The Lines of the Poet.

Toronto & London: Monk Bretton Books, 1981. First edition. Fourteen 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inch lithographic portraits from life by Montreal artist Morton Rosengarten, each paired with a poem by the respective subject: Margaret Atwood, Earle Birney, Leonard Cohen, Ralph Gustafson, Irving Layton, John Newlove, Alden Nowlan, Michael Ondaatje, P.K. Page, Al Purdy, F.R. Scott, A.J. M. Smith, and Phyllis Webb. Each portrait sheet is numbered and SIGNED by Rosengarten, each broadside signed by the poet with the exception of Smith, who died during production. The whole housed, together with the title page, Jones’ introduction, the artist’s preface, and the colophon, in a black paper-lined buckram folding box, with the title silkscreened to the upper cover. All elements fine. A sumptuous Canadian livre d’artiste. Original prospectus accompanies.