dudek louis layton irving souster (14 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 48pp, printed lap wrappers with sensational early cover art by Robert Smithson. Includes two poems by Leonard Cohen as part of a section of Contemporary Canadian Poets edited by Irving Layton. Penciled ownership signature from the year of publication to title page (else unmarked); some cover toning and wear to lap wrapper edges. Not Signed.

Softcover. Etat : Very good. Very good copy, with the usual bumping and short tears to yapped edges.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd edition. VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Revised second edition (1953), which actually seems scarcer on the market than the first of the preceding year. Unmarked copy, a little wrinking at spine (as from binding adhesive used). Not Signed.

Wrappers. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 98 pp. Signed (no inscription) on title page by Louis Dudek and Raymond Souster. The first publication by poets' co-operative Contact Press (1952-1967), this collection is often described as one of the most important books of 20th century Canadian poetry. Brown card cover shows minor creasing to front panel; yapp edges have a few short tears; staple binding exposed at rear blank leaf but not at front. Signed by Authors.

Wraps. Etat : Good+ (Book Condition). First Edition. The title alludes to the mythical three-headed dog, Cerberus, guardian of the Greek underworld. In this, the first Contact Press book, the authors announce themselves as the guardians of the new poetry in Canada. Brown card covers. Some wear to edges of covers, owner's initials and date on half-title, missing front blank endpaper; otherwise, a nice copy. Text clean. Book.

Wraps. Etat : Good+ (Book Condition). First Edition. The title alludes to the mythical three-headed dog, Cerberus, guardian of the Greek underworld. In this, the first Contact Press book, the authors announce themselves as the guardians of the new poetry in Canada. Brown card covers. Some wear to edges of covers, owner's initials and date on half-title, missing front blank endpaper; otherwise, a nice copy. Text clean. Book.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good copy, with the usual bumping and short tears to yapped edges. Endpapers have torn at staples, but remain intact. Spine is sunned. An important Canadian publication, and the first by this press.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 280pp, blue cloth stamped in gold, no dustwrapper (as issued). The rare hardback version of this collected full text (re-typeset) of all seven issues of this groundbreaking fifties Canadian little magazine, as well as the separately published Index, along with a reminiscence by editor Aileen Collins and some supplementary photographs and letters from Olson and Souster. Just about as new with minor wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 32pp, stapled wrappers. The penultimate issue of this scarce and seminal fifties Canadian literary magazine, includes two poems by Robert Creeley, one by Charles Olson, many others. Unmarked copy from the estate of contributor Louis Dudek, minor signs of age. Not Signed.

Original Wrappers. Etat : Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. Brown printed wrappers are slightly edgeworn, as they are larger than the guts of the book. Staple binding is exposed under the front and rear endpages, but is not unsightly. A rather nice copy of the first book from this important Canadian poetry press run by the three individuals who appear in this volume.

Original Wraps. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The press's first book, stapled pages bound into stiff printed brown card wrappers. Shows some shelfwear to outer edges of covers, with some light creasing to front panel along spine edge. Light creasing to upper outside corner of pages. Staples exposed between endpages & first & last pages of text.

Softcover. Etat : Very good. First Edition. 98 p. 24 cm. Brown card covers with black and red print, yapp edges. Small creases and tears to edges. An important book of modernist Canadian poetry and the first book published by Contact Press.

Soft Cover. First Edition. First Canadian Edition. Illustrated stiff brown wrappers. Only about 650 copies printed. Perhaps the single most important publishing venture in the annals of modern Canadian poetry, this breakthrough collaboration launched Contact Press in Canada. A VG+ copy with a short closed tear at the head of the spine. The brown printed wrappers are slightly creased, as they are larger than the guts of the book. Staple binding is exposed under the front and rear endpages, but is not unsightly. A rather nice copy of the first book from this important Canadian poetry press run by the three individuals who appear in this volume. Inscribed on the front free end-paper: Compliments of Contact Press and Contact.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. This copy has been signed on the title page by the all poets. What makes this one so special is that the book - an octavo in paper wraps - is encased in a beautiful, custom-made, clamshell box. The box is designed to resemble a book whose covers have been bound in dark blue, half-leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering and a red spine label and raised bands on the spine. The box portion is covered with black cloth and the interior is lined in white. Condition: except for a tiny scuff to the uppermost raised band on the spine, the box is in very fine condition; the book has some nicking, chipping & minor creasing to its covers with minor chipping to the spine ends & rubbing to the outer hinges. Otherwise the book is in very good condition in a fine clamshell box. 98 pages. Signed by Author(s).