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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. de Robb, Wallace Havelock - 1927
de Robb, Wallace Havelock
THE QUILL AND THE CANDLE: POEMS OF BIRDLAND IN CANADA.
de Robb, Wallace Havelock
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
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..
- Librería Independent bookstores (CA)
- Ilustrador Major Allan Brooks.
- Formato/Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Estado del libro Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta No Jacket
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Editorial Ryerson Press
- Lugar de publicación Toronto
- Fecha de publicación 1927
- Palabras clave 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