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Nelson Ball

Nelson Ball was born in Clinton, Ontario, and raised in southwestern Ontario. He was active as a poet, editor, and small press publisher in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1972 he has been an antiquarian bookseller specializing in Canadian literature. He edited Frank Harrington’s Kristmiss Book, published by The Mercury Press in 1993, and is the author of three Mercury poetry books, At the Edge of the Frog Pond, Almost Spring, and The Concrete Air. Ball resides in Paris, Ontario, where the Nith and Grand Rivers converge.

Books by this author in our catalogue:

cover for Almost Spring

Almost Spring

5.75 x 8.5 in, 80pp, paperback

ISBN-10: 1-55128-076-0

ISBN-13: 978-1-55128-076-9

September 1999

cover for At the Edge of the Frog Pond

At the Edge of the Frog Pond

5.5 x 8.5 in, 64pp, paperback

ISBN-10: 1-55128-110-4

ISBN-13: 978-1-55128-110-0

October 2004

cover for Concrete Air

Concrete Air

5.75 x 8.5 in, 144pp, paperback

ISBN-10: 1-55128-040-X

ISBN-13: 978-1-55128-040-0

September 2001

cover for Frank Harrington

Frank Harrington's Kristmiss Book

edited by Nelson Ball

10 x 7 in, 68pp, paperback

ISBN-10: 1-55128-006-X

ISBN-13: 978-1-55128-006-6

October 1993