These are all small or thin chap/books. Anything published 100 years before 2022 would be considered a more valuable antique book.
American Literature
the ‘last word’ on 9/11; cute nicely packaged softcover of a girl’s poem with stills from Serguei Bassine’s line-drawn film (small DVD included) narrated by Rosie Perez
the classic 1st printing paperback (1960) that introduced American readers to the Beats
1955 reprint paperback; rare signed by Miller
1 of 2500 copies of 1993 facsimile reprint of the 1890 original
1966 softcover printing of the 1956 original; Ginsberg’s biggest hit which was the subject of a controversial book trial
1972 reprint I discovered when I started teaching; I, consequently, taught an English option called The Poetry of Rock which featured the likes of Dylan, Lightfoot, and The Beatles
2008: an interesting theme for a poetry anthology; cute little book
1956 movie book for kids; an olde personal favorite by Felix Salten popularized in North America by Disney
1968 Hallmark dust jacketed book; Hallmark used to sell these quaint kinds of books in their stores once upon a time
the best-selling 1st ed. signed by the author who died recently (over 100 years old)
a delightful, witty one-off 1988 softcover
British Literature
1880s-1910? leatherette illustrated Elizabeth Barrett Browning poems
beautiful 1912? suede cover on mini-book of Coleridge’s poems
1989 illustrated paperbound chapbook from a series
British Library hardcover, no date; Carroll’s original drawings prior to Tenniel’s famous illustrations
1968 hardcover, illustrated book of Tennyson’s famous poem
cute little 1969 reprint I studied from in Modern British and American Drama course at U of A in 1970-71; includes Synge’s “Riders to the Sea” and “Playboy of the Western World”
a wonderful tiny chapbook that used to be sold in bookstores for Christmas–first appeared in 1959; the best possible gift you could ever hope to give a reading child or teen for Christmas
rare 1927 chapbook of Eliot’s poem; artwork by E. McKnight Kauffer
San Francisco’s Westgate Press 1930 ed., the only book she ever had published first in a non-UK country; rare, slipcased, numbered and signed in purple ink by Woolf
a recent, rare acquisition of this very small print run ed. of love poems signed on the cover by singer-songwriter Donovan
1900-1907? book has illustrations throughout of what used to be called the greatest poem in the English language; color hardbound cover
1973 paperback reprint which changed my views of madness, alienation, and psychiatry
1961 dust jacketed reprint of Thomas’s classic radio play; notice Dylan pictured on the front cover
1991 paperback hot on the heels of Four Weddings and a Funeral movie; poem recited by gay lover in funeral scene
the iconic paperback cover; 1988 reprint
1988 reprint with very rare Stoppard inscription; his first and best-known play which later became a movie
Canadian Literature
1926 hardbound
rare 1909 tiny leatherette chapbook
the 1944 softcover version
politically incorrect these days; but this was a memorable 1966 paperback; a 1940 Governor-General winner
very rare signed early chapbook by the female author with a note to a reader
1968 paperback; I used to teach Ross’s excellent Depression short stories; this is an incredibly rare signed copy (he seldom signed anything)
the 1967 paperback novella I read coming back to Edmonton on the train from my honeymoon, 1971
rare 1954 paperback version of Richler’s early novel The Acrobats
1952 paperback about an out-of-wedlock pregnancy
rare 1956 chapbook signed by Layton to his daughter
rare signed 1923 hardbound with illustrations by Group of 7’s Varley
Gr. 12 memory: the chapbook I bought sold to me by my teacher as a study aid; an ON publication with essays by ON authors
Robert Stead was better known for his Manitoba prairie novels; this 1912 collection of poems has a color pastedown on the hardback cover
a 1983 reprint of the best lit crit book ever done by a Canadian; I bought it because it was signed by the author; it changed and enhanced my English teaching pedagogy back in 1975 AD
a rare signed paperback copy of his award-winning novel about French and English Canada
-the somewhat lurid paperback cover with Joanne Woodward from the movie of the same name (her husband Paul Newman directed); I saw it in 1970 at U of W after we had read Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God in an early CanLit course
Cohen’s ‘pornographic’ novel–same paperback ed.–which I first memorably encountered during a Can Lit course at U of Winnipeg in 1969;
a very small book published in 1880; Roberts’ first collection and the first consequential title of the Confederation poets–it made Lampman want to write and publish; signed by Roberts–incredibly rare
incredibly rare 1939’survivor’ with very rare inscription; the classic poem about the Canadian Depression
left: 1966 Canadian paperback version; right: original 1945 UK dust jacketed book about controversial (then) out-of-wedlock pregnancy/love affair
a rare signed copy of the same 1974 ed. I used to teach my Gr. 10 Academic Challenge kids; her most impressive book–a collection of related/overlapping stories written over a period of years and published separately at first; amazingly, it reads like a novel
1927 dust-jacketed book inscribed inside
Graham’s most famous novel in 1948 paperback
risque 1965 paperback version
Cohen’s earliest publication: 3 poems in his university’s 1959 chapbook
two more of the poems
1966 McClelland & Stewart; my wife bought his 1st 4 softcover books when she was a u undergrad when Cohen’s poetic reputation was first being established
‘Al Purdy Was Here’–inscription to an ON bookseller in his Governor-General book winner
1942 dust jacketed book with rare inscription; his poem “David” has long been considered the Great Canadian poem
scarce signed dust-jacketed 1955 Andre Deutsch
rare 1932 dust jacketed book with enclosed postcard and 3 letters, 2 signed by the author
1912-16? early ed. with very rare signature of this beloved Canadian humor classic
his popular 1895 book with his most famous poem
very scarce softcover signed and inscribed to her Toronto dentist; author of 2 Governor-General winning novels
enclosed letter to the dentist
rare 1946 U.K. dust jacketed book
rare 1942 U.K. dust jacket with 1st day cover envelope and stamp tipped in
1888 hardbound–his first book–incredibly rare signed, inscribed to an Ottawa friend
1974 signed book with rare tipped in letter
rare 1912 inscribed Pauline Johnson
rare 1979 inscribed children’s book: “I wish that they would accept her–this other cat–among their numerous other cat friends. With affectionate remembrance.”
doubly rare: the 1926 dust jacketed book, signed
International
1995 softcover movie tie-in book