Search Results: Titles starting with P from Purpora Books

n.p.: Pacific Northwest Library Association, 1959. 43 pages.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine Plus..

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society , 1960. 80 pages.. First Edition. Stapled in Wraps. Near Fine..

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1940. All six pamphlets being narratives of early exploration of the Pacific Area issued bi-monthly during 1940 for members fo The Book Club of California. Each one designed and hand printed by a different California printer and limited to 650 copies. All are letterpress printed, all are sewn into wraps except no. 2 which is stapled, and there are some unopened pages in nos. 1, 5 & 6. No. 1: The King of California; No. 2: A Description of the Southermost part of California; No. 3: The Wreck of the Wager; No. 4: The Sack of Monterey; No. 5: The Manilla Galleons; No. 6: The Death of Captain Cook.. First Edition. Pamphlets. Near Fine or Better.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1940. All six pamphlets being narratives of early exploration of the Pacific Area issued bi-monthly during 1940 for members fo The Book Club of California. Each one designed and hand printed by a different California printer and limited to 650 copies. All are letterpress printed, all are sewn into wraps, and there are some unopened pages in nos. 1, 5 & 6. No. 1: The King of California; No. 2: A Description of the Southermost part of California; No. 3: The Wreck of the Wager; No. 4: The Sack of Monterey; No. 5: The Manilla Galleons; No. 6: The Death of Captain Cook.. First Edition. Pamphlets. Near Fine or Better.

Vancouver: Pacific Nation, 1969. MInor tanning along spine fold; internally fine. Contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Robin Blaser, and others plus and fold-out sheet tipped to inside rear cover of "The Ridge" by Charles Olson. 106 pages.. First Edition. Folded & Stapled in Wraps. Near Fine Plus.. Literary Periodical.

North Vancouver: Pacific Profile, 1961. "A magazine of varied reading owned and published by Canadians". This issue, of 44 pages, includes a fishing article by Lee Straight titled "I like Dollies".. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine Plus.. Literary Periodical.

Vancouver: DNA, 1982. General light wear. Poems; 1 of 250 copies. Signed by author (signature only) on title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Very Good Plus.. Illus. by A. J. Mirabeau.

League of Canadian Poets Single sheet of tan-coloured heavy stock paper, folded three times to make 8 pages. Poems. Inscribed by author on the front page to fellow Canadian writer P. K. Page: "To Pat, always. Doug / Saskatoon may 3, 1980".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Single Sheet, Folded . Near Fine Plus..

Vancouver: Pacific Nation, 1969. Tanning along spine fold and very minor shelf soiling to rear cover; internally fine. Contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Robin Blaser, and others plus and fold-out sheet tipped to inside rear cover of "The Ridge" by Charles Olson. 106 pages.. First Edition. Folded & Stapled in Wraps. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

Vancouver: Pacific Nation, 1967. Light tanning along spine fold and tanning of pages; internally clean. Contributions by Blaser, Gerry Gilbert, Jack Spicer, Richard Brautigan, Charles Olson, Michael McClure, Stan Persky and others. 114 pages.. First Edition. Folded & Stapled in Wraps. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

Vancouver: Pacific Nation, 1969. Tanning along spine fold and very minor shelf soiling to rear cover; internally fine. Contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Robin Blaser, and others plus and fold-out sheet tipped to inside rear cover of "The Ridge" by Charles Olson. 106 pages.. First Edition. Folded & Stapled in Wraps. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

Victoria: Hawthorne Society / Reference West, 1992. Light fading along spine fold. Poems. Published in an edition of 150 copies of which 50 are signed (this is #35). Signed by author on title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Chapbook. Near Fine Plus..

Toronto: Musson, 1926. Bound in dull green cloth with red stamping on upper board and on spine. A few leaves scraped along the fore edge (very minor). Dust jacket, which has the same illustration as the US edition, has edge wear including a chip 1/2" by 3/4" top of rear spine fold, and some light surface nicks on front panel bordering the fore edge. Printed from the U.S. sheets with the Canadian publisher's name on the front panel of the dust jacket, on the spine panel of the dust jacket, at the bottom of the spine, and the title page and copyright page. 336 pages.. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good Plus.

New York: Harper & Bros., 1926. Bound in green cloth with gilt stamping to upper board and on spine. Minor rubbing to ends of spine, very faint mottling to free endpapers, and owner name of front pastedown. otherwise internally clean and unmarked. A novel, 336 pages plus 4 pages of publisher ads at rear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

Beijing: Zhaohua, 1981. Large format, 9" x 10", cover with flaps. Very expressive paintings in colour; text in English. 64 pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

Concord, ON: Anansi, 1994. Upper fore corner bumped with about half the leaves affected. Poems. Inscribed by author on the title page to BC poet "for Kate - / A very good trade all around! Thanks for having me in your class & for reading to my folks. Thanks too for Georgia & Emily - a lovely book. / Here's to more good talks & trades in the future. / Good things, / Jay".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Very Good Plus..

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1967. Yapp edges of wraps bent over and with a couple of small nicks; insides fine. Publication 3905 (Rev.). 153 pages with index plus 30 B/W plates.. Second Edition (Revised). Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

Bird & Bull Press Single sheet, 12" x 8", folded once vertically to make 4 pages. Prospectus for book published in 1982. Shipping cost will be reduced for this item.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Near Fine..

Toronto: Palaver, 1992. 8 1/2" x 11"; lacking the envelope affixed to outside of rear cover (though remnants of glue remain). Not dated in conventional fashion but front cover has in a circle "Expires Feb 23 1992" and magazine is dedicated to memories of bpNichol, Miles Davis (died Sept 1991) & Barbara Frum (died March 1992). Bill Bissett contributes twelve pages; 59 pages in all.. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

Coldstream, ON: Brick, 1989. 70 pages.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback Original. Fine..