Poetry from First Used Books
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end of the world speshul anthology
by bissett, bill (presumed editor)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780889710108
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 35.04
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Vancouver: blewointmentpress, 1977. Fine condition except two partial crases on rear cover. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. No editor mentioned; seller assumes it was bill bissett. Features poems of 29 local poets, a few of them bing Earle Birney, bill bissett, George Bowering, Frederick Candelaria, Maxine Gadd, Leona Gom, Dorothy Livesay, Daphne Marlatt,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 35.04
Oil Spill Speshul
by bissett, bill
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 75.07
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Vancouver: blewointmentpress, 1970. Light wear, mostly smudging. No date of publication given, but bound insert of part of a page of local newsprint is dated Dec 10, 1970. Bound vertically with tape covered stables along top edge. Printed single sided recto. 26 pp. (Pic cropped to fit seller's scanner's 12" bed. Shador at top… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 75.07
Hyphid 1, Jan. 1968
by Ball, Nelson (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 40.04
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Toronto: Weed/flower Press, 1968. Sun fading spine rear, black ink stain probably from printing lower edge title page and price in ink also on title page, otherwise fine. Poetry by David Rosenberg, Wm Hawkins, Nelson Ball, Victor Coleman, Carol Berge, bill bissett. 47 pp. (Shadow in pic does not exist on book, is simply a light leak… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 40.04
S TH STORY I TO
by bissett, bill
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 39.04
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Vancouver: blewointmentpress, 1970. Staples covered by publisher in masking tape. 22 leaves between covers in a couple of different thicknesses of paper. Unnumbered limited edition of 700 copies. (Shadow on pics caused by light leak in seller's scanner and are not found on covers. Pics truncated because 14" book on 12" scanner.). First. Side Stapled Card.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 39.04
Openings
by Varney, Edwin
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 950.95
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Vancouver: Intermedia, 1969. A large (9x12") unsealable grey envelope containing 22 pieces (one of them of 2 pages and another a card stating this package to be a lijmited edition of 250) and the rest mostly drawings and poems by Varney. The drawings, which are copies, are signed by him in pencil. Varney was the founder of intermedia… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 950.95
The Captain Poetry Poems
by Nichol, bp
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 24.02
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Vancouver: blewointmentpress, 1971. Foolscap size paper (13"x8") printed vertically with top edge stapled and staples covered with brown tape. Unpaginated (21 pp). Printed one side (recto) only. Limited edition of 500. Cover shows date 1970, probably an optimistic estimate, because last page states April 1971 in the brief statement of publication data. Condition: Would… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 24.02
IBM (I B M): saga uv th relees uv huuman spirit from compuewterr funckshuns
by bissett, bill
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 235.23
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Vancouver: blewointmentpress, 1971. No wear except a bit of fading due to light. Staples covered by masking tape. Printed (mimeographed) one side (recto). Unpaginated (52 pp). Limited edition of 300 copies. (Shadow on upper pic does not exist on cover, but is rather a light leak in seller's scanner.). First. Side Stapled Card. Fine/No Jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 235.23
blewointmentpress poverty isshew, march 1972
by bissett, bill
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 60.06
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Vancouver: blewointmentpress, 1972. Light stains lower front cover and a couple of splits in tape covering staples are the only wear. Printed (mimeographed) both sides of vertical foolscap (8.5"x14") of varied pastel colours 108 pp + endmatter + a couple of unpaginated inserts and one leaf to which has been stapled a colour postcard of trees, ocean and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 60.06
Rush - what fuckan theory - a study uv language -gronk press toronto 8:8
by bissett, bill
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 145.14
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Vancouver: blewointmentpress, 1971. No wear except a bit of fading due to light. Staples covered by masking tape. Printed (mimeographed) one side (recto). Unpaginated. Word "Rush" on cover is an affixed sticker, the adhesive of which has penetrated to leave a stain on the title page, curiously without staining verso of cover. (Shadow… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 145.14
Shorelines
by James, Candice
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781927616017
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 24.02
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New Westminster, BC Canada: Silver Bow Publishing, 2013. Miniscule rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Poems illustrated by the art, in color, of Emily Cuthbertson, Doreen Bruce, Don Portelance, Janet Kvammen, Rex Howard. Signed by author without inscription on the first page. 121 pp.. Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 24.02
Going Mad for the Love of Sanity
by Norman, Chad
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780968767375
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 22.02
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Canada: Chameleon Fire, 2008. Miniscule rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked except author's inscription (to poet Genni Gunn) on the title page. 98 pp.. Inscribed By Author. First. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 22.02
Sanding Down This Rocking Chair on a Windy Night
by McKay, Don
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780771055423
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 29.03
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1987. Covers have very light shelfwear, defects include bumped upper right corner, small crease lower right corner, light rubbing along spine folds and remainder mark lower edge. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. One of the few uninscribed copies available. 109 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 29.03
Royal City Poets Anthology 2014
by Silver Bow Publishing
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2014
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781927616147
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 19.02
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New Westminster, BC Canada: Silver Bow Publishing, 2014. No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. Light fingering stain on fore-edge prevents this from being described as As New. 140 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 19.02
Poems So Fresh and So New...YAHOO!
by Ingoldsby, Pat
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780952305217
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 19.97
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Dublin: Willow Publications, 1995. Light rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers, and spine straight and uncreased. Interior shows a slightly wrinkled lower edge as though at some point in contact with moisture, is unmarked except for author's inscription to a couple dated 24/3/95. 142 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 19.97
Satires, Lyrics and Poems (Chiefly Humourous)
by Clarke, John S.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1919
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 55.05
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Glasgow: Socialist Labour Press, 1919. Light rubbing, bumping and shelfwear to red boards. Interior tight and unmarked other than former owner's name on title page. 184 pp. (Please use Wikipedia to read about the remarkable life of John Smith Clarke.). First. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 55.05
Portal Stones
by Boyle, Frances
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781928163008
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 12.01
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Ottawa: Tree Press, 2013. Very light rubbing, bumping or shelfwear. Staples tight and unrusted. Interior tight and unmarked. 34 pp.. First. Stapled Card. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 12.01
Ceylon, R.I.P: Selected poems of Indran Amirthanayagam
by Amirthanayagam, Indran
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789555800600
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 29.03
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Sri Lanka: International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2001. No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, unmarked, apparently unread. 100 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 29.03
Of th Land Divine Service
by bissett, Bill
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 39.04
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Toronto: Weed/flower Press, 1968. No rubbing, buming or shelfwear to covers. Staples tight. Interior tight and unmarked, seemingly unread. 36 pp.. First. Stapled Card. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Item Price
SGD 39.04
pass th food release th spirit Book
by bissett, Bill
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 27.03
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Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1973. Fine condition other than small nick to lower rear cover edge, no missing material. Interior tight and unmarked. Unpaginated.. First. Pictorial Card. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
SGD 27.03
The house is still standing (Icehouse Poetry)
by Barrett, Adrienne
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780864929044
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
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SGD 17.02
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Fredericton, New Brunswick: icehouse poetry, 2013. No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. 90 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 17.02
