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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1969 Sticker pull front cover, clean copy, light tanning.

McClelland and Stewart, 1969. First Printing. Paperback. Good.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1969 Edited by Malcom Ross. A worn copy, price blacked out on cover (blends in), light foxing, clean copy, good binding.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / New Canadian Library Original #O6 1st Edition 19, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / New Canadian Library Original #O6 1st Edition 19, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1986 reprint of a 1977 publication, 159 pages, 6" x 9", Very Good Softcover.

Mc Clelland and Stewart, 1969. Book. Near Fine (Book Condition). Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Signed by author on half-title page. First edition. [Our rating system: 1.Fine; 2. Near fine; 3. Very good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. 64p., pocketbook format in 7x4.5 inch stylized wraps. Presswork on acidic paperstock, all leaves are deeply toned but not yet fragile, sound, clean and unmarked: a very good copy. Birney was a Trotkyist in the 1930s. New Canadian Library original, no. 6. A cross between light verse, and.. the other kind.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Some pencilling in the text, a few page corners are dog-eared, light shelf wear. 64 pages. New Canadian Library original N-06. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1969 Edited by Malcom Ross, New Canadian Library no. 6. Signed inscription to author Marianne Brandis dated 1969.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart , 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: 188, 191. A two-volume limited edition of an unspecified number of copies. The poems are arranged by geographical subject, reflective of Birney's widely travelled life. His poetry has been variously described as playful, satirical, abrasive, and experimental. The second volume includes an index of the poems, and a note on the author. This set is near fine with light sunning on the spines.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart [copyright date 1969]. (Mass market paperback) 64pp. Very good. A previous owner's stamps on the half-title page. Publisher series: New Canadian Library OriginalN 06. (Poetry--Canada).

M & S. Used - Very Good. In Slipcase

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1975. Hardcover. Fine. 2 vols.: 188; 180 p. 25 cm. Frontispiece portrait. Brown coth in matching slipcase. Inscribed by author in both volumes. Some light soiling or fading to box.

Toronto: Mcclelland And Stewart Limited, 1975 A Lovely Two Volume Set In Their Own Slipcase. Both Volumes Clean And Undamaged. Appear Unread. Brown Cloth Covered Boards With Bright Gilt Title On Spines. Matching Brown Slipcase In Excellent Condition With Bright Gilt Title On Front.

Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Goodchild Limited, 1975. Two volumes in slipcase. Vol 1: 188 pp. Vol 2: 191 pp. Author's inscription on half-title. Brown endpapers. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Spines slightly faded. FINE. Signed by Author.

McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volume set. Ruddy brown cloth, gilt and sunned. Signed on both title pages. Interiors clean and crisp.Set held in a lightly sunned slipcase with gilt lettering, partly rubbed off, and a dampstain to the heel which has dissolved some of the glue. Birney's poetry won two Governor General's Awards and was acclaimed as one of Canada's top two poets by both Northrop Frye and Al Purdy, who disagreed on the other top Canadian poet. .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volume set. Ruddy brown cloth, gilt. Signed by the author on the verso of the front free endpapers, 12 January 1987. Clean interior. Matching slipcase. Despite being about a controversial subject (euthenasia), Birney's poetry was taught in schools. In turn, he taught Canada's first creative writing program at the University of British Columbia. .

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". Not Stated. A first edition copy of this poetry collection by Earle Birney, complete in two volumes and inscribed by the author to Stephen Vizinczey. The first edition of this two-volume work, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original slipcase. Signed by the author to the title pages of both volumes. Inscribed to the front free end paper of Volume I, dated 18th July 1977: "For Gloria & Stephen/Stephen & Gloria, blessings always on your home & on you both, loved & generous friends, wai-lan & earle/earle & wai-lan". From the library of Hungarian-Canadian author Stephen Vizinczey, best known for his 'In Praise of Older Women', and 'An Innocent Millionaire'. His writing was praised by the likes of Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess, describing his fiction as social epics which breathe hope in a corrupt world. Earle Alfred Birney (1904-1995) was a… Read More

Toronto: Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1975), 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. 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. [29874] $225.