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BISHOP, M[innie] BLANCHE: : ACADIA CHAP-BOOK 1 - Poems by. [Memorial Edn. and an Association copy: Author's sister,Lilian E. Bishop inscribed,dedicated to friend,twice.]

CANADA.NOVA SCOTIA,WOLFVILLE.PRIVATELY PRINTED,1929.

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CANADA,slim 8vo card wraps,association copy,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn per se,but author's sister's handwritten green ink,gift presentation inscrptn,dedication and date thus: 'To my sister's dear friend (underscored),Beth Rogers Eaton, With love from Lilian E. Bishop. Greenwich,N.S. Feb.1930.' to front free endpaper. Further,laid in loose,another small rectangular paper slip with same green ink handwriting with a short note to dedicatee from donor thus: 'Box 67,Greenwich,Nova Scotia Dear Beth :- As I do up this little book for you I cannot help seeing again in my mind each and every gift of yours to Blanche in her illness,and her joy in receiving them from you.With true love,Lilian E B.' Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,yapped,light brown textured paper/card covers with black ink lettering to front cover within a decorated bordered panel and small thumbnail scenic pictorial vignette also within same panel and Wolfville,Nova Scotia 1929 to lower lead corner; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly toned - commensurate with books age but no foxing/spotting or any other blemishes present; contents bright,tight,clean - text body virtually pristine and foxing- free - well preserved for book's age and it's ephemeral construction and nature. CANADA,slim 8vo card wraps,Memorial 1st edn and association copy,11-66pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,a foreword by author's sister Lilian E. Bishop,41 assorted poems includes 'Tidal Years'; plus [unpaginated] immaculate plain white endpapers - inscrptn to ffe excepted,half-title page,sub-title TIDAL YEARS AND OTHER POEMS,blank with a tipped- in thumbnail author's b/w portrait to it's reverse and title page. As a student,Bishop had published poetry, travel accounts,and fiction in periodicals in as diverse locations as Saint John, Halifax and Montreal,Boston and New York, Philadelphia,and Wolfville.Her poetry tended to be more conventional,often focusing on landscape and religious themes.Her long poem 'Tidal Years' was read at the alumni reception at the Acadia College jubilee in 1888,and three of her poems were selected for inclusion in T. H. Rand’s A Treasury of Canadian verse [1900]. In 1918,immediately after her death,there were discussions about issuing a memorial volume of her poetry and selected prose.However,only her verse appears in Poems,published privately in 1929 - this issue/edn. Her career represents the way in which young middle-class women in Canada began to push for greater educational opportunities in the 1880s and 1890s and translated these opportunities into national and international travel,mobility in their careers,and independence in expressing their views.While exerting a liberating educational influence on the young women whom she taught,she also succeeded in achieving some modest success as a writer.Her impatience with cant,her pride in women’s accomplishments,and her commitment to a sense of community informed both her writing and her teaching.[attribn. Gwendolyn Davies.] For more information see this link,but email me for the actual http link - I cannot put web addresses on this site - not allowed. Gwendolyn Davies,“BISHOP, MINNIE BLANCHE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography,vol. 14,University of Toronto/ Université Laval,2003–,accessed June 19,2020. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

CANADA,slim 8vo card wraps,association copy,1st edn.
SIGNED,association copy.

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