Search Results: Titles starting with J from Purpora Books

London: Hodder and Stoughton Bound in blue paper covered boards stamped in black on upper board and on spine; plain endpapers. Minor wear to tips and spine ends, faint staining of rear board, and just a little faint foxing top of title page and other pages opposite the plates. Dust jacket not clipped, with price of 2/6 on spine panel, rubbing along folds, a 1 1/2" tear top of front panel next to spine, some loss at ends of flaps and ends of spine panel, and faint erasure on front panel. From the front panel of the dj "This is THE Edition for 'Littlest' People' and "Retold by May Byron for Little People with the Approval of the Author". Six colour plates, including the frontispiece, all present. 135 pages. Not dated but gift inscription on front free endpaper dated "Xmas 1932". The illustration on the front panel of the dj is "The Never Bird" one of the plates in the book. . Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good Plus. Illus. by Mabel Lucie… Read More

Vancouver: JCC Jewish Book Festival, 2006. B&W video, approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes long.. DVD. DVD in Case. Fine..

San Francisco and Vancouver: Kanchenjunga, 1975. Fading of front cover close to spine fold and a very short tear top edge affecting all leaves including the cover. Poems; printed in an edition of 200. Kanchenjunga Chapbook Number Three. 12 pages.. First Edition. Chapbook. Very Good Plus..

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1994. Unread; still in publisher's shrink wrap. Large (10 3/4" x 12 1/2") with colour frontispiece and 150 drawings (B/W) selected by the artist; 182 pages including artist's statement, introduction by Watson, list of works, selected bibliography, etc. A beautiful production. Note the published price was $100 CAD. This is a heavy book and additional shipping charges may be requested.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1984. Large format, 11 3/4" x 12", illustrated wraps. Short tear top of rear cover, minor bumping of tips, and some light marks on rear white cover. Catalogue accompanying Shadbolt exhibition November 9, 1984 to January 2, 1985; 52 pages with full page colour and B&W illustrations of the works in the exhibition. Includes essays by Watson and Shadbolt, biography, list of solo exhibitions, selected group exhibitions, commissions and bibliography.. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine.. Exhibition Catalogue.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1990. Large format: 9 1/2" x 12 1/2"; 243 pages with index. First full study of renowned Canadian painter, lavishly illustrated with 220 of his works, 110 in full colour. Heavy item which may require extra postage.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Edmonton: Tesseract / Books Collective, 1995. Front cover gently curling away from text block. Debut of new voice in science fiction. Signed and dated (August 20, '95) by author on title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1995. Cover with flaps. Canadian author's first novel, a lyrical tale of growing up in Vancouver's early Chinatown; winner of Ontario's Trillium Prize. and City of Vancouver Book Award; into many printings in this, the original format (thirteen printings as of March 2002). . First Printing of the First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

New York: Picador, 1997. Canadian author's first novel, set in Vancouver's Chinatown of the early 40s; winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award and Ontario's Trillium Award for best book of 1995. Publisher's promo sheet laid-in. 238 pages.. First US Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine.. Advance Reading Copy.

New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Dust jacket with some edge wear, especially top of spine panel, a tiny split top of rear flap fold and a 1/2" tear top of front panel which has been reinforced on blind side with tape. Retells author's journey to the Yucatan, where she meets Zoila Guiterrez, a healer and teacher who helps her learn ancient rites, rituals, and lore including the profound secret of Jaguar Woman.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Victoria, BC: James Bay Athletic Association, 1986. Owner initials on rear free endpaper. 215 pages plus list of members plus 32 pages of B&W photographs. Signed by author on front free endpaper. . Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Pluis/Near Fine.

New York: Pinnacle, 1975. First edition. Paperback original. Near fine copy with light edge wear and reading crease on spine. The myth-shattering biography of a legend; including 16 pages of B/W photo illustrations.. First Edition.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / New Canadian Library, 1971. Spine faded and previous owner name verso of front cover. Number 12 in the Canadian Writers series.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / New Canadian Library, 1971. Spine slightly faded, rubbing along spine folds, and remainder mark on top edge. Number 12 in the Canadian Writers series.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original. Near Fine..

Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press, 2006. "A fantastical and dystopian re-telling of the Jamestown Colony" in southern Virginia. 310 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus.. Advance Reading Copy.

New York: Viking / Penguin, 2001. Tiny nick at bottom of spine and corresponding tiny bump bottom of spine panel. One of the Penguin Lives Series, this is Shields' biography of Jane Austen. Winner of the Charles Taylor prize, given every two years for a Canadian work of literary non-fiction that best demonstrates and combines an uncommon command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

New York: Bantam, 1998. First edition. Uncorrected proof in printed plain paper wraps. Being the third Jane Austen mystery.. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof.

Barrie, Cobourg, & Ontario: Maclaren Art Centre, Art Gallery of Northumberland, and McIntosh Gallery, 2010. Large format, 8" x 11 1/2", 47 pages. Exhibition catalogue of Toronto artist Janet Jones with colour photographs, essays by Reid and Tenhaaf, and an interview with the artist by Georgiana Uhlyarik.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback. Fine..

Boise, ID: Boise State University, 1980. Rusty staple mark top of inside front cover and owner name on title page. 48 pages.. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine..

San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1997. Bound in printed wraps; unpaginated; a few B&W illustrations of items to be auctioned. 534 items.. First Edition. Stapled in Wraps. Fine..