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ISBN10: 0889841012, ISBN13: 9780889841017, [publisher: Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill] Softcover Original printed wraps. 128 pp. Octavo. `The Improved Binoculars, published in 1956 by Jonathan William's Jargon Press, was the first of Lton's collections to be widely published in North America. Ryerson Press, the book's Canadian distributor, refused to distribute the book (or even release it to the author) because of its "controversial" content. It is telling that Layton, whom we now regard as the author of some of the finest poems in Canadian history, found a warmer reception at first in the United States than he did in his own country. Layton's early backers included Robert Creeley and William Carlos Williams, who provided a warm (but condescending -- he refers to Layton, a Montrealer, as a "backwoodsman") forward for The Improved Binoculars.'' Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures. [Erin, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1991]
Erin, Ontario: The Porcupine's Quill, Date: 1991 First printing of this edition in trade paperback. Very minor rubbing and light curling to covers. Near Fine. 1991. The Porcupine's Quill ISBN 0889841012 9780889841017 [CA]
ISBN10: 0889841012, ISBN13: 9780889841017, [publisher: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario] Softcover First Edition First printing of this edition in trade paperback. Very minor rubbing and light curling to covers. Near Fine. [Calgary, AB, Canada] [Publication Year: 1991]
Canada: the Porcupine's Quill, Inc. [0-88984-101-2] 1991. (Mass market paperback) 120pp. Fine. . the Porcupine's Quill, Inc. ISBN 0889841012 9780889841017 [CA]
Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, Date: 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; small dot stain inside edge of back cover; light wear to inside corners; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; A collection of important Canadian reprints edited by John Metcalf and John Newlove; "The chorus of disapproval that greeted by writing has abated somewhat but not entirely, I'm proud and happy to say. In a world of rapid change and dislocation it is indeed a comfort to know some things never change, some things are eternal: lousy taste, philistinism, smuggery and the vapourings of the half-alive." - Irving Layton 1991. Porcupine's Quill ISBN 0889841012 9780889841017 [CA]
ISBN10: 0889841012, ISBN13: 9780889841017, [publisher: Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON] Softcover Clean, tight, unmarked; small dot stain inside edge of back cover; light wear to inside corners; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; A collection of important Canadian reprints edited by John Metcalf and John Newlove; "The chorus of disapproval that greeted by writing has abated somewhat but not entirely, I'm proud and happy to say. In a world of rapid change and dislocation it is indeed a comfort to know some things never change, some things are eternal: lousy taste, philistinism, smuggery and the vapourings of the half-alive." - Irving Layton [Winnipeg, MB, Canada] [Publication Year: 1991]
Porcupine's Quill 1991 First Edition Softcover Fine 0889841012. Stiff bright unmarked book.; 0.38 x 8.58 x 5.52 Inches; 128 pages.
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