Beyond the Lakes: Selected Poems Tapa dura - 1978

Fine HC. Boards, binding and pages all in as-new condition with inscription and signature of author Tom Saunders on endpaper, in a good DJ with several short closed tears. 6 x 9, 57 pages. Renowned as the first authentic voice of Manitoba and the prairies in poetry, Saunders has earned worldwide acclaim for his verse.

Winnipeg: Peguis Publishers [0-919566-70-7] 1978, 1st edition. (Cloth) 57pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Aquamarine cloth boards; lettering in gold to spine, lettering and small illus in gold to top board. Dust jacket illustration by George Swinton. Jacket entirely unblemished, mylar protected. SIGNED by Saunder on the title page. The ffep has been cut out, else the volume is tight, bright, and clean. Seemingly unread, if it weren't for the unfortunate ffep (perhaps so removed to crudely showcase the signature?. "In his prize-winning 'Manitoba: A History", W.L. Morton pays tribute to Thomas Saunders as the first authentic voice of Manitoba and the prairies in poetry" -jacket flap. (Saunders has also received acclaim from other noted authors and poets such as Walter E. Swayze, E.K. Brown, and Northrop Frye).

Winnipeg: Peguis Publishers, 1978. Hard bound, first edition, flat signed by author on title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 300 grams.