. A fine copy in the publisher's green decorated cloth, gilt titles to the spine. 4to. 506 pp. With a wealth of musical illustrations and examples throughout. $300.00

D. G. Jones First Book

Jones, D.G. FROST ON THE SUN. Toronto: Contact Press, Toronto, 1957. First Edition of Canadian poet and co-founder of the literary magazine ellipse: Writers in Translation D. G. Jones first book. 8vo. 46 pp. A fine fresh copy in the original card wrappers & cream dustwrapper. Contemporary James Reaney review of the book loosely inserted. [29742] $175

Lionel Kearns POINTING

Kearns, Lionel. POINTING. Toronto: Ryerson, (1967). First Edition. 8vo., 58 pp. A fine copy in dustwrapper of this handsome Ryerson production. [29743] $65

Raymond Knister COLLECTED POEMS

Knister, Raymond. COLLECTED POEMS. With a Memoir By Dorothy Livesay. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1949. First Edition of this representative collection of poems by Canadian imagist poet and author of White Narcissus, Raymond Knister. Edited, with a memoir by Dorothy Livesay. A fine copy in black cloth, discreet previous collector's name on the front pastedown, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine or better tan dustwrapper with red titles showing minimal use. 8vo. 45 pp. With a 7 pp. bibliography. Ryerson Library of Canadian Poets - book design by Thoreau MacDonald. A very nice example [29744] $135

[29688] Kennedy, Leo. THE SHROUDING. Signed. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1933. First Edition of poet Leo Kennedy's (one of the 'Montreal Poets' with Frank Scott, A.M. Klein, and A.J.M. Smith), first book, Signed by him on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in black cloth, printed paper label to the spine and front board, in the cellophane dustwrapper that has some chips and tears. 8vo. 58 pp. Black and white frontispiece of a painting of Leo Kennedy by Ernst Neumann. Many pages uncut. $75.00

[26998] Kinsella, W .P. SHOELESS JOE. Signed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First Edition Signed by W. P. Kinsella to the title-page. A near fine copy in 1/4 beige cloth over gray paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine, (previous owner's discreet signature to the front endpaper), in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 265 pp. Basis for the Kevin Costner film, Field Of Dreams. "Build it and they shall come". $325

Two Presentation A.M. Klein to Cyril James.

Klein, A.M. THE ROCKING CHAIR AND OTHER POEMS. Signed. Toronto: Ryerson Press. First Edition of Canadian poet A. M. Klein's 1948 Governor General’s Award winning book of poetry, considered by critics to be his finest, Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: "For Dr. F. Cyril James, (Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University) For the peripatetic home - a rocking chair. With all good wishes, Sincerely, A.M. Klein, Aug. 26, 1948". 8vo. 56 pp. A near fine copy in yellow paper covered boards, black titles to the spine, in a bright, fresh very good indeed dustwrapper with some light use, a few tiny closed tears and some minor fade at the spine. [29685] $750

Klein, A.M. THE SECOND SCROLL. Signed. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition of Canadian poet A. M. Klein's allegorical novella, one of the earliest works of great Holocaust literature, Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: "For Dr. Cyril F. James, (Principal and Vice - Chancellor of McGill University), With undiminished homage, Cordially, A.M. Klein." A near fine copy (light use at the heel and crown of the spine), in 1/4 orange over black patterned paper covered boards, black titles to the spine, in a bright, fresh very good indeed dustwrapper with some light use, a few tiny nicks. 8vo. 198 pp. "The Second Scroll is probably the most remarkable novel ever to be written in Canada ... because of the richness of the prose which clothes it..." - Robertson Davies. The Peterborough Examiner. [29686] $325

[29687] Klein, A.M.. HUIT POEMES CANADIENS. (en anglais). Montreal: Montreal: 1948., 1938. First Edition of Canadian poet A. M. Klein's fourth book. A near fine copy with some light use, in beige wrappers, printed in black. 8vo. 16 pp. A rather scarce pamphlet. $225.00

Signed by Cornelius KREIGHOFF - Rare

Krieghoff's Basket Seller, C.1850

THE LITERARY WORKS OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. By Henry William Beechey. Signed by Cornelius Krieghoff on the title page of both volumes. New and Improved Edition. Two Volumes. Krieghoff, [1815 - 1872], the consummate portrayer of finely detailed, carefully composed anecdotal scenes of English & French Canadian life associated himself with this great English master through his writings & musings about life & craft. Rare. [27191] $3150

[29492] Kroetsch, Robert. THE WORDS OF MY ROARING. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966. True First Edition of the first volume in the author's trilogy followed by, The Studhorse Man, winner of the 1969 Governor General's Award and Gone Indian, nicely inscribed by him on the half-title page. "8 Aug 66 To..., who makes of scholarship a delight for all of us. Sincerely Bob Kroetsch." A near fine copy in 1/4 red over black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright pictorial dustwrapper with some light overall use and a small chip at the heel of the spine. 8vo. 211 pp. $85.00

Uncommonly Nice Copy of Red Lane's Collected Poems

Lane, Red. COLLECTED POEMS OF RED LANE. Vancouver: Very Stone House, (1968). First Edition of the collected poems of Canadian "pop 60's poet" Richard 'Red' Lane edited by Patrick Lane and Seymour Mayne. A near fine copy in 1/4 red cloth over red stiff card wrappers in a near fine or better dustwrapper with some very light use. Tall 8vo. 105 pp. With a 4 pp. prospectus of Very Stone House's forthcoming publications laid-in, Signed by Patrick Lane. An uncommonly nice example of the book. [29745] $150


Charles G. D. Roberts Discovers Archibald Lampman
"Long hours ago, while yet the morn was blithe, / Nor sharp a thirst had drunk the beaded dew, / A reaper came, and swung his cradled scythe / Around this stump, and, shearing slowly, drew / Far round among the clover, ripe for hay, / A circle clean and grey; / And here among the scented swathes that gleam, / Mixed with dead daisies, it is sweet to lie / And watch the grass and the few-clouded sky, Nor think but only dream." - Among the Timothy by Lampman.

[Roberts, Charles G. D.] Lampman, Archibald. AMONG THE MILLET AND OTHER POEMS. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son, 1888. True First Edition, First Issue, double ruled above & below the spine title. Lampman's First Book. Extraordinary copy. Inscribed by Chartles G. D. Roberts on the front free endpaper: "Some of these poems / were originally published by / me when I was editor of / The Week. I think I may claim / to be the discoverer of Lampman's / genius / Charles G. D. Roberts". 8vo. 151 pp. Original brown cloth covered boards, stamped gilt on the front cover. Covers near fine, the book block needs sewing. Custom protective clamshell case. An important debut from an important Canadian poet. Perhaps the best possible copy. [29643] $15000

Archibald Lampman, FRSC [17 November 1861 – 10 February 1899] He is widely regarded as Canada's finest 19th century English language poet. Lampman's poetry concerns Canada's rural life and the wonders of nature and can be compared to British romantic and nature poetry contemporary to his life. Lampman's ability to write detailed, meaningful poems that depict traditional Canadian and Native American life was one of his greatest triumphs as a poet, and probably one of the reasons why his work has had lasting impact in the Canadian canon. Lampman associated with Charles G. D. Roberts, Susanna Moodie, Catherine Parr Traill, Duncan Campbell Scott, & William Wilfred Campbell. He was one of the Confederation Poets and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1895.

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG , FRSC , BA [January 10, 1860 - November 26, 1943]. Canadian poet, prose writer, lecturer, professor of Literature & economics. First recipient of the Lorne Pierce medal. He was knighted in 1935. Previously, he had been awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of New Brunswick. Besides his own body of work, Roberts is known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he served as an inspiration for other writers of his time. Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott were known as the "Confederation poets".

[27122] Lampman, Archibald. AMONG THE MILLET AND OTHER POEMS. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son, 1888. True First Edition, First Issue, nicely rebacked of Lampman's First Book. Original brown cloth covered boards, stamped gilt on the front cover, black morocco label on the spine. Minor tape shadows on the pastedowns. 8vo. 151 pp. An important debut from an important Canadian poet. In stiff custom cut protective Mylar dustwrapper. Among the Timothy "Long hours ago, while yet the morn was blithe, / Nor sharp athirst had drunk the beaded dew, / A reaper came, and swung his cradled scythe / Around this stump, and, shearing slowly, drew / Far round among the clover, ripe for hay, / A circle clean and grey; / And here among the scented swathes that gleam, / Mixed with dead daisies, it is sweet to lie / And watch the grass and the few-clouded sky, Nor think but only dream...." $225.00

[28325] Laurence, Margaret. THIS SIDE JORDAN. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1960. First Edition of Margaret Laurence's first novel, a Beta Sigma Phi Award winner for best first novel by a Canadian writer. A near fine copy in red cloth, (previous collector's discreet bookplate to the front pastedown), gilt titles to the spine oxidized in a just about fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 282 pp. A beautiful copy of this novel of Africa by this consummate writer. $350.00

[28329] Laurence, Margaret. THE PROPHET'S CAMEL BELL. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1963. First Edition of Margaret Laurence's keenly observed autobiographical memoir of her years in Somaliland. A fine copy in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 239 pp. $150.00

Presentation To Elizabeth Brewster -Her Copy

Laurence, Margaret. THE FIRE-DWELLERS. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1969. First Edition neatly Inscribed by Margaret Laurence on the title-page to Canadian poet, author and founding member of The Fiddlehead, Elizabeth Brewster. 'Elizabeth - with best wishes, Margaret Laurence'. A fine copy in orange cloth, Elizabeth Brewster's ownership signature to the front free endpaper, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with just a hint of use. 8vo. 308 pp. A splendid association copy of this Manawaka novel. [28326] $1000

Presentation DIVINERS

Laurence, Margaret. THE DIVINERS. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1974. 1st Edition. First Edition of this Governor General's Award winning novel warmly Inscribed by Margaret Laurence to her friend[s], literary critic & McGill professor & Hawthorne scholar, Hugo McPherson and his wife on the title-page. 'Hugo and Louise - who remember the river and the swallows. With love, Margaret Laurence'. A fine copy in light gray cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Thick 8vo. 382 pp. A wonderful association copy of the fifth book in the Manawaka series. [28327] $1250

Laurence's Diviners ADVANCE PROOF

Laurence, Margaret. THE DIVINERS. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974. ADVANCE PROOF COPY of the First Edition of this Governor General's Award winning novel . 8vo., grey wrappers lettered in red: "The Diviners A new novel by Margaret Laurence. To be published May, 1974 McClelland & Stewart The Canadian Publishers". An essentially fine tight copy of this uncommon proof showing minimal age. [29746] $350

Layton, Irving, Original 8" x 10" silverprint by Roloff Beny, from the Beny Foundation 1995 printing. Glazed & framed to an overall size of 14" x 15 3/4". In fine condition. $485

"Adamant and fierce, the tall man did not curse".
- A Tall Man Executes a Jig (1963) - Irving Layton

SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY

Layton, Irving. HERE AND NOW. Montreal: First Statement Press, 1945. First Edition of Layton's uncommon First Book & First Book of the press.
Publisher's plain card covers, grey outer wrapper illustrated in red & black. A fine copy. A unique association copy belonging to iconic Canadian & Canadian poet, F. R. Scott with his ink signature at the top of the front fly leaf. An exceptional example in excellent condition. "HERE AND NOW" is the first book in a series devoted to the work of young Canadian Writers and published as supplement to FIRST STATEMENT MAGAZINE. Other books are in preparation" [29747] $4775

SPLENDID FAMILY ASSOCIATION COPY

Layton, Irving. NOW IS THE PLACE. Family Presentation Copy of the author's second book. First Statement Press, Montreal, 1948. First Edition, First State with the controversial forward present and which was excised from almost all copies. This one with an early April 20th, 1948 inscription escaped Layton's razor. Publisher's plain card covers, grey outer wrapper illustrated in red & black. A very good or better copy of the author's uncommon second book showing light use. Inscribed by Layton on the ffe.: "For my brother Larry / With love & Esteem / Irving / Montreal, Que / April 20th 1948". Contains both poems & stories. An excellent example in first state. No. [5] in the publisher's New Writers' Series. [29749] $3750

First Issue & Second Issue Presentation Copies

Layton, Irving. NOW IS THE PLACE. Presentation Copy of the author's second book. First Statement Press, Montreal, 1948. First Edition.
Publisher's plain card covers, grey outer wrapper illustrated in red & black. A fine copy of the author's very uncommon second book showing minimal use. Inscribed by Layton on the ffe. "For Frema with cordial wishes / Irving Layton / Feb. 1951" Contains both poems & stories. This is the variant with the Foreword excised by Layton who objected to its presence once the book went to press & removed each by hand. A very nice bright copy indeed. Content clean & fresh & without names, marks, writing or blemish. No. [5] in the publisher's New Writers' Series. [29748] $1475

Layton, Irving. NOW IS THE PLACE. Presentation Copy of the author's second book. First Statement Press, Montreal, 1948. First Edition. First State with the controversial forward present and which was excised from almost all copies. This one with an early April 14th, 1948 inscription escaped Layton's razor. Publisher's plain card covers, grey outer wrapper illustrated in red & black. The author's uncommon second book showing minimal use. Inscribed by Layton on the ffe.: "For my friend Sophie, [Sophie (Sigmund) Loussco] / Irving Layton / April 14, 1948". Contains both poems & stories. A very good or better bright copy, a spine split having been expertly repaired. Content clean & fresh & without names, marks, writing or blemish. There were only a handful of First State copies. Rare. No. [5] in the publisher's New Writers' Series.[27950] $1875

First Contact Press Book

Layton, Irving [With Lous Dudek & Raymond Souster]. CERBERUS. Poems. Toronto: Contact Press, 1952. 1st Edition. . The First book of the press. First edition. 8vo, pp. 98. Illustrated stiff brown wrappers. About 650 copies printed. Perhaps the single most important publishing venture in the annals of modern Canadian poetics, this breakthrough collaboration launched Contact Press in Canada & the Press's subsequent explosive period of poetry publishing, the most significant in the history of the nation. A seldom seen fine, fresh copy. [26942] $1,000

[12275] Layton, Irving. [With Louis Dudek & Raymond Souster]. CERBERUS. Poems by / Louis Dudek /Irving Layton / Raymond Souster. Signed.. Toronto: Contact Press, 1952. The First book of the press signed in a contemporary hand by Irving Layton. First edition. 8vo, pp. 98. Illustrated stiff brown wrappers missing a 3/4" chip at the spine heel. About 650 copies printed. Perhaps the single most important publishing venture in the annals of modern Canadian poetics, this breakthrough collaboration launched Contact Press in Canada & the Press's subsequent explosive period of poetry publishing, the most significant in the history of the nation. A very good copy. $450.00

[12271] Layton, Irving. LOVE THE CONQUEROR WORM. Toronto: Contact Press, 1953. First Edition of this very early Layton Contact Press book. Stiff blue wrappers. 8vo, pp. 60. A fine copy. This book was dedicated to Louis Dudek, the significance of which in the historical context of the Canadian poetry establishment is not insignificant considering their later & much publicized feuding. Very scarce indeed. $750.00

COLD & GREEN


Layton, Irving. THE COLD GREEN ELEMENT. Montreal: Contact Press, 1955. First edition of this early Layton Contact Press title. 8vo, pp. [60]. Black cloth backed illustrated boards designed by Betty Southerland. As usual, the spine label is not present. A fine, fresh example. [12272] $450

Stephen Butler Leacock [1869 -1944] Stephen Butler Leacock [1869 -1944] was an unlikely combination of humorist & political economist. Throughout his life he was able to successfully combine the roles of satirical & academic writer, essayist, economist, historian, university professor & lecturer. He received many awards & honorary degrees, among them the Lorne Pierce Medal; the Leacock Medal for Humour was established in his honor & has been awarded annually since 1947 to the best humorous book by a Canadian author.

Three Lovely Stephen Leacock Original Autograph Displays

Leacock, Stephen. Original Autograph sentiment over a TLS dated Feb 12th, 1924, Easton , Pennsylvania on club sized stationery [6” 1/4 x 8” ¼]. In black fountain pen: “ My best thanks for such / a fine note / Stephen Leacock” freely inscribed over the delightful original typed recipient’s missive: “Apparently the penalty for writing such delightful books is to be pestered by the readers of them….”. Displayed in matted windows with a handsome sepia photo print image, framed & glazed in an elegant museum quality wood frame to an overall size of 14” x 20”. A lovely presentation. [29025] $775



Stephen Leacock Display II

Original Autograph Autograph Display. Stephen Butler Leacock [1869 -1944] was an unlikely combination of humorist & political economist. Throughout his life he was able to successfully combine the roles of satirical & academic writer, university professor & public speaker. Witty & humourous franked Signed Autographed Sentiment in wonderful Leacockian style. " .V. Sincerely /or in French - they say it - / so much better / je vous prie mademoiselle de recevoir l'expression de / ma plus parfait considération / Stephen Leacock". Rendered with a flourish in dark blue fountain pen. Framed & glazed to an overall size of 13" x 19" 1/4 in a fine gilt finished frame, double matted in windows [6" 1/2 x 9, 8" x 2" 3/4] with an original black & white silver print portrait of the author showing minimal wear. Excellent example. Bookseller Inventory. [29072] $1375



Stephen Leacock Display III

Original Autograph Letter Display. Stephen Butler Leacock [1869 -1944] was an unlikely combination of humorist & political economist. Throughout his life he was able to successfully combine the roles of satirical & academic writer, university professor & public speaker. Original ALS, Jan 30th, 1937. To Mrs. Williams. On The Old Brewery Bay / Orillia , Ontario , club sized stationery [5"½ x 6"1/4. [Mentioning Leacock's brother, George] In part: " ….I am delighted to autograph Sunshine Sketches and am glad that you liked the good book. It brought me many friends". Rendered in excellent black fountain pen & displayed in matted windows with a handsome sepia photo print image, framed & glazed in an elegant gilt decorated black wood frame to an overall size of 15" x 20". An excellent letter. [29024] $1175



Inscribed Copy of Leacock's Masterpiece

Leacock, Stephen. SUNSHINE SKETCHES OF A LITTLE TOWN. London, John Lane The Bodley Head; New York, John Lane Company; Toronto, Bell and Cockburn, 1912. First Canadian Issue, of the First English Edition. [The first separate Canadian edition did not appear until 1948]. Sm. 8vo., publisher's red cloth gilt lettered on the upper cover & spine. Illustrated coloured frontis by Cyrus Cuneo. The author's third book of humour. A very good or better copy, the gilt still quite bright. Inscribed by Leacock on the front free endpaper: "With the writers / very kindest regards / Orillia Sept 19. 19.21" Ownership name above the inscription. A very nice copy of the author's High Spot & Canadian Classic. Imprint of Bell & Cockburn at the spine heel. Spadoni A11a.2. [29751] $5250

Bright Copy of Leacock's Masterpiece

Leacock, Stephen. SUNSHINE SKETCHES OF A LITTLE TOWN. London, John Lane The Bodley Head; New York, John Lane Company; Toronto, Bell and Cockburn, 1912. First Canadian Issue, of the First English Edition. [The first separate Canadian edition did not appear until 1948]. Sm. 8vo., publisher's red cloth gilt lettered on the upper cover & spine. Illustrated coloured frontis by Cyrus Cuneo. The author's third book of humour. An exceptionally bright copy, the binding is quite sharp - neat contemporary name on the ffe. The text bock clean & free of blemish. An unusually nice example of this Canadian High Spot. The spine carries the imprint of Bell & Cockburn. Spadoni A11a.2. SOLD[29752]

Signed Leacock's Are Very Scarce

Leacock, Stephen. LITERARY LAPSES. Signed. Montreal: Gazette Printing Company Limited, 1910. First Edition of Stephen Leacock's first collection of humorous writings after Elements of Political Science (1906), Baldwin, Lafontaine, Hincks: Responsible Government (1907), Practical Political Economy (1910), Inscribed by him in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. "With the writer's compliments, April, 1910". Additionally, with an Inscribed 1928 postcard of the author's summer retreat, The Old Brewery Bay, in Orillia, with his notation, "The house that jokes built, S-L". 8vo. 125 pp. A better than very good copy in 1/4 green cloth over green paper covered boards, paper label to the spine. After the publication of Literary Lapses Stephen Leacock was recognized as the English-speaking world's most beloved humourist. $2800

Leacock, Stephen. NONSENSE NOVELS. Signed. New York: Dodd Mead, 1922. Early reprint, Inscribed and dated 1923 by Stephen Leacock on the front free endpaper. "Autographed with very best wishes, Stephen Leacock". 8vo. 229 pp. A better than very good copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, green embossed label with green titles to the front board. Classic Leacock as he parodies the literary genres of fiction, including science fiction and the Sherlock Holmes pastiche, Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective. Bleiler, The Checklist Of Fantastic Literature, pp. 176. "It is an understatement to regard Leacock purely as a funmaker. The often veiled satire of his nonsense. reveals a sound philosophy. He is a keen critic who, like Lewis Carroll, wraps his deeper meaning in a mantle of mirth". The New York Times.Rare signed. $475

Signed Leacock's Are Very Scarce

Leacock, Stephen. ARCADIAN ADVENTURES WITH THE IDLE RICH. Signed. New York: John Lane Company, 1917. Early reprint, Signed by Stephen Leacock in 1920 on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 310 pp. A better than very good copy in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine, gilt label with red titles to the front board in a very good example of the rather scarce early dustwrapper, with a 3/8ths inch stain at the outside margin of the back panel on the surface only. Classic Leacock. $425

Leacock, Stephen. FRENZIED FICTION. Signed. New York: Dodd Mead, 1924. Early reprint, Signed by Stephen Leacock on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 294 pp. A very good or better copy in red cloth, (discreet contemporary bookplate to the front paste down), gilt titles to the spine, red embossed label with red titles to the front board in a good example of the rather scarce early dustwrapper, with chips and closed tears. Bleiler, The Checklist Of Fantastic Literature, pp. 176. $425

[11594] Leacock, Stephen. BACK TO PROSPERITY. The Great Opportunity of The Empire Conference. Toronto: Macmillan, 1932. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 108, blue cloth. A fine copy [neat name on ffe] in dustwrapper. Superior example. $125.00

[11592] Leacock, Stephen. WINSOME WINNIE and other New Nonsense Novels. New York: John Lane Company; Toronto: S. B. Gundy, 1920. First edition printed in the US, Canadian issue. Green cloth [with lower spine stating "John Lane/ Company"], Sm. 8vo, pp. 243. A very good copy in the preferred S. B. Gundy, Canadian imprint, dustwrapper which has a closed tear on the back panel [two small chips at the heel at the spine & lower front panel flap fold] & is moderately soiled. $175.00

Fernand Leger Presentation to Alfred Pellan

Leger, Fernand, LA FORME HUMAINE DANS L'ESPACE. Signed. Montreal, Les Editions de l'Arbre, 1945. Outstanding Association Presentation Copy. Inscribed by Leger on the half-title to Alfred Pellan. "A mon ami Pellan / votre confrere / F. leger." First edition. Squarish 8vo, decorated black and red wrappers, pp. 100. 38 pp. of dramatic black and white reproductions. Very uncommon thus. Poem by Francois Hertel, philosophical argument by Leger, critical text by Maurice Gagnon, M.A. Couturier, S. Giedion, S. M. Kootz and James Johnson Sweeney. Entire text In French. The international art community recognized a half century ago, the truly momentous contribution made by Alfred Pellan, to the arts and none more so than Leger himself, whom Pellan called both an inspirational colleague and a dear friend. During the war years, Leger spent time in North America, living for a brief period in Montreal, where he had an opportunity to enjoy Pellan's company as they had during Pellan's Paris years. Leger Presentations are Rare and Association Copies Impossible to acquire. A fine copy showing just a hint of rubbing. Superb. [27120] $5250

THE NET AND THE SWORD

Le Pan, Douglas. THE NET AND THE SWORD. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd. 1953. 8vo., 55pp. Brown cloth. First Edition of Canadian poet Douglas Le Pan's second book, inspired by his experiences during the Second World War and winner of the 1953 Governor-General's Award. A fine copy in brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine or better dustwrapper showing minimal use. An excellent example. [29754] $65

[29675] Levine, Norman. ONE WAY TICKET. Short Stories. Signed. London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. First Impression of the second edition, of Canadian author Norman Levine's first book of short stories, Inscribed by him in red and black ink on the front free endpaper to British poet and author Eric Walter White. "For Eric, affectionately Norman, St. Ives, April 20/82." Further embellished with a drawing by Norman Levine. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine dustwrapper with some light use. Small 8vo. 190 pp. "He (Norman Levine) is simply the most accomplished short story writer the country has ever produced." John Metcalf, Ottawa Citizen. SOLD

[29809] Levine, Norman. MYSSIUM. Toronto: Ryerson, 1948. First edition of Levine's First Book. 12mo., thin card covers. 8pp, stapled. A fine copy [tiny blemish on the front cover]. Ryerson Poetry Chap Book no. 131, with cover design by J.E.H. & Thoreau MacDonald. 250 copies published. $75.00

Levine, Norman 11" x 14" 1983 original silverprint by John Reeves, Titled & Signed by Reeves on the border. In fine condition. $585

Livesay, Dorothy 11" x 14" 1983 original silverprint by John Reeves, Titled & Signed by Reeves on the border. In fine condition. $585

Dorothy Livesay

Livesay, Dorothy. SIGNPOSTS. Toronto: Macmillan, 1932. [Printed by Walter Lewis, The University Press, Cambridge, England]. 12mo., 61 pp. First Canadian Edition [from English sheets]. Quarter tan linen backed, vertical issued without dustwrapper. Inscribed by the Author" " A Monsieur Mayrand / Ami de la France / Meilleurs souvenirs! / Dorothy Livesay" A lovely copy of her second collection of poems. [29673] $875

Livesay, Dorothy. GREEN PITCHER. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1928. First Edition of this Canadian poet's first collection of poetry written when she was nineteen. A near fine copy in the publisher's original illustrated stiff green wrappers. Small 8vo. 16 pp. [29522] $950

Livesay, Dorothy. NEW POEMS. Toronto: Emblem Books, 1955. Fine Association Copy of the First Edition Inscribed by Canadian poet Dorothy Livesay to fellow poet Miriam Waddington on the inside front cover. "Much love to Miriam, Christmas, 1955, Dor." A better than very good copy, showing some light use, (moderate sunning at the extremities, a few small stains to the back cover, a few tiny nicks), in stiff beige wrappers, printed in brown. 8vo. Unpaginated. 16 pp. [29517] $1,275

[29488] Livesay, Dorothy. THE UNQUIET BED. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1967. First Edition of this poetry selection, collecting the 'Zambia Poems', Signed by Canadian poet Dorothy Livesay on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine dustwrapper with some light overall use. Tall 8vo. 65 pp. $175.00

[29518] Livesay, Dorothy. POEMS FOR PEOPLE. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1947. First Edition of the author's fourth poetry collection and winner of the 1947 Governor General's Award. A near fine copy in blue paper covered boards, black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 40 pp. SOLD

Stunning Copy Of This Uncommon Monograph

[J. E. H. MacDonald]. J. E. H. MacDonald A Biography & Catalogue Of His Work. By Edmund Robert Hunter. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1940. "First edition, November 26, 1940. Only 500 copies printed. A very fine fresh copy in immaculate condition. Rare as such. James Edward Hervey MacDonald (May 12, 1873, Durham, England – November 26, 1932) was a member of the famous Group of Seven Canadianartists. SOLD [29755]

[20042] MacDonald, Wilson. CAW-CAW BALLADS. New York: The Broadway Press, (1954). Great Presentation copy. First Edition, early printing with a 3/4 page author's holographic presentation in his famous personal stylized hand on the front free endpaper including his poem: "Said a crow to a crow / "Your outfit looks cute" / And her friend said: "It should; / It's a crow shade suit." which appears on the dustwrapper cover of the Author's Limited Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's black cloth, paper label printed in black on the front board in a lovely pictorial dustwrapper . Small 8vo. 47 pp. A book of satirical poems that may very well be lost on our sense of humour today. $175.00

[20043] MacDonald, Wilson. OUT OF THE WILDERNESS. Ottawa: Graphic Publishers, 1926. Limited Edition Signed & numbered by the author & additionally Inscribed in his unique hand. The designs on the front endpapers coloured in by MacDonald. 8vo., 210pp. A lovely copy in the publisher's forest green cloth, gilt titles to the spine fade d in a very good clean dustwrapper with one small chip - the back flap creatively replaced by a previous owner. $135.00

One of 50 Copies

Macewan, Gwendolyn. THE RISING FIRE. Toronto: The Contact Press, 1963. First Edition. 1 of 50 hardcover copies issued in dustwrapper of a total edition of 250 with 200 in wrappers. Very uncommon issue in gilt lettered brown boards. Save for the rather foolish removal of a name from the front free endpaper leaving a bit of staining, this would be an excellent copy; the white dustwrapper in bright near fine condition. [29808] $750

One of 512 Erta Copies

[16513] Major, Jean-Rene. OU NOS PAS NOUS ATTENDENT. Montreal: Editions Erta, 1957. First Edition. One of 512 copies. A fine (showing just a bit of rubbing) copy in the publisher's original card wrappers printed cinnamon, red, black and gray. Small 8vo. 98 pp. BNQ 24. From 1949 through 1960, 29 ERTA titles were published. This creative period in breakthrough French Montreal / Quebec poetry & experimental graphics publishing corresponded perfectly with the very explosive efforts of English Montreal's Contact Press. The 50's producing much of Canada's best small press achievements in either language. [16513] $150

[29631] Mandel, Eli. FUSELI POEMS. Toronto: Contact Press, no date [1960]., 1960. First Edition of Canadian poet Eli Mandel's first separate book, one of only 250 copies. An unusually nice sharp example in the publisher's white card wrappers, as issued, printed in black and red. 8vo. 68 pp. $250.00

Hugh MacLennan, CC, CQ (March 20, 1907, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia – November 9, 1990). One of Canada's greatest authors. He won five Governor General's Awards. He was educated at Dalhousie University, & as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford before doing his doctoral studies at Princeton. In 1935, he began teaching Latin and history at Montreal's Lower Canada College. He married American writer Dorothy Duncan in 1936. In 1954, he taught English part-time at McGill University, and became a full professor in 1968. He retired as a professor emeritus in 1979 and lived in North Hatley, Quebec, until his death in 1990. When MacLennan was 10 years old, he witnessed the Halifax Explosion, which served as the inspiration for his first novel, Barometer Rising (1941). This novel provided him with national and international recognition as an author, and MacLennan followed up on the success with Two Solitudes (1945), which won the Governor-General's Award. The novel examines the linguistic divide that existed in Quebec at the time. The title of the novel has become the expression synonymous with the bi-cultural nature of Canada. He won another GG award with the novel The Precipice (1947) and two for non-fiction with the collections of essays Cross-Country (1949) and Thirty and Three (1954). After the death of his wife Dorothy, he published The Watch that Ends the Night (1959), which some consider to be his best novel, and won his record fifth GG award. He published a third and final collection of essays in 1960, Scotchman's Return and Other Essays. "MacLennan celebrated Canada with all of its varying regions in all of his works, and represents one of the first authors to do so with as much passion and consistency" - Lee Skallerup

First Published Book - His PHD Thesis

MacLennan, Hugh. OXYRHYNCHUS. An Economic and Social Study. Princeton. Privately Printed. 1935. Printed beige wrappers. 8vo. 93 pp., bibliography, index. The author's first published book. His Princeton dissertation in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Finished that spring, the thesis was titles, Oxyrhynchus: An Economic and Social Study, about the decline of a Roman colony in Egypt over a period of seven centuries when it was subject to the control of the Caesars. A fine copy [small surface abrasion at the top of the front cover.]. A very nice example of this uncommon item. [29767] $1975

Presentation First Edition Of This Important Novel

When MacLennan was 10 years old, he witnessed the Halifax Explosion, which served as the inspiration for his first novel, Barometer Rising (1941). This novel provided him with national and international recognition as an author, and MacLennan followed up on the success with Two Solitudes (1945), which won the Governor-General's Award.

MacLennan, Hugh. BAROMETER RISING. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. True First Edition published October 2nd, 1941. 8vo., 326 pp. Maroon cloth with silver spine titles. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper showing modest use. Signed: "Sincerely / Hugh MacLennan" on the front free endpaper where the recipient has pasted an original 3" x 4" photo portrait of the author. [29758] $1500

MacLennan, Hugh DEVASTATED HALIFAX, Halifax: Gerald E. Weir, 1917. Oblong 12mo., 32 pp. Second Edition. Brown wrappers. A news photo compilation of the city after the Halifax harbor explosion. Ex Libris Hugh MacLennan & Signed with his Summerhill address on the title page. A very good copy the spine has been archivally strengthened. An interesting & unique piece of ephemera related to MacLennan's first novel Barometer Rising. [29759] $750

A Run Of Two Solitudes

MacLennan, Hugh. TWO SOLITUDES. Signed. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945. First Edition of this 1945 Governor General's Award winning novel, a narrative of English and French Canada, now an established classic in the Canadian canon, Inscribed by author Hugh MacLennan on the front free endpaper. "With best wishes, Hugh MacLennan, May 9, 1945. Montreal." A near fine copy in rust cloth, silver titles to the spine in a near fine Lisbeth Lofgren designed pictorial 'unpriced' rare first issue dustwrapper with 'printed in the USA' at the bottom of the front flap & without reviews, showing some very light use. 8vo. 370 pp. "Published 17 January 1945 and by noon of that day, on which many rave reviews appeared, the entire first printing of 4500 copies was sold out" - Hugh MacLennan: a writer's Life by Elspeth Cameron.   [29689] $3500

Presentation First Edition Of This Important Novel

MacLennan, Hugh TWO SOLITUDES. Toronto: Collins, 1945. 8vo., 370 pp. Rust cloth, silver spine titles. First Canadian Edition of this 1945 Governor General's Award winning novel, a narrative of English and French Canada, now an established classic in the Canadian canon. A near fine or better copy [the first three pages with a small crease at the bottom front edge] in a lovely near fine or better first issue dustwrapper designed by Lisbeth Lofgren, without reviews. Rarely seen in collector's condition these days. An excellent copy. [29760] $1500

MacLennan, Hugh TWO SOLITUDES. Signed. Toronto: Collins, 1945. 8vo., 370 pp. Maroon cloth, silver spine titles. First Canadian Edition of this 1945 Governor General's Award winning novel, a narrative of English and French Canada, now an established classic in the Canadian canon, Inscribed by author Hugh MacLennan on the front free endpaper. "With best regards / Hugh MacLennan". A near fine copy in like pictorial second state price-clipped dustwrapper designed by Lisbeth Lofgren, with reviews on the back flap & showing some very light use. [29761] $2750

Unique Presentation Copy

[MacLennan, Hugh] Maugham, W. Somerset. A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK. London: Heinemann, 1949. A very good or better copy of the First Edition in the publisher's black cloth with silver décor & spine lettering lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by Dorothy Duncan MacLennan to Hugh MacLennan when both of them were laid-up - Dorothy at the Ross Pavilion of the Royal Victoria Hospital & Hugh at the Montreal Neurological Institute: "For Hugh - / in the Neuro - / From Dorothy - / in the Ross - / Oct 1949". [29762] $1175

Health issues dominated their lives - MacLennan lived continuously with the consciousness of his wife's [American author & painter, Dorothy Duncan MacLennan] illness during the late 1940's & 1950's & shaped his experience into what he considered his best novel - THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT. Dorothy Duncan MacLennan chronicled her struggle with chronic illness and the complex issues involved in playing a supporting role for her writer husband (Hugh MacLennan) while pursuing her own career as an author & painter - SMALL TREASURES - The Small Details of Life: 20 Diaries by Women in Canada, 1830-1996 Edited by Kathryn Carter

MacLennan's Volcano

[MacLennan, Hugh] Lowry, Malcolm. UNDER THE VOLCANO. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition, First Issue. Ex Libris Hugh MacLennan with his signature across the front free endpaper. Lowry's highly regarded semi-autobiographical masterwork, an expressionistic novel of the last desperate day of a former British consul drinking himself to death in Mexico. Made into a strong film by John Huston featuring Albert Finney (who was nominated for an Oscar) and Jacqueline Bisset. Made into a strong film by John Huston featuring Albert Finney (who was nominated for an Oscar) and Jacqueline Bisset. While Canadian context & landscape was natural to MacLennan, Lowry even as an outsider from his adopted British Columbia managed to merge the Canadian panorama into much of his work. A very good copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper showing some general use & moderate wear with a bit of reinforcement on the verso. $1250

[29840] MacLennan, Hugh. SEVEN RIVERS OF CANADA. Signed. Toronto: Macmillan, 1961. First Edition briefly Inscribed by Hugh MacLennan on the front free endpaper. An evocative collection of travel essays, exploring the Canadian experience and national character through journeys to the St. Lawrence, the Mackenzie, the Red, the St. John, the Ottawa, the Saskatchewan and the Fraser rivers. 8vo. 170 pp. A fine copy in green and beige patterned cloth, beige titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine neatly price-clipped dustwrapper. With 8 full-page maps. $150.00

[29867] MacLennan, Hugh. VOICES IN TIME. Signed. Toronto: Toronto: Macmillan, (1980)., 1980. 1st Edition. First Edition of this dystopian novel set in Montreal fifty years after a nuclear explosion, briefly Inscribed by Hugh MacLennan on the title-page and dated in the year of publication. 'To...Hugh MacLennan/1980.' 8vo. 513 pp. A fine copy in blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh essentially fine pictorial dustwrapper. $150.00

[29869] MacLennan, Hugh. RETURN OF THE SPHINX. Signed. New York: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1967)., 1967. 1st Edition. First American Edition of this critically acclaimed novel further exploring the relationship between Canada and Quebec, Inscribed by Hugh MacLennan on the front free endpaper. 'For Gertrude and Fred...With affection, Hugh, 1967.' 8vo. 303 pp. A fine copy in gray cloth, black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine pictorial dustwrapper. $175.00

[29856] Rowse, A. L. CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. A Biography. Signed. London: MacMillan, 1964. First Edition of this learned biography of Shakespeare's contemporary, whom A. L. Rowse identifies as the suitor's rival in Shakespeare's sonnets, Inscribed by the Cornish historian and Shakespearean scholar to Canadian author Hugh MacLennan on the front free endpaper. 'For Hugh MacLennan/all encouragement-and happy memories of McGill/ 1963/A L Rowse.' 8vo. 220 pp. A near fine copy in burgundy cloth, gilt titles in a very good indeed pictorial dustwrapper with some overall use. Black and white illustrations throughout and a comprehensive Index. $175.00

Presentation Nellie McClung

[30729] McClung, Nellie. CLEARING IN THE WEST My Own Story. Signed. Toronto: Thomas Allen Limited, (1935). First Edition of Canadian Women's Rights activist Nellie McClung's dynamic and witty first volume of autobiography neatly Inscribed by her in black fountain pen on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 378 pp. A near fine copy in beige cloth, green titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, very good or better Maude Paget designed pictorial dustwrapper showing light wear with a few small chips at the extremities. A very nice copy of an important book. $1250

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Rare Thomas D'Arcy McGee Presentation
SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES. CHIEFLY ON THE SUBJECT OF BRITISH AMERICAN UNION. London: Chapman And Hall, 1865. First Edition Inscribed by Thomas D'Arcy McGee. An excellent copy in the original brown embossed cloth covered boards, gilt stamped on the spine. A vital work collecting McGee's major speeches in The Canadian Parliament and in various public forums concerning an evolving new Nationality. McGee's eloquent advocacy did more than anything else to create the psychological basis for union. This rare and early inscription, dated 1866, the year before Confederation and two years before McGee's assassination for his condemnation of the Irish-American Fenians, who invaded Canada, reads: 'To George Murray Esq./B.A. Oxon. / With the good wishes of the present and all other / Seasons, from Thos. D'arcy McGee / New Years Day / 1866'. Murray was a scholar, educator, journalist and litterateur who emigrated to Canada in 1859, a member of the Royal Society Of Canada, author of, Verses And Visions and for a period of ten-years, commencing in 1882, editor of the literary department of the Montreal Star, the country's most important newspaper at the time. [27178] $34500

McLuhan, Marshall 4" x 6 3/4" image on a 9 1/8" x 10 3/4" trimmed 1967 original silverprint by John Reeves, Titled by Reeves on the border. In fine condition. $785.00

Presentation McLuhan's Mechanical Bride

McLuhan, Marshall, THE MECHANICAL BRIDE. Folklore Of Industrial Man. New York: Vantage Press, 1951. First Edition Inscribed by Marshall McLuhan on the front free endpaper. "For...from Herbert Marshall McLuhan." Small 4to. 157 pp. A near fine copy in black cloth, white titles, in a better than very good price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper with a few closed tears, tiny nicks and some old tape reinforcement on the verso. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. A bright, fresh copy of this important pioneering study in popular culture and the effect of advertising on society. [29623] $1475

More McLuhan

McLuhan, Marshall, COUNTERBLAST. Signed. Toronto, 1954. First Edition Signed by Marshall McLuhan on the front cover under the printed title. A fine copy in blue stapled wrappers, printed in black, with some very minimal use. 4to. 17 pp. A bright, fresh example of this 'manifesto of the information age' referencing Wyndham Lewis' magazine BLAST. [29623] $1185

Anne Michaels Signed First

Michaels, Anne. FUGITIVE PIECES. Signed Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1996. First Edition of Anne Michaels highly acclaimed, multi-award-winning novel neatly signed by her on the title-page. A fine copy in the publisher's original pictorial stiff paper wrappers with integral French flaps, as issued. 8vo. 194 pp. Adapted into the 2007 film with Stephen Dillane in the lead role. [29419] $325

Three Contact Press Millers

Miller, Peter. MEDITATION AT NOON. Toronto: Contact Press, 1958. First Edition. 8vo., 101 pp. A fine copy in the light grey & black dustwrapper with a bright orange sun illustration on the cover, showing light use. [29764] $100

Miller, Peter. A SHIFTING PATTERN. Toronto, Contact Press, 1962. First Edition. 8vo., 77pp. Printed card covers in printed white dustwrapper. A fine copy showing light use.[29765] $90

Henry Moscovitch

Published at the age of 15 under the tutelage of Irving Layton, Moscovitch was a prodigy. His early poems a mixture of rebellion and charm. Later after graduating McGill he won a Woodrow Wilson Scholarship to Columbia & there at the height of the counter-culture revolution & much too much LSD, his genetic predisposition to schizophrenia took hold & gradually ate his life. Often he would call up friends to recite a poem he'd written before destroying it. His friends would salvage what they could. A review of Mr. Moscovitch's work was featured in a 1983 issue of Canadian Literature. Critic George Woodcock wrote admiringly: "Reading Moscovitch's poems I am reminded, by their form as well as their mood, of those modest fountains in Japanese hermitages in which a thin, unbroken and oil-smooth jet of waters falls into the mirror of an old stone basin."

Miller, Peter. SONATA FOR FROG AND MAN. Toronto: Contact Press, 1959. First edition. 8vo., 82 pp. A fine copy in colourful dustwrapper showing minimal use. Very Nice. [29766] $75

Moscovitch, Henry. THE SERPENT INK. Toronto: Contact Press, 1956. 12mo., 35 pp. Stapled grey card covers in fine condition showing a bit of aging at the extremities. Published at the age of 15 under the tutelage of Irving Layton who recognized Moscovitch as a prodigy. So much promise. Very uncommon. [29767] $1250

Presentation First Edition Of This Important Novel

Mitchell, W. O. WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND. Toronto: Macmillan, 1947. First Book. First Edition. Gilt lettered, bright red rough textured cloth, First issue dustwrapper with an 8 line blurb on the back panel. 8vo., 344pp. Presentation copy inscribed by Mitchell on the title page: "July 11th, 1947 / Vancouver B.C. / To Judith Biely / W.O. Mitchell". " A near fine copy in a very good or better dustwrapper that shows a few small chips & light use but is bright & robust, the spine colour unfaded. An extremely nice copy of this all Canadian Classic novel that tells the story of a ten year old prairie boy during the depression & his initiation into the mysteries of life, death, God, & the spirit that moves through everything: the wind - with a contemporary presentation seldom seen these days. Made into a 1977 genre film scripted by Patricia Watson & directed by Allan King. [29768] $3000

Canadian Classic Novel

Mowat, Farley. PEOPLE OF THE DEER. Boston: Atlantic Little Brown, 1952. First Edition. Presentation Copy. 8vo., 352pp. A stunning copy of the author's first book. Fine in like sharp, fresh dustwrapper. Publisher's green boards, map endpapers. Inscribed on the half title to the recipients & Signed & Dated in 1987. A stunning premium copy. [27226] $2500

[28194] Mowat, Farley. THE SERPENT'S COIL. Signed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1961. First Edition Signed by Farley Mowat on the title page. 8vo. 189 pp. A near fine copy in beige cloth, blue titles and decorations in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper. Mr. Mowat's homage to the Liberty ship Leicester and her crew's travails as they faced the fury of three hurricanes. A classic story of the sea. $175

Judith Hearne Signed First

Moore, Brian. JUDITH HEARNE. Signed. London: Andre Deutsch, 1955. First Edition of Brian Moore's highly-acclaimed first acknowledged book. A rarely seen presentation copy neatly inscribed by him in dark blue fountain pen on the title-page. 8vo. 223 pp. A near fine example in maroon cloth, gilt titles to the spine, (previous collector's discreet name and date, three tiny bits of unobtrusive glue remains to the front free endpaper, likely from a publisher's advance notice no longer present), in a near fine pictorial priced dustwrapper showing minor use. Adapted into film with Dame Maggie Smith as Judith Hearne and Bob Hoskins as James Madden. A lovely copy of this award-winning classic novel. Judith Hearne was preceded by four [of seven] paperback thrillers published under his own name and the pseudonyms Bernard Mara and Michael Bryan. For the most part, a generous Moore refused to acknowledge these early efforts and would turn away anyone attempting to secure his signature with "I didn't write that". SOLD
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The FEAST Signed First

Moore, Brian. THE FEAST OF LUPERCAL. Signed. Boston: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1957. First Edition of Moore's second book, Review Copy with the publisher's slip laid-in, Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in 1/4 yellow cloth over black paper covered boards, black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh better than very good price-clipped dustwrapper showing some light overall use. 8vo. 246 pp. An interesting example of this compelling Irish novel by the author of, Judith Hearne and The Luck of Ginger Coffey . [28291] $250

Presentation Copy to Marion McCormick

Moore, Brian. I AM MARY DUNNE. Signed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968. First Edition Inscribed by Brian Moore to Marion [McCormick], John Glassco's wife, on the front free endpaper. 'For Marion with affection, Brian'. A better than very good copy in 1/4 yellow cloth over rose paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some light overall use. 8vo. 217 pp. A very nice copy indeed with a splendid literary association. [28292] $285

[29482] Munro, Alice. THE MOONS OF JUPITER. Signed. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1982. First Edition, first issue, of this short story collection, briefly Inscribed by author Alice Munro, recipient of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, on the title-page. A near fine copy in 1/4 beige cloth over copper paper covered boards, copper titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 233 pp. A bright, fresh copy of this Governor General's Award nominee. $125.00

Musgrave's First & Rare Nowland

Musgrave, Susan. SONGS OF THE SEA-WITCH. Vancouver: Sono Nis Press, 1970. First Edition of critically acclaimed, award-winning Canadian poet Susan Musgrave's first book & first poetry collection. 8vo., 69pp. Buff cloth . A fine copy in the printed white dustwrapper showing minimal use [two short closed tears at the spine]. A very nice example. [0000]$750

Nowland, Alden. THE THINGS WHICH ARE. Toronto: Contact Press, (1962). 8vo., 72pp. Rare cloth issue. 1 of 50 hardcover copies of a total run of 250 including 200 copies in wrappers. Quarter blue cloth, white covers over black cloth printed blue & black. A very good example lacking the dustwrapper showing modest use. An uncommon issue. [29772] $450

[10536] Ondaatje, Michael. RUNNING IN THE FAMILY. London: Victor Gollancz, 1983. 1983. First UK Edition. 8vo. A fine fresh copy in dustwrapper. $150.00

Presentation Dainty Monsters

Ondaatje, Michael. THE DAINTY MONSTERS. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1967. First Edition. Presentation Copy. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by the author on the front fly leaf to Hugo McPherson, McGill professor & Hawthorne scholar: "For Hugo McPherson / with best wishes / Michael Ondaatje, Jan. 1968" and additionally Signed by Ondaatje on the title-page. One of 500 numbered copies of the true first edition of his very uncommon first book. [26763] $2,650

New Provinces & PKP's ATAS

NEW PROVINCES. Poems of Several Authors. Toronto: Macmillan, 1936. First Edition of this major Canadian Anthology; the first to publish Canadian Modernist Poetry. Toronto: Macmillan, 1936. First edition. Blue-green cloth covered boards, lettered in black. (x), 77, (1) pp. A fine fresh copy in like dustwrapper edited, with an uncredited four paragraph preface by F.R. Scott with contributions by Robert Finch, Leo Kennedy, A.M. Klein, E.J. Pratt, F.R. Scott, & A.J.M. Smith. Only 500 copies were published. This is the variant [Priority unknown] in blue-green cloth with page size of 204 X 130 mm [also comes in light mid-green cloth, with page size 205 X 125 mm]. Of the 500 copies published, 250 copies were bound May 9/11, 1936. 100 were bound 5 years later on March 27th, 1941 - the status of the balance of 150 copies unknown. A handsome example. Rarely seen as such. [29773] $750

Page, P.K. AS TEN AS TWENTY. Toronto: Ryerson, 1946. 8vo., 43pp. First Edition of the author's first regularly published collection of poems preceded only by her first appearance in Unit Of Five, 1944 & her novel, The Sun And The Moon, 1944. A fine fresh copy in like dustwrapper. Excellent example. [29774] $650

PM MAGAZINE Complete With Original Art Inserts

Vol 1 No 1: November 1951, with 3 original lino-cuts by Henry Webb. / Vol 1 No 2: December - January [195102], with 5 original colour prints, one by Jack Shadbolt / Vol 1 No 3: February [1952], with 2 original color prints by Jack Shadbolt and an essay on his work by Maya Fiamengo; a survey of new jazz by Al Neil; reviews by Dorothy Livesay and Maya; a short story by E.G. Perrault; and a poem by Phyllis Webb - The complete set of this essential west coast exemplar of life in the arts.

PM Magazine. Vancouver. 1951. Issues 1-3 [all published]. Original printed wrappers. Edited by Yvonne Agzarian, George Wright & John Brockington. Designed & printed by Robert Reid whose genius it was to pull together the substantial talents of budding local writers & graphic artists working almost independently at the Vancouver School of Art , which was part of the Vancouver Vocational Institute on West Pender Street. The resultant publications were compact explosions of creative energies. Among the artists represented with original graphics are: In the first issue, Harry Webb who designed three lino-cuts especially for this issue. The coloured cut entailed a unique collaboration between the artist and the printer. In the process the original block was cut & printed three times & the only existing copies are in the magazine. In the second issue: Five original lino-cuts; one by C.J. Binning, & four others separately inserted mounted to a piece of glassine: Madonna and Child by Patricia Thomas, The Angel by Peter Cotton; Hooyah, the Raven by Mollie Carter; & Seed Children by Jack Shadbolt. In the final issue there are two original lino-cuts by Jack Shadbolt, Forms for Spring, a large double fold-out, the other, untitled, a single full page. They appear in an article devoted to his work by Maya Fiamengo. Because the original art is easily removed intentionally or otherwise, complete copies are rare. [29775 SOLD

E. J. P. in D. J. Signed

Pratt, E. J. TITANS. Signed.. London: MacMillan, 1926. 1st Edition. First Edition of E. J. Pratt's two powerful epic poems, collecting the widely read and acclaimed, The Cachalot, Signed by the Canadian poet on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in black cloth, orange paper labels printed in black to the front board and spine in a bright, fresh minimally restored illustrated dustwrapper, price intact. Small 8vo. 68 pp. Rare in dustwrapper. [29633] $750

Purdy, Al. 11" x 14" original 1965 silverprint portrait landscape by John Reeves, titled neatly on the border. In fine condition. $675

Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC. (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000). One of the most popular & important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Purdy's writing career spanned more than fifty years. His works include over thirty books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence. He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate", and, "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."

A Short Run Of Purdy

Purdy, Al. THE ENCHANTED ECHO. Vancouver: Clarke and Stuart Co., 1944. First Edition of Al Purdy's very uncommon first book; the bulk of the print run of 500 copies having been destroyed by the publisher for non payment. Perhaps 50 to 100 copies were delivered to Purdy, very few of which survive today. A near fine copy in beige stiff card wrappers, yapp edges, printed in black, showing some light use. 8vo. 62 pp. [28505] $675



Poems For All The Annetttes

Purdy, Al. POEMS FOR ALL THE ANNETTES. Toronto: Contact Press, 1962. First Edition in stiff card wrappers, as issued in a near fine white dustwrapper with some light use and a few small closed tears. 8vo. 64 pp. 1 of 200 of 250 copies printed. [ 28507] $425

Purdy To Newlove

Purdy, Al. HIROSHIMA POEMS. Signed.. Trumansburg: The Crossing Press, 1972. First Edition, Inscribed by Al Purdy to poet John Newlove on the front free endpaper. 'For John, now receiving overdue recognition - some poems concerning death and morality, that last summer, an embarrassing thing to talk about, all the best Al'. John Newlove's copy with his signature and date on the inside front cover. A very good copy in illustrated stiff card wrappers, a gentle dampstain throughout that does not detract from the importance of this wonderful association. 8vo. Unpaginated. 20 pp. [28509] $750


Purdy To Newlove II

Purdy, Al. A HANDFUL OF EARTH. Signed. Coatsworth: Black Moss Press, 1977. First Edition Inscribed by Al Purdy to poet John Newlove. 'For John, from the bottom of the barrel I guess, best Al'. A just about fine copy in the publisher's illustrated stiff card wrappers, as issued. 8vo. 62 pp. [28511] $275

THE CRAFTE SO LONGE TO LEARNE

Purdy, Al. THE CRAFTE SO LONGE TO LEARNE. Toronto: Ryerson, 1959. 12mo., 23 pp.. Ryerson chapbook 186, blue paper covered boards. A very good or better copy, the usual toning to the spine. One of only 250 published. [29776] $85

Reaney's Copy Of Killdeer

[29633] Reaney, James.. THE KILLDEER AND OTHER PLAYS. Toronto: Macmillan, 1962. 1st Edition. First Edition of poet and playwright James Reaney's fourth book, winner of the 1962 Governor General's Award, with his ownership name and address to the half-title page, as well as the number '9' in his hand at the top of the page. Further embellished with Reaney's pencil directorial notes on pp. 153, 162, 163-65. Near fine in blue cloth, (light spotting to the foredge), gilt titles to the spine in a near fine neatly price-clipped dustwrapper. 8vo. 224 pp. Author's copies are seldom available. [29633]$750

Reaney / Nettles

Reaney, James. A SUIT OF NETTLES. Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada Ltd., 1958. First Edition. Lg. 8vo, 54 pp. Black cloth spine, tan boards. A fine copy in dustwrapper showing light use. Reaney's second book, a long poem, the winner of the 1958 Governor-General's Award for Poetry. His first book THE RED HEART, 1949 also won the G-G. A very nice copy. [29777] $75

[29628] Reaney, James. TWELVE LETTERS TO A SMALL TOWN. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1962. First Edition of poet and playwright James Reaney's third book, winner of the 1962 Governor General's Award and the last in the Ryerson Chapbook Series. Professor Hugo McPherson's copy with his neat name and date to the half-title page. Fine in the original illustrated wrappers, as issued. Small 8vo. 33 pp. $75.00

Pre-Acrobats Letter & First Edition

Richler, Mordecai. TLS, Montreal, n.d. [Autumn, 1952] to Daniel George, author & editor at Jonathan Cape. A poignant letter by the 21 year old Richler prior to the publication of his first book, The Acrobats, by Deutsch a couple of years later. In part: "It is very encouraging for a young man to know that a critic of your standing takes an interest in his work". An outstanding example of a formative letter the likes of which are rarely offered. [29779] $7500

Richler, Mordecai. THE ACROBATS. London, Andre Deutsch, 1954. crown 8vo., pp204. An about fine copy in dustwrapper showing minor use. The young author's very first novel which he started writing at the age of 19. Neatly signed by Richler on the title page. Details. [29778] $975

A Choice Of Enemies in Proof State & First

Richler, Mordecai. A CHOICE OF ENEMIES. London, Andre Deutsch, 1955. First Edition. Publisher's dummy copy in pre-publication dustwrapper designed by Heather Sandring. Sewn book block in loose boards -the wrapper printed in beige & maroon later changed to red & false gold. Details. [29780] $2875

Richler, Mordecai. A CHOICE OF ENEMIES. London, Andre Deutsch, 1957. A fine fresh copy in dustwrapper designed by Heather Sandring of the author's third novel. Neatly signed by Richler on the title page. Details. Superior example. [29781] $875

Son Of A Smaller Hero

Richler, Mordecai. SON OF A SMALLER HERO. London, Andre Deutsch, 1955. True First Edition of the author's second novel. A fine fresh copy in like dustwrapper designed by R. F. Micklewright, signed by the author on the title page. Superior Copy. Details. [29782] $975

Richler, Mordecai. SON OF A SMALLER HERO. First Edition, Inscribed Presentation Copy. "July 29th '55 London / To Donnie & Joan - affectionately & with all / good wishes [from us both] / Mordecai / - I'm glad you understood / the book so well- even if you didn't agree". Genuine contemporary Richler presentations are rare. A very good copy in a worn R. F. Micklewright dustwrapper.[29783] $1350

[29437] Richler, Mordecai. THIS YEAR IN JERUSALEM. Signed.. Toronto: Alfred a Knopf, 1994. First Edition of this compelling and perceptive memoir, interweaving Mordecai Richler's memories of growing up in Montreal's Jewish community and journals of his visits to Israel, Signed by him on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 292 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 gray over gold paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. $95.00

[29916] Richler, Mordecai. THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ. Signed. London: Andre Deutsch, 1959. True First Edition (with 'printed in Holland for Andre Deutsch', correct copyright line and sterling price on the dustwrapper flap) of Mordecai Richler's fourth novel, firmly establishing his literary reputation, Signed by him on the title-page. 8vo. 319 pp. A near fine copy in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine Bernard Blatch designed pictorial dustwrapper showing some light use. Adapted into the Screenwriters Guild of America Award winning film with Richard Dreyfuss as Duddy Kravitz, one of the most 'magnetic anti-heroes in literature', compared by critics to Budd Schulberg's, Sammy Glick in his acclaimed, What Makes Sammy Run? Excellent Example. $1250.00

[29917] Richler, Mordecai. THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ. First American Edition, Review Copy of Mordecai Richler's fourth novel, firmly establishing his literary reputation. 8vo. 377 pp. A near fine copy in black cloth, silver titles to the spine in a near fine Leonard Baskin designed pictorial dustwrapper showing some light use. Adapted into the Screenwriters Guild of America Award winning film with Richard Dreyfuss as Duddy Kravitz, one of the most 'magnetic anti-heroes in literature', compared by critics to Budd Schulberg's, Sammy Glick in his acclaimed, What Makes Sammy Run? Publisher's material plus a black and white photograph of a young Mordecai Richler laid-in. Very Uncommon. $750.00

[29918] Richler, Mordecai. ST. URBAIN'S HORSEMAN. Signed. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. First Edition of this semi-autobiographical novel, winner of the 1972 Governor General's Award and Booker Prize nominee, Inscribed by Mordecai Richler to Canadian author John Glassco on the second free endpaper. 'For Buffy, most affectionately, Mordecai (written in Hebrew).' 8vo. 467 pp. A fine copy in blue cloth, silver titles to the spine in a just about fine dustwrapper. Adapted into the television mini-series with Elliott Gould and David Julian Hirsh. $2250.00

[28246] Richler, Mordecai. COCKSURE. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968. 1st Edition. First Edition Signed by Mordecai Richler. A near fine copy in black cloth, silver titles in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some light use, a few tiny nicks. 8vo. 250 pp. A handsome copy of this Governor General Award winner and Burgess 99 selection. $225.00

[29421] Richler, Mordecai. (edit.). THE BEST OF MODERN HUMOUR. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983. First Edition of this compendium of humour Signed by editor Mordecai Richler on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over black paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a just about fine dustwrapper. Thick 8vo. 542 pp. A definitive look at American humour through the writings and musings of, James Thurber, S. J. Perelman, E. B. White, A. J. Liebling, Ring Lardner, Stephen Leacock, Woody Allen, Nora Ephron, Calvin Trillin, Garrison Keillor et al. $125.00

Superb Signed BARNEY'S VERSION

Richler, Mordecai. BARNEY'S VERSION. Signed. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, Canada, 1997. First Edition Signed by Mordecai Richler on the title-page. A fine, fresh, unblemished copy of this Giller Prize, QSPELL, Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal For Humour and Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award winner in black cloth, white titles to the spine, in a very fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 417 pp. To be released into film with Paul Giamatti as Barney Panofsky, Dustin Hoffman as Izzy Panofsky and Minnie Driver as the third Mrs. Barney Panofsky. "A rollicking novel laden with rue, a self-portrait of a creative personality who never found a creative outlet he could respect, a paean to the pleasures and perils of drink, a celebration of ice hockey and tap dancing, a lament for a multicultural Montreal now torn and depressed by Quebeçois separatism and a murder mystery with an uproarious solution." New Yorker Magazine. [30457] SOLD

Lovely Inscribed Presentation Gabrielle Roy

Roy, Gabrielle. RUE DESCHAMBAULT. (STREET OF RICHES). Signed. Montreal: Beauchemin, 1955. First Edition of Gabrielle Roy’s fourth book, a collection of eighteen short stories, winner of the 1957 Governor General's Award, Inscribed by this important Canadian author on the front free endpaper to acclaimed pianist, accompanist and chamber musician John Newmark in French. "A John Newmark, qui percoit si finement avec une si delicate sensibilite la resonnance d'un livre affortura quelques bons moments, Gabrielle Roy." [Inscription freely translated as: "To John Newmark, who finely perceives with delicate sensibility the nuances of a book, this one, with the hope that he will be afforded some wonderful moments. Gabrielle Roy."] Genuine presentation Gabrielle Roy books are rarely encountered. A near fine or better copy showing some light use [spine slightly cocked] in the publisher's illustrated stiff paper wrappers with integral French flaps. 8vo. 261 pp. [29489] $1450

Superb Inscribed Presentation Gabrielle Roy

Roy, Gabrielle. WHERE NESTS THE WATER HEN. La Petite Poule d'Eau. Signed. New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, (1951). Presentation Copy of the First Edition of Gabrielle Roy's second novel, the first of her Manitoba books, Inscribed by her on the half-title page. "To Miriam Chopin / In fond remembrance / of her early interest / in my work / Gabrielle Roy". A better than very good copy in 1/4 blue cloth, (faded as is usual) over gray paper covered boards, navy titles to the spine in a near fine bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 251 pp. Translated from the French by Harry L. Binsse. Inscribed books by the author rarely come to market. [30297] $1450

Ryga's Powerfull First Novel

Ryga, George. HUNGRY HILLS. Toronto: Longman, 1963. 8vo., 179pp. Brown cloth. A fine fresh copy in like Jerry Lazare designed dustwrapper of the author's first novel set in the Alberta foothills. A very nice collector grade copy. [29784] $85

Scott, F. R. 14" x 11" original 1982 silverprint by John Reeves, Titled & Signed by Reeves on the border. In fine condition. $485

Excellent Copy of OVERTURE

Scott (F. R.). OVERTURE. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1945. First edition of the Poet's First Book. 8vo., yellow cloth. A fine, fresh copy in dustwrapper. Almost never seen as such these days. [29785] $550

The Canadian Authors Meet

Expansive puppets percolate self-unction
Beneath a portrait of the Prince of Wales.
Miss Crotchet's muse has somehow failed to function,
Yet she's a poetess. Beaming, she sails

From group to chattering group, with such a dear
Victorian saintliness, as is her fashion,
Greeting the other unknowns with a cheer -
Virgins of sixty who still write of passion.

The air is heavy with Canadian topics,
And Carman, Lampman, Roberts, Campbell, Scott,
Are measured for their faith and philanthropics,
Their zeal for God and King, their earnest thought.

The cakes are sweet, but sweeter is the feeling
That one is mixing with the literati;
It warms the old, and melts the most congealing.
Really, it is a most delightful party.

Shall we go round the mulberry bush, or shall
We gather at the river, or shall we
Appoint a Poet Laureate this fall,
Or shall we have another cup of tea?

O Canada, O Canada, O can
A day go by without new authors springing
To paint the native maple, and to plan
More ways to set the selfsame welkin ringing?
- OVERTURE, F. R. Scott

F. R. Scott Family Copy

Scott, F. R. THE COLLECTED POEMS OF F. R. SCOTT. Signed. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981. First Edition of this Governor General's Award-winning volume for poetry Inscribed by F. R. Scott to his niece and nephew, 'with love from Uncle Frank' and additionally Signed to the title-page. A fine copy in gray cloth, silver titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper (stating Limited Edition), with a closed tear and creasing to the upper front panel and some light overall use. Thick 8vo. 379 pp. [28080] $375

[29680] Scott, F. R. THE DANCE IS ONE. Signed.. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973. First Edition of Canadian poet F. R. Scott's last book of poetry, Inscribed by him on the half-title page. "For Margaret and Philip (Surrey), friends from a long way back, Frank Scott". A fine copy in brown stiff paper wrappers, printed in orange and red. 8vo. 95 pp. $75.00

[29632] Smith, A. J. M. NEWS OF THE PHOENIX AND OTHER POEMS. Toronto: Coward-McCann, 1943. 1st Edition. A fine bright exceptional copy in dustwrapper of A. J. M. Smith's 1943 Governor General's Award-winning first volume of poetry in red paper covered boards with black titles to the spine. 8vo. 42 pp. $350.00

Souster, Raymond 14" x 11" 1964 original silverprint by John Reeves, Titled & Signed by Reeves on the border. In fine condition. $550

Souster To Gustafson

Fine Presentation Association Copy. Souster, Raymond. WHEN WE ARE YOUNG. Montreal: First Statement Press, N.D., [1945]. First edition of the author's first book. Plain stiff wrappers in printed dustwrapper. 8vo, pp. 16. Inscribed on the title page: "To Ralph Gustafson / from Raymond Souster / Aug 9 /61 / A Great Evening in New York". A fine, fresh copy. Rare Press advertisement present. Number 4 in the First Statement New Writers Series. Rare. [29786] $5500

Two Uncommon Early Self Published Efforts

Souster, Raymond. CREPE-HANGER'S CARNIVAL: Selected Poems 1955-58. Toronto: Contact Press, n.d. [1958]. First edition. Published - 'in an edition of 100 copies signed by the author of which this is number "62"'. Numbered by Souster who has added "Compliments of the author" at the top of the page & has signed "Raymond Souster". Mimeographed two hole punched 8 1/2" x 11"sheets, 65 pp's rectos only with a plain cheap grey paper covers hand-titled by the author. Brass fasteners. Contents fine, the fragile acidic cover shows considerable wear but these things do not normally survive at all. [29787] $1500

Souster, Raymond. WHAT TIME SLAYS. Poems by Raymond Souster. Toronto: Contact Press, n.d. [September,1955]. First edition. One of only 25 copies produced by the author. Stapled mimeographed 8 1/2" x 11" sheets, 24pp's rectos only with a plain cheap paper blue cover stock. A near fine copy, the wrapper showing just a bit of wear. One of a handful of titles self published by Souster in very small quantities which rarely come to market. Few have survived the years. [29788] $3500

Souster Contact Press Rarity /Ex Libris Miriam Waddington

[Souster, Raymond]. POETS 56. Ten Younger English-Canadians. Toronto: Contact Press, [March],1956. First edition of this Contact Press rarity, mimeographed by Souster in a hand-numbered edition of a paltry 100 copies. 4to, pp. 51 printed on rectos only, two-hole punched & fastened with brass clips into the stiff card covers with "POETS 56 printed on the front panel. Contains works by: Avi Boxer, Marya Flamengo, Daryl Hine, D. G. Jones, Jay Macpherson, John Reeves, Peter Scott, William Fournier & George Whipple. A very good or better example. Although unsigned, from the library of Canadian poet, Miriam Waddington, [Her kids creativity on a couple of pages]. Excellent copy. [12279] $625

Souster Continued

Souster, Raymond. GO TO SLEEP WORLD. Toronto: Ryerson, [1947]. Square 8vo., 59pp. Printed paper covered boards. First edition of the poet's second book [about 500 copies printed]. An essentially fine copy in a very good or better grey dustwrapper printed in red showing moderate age toning. Poet Ernie Farebrother's (who worked with John Sutherland at Northern Review) copy with his copious notes to pp. 35-49; his detailed analysis in pencil of Souster's poem The Penny Flute. A very decent copy. Whiteman A3. [29789] $375

Souster, Raymond. A LOCAL PRIDE. Toronto: Contact Press, 1962. First Edition of this poetry collection by Canadian modernist poet and founder of Direction and the League of Canadian Poets Raymond Souster. Wrappers issue. One of 400 copies [100 were issued in cloth] Printed grey card covers in a printed dustwrapper. A fine copy in a very good or better dustwrapper. Whiteman A15b. [29790] $175

Inscribed Five Volumes of Collected Poems with Holograph Poems

Souster, Raymond. COLLECTED POEMS OF RAYMOND SOUSTER. Volumes One To Five. Signed. Ottawa: Oberon, (1980-1984). First Editions of the first five volumes of the Collected Poems, each marked Copy C of 26 Copies, Signed, with a handwritten poem by Governor General's Award winning poet Raymond Souster on the front free endpaper, further with his notation on the verso of the rear free endpapers: 'This is Copy "C" of 26 copies A-Z, Signed, Numbered, with a different poem Inscribed in each by the author, Raymond Souster / November 10, 1984.' 8vo. 102 pp. A fine set in brown cloth, gilt titles in bright, fresh dustwrappers. Whiteman A35a, A36a, A37a, A38a, A39b, pp. 81 - 98. [29886] $750

[29887] Souster, Raymond. AS IS. Signed. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition, Number 15 of 75 Copies, with an unpublished handwritten poem by Governor General's Award winning poet Raymond Souster on the front free endpaper, Old Mill By Floodlight, further with his notation on the verso of the rear free endpaper: 'This is #15 of the last 75 copies in print. Nos. 1 - 62 each have a different unpublished poem written on the flyleaf in my handwriting. Raymond Souster / Toronto. August 1971/.' 8vo. 102 pp. A fine copy in oatmeal cloth, black titles and rules in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 102 pp. Whiteman A20, pp. 50. $150.00

Thomas Presentation to the Glasscos

Thomas, Audrey. BLOWN FIGURES. Signed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 1st Edition. Excellent Association Copy of the First Edition Inscribed by author Audrey Thomas to Canadian writer John Glassco and his wife on the front free endpaper. "To Buffy & Marion, ("The New York Edition"), Affectionately, Audrey Thomas, April 1978." A near fine copy in 1/4 beige cloth over gold paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo.227 pp. [29515] $275

Christmas Greetings From PET

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott. Family Christmas / Happy New Year Custom Greetings Card, undated [1972], 6" 1/2 x 12" 3/4 folded once. Colour photoprint tipped to the front cover showing the beaming Trudeaus with Justin then about 2 years old [born December 25, 1971]. "Joyeux noel happy new year" printed on the inside of the card. Inscribed in dark blue fountain pen by Trudeau to "David and Dee [Nicholson]" & Signed "Pierre". Further inscribed by Margaret Trudeau: "Peirre, Margaret and Justin Trudeau" In fine condition. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from 20 April 1968 to 4 June 1979, and again from 3 March 1980 to 30 June 1984. Very uncommon indeed. $175

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott. Family Christmas / Happy New Year Custom Greetings Card, undated, [1974], 8" 3/4 x 12" 7/8" folded once. Black & white 'Hiking the Rockies' photoprint signed by the photographer [Simon[e] Hayles] tipped to the front cover showing the Trudeaus with Justin then about 3 years old [born December 25, 1971] & sacha, about 1 year old [Alexandre Sacha Trudeau was born December 25, 1973]. "Joyeux noel happy new year" printed on the inside of the card. Inscribed in dark blue fountain pen by Trudeau: "Dear Dee [Nicholson]," & "to you and David, / And all good wishes to your parents. / Pierre". Further inscribed by Margaret Trudeau: "Pierre, Margaret and Justin, Sacha Trudeau". In fine condition. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from 20 April 1968 to 4 June 1979, and again from 3 March 1980 to 30 June 1984. Very uncommon indeed. $175

Gael Turnbull, [1928 - ] Doctor and poet, Gael Turnbull was born in Scotland in 1928 and was raised and educated in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Cambridge, England and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received a B.A. from the University of Cambridge in 1948, and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951. Turnbull practiced medicine in Canada, the United States and England until 1989 before retiring to Scotland. While in Canada during the early 50s, Turnbull became part of a group of poets clustered around Contact Press. His first publication was in 1954 as one third of Trio (1954) with Phyllis Webb and Eli Mandel. The next year, while living in Iroquois Falls, Ontario, he published translations with Jean Beaupré of Quebec poets Hector de Saint Denys-Garneau, Roland Giguère, Gilles Hénault and Paul-Marie Lapointe. Turnbull returned to England where, in 1957, he founded Migrant Press, one of the pioneer small presses in Britain. Turnbull's contribution to Canadian poetry was celebrated in 1992 with the appearance of While Breath Persist (1992) a collection of his poems. - Library & Archives Canada

A Fine Set Of Gael Turnbull's Translations

Turnbull (Gael) & Jean Beaupre. Translators. A complete set of the four mimeographed publications translated by Turnbull & Jean Beaupre in the summer of 1955, at Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Summer 1955, for private distribution [Contact Press]. These four titles were reportedly limited to only 25 copies each stapled into silk screened various coloured wrappers. Once in awhile a title appears for sale usually showing considerable wear as these were fragile things. The set offered here is essentially in fine condition showing minimal use. An interesting project - the whole idea of translating 4 Quebec poets in the '50's was of immense importance. Included are: SIX POEMS BY PAUL-MARIE LAPOINTE, SEVEN POEMS BY GILLES HENAULT, NINE POEMS BY SAINT-DENYS-GARNEAU & EIGHT POEMS BY ROLAND GIGUERE. Very nice indeed. [29791] $2950

Turnbull, Gael. BJARNI Spike-Helgi's Son and Other Poems. Ashland, Massachusetts: Origin Press, (1956). First edition. 12mo., printed off-white wrappers printed in black & green, [32] pp, unpaged. A fine fresh copy. Inscribed by Turnbull on the inside front cover: "To Ernie - [Fairbrother], So many / Kindnesses - / Gael, / Sept, 1956". Fairbrother worked with John Southerland at the Northern Review. Lovely copy. [29697] $150

Five Young Canadian Poets

Hambleton, Ronald [Editor]. UNIT OF FIVE. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1944. First Edition. 12mo., A fine fresh copy in dustwrapper. An extremely important small collection of five young [under 30] Canadian poets: Louis Dudek, Ronald Hambelton, P.K. Page, Raymond Souster & James Wreford whose work appears here for the most part for the first time. An excellent copy [29792] $675

Phyllis Webb Presentation TRIO

Turnbull, Gael. Webb, Phyllis. Mandel, E. W. TRIO. Signed. Toronto: Contact Press, 1954. First Edition of Canadian poets Eli Mandel, Gael Turnbull and Phyllis Webb's first book, Inscribed by Phyllis Webb on the half-title page to poet Ernie Farebrother who worked with John Sutherland at Northern Review. "To Ernie Farebrother, from Phyllis Webb, with best wishes." A near fine bright, fresh copy (showing some light use), in the publisher's gray, yellow and white wrappers, printed in black. The additional L in Eli Mandel's printed name whited out on the cover and title-page. 8vo. Unpaginated. 92 pp. [29630] $975

Mandel Presentation TRIO

Turnbull, Gael. Webb, Phyllis. Mandel, E. W. TRIO. Signed. Toronto: Contact Press, 1954. First Edition of Canadian poets Eli Mandel, Gael Turnbull and Phyllis Webb's first book, Inscribed by Eli Mandel on the half-title page. "To [Professor] Hugo (McPherson), for Toronto, (R. S. Crane and Woodhouse and the prairies, etc) with best wishes from Eli". Additionally Inscribed by Eli Mandel on the inside front cover and embellished with a drawing of a pair of "lips" in red with his notation, "Mimi's lips". A bright, fresh very good copy indeed (showing a bit of soiling to the front cover), in the publisher's gray, yellow and white wrappers, printed in black. The additional L in Eli Mandel's printed name whited out on the cover and title-page. 8vo. Unpaginated. 92 pp. [29629] $975

"The book is dedicated to older women and is addressed to young men"

Vizinczey, Stephen. IN PRAISE OF OLDER WOMEN. Toronto: Contemporary Canada Press, 1965. 8vo., 244pp. First Edition. A fine copy in dustwrapper showing minimal use. Neatly inscribed on the front free end paper to the pioneering bookseller, owner of Classic Books: "To Louis Melzack / hoping he'll like it and helps/ to make it the biggest bestseller/ in our history./ with respect, thanks and affection, / Stephen V." Made into a notable film in 1978 with Tom Berenger, Karen Black and Susan Strasberg. A subsequent Spanish production featured Faye Dunaway. "The book is dedicated to older women and is addressed to young men" is the book's epigraph. Kildare Dobbs wrote in Saturday Night, "Here is this Hungarian rebel who in 1957 could scarcely speak a word of our language and who even today speaks it with an impenetrable accent and whose name moreover we can't pronounce, and he has the gall to place himself, with his first book and in his thirty-third year, among the masters of plain English prose..." A very nice copy. [29793] $675

First UK Edition Inscribed

Vizinczey, Stephen. IN PRAISE OF OLDER WOMEN: the amorous recollections of Andras Vajda. London: Barrie & Rockliff, 1965. 8vo., 244pp. First UK Edition. A fine copy in dustwrapper showing a bit of light wear at the edges. Neatly inscribed on the front free end paper to the head of public relations for Penguin Books: "To Anne Graham Bell / hoping she'll like it / Sincerly / Stephen Vizinczey" Made into a notable film in 1978 with Tom Berenger, Karen Black and Susan Strasberg. A subsequent Spanish production featured Faye Dunaway. A very nice copy. [On another interesting note, In 1968, Mrs. Graham-Bell, was an expert witness for the defense in the bizarre trial of Bill Butler, proprietor of the Unicorn Bookshop, brought up on charges of possessing obscene articles for commercial publication. Butler had published a booklet written by J. G. Ballard titled "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan". The '60's we're transitional, the magistrates still stodgy & freedom of speech not a given. Butler found himself having to pay crippling fines plus legal costs.] $475

Waddington, Miriam 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" matted to a size of 16" x 19 1/2" original silverprint by John Reeves. In fine condition. $485

[29519] Waddington, Miriam. THE SECOND SILENCE. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1955. First Edition of the author's second book of poetry. A near fine copy in cream paper covered boards, red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper. 8vo. 57 pp. $65.00

[29523] Waddington, Miriam. THE SEASON'S LOVERS. Signed. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1958. First Edition of Miriam Waddington's third book, Inscribed by her to Canadian writer John Glassco's wife Marion McCormick on the front free endpaper. "To Marion McCormick, From one person who admires integrity of language to another, Miriam." 8vo. 56 pp. A near fine copy in illustrated yellow paper covered boards, black titles to the spine in a near fine illustrated yellow dustwrapper. Superb copy. $775.00

[29516] Waddington, Miriam. MISTER NEVER. Signed. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1978. First Edition Inscribed by author Miriam Waddington to noted Canadian artist Philip Surrey on the title-page. "for my dear friend Philip Surrey of The beautiful cityscapes - from Miriam, November, 1978, Toronto." A near fine copy in illustrated stiff card wrappers and dustwrapper. Small 8vo. 36 pp. 1 of 750 copies. $350.00

Sheila Watson / THE DOUBLE HOOK

Sheila Watson [1909-1998] is best known for her modernist novel, The Double Hook which is a seminal work in the development of contemporary Canadian literature. With her husband, poet Wilfred Watson, she founded the literary magazine White Pelican in Edmonton where they both taught English at the University of Alberta and were very popular professors. Even though Watson completed the novel during 1951 & 1952, it would be seven year before it was actually published. During 1957 she undertook doctoral studies at the University of Toronto where she produced her thesis on Wyndham Lewis under the direction of Marshall McCluhan.

Watson, Sheila. THE DOUBLE HOOK. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1959. 12mo., First Edition, First Softcover, issued simultaneous with the uncommon issue in cloth. The publisher's first Paperback Original. A very nice fine example showing a hint of age & free of blemishes. [29796] $75

[29513] Wiseman, Adele. TESTIMONIAL DINNER. A PLAY. Signed.. Toronto: Prototype Press, 1978. First Edition Inscribed by Canadian author Adele Wiseman on the title-page. "Louise & Hugo, (McPherson), with love, Adele Wiseman Stone." A near fine copy in the publisher's illustrated white stiff card wrappers, as issued. Slim 8vo. 58 pp. Excellent Copy. [McPherson - Noted English professor, and Hawthorne Scholar, headed the Communication Department at McGill.] $175.00

Presentation Copy THE SACRIFICE

Wiseman, Adele. THE SACRIFICE. New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition of Adele Wiseman's Governor General's Award winning first book, Inscribed by her on the front free endpaper. "To Dr. & Mrs. Cohen, with affection & many fond memories, Adele Wiseman". 8vo. 346 pp. A fine copy in black cloth, silver titles, red topstain in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper showing some minimal use, the rare publisher's promotional wraparound band present, containing laudatory reviews by Saul Bellow, Irving Howe and David Daiches. A truly lovely copy. [30603] SOLD

Presentation Copy to the McPhersons

Wiseman, Adele. OLD WOMAN AT PLAY. Signed. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1978. First Edition of this unique homage to the author's beloved mother and a sensitive exploration of artistic creativity, Inscribed by Canadian author Adele Wiseman on the half-title page and additionally Signed by Chaika Wiseman, Adele Wiseman's mother. "For Hugo & Louise (McPherson), from us all here at play. Love, Adele Wiseman Stone." A fine copy in dark beige cloth, brown titles and decorations in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. Square 8vo. 148 pp. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. [29500] $495

[29514] Wiseman, Adele. CRACKPOT. Signed. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1974. First Edition Inscribed by Canadian author Adele Wiseman on the front free endpaper. "For Hugo & Louise (McPherson), a long wait my dears, but a good read in the end, n'est ce pas? Love to you. Adele Wiseman Stone. Sept. 8, 1974." 8vo. 300 pp. A near fine copy in maroon paper covered boards, silver titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with a few rubs and light use. Excellent Copy. $275.00

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