.Poetry from Turtle Creek Books

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editoraal Pampa, 1960. Hardcover, 1st edition in this format with wonderful illustrtions by Guiraldes. Green covers with gilt titles. Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Guiraldes. Alberto .

New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1956. Hardcover, stated first edition. Blue covers with gilt titles on spine. Light shelfwear and rubbing of covers, interior quite fine. Dust jacket is a little chipped and rubbed, otherwise good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: International Collectors Library, 1926. Hardcover, very attractive faux leather covers, gilt cover design and titles on spine. APPEARS UNREAD AND ALMOST NEW! Certainly GIFT QUALITY. The date given is 1926 but likely printed much more recently. . Hard Cover. Fine.

Toronto: Musson Book Co, 1894. Hardcover, red leather with gilt titles and incised design on front cover and spine. Light green marbled endpapers. No stated date but publishing catalogs would indicate that this is likely a first edition, Canadian, from 1894. Minor shelfwear and light rubbing, interior fine. . First Edition. Leather. Very Good.

USA: Merrill, 1970. TEXT IN ENGLISH - a fine clean bright copy. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1968. Hardcover 1st edition 4th printing. Rescued from a library cull, presents the usual stamps and stickers. 121 pages. Some overall shelf and edgewear otherwise still a nice copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1927. Cataloging this as hardcover, but the boards are actually quite light and are covered in a green suede-like leather. Gilt titles. Nice portrait of the author facing title page. Some general edgewear and scuffing of the leather, otherwise still a very nice vintage copy of Canadian poetry. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.… Read more

London: John Murray, 1829. Hardcover, leather spine and corners, greenish boards. (Faded) gilt titles and designs on spine, 5 raised bands. Front hinge a little tender but still holding well, former owner's name and bookplate inside. Light overall shelf and edgewear, bumped corners and some scuffing, crack just starting on exterior of front hinge, about 1/3 of the… Read more

Toronto: Copp Clark, 1913. Hardcover, 1st illustrated edition. Contains 4 lovely colour plates, likely by Herbert Moore. Dark blue covers with gilt titles and decorations. (faded) gilt title on spine. Top page edges gilt. A truly lovely copy with only very minor edgewear. Decorations by Edward B Edwards.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus.… Read more

London: George Newnes Ltd - Caxton Series, 1901. Hardcover, 1st thus, one of only 25 copies printed on Japanese Vellum. Un-numbered. Gray-brown boards with contrasting cream spine, gilt titles. Endpapers illustrated in art deco style. Numerous illustrations by Jones. Page 125, "gazing on the sullen tree" in later editions corrected to "thee sullen tree", thus… Read more

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1969. Light edgewear and age toning of pages otherwise a very good reading copt. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

UK: Penguin, 1958. Light edgewear and some age toning of pages otherwise a good reading copy. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

New York: Heritage Press, 1954. Hardcover, 1st thus. Very attractive cover design. A lovely clean sturdy copy inside original slipcase. The slipcase presents a little wear, the book does not. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Blake, William .

USA: St. Martin's Griffin, 2006. A lovely clean fresh copy that appears to have been only very gently read. From the publisher:"We work hard at our jobs, and in return we are frequently plagued by bad coffee, strange smells, paper cuts, other people, and, at least once a week, Mondays. So what better way to tackle the absurdities of… Read more

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937. Hardcover, 1st edition. One of the limited edition of 1000 copies, signed by the author HOWEVER this particular copy has more than a signature. It contains a rather lengthy and lively gift inscription from the author, dated February 1937. Blue covers with gilt titles, Very minor shelfwear, and the front hinge is… Read more

London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. Hardcover 1st edition. Dark turquise green covers with gilt titles on spine. Aside from a little shelfwear and light rubbing, this is a lovely clean sturdy copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Coward McCann, 1942. Nice vintage hardcover copy of this classic work, minor shelfwear, otherwise a fine clean bright copy. Dust jacket presents a little edgewear otherwise it too is fine. 23rd impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. Hardcover, 1st, forest green covers with gilt titles. There is some darkening of page edges from about page 140 to the end - nothing serious but it does show. Covers present some shelf and edgewear and lightly bumped corners. Binding is sound. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

USA: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. Light edgewear otherwise a fine clean bright copy. 3rd printing. Soft Cover. Good.

Wheaton, IL, U.S.A.: Tower Publications, 1966. French poetry by the Tunisian born author who immigrated as a Fulbright Scholar in 1958. Presumed first edition. Some edgewear and rubbing of covers, interior fine. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good.