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Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Turnstone Press, 1985. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Apparent first edition (not stated); 133 p.; VG/no DJ as published; small dent in front cover, slight edgewear, clean, square, unmarked copy. "BEING A Flin Flon book with crowbars, a novel, a navel, a raven, hammers and shovels, two fish stories (in divers forms), three jokes, a puck, rink rats, four players playing, and Featuring a carnival with guest appearances." Birk Ernest Sproxton was born and raised in Flin Flon and worked as a diamond driller and track-gang labourer; at the time of publication he was a professor of Canadian literature and Creative Writing at Red Deer College. Look for his Flin Flon-based novel, "The Red-Headed Woman with a Black Black Heart" - a good pairing with this earlier book of poetry and short pieces. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title Headframe
- Author Birk Sproxton
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 133
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Turnstone Press, Winnipeg
- Date 1985
- ISBN 9780888010995 / 0888010990
- Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 6.02 x 0.42 in (21.84 x 15.29 x 1.07 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86109024
- Dewey Decimal Code 818.540
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Turnstone Press, 1985. Soft cover. Near Fine. SIGNED BY BIRK SPROXTON on title page; very minimal wear; appears unread; "Sproxton unearths the underground with diaries, puns, poetry and plays in this romping exploration of the world of mining.
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Winnipeg: Turnstone Press [0-88801-099-0] 1985. (Trade paperback) Very good plus. 133pp. Signed by the author. "Sproxton unearths the underground with diaries, puns, poetry and plays in this romping exploration of the world of mining. In tale after tale, Sproxton introduces legendary characters from the land of 'a sunless city': roadcutters hacking out highways in the bush, controversial prospectors searching for gold in Flin Flon, hunters defending a moosekill from wolves... All the folklore of new poetic territory surfaces with the telling". Locale: Flin Flon--Manitoba; Manitoba. (Poetry--Canada, Poetry--Canada).
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