Search Results: Titles starting with O from Purpora Books

Ottawa: Borealis, 1972. Darkening of blue wraps on spine and adjacent rear cover. Poems based on myths of Canada.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine..

Toronto: Anansi, 2002. Very minor bump top tip of front cover. 142 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

London: Elliot Stock, 1900. Bound in pale green cloth with gilt lettering on upper board. The cloth has faint stains and a few other marks, a small piece has rubbed away top of spine; internally fairly clean and tightly bound. 54 pages plus B&W illustrations inserted. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper "___ with the author's kind regards 5. Dec 1906 / HStJH Bashall".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University, 1951. Some spotting to the cover of issue No. 1. This literary magazine mainly reprints the poems of established poets: Yeats, Eliot, Auden, Spender, Lewis, Macneice, Betjeman, Dylan Thomas; though issue No. 3 is devoted to undergraduate poetry.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good or Better.. Literary Periodical.

New York: Atheneum, 1986. Review slip and publisher's promo sheet laid-in. 330 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Parish of Oberammergau, 1984. In blue wraps; 118 pages plus ads. Text of play as performed in 1984.. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus..

St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland, 1983. Greek-born poet who has lived in Melbourne for nearly 30 years. Poems in Greek and on opposite page in English (translated by Philip Grundy). Inscribed by author on title page for Canadian poet "For P.K. Page / with affection & admiration / Dimitris Tsaloumas / 8.iii.84". Also signed by author on half-title page plus his address.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine..

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

Edmonton: University of Alberta, 2006. Cover with flaps. Poems.. First Edition, First Printing. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page & Co., 1921. Bound in dark blue cloth with printed paper label on spine. Minor foxing of prelims and a spot or two on fore edge of pages; the predominantly white dust jacket shows overall soiling from handling. Originally published in 1908 in London, this edition remains essentially unchanged except for slight editing and a new long preface by the author. pp. lx + 189.. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

New York: Hyperion, 1997. Bound in glossy illustrated wraps.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus.. Advanced Reading Copy.

Victoria: Sono Nis, 1982. Minor shelf soiling of rear panel of dust jacket. Poems, text printed in medium brown.. First Edition. Trade Paperback in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

Cambridge, MA: Zoland, 1996. Rubber stamped on half-title page "Judge's Official Copy / The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Entry". 205 pages. Inscribed by author on title page "To ___ / Good wishes / Ha Jin".. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Victoria: Sono Nis, 1982. Poems.. First Edition. Trade Paperback in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Fredericton, NB: Fiddlehead Poetry, 1980. Poems.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Toronto: Doubleday Doran Canada Bound in blue cloth with yellow rectangles and blue lettering. Minor wear ends of spine, name and date (/39) on front free endpaper, a couple of pages with small stains, otherwise internally clean and tightly bound. A Doubleday Doran Crime Club publication with copyright of 1931; it is unclear if this is the first Canadian edition or not. 339 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Winnipeg: Signature, 2006. Poems. Inscribed by author on title page "For ___! / Jen H / April 20 '06".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

New York: Knopf, 1998. Plain printed wraps. 84 pages.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback. Fine.. Uncorrected Proof.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1980. First edition. Fine book in near fine dust jacket with minor edge rubs and 1/2" tear top of rear panel. Canadian author's first novel and winner of the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

(Tacoma): Elliott Press, 1986. Single sheet (6 1/2" x 12 1/2") of cream coloured paper with text letterpress printed in black and blades of grass printed as decoration. This sheet is mounted on a larger piece of heavy paper. The press at Pacific Lutheran University.. First Edition. Broadside. Fine..