Military - Poetry & Plays from Capricorn Books

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1941. 13 pp, 8 1/2" H, stapled in wraps. Signed on title page: "E.J. Pratt". E.J. Pratt's poem of the Dunkirk rescue. Interior - light browning to the pages - mainly in thr marginsa, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear and a few tiny… Ler mais sobre este item

St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 1997. 300 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps, drawings, photographs. "Born in Canada, (John) McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, whilst serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Methuen, 1904. 247 pp, 6 7/8" H, red cloth with paper label on spine, top edge gilt. 15 colour plates by Rowlandson - all present, clean & bright. The fictional adventures, told in humorous verse, of a grocer's son who covets military glory and coerces his parents into buying him a commision. Scattered light foxing marks throughout the… Ler mais sobre este item

St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 1997. 300 pp, lg.8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w maps, drawings, photographs. "Born in Canada, (John) McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, whilst serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that… Ler mais sobre este item

Regina : School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., 1945. 62 pp, 8" H. Green patterned endpapers, 2 b&w photographs, drawing. These ballads were written by an officer of the South Saskatchewan Regiment while in a German POW camp (Oflag VII/B) during WWII. Interior - two small splits in paper of front hinge, light browning to edges… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: William Briggs, 1901. 276 pp, 7 11/16" H. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering/decoration on spine and front board. Tissue-covered b&w photographic frontispiece of author with facsimile signature, title page decorations by J.E. Laughlin, b&w portraits of Tecumseh and Brock. Contents: Part I. Tecumseh: A Drama; The Legend of Chileeli; A Ballad for Brave Women; The Last… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Longmans, Green, 1942. 48 pp, 7 5/8" H. The main poem in this volume, 'This England', speaks of the qualities for which the nation was fighting at the time (WWII) of writing. It is preceded by a poetic tribute to Winston Churchill and followed by a collection of sonnets (including: Easter in Wartime, On Seeing an Autumn Ploughman,… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1943. 68 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w frontispiece. "Scrawled on the backs of envelopes and signal pads, (this) poem grew for two years while its author, aboard hundreds of merchant vessels, pursued his duties as Naval Boarding Officer. Some of the passages written in convoy were punctuated by the thump of underwater explosions. In this… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. 52 pp, 7 3/8" H, gray boards with dark blue cloth spine, blue lettering/border and red flower device on front board. A collection of poems about the First World War. There is an Xmas message dated 1917 on the front free endpaper and a contemporary Xmas sticker (bluebird with wreath) on the bottom… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937. 99 pp, 7 13/16" H - green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board, gold emblem on front board. A collection of poems by the Canadian poet Lloyd Roberts, gathered under the headings: General; Mystical and Philosophical; Love; War; Children; Nature; Songs. Minor browning to pages, tiny light foxing marks on rear free… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1943. 66 pp, 8vo (8 1/16" H) - green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Leslie Gordon Barnard. In memory of a very happy gathering when he was our guest speaker at the C.A.A. annual dinner, May 6th 1944, Toronto - Sincere regards, Amabel King". … Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. 99 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H) - red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. A collection of poems by a padre who served with the 46th and 24th Infantry Divisions of the B.E.F. during World War I. He earned the nickname "Woodbine Willie" for dispensing the practical comfort of cigarettes… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. 188 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H) - dark green cloth with gold letteringon spine, blind stamp of Barrie's initials on front board. Tissue-covered frontispiece. Four plays by the author of 'Peter Pan' on the subject of war and its consequences. Previous owner's name/datre and small corner crease on front free endpaper, paper at… Ler mais sobre este item

Horsted Keynes, Sussex: Selma Press, 1974. 176 pp + appendices, 8vo (8 1/2" H). Map endpapers, b&w illustrations. From the Foreword, " Many books have been written about the Battle of Britain and most have failed to appeal to the general public, being too long or too technical. Other books have been too scrappy to paint a clear picture. … Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Exposition Press, 1955. 200 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H). B&w photographic frontispiece. Printed/typed presentation slip tipped-in at title page, stating: Present By / Mr. Eddie Schaffer (no signature). "(T)he product of a remarkable man, Eddie Schaffer, ex-Marine and currently one of the more popular bus drivers in the city of St. Louis. Here is a volume… Ler mais sobre este item

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968. 74 pp. 8vo (8 9/16" H), hard cover - no dust jacket. A poem about "The batttle of Aughrim (literally horse-ridge)...fought on the evening of Sunday, July 12, 1691, about seventeen miles southwest of Athlone, almost in the centre of Ireland. It was the last decisive battle in Irish history." This… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1941. 13 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H) - dark blue cloth with gilt title on front board. Signed on title page: "E.J. Pratt". Limited edition reprint: "Three hundred copies of this edition of 'Dunkirk' have been printed especially for Messrs. Johnston, Everson & Charlesworth, Christmas, 1941. This Copy is No. 106." E.J. Pratt's… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1965. 152 pp, 9 1/2" H. "(A) narrative and reflective poem in which the characters of the plot, a young soldier and his comrades, act out their human drama against the urgent and ever-present reality of the First World War. Their decisions, thoughts and emotions occur in all the horror and irony of battle.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: William Kimber, 1974. 128 pp, 8 1/2" H. Profusely illustrated with cartoons in black, white, blue and red. "Records of World War II are incomplete without a tribute to the 'Fighting Services Title-Abbreviating Department', and the inspired minds therein which christened the Women's Royal Naval Service the WRENS. Surely the dedicated brood - such invaluable handmaidens… Ler mais sobre este item