Search Results: Authors starting with A from Purpora Books

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to top and bottom edges of boards and owner name on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped, has a 2" piece missing from the bottom of the spine panel, is chipped top of spine panel and ends of flap folds, and has clear tape on blind side reinforcing the front spine fold. Published anonymously but later attributed to Harold Begbie. A savage critique of English Society, with a special preface to the American edition. 176 pages plus eight B&W portraits.. First American Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Very Good Plus/Good.

London: Penguin, 1936. A bright copy with spine square. Minor chip at bottom of spine, pages slightly age toned. Originally published in 1920. Number 70 in the early series of Penguin books. Laid-into this copy is the front flap of the dust jacket. 256 pages, complete and unabridged.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine.

London: Penguin, 1936. A bright copy with spine square with a few spots along the front spine fold, pages slightly age toned. Dust jacket is tanned on spine panel and front flap fold, flap folds have splits, and there is a moderate chip top of spine panel. Originally published in 1920. Number 69 in the early series of Penguin books. 256 pages, complete and unabridged.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback in Dj. Near Fine/Very Good.

(Ottawa): Oberon, 1984. Dust jacket has litght wear to top edge and a chip and tear bottom of rear panel next to spine. Poems; 103 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Very Good Plus.

Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead, 1970. Tan wraps somewhat faded around spine fold. Separate sections of poems by Abbey and Ferns; 52 pages in all; 550 copies printed.. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine Plus..

(Ottawa): Oberon, 1973. New Canadian Poets series. Also published in a hard cover editon. . Thin Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

New York: Knopf, 1993. Dust jacket has a 1/2" tear top of rear flap fold and some very minor scuffing of rear panel. With holograph note from Abish laid-in: "Dear ___, Here's, In the Future Perfect. It appeared in both paper and hardcover. Will keep you posted on my progress with the novel. Best, Walter". Obviously, this note got transferred somewhere along the way to this book, a novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Greensboro, NC: University of North Carolina, 1967. Tanning of pale blue covers on spine and around margins of front cover. Fiction and poetry; 84 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus.. Literary Periodical.

Toronto: NC Press / New Canada Publications, 1975. Pages tanning; dust jacket has edge wear with small chips, tears and creases, two 1" tears, one top of front panel and one top of rear panel, and 1 1/2" x 1" piece missing at bottom of spine panel. Poems; also published in a softcover edition. Winner of the Governor General's Award for Poetry.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Very Good.

New York: Harcourt, 2001. Thin security sticker on blind side of rear panel of dust jacket. Signed by author on the title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Portland: Bindords & Mort Quarter bound in black cloth and paper covered boards, with gilt lettering on spine (barely visible). Edges of boards rubbed, and very faint staining (mositure?) of endpapers. Reprinted from the Oregon Historical Quarterly March, June and September issues, 1951. 67 pages with chronological table of pulp and paper mills established in the Pacific Northwest (U.S. and Canada). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good..

Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Full sized, 8 1/2" x 11"; cover is letterpress printed. Paper clip impression on rear cover. List consists of 8 pages plus printed endpapers.. First Edition. Booklet. Near Fine Plus..

Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1980. Large oblong (11 1/2" x 9 1/2"). Dust jacket sunned on spine panel with lettering faded form bronze to tan. Adams photographs of the landscape west of the Missouri River; 64 pages with 47 full page duotone reproductions.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Aperture, 2006. Spine of dust jacket has faded from grey to pale green. Duotone reproduction of 28 pictures (woods and rivers), most of them published here for the first time. 95 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1975. Pictorial boards slightly rubbed ends of spine and owner name on front paste down. 160 pages with index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket as Issued.

Toronto: Key Porter, 1999. Cover with flaps. Canadian author's second book and first novel. 359 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 1993. Medium fading of the spine. Canadian author's first book, a collection of stories. Signed by author on title page. Readied for the press by John Metcalf.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1997. Light wear to edges of dust jacket and appears to be price-clipped top of front flap yet UK price remains at the bottom. 308 pages with index.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover In Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Vancouver: Arch Communications / BCYCNA, 1999. 242 pages with Appendix of community newspapers; many B&W illustrations from photos.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

Toronto: Aya, 1984. Cover sunned on spine. Aya Press Poetry Series, Number Six. Author was poet laureate of Ottawa when this book published.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine..