Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Purpora Books

Toronto: Second Story, 1990. Top fore corner lightly bumped. A novel by this Canadian author.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus.

Mill Valley, CA: Louis Patler & Bill Barrett, 1976. Large format, 8 1/2" 11", text printed from typescript on pale green newsprint, rectos only, unpaginated, text block is 1/2" thick. Contributions by Charles Olson, Ed Sanders, Louis Patler, Brian Fawcett, Duncan McNaughton, Alice Rimbaud, Lawrence Kearney, Ron Silve, Bill Barrett, and Allen Fowler.. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

Toronto: Musson Book Co. Bound in red cloth with Musson publisher device in gilt on upper board and gilt lettering on spine with "Musson" at the bottom, and publisher device in blind on rear cover. Crimped and a little frayed at the spine ends, tips rubbed, bottom fore corner bumped, hinges sound. Undated, but an early edition (possibly 1890s) from the sheets of the UK edition first published by Chatto & Windus (their name appears on the title page as well as Musson's) in 1889. Printed by Spottiswoode & Co. of London, and final page has Chatto & Windus publisher's device. With two hundred and twenty illustrations by Dan Beard; 525 pages of text. The illustration of "The King" is on page 43 (not 59 as per the US edition) and has the first issue point of an "s" between "The" and "King", which was later corrected in the US edition. Interestingly, the image itself of "The King" is reversed from that of the US edition..… Read More

London, ON: Brick, 1995. Poems by this Canadian author. 59 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

London, ON: Brick, 1995. Poems by this Canadian author.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

Vancouver: McClelland & Stewart and Playwrights Theatre Centre A 12 page booklet: a dramatic and musical presentation from the novel (2009) by Margaret Atwood. Narrated by Atwood with hymns from the book sung by a choir.. First Edition. Booklet. Near Fine Plus..

San Francisco: Magdalene Syndrome, 1967. White covers are somewhat dirty; internally nice. Poems. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine..

Toronto: Harper Collins (HarperCollins), 1996. Cover with flaps. Three miniscule spots on top edge of pages. Canadian author's second book, a novel. 215 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Oakville, ON: Mosaic, 1987. Spine faded from mustard-yellow to pale yellow, also faded in horizontal band top of front cover, and covers gently curling away from text block. Stories by this Canadian author. Inscribed by author on half-title page "for ___ / To a 'father' of Can-lit - from a 'son' of Can-lit! / With the author's love, David"; also signed by author on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Short darkened strips top and bottom of front and rear boards where dust jacket had been taped to mustard coloured paper covering the boards; dust jacket with edge wear, especially rear panel and a couple of sweeping, yet very fine scratches on front panel. Author's first book, a novel inspired by his boyhood in Georgia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

(Ottawa): Oberon, 1971. Also simultaneously published in a hard cover edition. Poems by this Canadian. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

University: University of Alabama, 1971. Dust jacket a bit sunned on spine panel. 173 pages with index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

London: Bodley Head, 1985. Tanning of page margins; traces of wear to top edge of dust jacket. Author's second novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1945. Bound in green cloth with yellow lettering on upper board and on spine. Upper board is darkened in a band along the fore edge, the spine is also darkened, the fore edge of pages has minor foxing; internally the endpapers are sound and clean, the pages unmarked and there is no foxing. Originally published in 1933. 293 pages.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Dust Jacket.

New York: Henry Holt, 1987. Author's first novel. 343 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Ottawa: Apostrophe, 2003. Produced in an edition of 200 copies.. First Edition. Chapbook. Fine..

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1985. Stories. Printed in a hardcover trade edition of 300 copies.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Forestburg, Alberta: Forestburg & District Historical Book Committee, 1983. Massive local history (927 pages) with many B/W illustrations from photos and index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket as Issued.

New York: Kinderbuch , 1966. A few tiny faint spots on front free endpaper, a faint stain on fore edge of pages, and two small ink checkmarks on table of contents; dust jacket, which is fragile, has edge wear and a few small chips. 254 pages with the stories, biographies of the authors, glossary and list of sponsors.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Herb Kruckman.

London: Cape, 1945. Spine slant, minor wear to ends of spine, previous owner name top of front free endpaper and a small dark spot on rear free endpaper and rear pastedown; dust jacket has edge wear chips and creases, a 1" tear top of front panel next to spine, a shorter one at top of the rear spine fold, and the spine panel is slightly faded. Collected essays on literature, politics and problems of our time, and a survey of the Soviet experiment, this being published for the first time... First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Very Good Plus/Good Plus.