Search Results: Authors starting with M from Purpora Books

New York: Columbia University, 1978. Bound in pale blue cloth with tips slightly bumped. Dust jacket has some wear top and bottom of flap folds plus a little other edge war. 603 pages. Heavy item and may require additional postage depending on destination. . First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

Toronto: ECW, 1995. Poems. . First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou, 1976. Published in an edition of 500 copies.. First Edition. Chapbook. Fine..

English Studies in Canada, 1987. Fourteen page offprint from volume XIII, No. 1, March 1987 of English Studies in Canada journal.. Offprint. Stapled Sheets. Near Fine..

(University of South Carolina): Studies in Scottish Literature, 1967. Offprint of pages 27 to 46 of Volume V, Number 1, July 1967 of "Studies in Scottish Literature. Offprint. Wraps. Near Fine..

(University of South Carolina): Studies in Scottish Literature, 1967. Offprint of pages 121 and 122 of Volume V, Number 1, July 1967 of "Studies in Scottish Literature" in which Macaree reviews the sixth reprinting of "A Scots Quair" published by Hutchinson, London in 1966. Additionally, a photocopy of pages 45 to 55 of a different issue of Studies in Scottish Literature is folded and stapled into this offprint, being an article titled "Myth and Allegory in Lewis Grassic Gibbon's A Scots Quair".. Offprint. Wraps. Very Good Plus..

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Bound in yellow cloth with red and black lettering and lines. Cloth just worn through bottom fore tip, ends of spine softened and with a short split in one place, otherwise internally clean and tight. Dust jacket is not price-clipped (retaining original publisher's printed price of $2.50), has loss of paper bottom of spine next to front panel, is heavily rubbed along flap folds, the yellow paper is noticeably darkened on rear panel, and there are small chips, wrinkles, and short tears along top and bottom edges; however a mostly whole example of uncommon dust jacket. Third Printing of the US Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good.

Knotting, Bedfordshire: Sceptre, 1976. Slight rusting of the binding staples inside gutter. A two-page poem. Limited to 150 numbered copies (this is copy 65) printed on Abbey Mills laid paper.. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine..

Rushden, Northamptonshire: Sceptre, 1971. Grey wraps slightly sunned and shelf soiled. A one-page poem, in holograph, issued in 100 copies; though called for, this copy is not numbered.. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine..

London: Schott, 1971. Front cover shows some rubbing. An opera in one act with music by Anthony Gilbert; text in English and German. Inscribed (probably by author) to Canadian writer Susan Musgrave "for Susan, / [2 words indecipherable] / [6 words indecipherable] / August [?]".. First Edition. Chapbook. Very Good Plus..

London, 1928. Minor wear to cover tips, and moderate to heavy foxing to all edges of pages, yet internally remarkably just about fox-free. Initial issue of this early literary magazine.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good.. Literary Periodical.

Glasgow: Caledonian Press, 1952. Thin volume bound in medium green cloth with gilt lettering on upper board. Owner name and other owner bookplate on front pastedown (both under dj flap); dust jacket is age-toned, has a few marks on spine and rear panels, and has a 1/4" tear top of spine panel. Not dated, but 1952. A biographical account of Graham's personality and career, with discussion of the thirty-odd books by Graham. Foreword by R. E. Muirhead. 40 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good.

Wainscott, NY: Pushcart, 1988. Dust jacket is price-clipped and the Canadian price sticker is on rear panel. First book from this Cape Breton, Nova Scotia born author; stories; awarded Pushcart Press' Sixth Annual Editors' Book Award. True first edition, not published in Canada until 2002 (and even then in a different form with other stories added).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1990. Dust jacket has some wrinkling along top edge and is faded on and around the spine panel. 135 pages with index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Harcourt, 2000. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Author born on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia; this is his second book, a novel. 288 pages.. First US Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1918. Bound in dusky green cloth with paper label (illustrated by the author) afixed to upper board and paper label afixed to spine. Tiny rubs to tips of boards and spine ends, spine label missing a tiny piece (not affecting lettering), and a few smudges on rear board; internally clean and tightly bound. This copy is not signed by the author but appears to have a number of authorial (judging by the handwriting) corrections within the text. 144 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Winnipeg: Blizzard, 1995. Canadian author's second book, a play. 79 pages.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

New York: Harper Collins, 2003. An unusual Advance Readers Edition bound as a hard cover. A nice copy of this weighty novel (715 pages). . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Advance Reading Copy.

Toronto: Coach House, 1990. Owner name and date of previous owner top of first page, otherwise internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. A play, and winner of the Governor General's Award for Drama. Note, the front cover does not have the award banner on the front cover. 87 pages.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1996. Shelf wear to top and bottom edges of boards resulting in light wear and crimping of spine ends and previous owner name top of front free endpaper; dust jacket lightly ruffled along top edge. Canadian author's first novel, short-listed for the Giller Prize, the Chapters / Books in Canada First Novel Award and winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Near Fine.