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Kingston Canada: Abbey Dawn Press. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original grey cloth with red title lettering to spine and upper cover,in a Good Dust-Jacket,whivch is rubbed and worn to the outer edges and with a few small nicks to extremities,mostly affecting spine tips.Not price clipped and this copy has been SIGNED by the author on the ffep.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and their is no leaning or rolling to spine.8vo 223pp First Edition 1st Impression . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1958.
THE QUILL AND THE CANDLE: POEMS OF BIRDLAND IN CANADA. by Robb, Wallace Havelock - 1927
by Robb, Wallace Havelock
THE QUILL AND THE CANDLE: POEMS OF BIRDLAND IN CANADA.
by Robb, Wallace Havelock
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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1927. 55 pp, 8" H. Mottled grey paper-covered boards with dark blue lettering, dark blue and red decoration on front cover. 8 septia-tone full page illustrations, including frontispiece - three are from photographs by the author and five are from photographs of water-colours by Major Allan Brooks, D.S.O. Contents: "Listen!"; Song of Rossignol; Twang! Twang!; "Flutter Low"; I Live in Cazenovia; Meditation; Tremble Song, and Quaver Owl; The Great Untamed; The Cry of Wa-Wa; Whip-poor-will; Belleville the Beautiful; Autumn Birdsong; The Snowbirds of Christmas, and Little Snowflake; In a Berry Tree; Easter Flowers; Morningsong of Spring; Children Longing to Fly; The Great Blue Heron; I Wish I Were a Boy Again; In the Forest; The King of Fair Renown; The Forest Fire; Buried Poems of Birdland; Behold, O My Country; Morningsong; Lone Loon in the Gloaming. The second last picture plate has a very small tear (archivally taped), creases and dust soiling at fore-edge; light edge wear to boards - more at corners; one very small corner bump; small shallow bump at top edge of front board; light browning and some darkening to edges of text block; slight bump at top/bottom of spine.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Major Allan Brooks..
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- Publisher Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication Toronto
- Date Published 1927
- Keywords Canadian Poets, Canadian Poetry, Wallace Havelock Robb, Birds, Rossignol, Cazenovia, Owls, Whippoorwill, Belleville, Ontario, Birdsong, Great Blue Heron, Forests, Loons, Kingbird, Hermit Thrush, Short-Eared Owl, Least Sandpiper, Nature, early 20th Century
Tecumtha
by Wallace Havelock Robb
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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The Tyrian Quill (Signed)
by Robb, Wallace Havelock
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- very good
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Kingston, ON, CA: Abbey Dawn Press, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 164pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends and top front corner. Top text block edge dusty, outer edge starting to fox. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper, 'To Phyllis Coates - Wallace Havelock Robb (along with Quill illustration)'. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. A selection of somewhat less than a third of Robb's unpublished poems.
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Tecumtha Shawnee Chieftain - Astral Avatar
by ROBB, Wallace Havelock
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Kingston, Canada: Abbey Dawn Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Adrian Dingle. 8vo. Pp. xiv, 223. Frontis. illustration of a Shawnee chief by Adrian Dingle. Illustrated throughout with black & white drawings by Adrian Dingle. Bound in grey cloth with red lettering stamped on spine and front board. In the illustrated dust jacket, also designed by Adrian Dingle Signed by the author in full on front endpaper, along with the sketch of a feather. Poetry and prose surrounding the Thunderbird saga by Robb, who was formally adopted by the Kente Mohawks and given high honors sacred to the Iroquois Nations. A handsome copy, with dust jacket now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
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Kayonakonte " Daughter Of The Gods " ( The Manitoanna Legend )
by Robb, Wallace Havelock
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Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada: The Abbey Dawn Press, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 29 Pages.
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HAIL CANADA! Seven poems for the Centennial, 1967
by Robb, Wallace Havelock
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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Kingston, Ontario : Abbey Dawn Press, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good. Poetry to commemorate Canadian Confederation & history by the Kingston poet, naturalist and author who held a strong interest in Indigenous culture (1888 - 1976). Printed in a limited edition of 1000. 32 pages illustrated with photo of the plaster cast SPRING In CANADA by Charles Soucy, Dominion sculptor (Parliament Buildings) from 1927 - 1952. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor wear to over-sized white covers (with Canadian flag) and red marker on inside front page. An uncommon item of interest to mark the 2017 sesquicentennial.
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Nin Naunanimin (Indian) "There are Five of Us"
by BERNHARDT, Clara; GRAY, Lillian Collier; ROBB, Wallace Havelock; SLITER, Dorothy Murray; WEBSTER, Gertrude Bowen
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London, Ontario, Canada
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[Kingston, Ontario]: [Abbey Dawn Press], 1939. Cloth. Very good. Unpaginated. 22 cm. Blue cloth hardcover with gold print. Light soiling and a bit of scratching to cloth. Each author printed on a different colour of paper. Five Ontario poets self-published the volume for the Poets' Festival, Abbey Dawn, May 24th, 1939.
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Tecumtha Shawnee Chieftain - Astral Avatar. Revelation of the true. Illustrated By Adrian Dingle
by ROBB, Wallace Havelock
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Kingston, Canada: Abbey Dawn Press, [1958]., 1958. 8vo. pp. xiii, 223. 12 plates (including coloured frontis). cloth. dw. inscribed and Signed by the author including notes. First Edition. Watters p. 167.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.
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The Door of Dawn
by Robb, Wallace Havelock
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Port Robinson, Ontario, Canada
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New York City: The Poets Press, 1937. Orange cloth boards with black lettering for both title and author. Spine has darkened somewhat with age. Orange endpapers with inscription and signature of author (unverified). Half title page has inked name of previous owner. Text is wonderfully clean. Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at a time.. With Inscription, By Author. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket.
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The Tyrian Quill
by Robb, Wallace Havelock (SIGNED)
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- near fine
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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Kingston, ON: Abbey Dawn Press, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edward Phipps-Walker (frontis). A selection, " of somewhat less than a third of " Robb's unpublished poems. " The setting and emotion of many of these poems is, of course, Abbey dawn ," Poetry grouping themes: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Miscellaneous, Aphorisms, Selections from The Quill and the Candle and the Door of Dawn. 159 pp. plus Index. Brown cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine only. Spine ends are slightly rubbed, fon blacked out on front pastedown. SIGNED by Robb under quill ffep in mauve ink. NOT a dedication copy. Great for regifting ! Bookseller's Inventory # 160016
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Thunderbird
by Wallace Havelock Robb
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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POP-UP SALE Collectible Fine First Canadian Edition Hardcover Signed by the author. Hand drawn Maps. A story from Mohawk oral tradition of Vikings on the Great lakes. Here told by a addapted Mohawk. Tight binding. Clean 242 pages. NOT A library copy. Fine collectible condition. Rare in such great shape, See all four of our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans.
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