Bates Ronald, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 68 p. 21 cm. Tan cloth in dustjacket. Chips and tears to jacket extremities. Some stains to cloth around spine. Inscribed by author on a front leaf.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Can Ed. Ronald Gordon Nudell Bates (1924-1995), a poet, literary critic and Professor of English was born in Regina Saskatchewan in 1924. He earned a B.A. (1948), at Victoria College, University of Toronto, and M.A. and Ph.D also from the University of Toronto. His teaching career was spent at the University of Upsala (Sweden), the University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario. A member of P.E.N., selected publications of his poetry include The wandering world (1959) the author's first book of poetry This copy is signed on the title page. Some of the poems were inspired by Greek mythology .60p. Clean tight copy, but ffep is missing, else near fine. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Signed by Ronald Bates to title page. Softcover. Light shelf and surface wear to covers. Previous owner's bookplate glued to front endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 60 pages, very good condition in publisher's decorated boards, top edge of book slightly spotted. With author's presentation inscription on the title page to Tommy Dunn, the founding Professor of English Studies at the University of Stirling between 1966 and 1988 ("For Tommy Dunn/who has now seen/Ultima Thule,/from/Ron"). Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition of this mixed-genre Canadian literary magazine. Octavo, original blue pictorial wrappers, illustrated. Signed and dated by Leonard Cohen on the table of contents, "Leonard Cohen 2002." Scarce early Cohen appearance from 1958 when he was 24 years old. Four of his poems are included, some of which do not appear elsewhere: 'Before the Story;' 'Poem for Marc Chagall;' 'Gift;' and 'Bait.' Also present are works by teacher and poet Louis Dudek who was the first influential teacher of Cohen at McGill University in Montreal, who encouraged Cohen to be a poet. In very good condition. Leonard Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist who gained acclaim for his introspective and melancholic music, creating memorable works like the timeless 'Hallelujah' and his first book 'Let Us Compare Mythologies.'.