Simkin Alice Macrae (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Light wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** 6 X 9" 107 pages. Inscription on front end page. A very nicely preserved copy with some light soil on the front cover. Alice MacRae Simkin, author of these poems, was born at Upper Canard, Nova Scotia and spent her childhood on an orchard farm at Grand Pre in the Annapolis Valley. Uncomplicated, notably with pessimism, hers is in sharp contrast to much poetry of our time. Her earliest poem in this collection, In The Orchard, was written at age thirteen, her most recent, Mosaic, at sixty-nine. All are appealing in their simplicity and some are deeply moving. Black & White Photographs (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Self, 1963. 105 pages. B/W photos. Buff coloured card cover with fold over flaps has wee bends to corners. Cover is quite clean. Alberta homesteader is written in pencil at top of front endpaper. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. Good.

Condition: Good. Vancouver, B. C,: Mitchell Press, 1963. This is a real printing of this book from 1963. Cream coloured card covers with fold-over flap. A bit of discolouration to spine and a bit of colour transfer from another book to front cover. Gift inscription to former owner on second page. Some neat margin notations to one poem in text. Otherwise clean and unmarked.B/W photos throughout. Good. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 107 pages. "With the publishing of this volume, Mrs. Simkin's work doubtless will find its place in future anthologies of Canadian verse. Uncomplicated, notably without pessimism, hers is in shart contrast to much poetry of our time. It distils the essence of Maritime practicality and good cheer and blends it with the dauntless optimism so characteristic of those who have known the rigors of Western farm life and have loved and understood the prairie moods, even those that are harsh to the point of cruelty." - from Preface. Includes 105 poems. Illustrated in black and white. Unmarked. Moderate wear and soiling. Binding sound. Nice copy.…