Imago Press

The Life of an Amorous Man

Ihara, Saikahu · 1987

CA$10.00 (€6.36 | $7.01 | £5.31 | ¥1,119)

Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle, 1987. Perfect binding, 233 pp. 4.25"-7.25". fine. Novel published in Japan in 1682 notable for its vividly drawn characters and frank sexuality. B x w on red cover, Some rumples.

Persimmon Moons, 3rd edition

Hryciuk, Marshall · 2008

CA$10.00 (€6.36 | $7.01 | £5.31 | ¥1,119)

Toronto, Imago Press, 2008. Staplebound, 58 pp. 5.5"-8.5". Mint. Haiku of the poet's visits to Honshu and Sado Islands in 1992 and 1997 while he was President of Haiku Canada.

Arizona to Crete

Hryciuk, Marshall · 2008

CA$16.00 (€10.18 | $11.22 | £8.49 | ¥1,791)

Toronto, Imago Press, 2008. Perfect binding, 122 pp. 5.5"-7". Mint. Travel haiku from Arizona, Crete, Italy, Honshu, Britain & California + his award-winning haiku. Photos from New Mexico and of the poet in Crete by Karen Sohne.

CADatonia

Howard, Dorothy · 1994

CA$10.00 (€6.36 | $7.01 | £5.31 | ¥1,119)

Gatineau QC, Proof Press, 1994. Staplebound, 20 pp. 5.5"-8.5". fine. on the road / how delicate / the dead fox's head . Missing the paper-band illustrated with racing turtles that holds shut the stapled yellow covers. Unblemished.

Face at the Bottom of the World and Other Poems

Hagiwara, Sakutaro; Graeme Wiulson, translator · 1969

CA$20.00 (€12.72 | $14.02 | £10.61 | ¥2,239)

Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle, 1969. Sewn cloth, 83 pp. 5"-7.5". As New. Longer poems with the lyric intensity of haiku. 1st edition of a co-publication with Hurtig of Canada; paintings reproduced on the jacket and on the cloth boards by Y.Wilson.

Poems

Dunbar, William; James Kingsley, editor · 1958

CA$15.00 (€9.54 | $10.52 | £7.96 | ¥1,679)

London, Oxford University Press, 1958. Perfect binding, 160 pp. 5"-7.25". Fair. 15th Century Scottish Mediaeval poet whose poems are a medley of chivalry, piety, grossness and splendid riot. Coffee stains and smudges to covers in the Clarendon Series.

a mouse pours out

Gurga, Lee · 1988

CA$7.00 (€4.45 | $4.91 | £3.72 | ¥784)

Battle Ground IN, HIGH/COO Press, 1988. Staplebound, 20 pp. 4.25"-2.75". Good. With drawing by his sons at a young age. Stains to top front, e.g. the liquid movement/ of the raccoon's eyes:/ filled with maggots.

S/HE

Grandinetti Rader, R. W. · 1983

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Battle Ground IN, HIGH/COO Press, 1983. Staplebound, 20 pp. 4.25"-8". fine. Red matte covers, and between them: after / afterglow / the cool breeze.

where sky meets sky

Gorman, LeRoy · 1980

CA$15.00 (€9.54 | $10.52 | £7.96 | ¥1,679)

Toronto, Nietzsche's Brolly, 1980. Staplebound, 24 pp. 7"-10". Good. Last copy of first edition. Violet-on-white covers, purple Japanese endpapers enclose concrete haiku e.g. pot ter y mind fr ame shaft projec tile.

glass bell

Gorman, LeRoy · 1991

CA$5.00 (€3.18 | $3.51 | £2.65 | ¥560)

Pointe Claire QC, King's Road Press, 1991. Staplebound, 16 pp. 5"-8". fine. First issue from King's Road Press: leafing thru the family album/ a steady draft/ from the door.

Wings of Moonlight

Gay, Garry · 1993

CA$10.00 (€6.36 | $7.01 | £5.31 | ¥1,119)

Santa Rosa CA, Smythe-Waithe Press, 1993. Staplebound, 48 pp. 5.25"-8.5". fine. sparrow hawk/ from power pole to power pole/ setting sun.

INSTANTS

Fraticelli, Marco · 1979

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Montreal, Guernica, 1979. Perfect binding, 68 pp. 5.5"-8.5". fine. 1st volume in the Essential Poets series: NEW YEAR'S MORNING/ BEHIND THE DUSTY WINE BOTTLE/ A BROKEN COCOON - Yes. ALL IN CAPS THE WHOLE BOOK; terrific haiku.

unacknowledged legislator

Faiers, Chris · 1981

CA$10.00 (€6.36 | $7.01 | £5.31 | ¥1,119)

Vancouver, blewointmentpress, 1981. Staplebound, 40 pp. 5.25"-8.5". Good. Not predominantly haiku -but it does have: So many/ think they are 'poets'/ but have the souls/ of high school teachers ... Discoloured & stained.

Five Minutes Ago They Dropped the Bomb

Faiers, Chris · 1984

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Toronto, Unfinished Monument Press, 1984. Staplebound, 10 pp. 5.5"-8.75". fine. Not haiku -title poem is 2 pages long. Printed black on pink paper inside, sand cover with 99 cents on upper corner.

Sleeping in Ruins

Faiers, Chris · 1981

CA$13.00 (€8.27 | $9.11 | £6.90 | ¥1,455)

Toronto, Unfinished Monument Press, 1981. Staplebound, 12 pp. 5.75"-9". Good. Seventeen / after your orgasm / ice cream tits - Handwritten, dried seed glued between cover's titles. Penmarked and rare.

Foot Through the Ceiling

Faiers, Chris · 1986

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Toronto, Aya Press, 1986. Perfect binding, 88 pp. 6"-9". Good. Night beach / lovers sharing / lifeguard stands - Smoke stains to the book's top face and pink covers.

Up From the Deep

Eshbaugh, Ruth · 1988

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Glen Burnie MD, Wind Chimes Press, 1988. Staplebound, 16 pp. 5.5"-4.25". Good. # XV in the Minibook Series; e.g.: new born / quiets / new dawn - Some nubbing to corners is all.

rectangle of light

Dyck, Marge A. · 1996

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Gatineau QC, Proof Press, 1996. Staplebound, 48 pp. 7"-4.5". Mint. Rock pool sandpiper / dips into its reflection / dips into its reflection - Sketches by James Dyck.

The Dream of the Rood

Dickins, Bruce and Alan Ross, ed. · 1965

CA$15.00 (€9.54 | $10.52 | £7.96 | ¥1,679)

London, Methuen, 1965. Perfect binding, 51 pp. 4.75"-7". Good. Old English Library fifth edition, third reprint. Old English text and exhaustive modern English notes. Fold-in covers.

INCISIONS

Duggan, MB · 1985

CA$25.00 (€15.90 | $17.53 | £13.27 | ¥2,798)

Toronto, CURVD H&Z, 1985. Enveloped/ boarded, 66 pp. 15"-10". Mint. Sealed with author-editor correspondence included in stapled corrugated boards. on the coiled/ red/ bur/ ner/ are/ ash/fingerprints.