Ivan Bernard Robson (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Poetry, Native Studies. Small pen mark on front panel, else clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FINE/GOOD+ First Edition, 1st Printing. An exceptional unread copy with no defects & no wear. Unclipped DJ has edge tears and chipping. 5.5" by 8.25", 61 pages. Each of the 11 poems is illustrated by charcoal sketches by the author. The author spent a decade with the Ojibway people of Western Ontario and worked with Native Canadians in the Yukon and Alberta in the 60's.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. SIGNED BY IVAN BERNARD ROBSON on half-title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; 75¢ written in black felt pen on front of dust jacket; dust jacket has a large chip on the upper front edge of dust jacket and a smaller chips on the bottom back edge and at spine extemes; some rubbing to dj; long closed tear to upper back flap of dj; otherwise very light general wear; "Prime People is a collection of poems about the Indians - the "prime" or first people to inhabit the continent - in which Mr. Robson records and extols their art and culture, mores, religion, strengths, and their concepts of time and labor. Each of the eleven poems accompanies an illustration drawn by the author. These expressive, incisive pictures - a delight in themselves - draw added meaning from their companion poems. The work is an adroit alloy of two art forms. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 61 pgs. Signed by Author. Many black & white drawings / illustrations. Includes Dust Jacket. No highlighting or underlining.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. 12 61.Signed by the author on half title page.Small black felt marker squiggle on front end page. Signed by Author. book.