Search Results: Authors starting with I from Purpora Books

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp, 2001. Soft diagonal crease bottom corner of front cover, else new and unread. Chilean-born Canadian author's first novel, which "paints a recklessly extravagant portrait of the Latino machos and cha-cha habitues of Santiago's gay underground".. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1986. Bottom tips slightly bumped. Dust jacket has minor wrinkles end of spine panel and bottom of rear panel. Originally published in Mexico; translated by Irene del Corral. 117 pages.. First English Language Ed.. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

Boston: Godine, 1984. Very short tear top of spine panel of dust jacket. Translated by Asa Zatz. 197 pages.. First English Language Ed.. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1976. Front paste down partially deattached from the upper board by about 1/2"; internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has considerable edge wear including short tears, creases, and rubs. Translated by Richard B. Mather. Collection of anecdotes, short conversations, noteworthy remarks, and personal characterizations attributed to historical personalities who lived in China between about 150 and 420 A.D. 726 pages with index. Heavy book and may require extra postage depending on destination. . First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1974. UK price printed on rear cover. A single heavy crease on spine, otherwise pretty nice condition (note the fingerprints on cover are printed!). Typical Monty Python foolery, originally published in 1973 in hard cover.. Paperback Reprint. Large Format Paperback. Very Good Plus.. Illus. by Terry Gilliam.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1997. "Literary conversations revealing how the short story gives transit across cultural and ethnic borders." Interviews with Isabel Allende, Clark Blaise, Richard Ford, Bharati Mukherjee, Leslie Marmon Silko, and others; 253 pages with index.. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 1991. Selection of journalist's essays covering a range of subjects (war correspondant, Inuit journey, Bill Reid, etc.) originally appearing in The New Yorker, Harper's, Saturday Night and other publications. With a foreward by Allan Fotheringham and an author's note. 303 pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page "For ___ / with love, / Edith Iglauer / [drawing of woman's head]".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 1991. Selection of journalist's essays covering a range of subjects (war correspondant, Inuit journey, Bill Reid, etc.) originally appearing in The New Yorker, Harper's, Saturday Night and other publications. With a foreward by Allan Fotheringham and an author's note. 303 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1991. True first of Canadian author's first novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Toronto: Viking / Penguin Canada, 1998. Dust jacket has corner crease at location of price at top of front flap. "Is a report and a reflection on what Ignatieff has seen in the places where ethnic war has become a way of life: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Afghanistan.". First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

Toronto: Viking / Penguin, 2000. Non-fiction.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Toronto: Viking / Penguin, 1993. Light wear bottom of spine. Canadian author's second novel, short-listed for the Booker Prize.. First Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp, 2003. Twelve stories. 172 pages. Inscribed by author on the dedication page to fellow Canadian author "Sept 27 '04 Vancouver / When Susan Musgrave barks even pavlov drools / George Ilsley".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Dublin: Wolfhound, 1989. 199 pages with bibliography and index.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine..

London: Faber, 1989. Dust jacket is price-clipped and the ends of flaps are slightly rubbed. First published in Spain in 1965, this is Infante's legendary novel about Havana before Castro's revolution. 487 pages.. Re-issue. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

London: Faber, 1993. Bound in black cloth with white lettering on spine; page margins are tanned.. Dust jacket has minro wear along top and bottom edges. Translated from the Spanish. Collection of short stories. 148 pages.. English Language Ed., 2nd Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

(n.p.): Gambit, 1983. First U.S. edition. Fine book with small book store stamp on rear free endpaper in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with trace edge wear.. First US Edition.

Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery Association, 1956. 12- page (including the covers) annual report. Minor foxing top of front cover, otherwise nice unmarked copy.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good Plus..

Calgary: Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Calgary Library, 1977. 20-page pamphlet.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine Plus..

Victoria, BC: Horsdal & Schubart (H&S), 1998. Owner name on first page. Worldwide background to rock carvings with specific focus on the petroglyphs of Quadra Island, BC. Pen and ink drawings by Stewart, B&W illustrations from photos, and maps of the petroglyph sites on Quadra Island. 111 pages with sources.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus.. Illus. by Hilary Stewart.