Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1976
ISBN 10: 0889840083 ISBN 13: 9780889840089
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 32 pp. 8.75 x 4.00. `There is an amusing story of poet Tim Inkster who went searching for the poetic significance of the raven in northern Ontario. . Stumbling into a local pub after trying to photograph the bird, he found a quiet dark little corner to sip his beer and reflect on the day's work. Sensing something looking over his shoulder, Inkster wheeled around to see a huge stuffed black raven with glass eyes staring him down. It was about as large as an eagle and equally forboding. This story is a suitable preface to the work in this chapbook, The Crown Prince Waits For A Train, because the image of the raven is predominant (along with the train) in dealing with the themes of lost time and the realization of horror.'.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1976
ISBN 10: 0889840164 ISBN 13: 9780889840164
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 120 pp. The basic ingredient, as in Reaney's trilogy about the Donnellys, is local history. In Baldoon, near Wallaceburg, Ontario, a nineteenth-century farm family suffered a long series of supernatural visitations, ranging from the usual poltergeist tricks to fires and visions. Various efforts at exorcism failed. Finally, driven nearly to despair, the farmer obtained the services of a doctor and his psychic daughter from Long Point on Lake Erie and, following instructions, shot the wing of the stray goose in his flock with a silver bullet, thus causing the witch who was the source of the trouble to break her arm and be both identified and rendered powerless. It's a good yarn, and Reaney, a vigorous opponent of soulless modernity, likes to believe it is true. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, 2007
ISBN 10: 0889842922 ISBN 13: 9780889842922
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Saddlestitched, self-covering. 16 pp. Octavo. A keepsake published on the occasion of DoorsOpen in the Hills of Headwaters. May, 2007. A brief, and primarily architectural history of Erin Village written by a local history buff. Includes fifteen period photographs. Particularly amusing is the cover photograph which documents that the "Printing Office" was located immediately above the "Union Bank". Clearly, a vertically-integrated operation. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
Publicado por Porcupine's Quill, Erin Ontario Canada, 1982
ISBN 10: 0889840644 ISBN 13: 9780889840645
Librería: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. Illustrated by Brender a Brandis, G. (engravings) Ilustrador. Inscribed by author on half-title page, 155 pages.; 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 ''; Signed by Author.
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Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, 1982
ISBN 10: 0889840709 ISBN 13: 9780889840706
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 92 pp. Octavo. `It is with an invocation of nature's dazzling energy that A Steady Hand opens. Through frequent use of metaphor, Mike Doyle awakens in the reader a refreshing, if not naive, image of life which exists beyong the limits of man's rigidly ordered world. By structuring his own perception of nature's forces, the poet communicates eminently personal visions, while, at the same time, rendering thyem in a concise and accessible language. It is precisely this oft-stated beauty of Doyle's poetry, his economy of words, which held my attention throughout A Steady Hand.' -- Kenneth Meadwell. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, 1977
ISBN 10: 0889840369 ISBN 13: 9780889840362
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. A first slim volume of poems by Ed Carson, who subsequently distinguished himself in a variety of senior executive positions in the Canadian publishing industry. `It is the restrained, understated quality of the verse coupled with the smooth rhythms that first impress the reader. The skill displayed is that of the careful craftsman fashioning deliberate yet soft poems. E. J. Carson is an important poet and one whose future work will be eagerly awaited.' -- Michael Ridley Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario, Canada, 2022
ISBN 10: 0889844542 ISBN 13: 9780889844544
Librería: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
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Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good ++. First Edition. Trade paperback, 110 pages; just a trace of a tiny bump/crease to back cover top corner and last 25-30 pages to lessening degree, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition.
Publicado por Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario, Canada, 1994
ISBN 10: 0889841829 ISBN 13: 9780889841826
Librería: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Soft Cover. Trade paperback, second 1994 printing, 82 engravings with opposing page text; gently used ex-library copy with stamps, labels and internal clear tape spine reinforcement, all pages clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Jules Heller`s Printmaking Today: An Artist`s Handbook.
Publicado por Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario, Canada, 1999
ISBN 10: 0889842086 ISBN 13: 9780889842083
Librería: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
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Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good ++. First Edition. Trade paperback, 246 pages; just a hint of shelf wear, but essentially as new.
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Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1986
ISBN 10: 0889840873 ISBN 13: 9780889840874
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. Octavo. 176 pp. Was there ever such a family? Fired from his job at the University for letting all the mice free from their cages in the biology labs, Mr Delahay went home to find that his house was falling into the river. Moving into his mother's large, old house proved no solution. His equally large family -- two girls and four boys, three of them triplets -- were too mischievous and troublesome for his mother to stand. So she banished most of them to British Columbia where they had adventures with Sasquatches and a carwash owner named Buck whose life's dream it was to capture one of these Wild Men of the Woods. Returning to their home town in Ontario, the Delahays find that their having a home again depends on the oldest boy's skill at telling a story that will keep an eccentric old lady so interested she will let them stay with her yet one more night until she finds out how the story ends. Well, eventually, the story does have to end, but not before a great deal of hilarity and a great deal of wild adventures involving a motorbiker, a confidence woman masquerading as a baby sitter, and a leap through a Suicide Door. This is a different kind of story, filled with unexpected turns that even include a story within the story that you can try finishing yourself! Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1982
ISBN 10: 0889840660 ISBN 13: 9780889840669
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 104 pp. Octavo. `I am Stockton, Reverend Leonard Stockton. Fifty-one years a minister of this gospel. Always looking ahead . and always behind. That is why I am here tonight. It's in my character to have the last word . first' . and so we are introduced to The Fighting Parson, a character based on the life of Methodist minister J.O.L. Spracklin who epitomized, more than any other figure during Prohibition, the dramatic confrontation between the forces of temperance and the rumrunners. With guns strapped to his belt, Spracklin wailed from the pulpit and roamed the streets, taking on the task of eradicating demon rum with unrestrained enthusiasm. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1991
ISBN 10: 0889841012 ISBN 13: 9780889841017
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: New. 2nd Edition. Original printed wraps. 128 pp. Octavo. `The Improved Binoculars, published in 1956 by Jonathan William's Jargon Press, was the first of Lton's collections to be widely published in North America. Ryerson Press, the book's Canadian distributor, refused to distribute the book (or even release it to the author) because of its "controversial" content. It is telling that Layton, whom we now regard as the author of some of the finest poems in Canadian history, found a warmer reception at first in the United States than he did in his own country. Layton's early backers included Robert Creeley and William Carlos Williams, who provided a warm (but condescending -- he refers to Layton, a Montrealer, as a "backwoodsman") forward for The Improved Binoculars.'' Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 2002
ISBN 10: 0889841748 ISBN 13: 9780889841741
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 96 pp. Octavo. In 1836 an elephant drowned off the coast of New Brunswick. Poet Richard Outram explores the significance of this bizarre occurrence in his brilliant new volume of poetry, Mogul Recollected. These witty and profound poems recreate the dismal conditions of Mogul's existence before he plunged to his death during a ship fire. Some are told from the point of view of Mogul himself, others from the perspective of ruthless trainers and circus owners. Recasting the tragedy as an inversion of the Noah's Ark story, Outram delineates with startling clarity man's betrayal of beast Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
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Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, 2007
ISBN 10: 088984299X ISBN 13: 9780889842991
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 64 pp. Octavo. Subtle, varied and elegant, exact in their tuning, traditionally informed yet wholly original, the poems of George Johnston have yet to find the wide readership they deserve. That they flew beneath the radar in Canada during his lifetime can be attributed in part to the vagaries of literary fashion: Johnston's early verse, in The Cruising Auk (1959) and Home Free (1966), was formal and traditional, using stanza, metre and rhyme with great sophistication, at a moment when free verse had become de rigueur; thus he was dismissed by the reputation-makers of the day as old-fashioned. His later verse, markedly more contemporary in tone though no less formally accomplished, escaped notice for a different reason: its modesty. Johnston wrote on everyday subjects, in language carefully modulated to avoid ostentation, and he masked his formal virtuosity with a conversational casualness. The rhymes are still there, but hidden: half-rhymes, internal rhymes, vowel and consonant echoes. Regularity of metre has given way to accentual rhythm and syllable count. Effects are subliminal, easily missed in a cursory reading. You could mistake this for free verse, and many probably did. But it came at a time when Canadian readers, grown accustomed to prosy-colloquial free verse, expected some novelty of content, shock effect, biting cleverness, or gut-wrenching anecdote to make it `poetry'. Lost on such readers was the prodigious artistry at work here, the nuanced ear, the refinements of diction that infuse these quiet poems with uncanny staying power. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves front and back.
Publicado por Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario, Canada, 2001
ISBN 10: 0889842256 ISBN 13: 9780889842250
Librería: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
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Soft Cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Trade paperback, 195 pages; unread condition.
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Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1992
ISBN 10: 0889841330 ISBN 13: 9780889841338
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. Octavo. 160 pp. `These poems reflect a classical education, rich experience, and love of words. Eclectic style and subject, the include epigrams, long poems, narratives, prayers and `constructivi', the reweaving of a text.' Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: The Porcupines Quill, 1991
ISBN 10: 0889841233 ISBN 13: 9780889841239
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 128 pp. Octavo. Dickinson's well-crafted stories range in subject from a jilted husband's attempt to win his family back by breaking the world push-up record to the cause-and-effect relationship between one man's attempted suicide and the disabling of his rescuer's son. Although there is always an underlying melancholy in his writing which gives depth and bite to his humour, nearly all these stories resolve themselves into celebration. Sad, seedy, mad or battered as some of his characters are, Dickinson invests them all with dignity. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 2009
ISBN 10: 0889843090 ISBN 13: 9780889843097
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 32 pp. Octavo. The Old Woman and the Hen is a charming folktale written by one of Canada's best known poets. Written simply, but infused with the rhythm and wordcraft that only a poet of P. K. Page's talent can deliver, the text is accompanied by six original wood engravings created for the book by Jim Westergard. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-pagE signatures, with hand-tipped endleaves, front and back.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1991
ISBN 10: 0889841152 ISBN 13: 9780889841154
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: New. 2nd Edition. Original printed wraps. 160 pp. Octavo. `The polemic stance in Europe [Dudek's] 1954 opus, here reprinted with minor emendations in a handsome edition, complete with author's preface and afterword by Michael Gnarowski, may be irksome to some readers. But Dudek's comments on the decline of western civilization are still valid. Essentially, the book uses the structural paradigm of a transatlantic cruise to contrast the ageless "indifferent benevolence" of sea and rivers with the fickle ways of men, and so to highlight the devolution of renaissance culture in Europe. The form of poetic diary absorbs any esoterica, so we have Dudek's strong companionable voice as tour guide.' Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario, Canada, 1990
ISBN 10: 0889841136 ISBN 13: 9780889841130
Librería: Alexander Books (ABAC/ILAB), Ancaster, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 96 Pages. Book.
Publicado por Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario, Canada, 2002
ISBN 10: 0889842523 ISBN 13: 9780889842526
Librería: Alexander Books (ABAC/ILAB), Ancaster, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. 208 Pages. Book.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1989
ISBN 10: 0889840679 ISBN 13: 9780889840676
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 104 pp. Octavo. `An introduction, six papers from the conference at the University of Western Ontario and a brief biographical note constitute the first ``full scale scholarly examination'' of Canada's earliest novelist. But neither the editor nor her team of biographer, textual critic, literary historian and literary critics are under any delusions; to reconstruct the life, work and reputation of the mercurial Major John Richardson after one hundred years of comparative neglect is not the work of a single moment, nor of a single conference. One ought perhaps to leave unasked the question if there is any other nation's literary primogenitor who, with a few notable exceptions, has been so poorly served by the literary and academic community; particularly when, as Michael Hurley argues, so many of Richardson's obsessions are equally those of contemporary Canadian writing. `This short collection makes an impressive start on that grand task of refurbishment; especially since it, wisely, clears some of the rank vegetation which has encroached on Richardson during the years of neglect. Carl Klinck, David Beasley and Douglas Cronk open the discussion by usefully telling us what is not helpful to think about: Morton (in Wacousta) was not modelled on John Norton, the champion of Indian rights; the biography reveals a more urbane and likeable man than legend reports; and one must handle the received texts with considerable care until a more careful editor has rendered what Richardson actually wrote and not what American publishers pirated. Until a more reputable text emerges it is difficult for literary critics to go to work, but I.S. MacLaren, Jay Macpherson and Michael Hurley each attempt to place Richardson within the mainstream of the Anglo-American Gothic tradition.' -- David Richards, British Journal of Canadian Studies Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1992
ISBN 10: 0889841403 ISBN 13: 9780889841406
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 120 pp. Octavo. Thirteen-year-old Dan Dobson and his family have just immigrated to Upper Canada from the American States when the War of 1812 flares up. Their neighbours in the town of York - today's Toronto - suspect them of spying for the Americans, but the Dobsons are loyal to Britain and determined to remain in York. Dan's dream is to sail with the British frigate Sir Isaac Brock which he and his father are helping to build. He sees war as an exciting adventure - that is until he gets his first taste of battle on the day the American forces invade York. Fire Ship is a fast-moving historical novel for young people that brings the War of 1812 to life in a way that only Marianne Brandis can. The attention to detail and acute historical sensibility that so distinguished Brandis's 'Emma' trilogy are in full evidence once again. From the opening scene of Fire Ship in which Dan paddles across the silent bay towards Toronto Island to the graphic scenes of cannon fire and rough military doctoring in Fort York, Brandis invites us to experience Toronto exactly as it was in 1813. She also introduces us to a strong new character in Dan who grapples with issues of loyalty and nationality and the brutality of war. 'The story must work as a story; it must not be a sugar-coated history lesson,' Brandis says of her approach to historical fiction, 'my goal is to give fiction the verisimilitude of fact, and to touch fact with the colour and vivacity of fiction.' Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1980
ISBN 10: 0889840598 ISBN 13: 9780889840591
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: New. 2nd Edition. Original printed wraps. 112 pp. Octavo. `It is a pleasure to find that James Reane's first book for children, first published by Macmillan of Canada in 1965, has just been re-issued in a handsome paperback edition, complete with the original illustrations by Leo Rampen. The Boy with an R in His Hand tells the story of two orphan brothers who arrive in York from the Red River Settlement in 1826 and quickly become involved with the complex politics of Upper Canada. Joel, the elder brother, aligns himself with the Family Compact and his overbearing, stuffy uncle, while Alex, more imaginative and courageous, becomes an apprentice to William Lyon Mackenzie at the Colonial Advocate. There he (and the reader) learn in some detail about Mackenzie's press and the art of type-setting. Alex, rather improbably, ``had it set up right, and from that moment on his progress in the skill of type-setting was. like a house on fire.'' This is a satisfying, fast-moving story, full of incident and detail about colonial life. It climaxes with the wrecking of Mackenzie's printshop and press by a band of young Tories acting with the implicit approval of the government, at the end of which Alex finds a single capital R, his souvenir of life as a printer's apprentice. Recommended for ages nine and up, as a piece of Canadiana which enlivens history for the young reader.' - Marilyn Rueter, The Devl's Artisan. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario, Canada, 1991
ISBN 10: 088984125X ISBN 13: 9780889841253
Librería: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good ++. First Thus. Trade paperback, second printing thus, 263 pages; age toning to page edges, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition. See also our listing for Rooke's Last One Home Sleeps in the Yellow Bed.
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Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1988
ISBN 10: 0889841241 ISBN 13: 9780889841246
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 94 pp. Octavo. `As one searches for the reason that Robert Finch's poetry gives such unfailing pleasure, one is reminded of Ezra Pound's saying that ``poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music''. This poetry never gets far from music. Never, indeed, seeks to do so. Robert Finch has expressed himself directly in poetry and painting: in music he has been content to be an executant, though a distinguished one. But the logic, the elegance and the economy of the music he plays so finely on his harpsichord -- the music of the eighteenth century -- invests his poetry because it is evinced in his life. There is some absurdity in speaking of a man of today as belonging to the eighteenth century, just as it is absurd to speak of a poet who writes principally in English as French in spirit. But it is absurd to attempt to speak of anything so elusive as poetry without resorting to some absurdities of expression, and therefore we may let these two comments stand: Robert Finch is French of the eighteenth century in his sensibility and high regard for technical perfection in art.' -- Robertson Davies. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves front and back.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, 2009
ISBN 10: 0889843120 ISBN 13: 9780889843127
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 64 pp. Octavo. Don Coles' Forests of the Medieval World (PQL 1993) won the Governor General's Award for poetry. Kurgan (PQL 2000) won the Trillum Prize in Ontario. The Essential Don Coles presents an affordable collection of the poet's very best work. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves front and back.
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1991
ISBN 10: 0889841195 ISBN 13: 9780889841192
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 260 pp. Octavo. The Isolation Booth is the third volume in Hugh Hood's Collected Stories; it contains short fiction written between 1957 and 1966. While all of the stories have been previously published in various magazines, this is the first time they are available in book form. The title story was first published in The Tamarack Review in 1958; the paid to Hood for that story represents the first income he ever made from his writing. Since then, Hugh Hood has become `one of Canad's most prolific short-story writers and novelist' (William French, The Globe & Mail) He has authored more than twenty books, including novels, short-story collections and essays. The Porcupine's Quill has previously published Flying a Red Kite and A Short Walk in the Rain as part of our continuing series of Hood's Collected Stories. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Publicado por The Porcupine's Quill Inc., Erin, Ontario, Canada, 1985
Librería: Patricia Porter, Kincardine, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: Good. ISBN 0-88984-085-7, sequel to "The Tinderbox", a well-written historical novel with original wood engravings, signed by author. Inscribed by Author(s).
Publicado por Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 2010
ISBN 10: 0889843260 ISBN 13: 9780889843264
Librería: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 56 pp. Octavo. In A Kind of Perseverance Margaret Avison shares with readers two lectures she gave at the University of Waterloo in 1993 -- `Misunderstanding is Damaging' and `Understanding is Costly'. Thoughtfully and with precision she tells of her journey, often unfocussed, that led finally to the Christian conversion that is central to an understanding of her poetry. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures, with hand-tipped endleaves, front and back.