Recent Arrivals from Purpora Books

Vancouver: Raincoast, 2003. Rectangular sticker on front panel of dust jacket "Win a trip to Paris" has been removed, but publisher's "Enter to Win" postcard is laid-in. Unpaginated.. First Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Findlay, OH: Michael James Phillips Printed on newsprint paper, folded once horizontally for mailing. Paper tanned, a few short tears, and mailing address and stamps. Includes: Issue Four (April 1986) - unpaginated, but four pages; Issue Five (May 1986) - unpaginated but four pages; Issue 13 (January 1987) - 8 pages; Issue 17 (May 1987) - 12 pages;… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle, 1991. Dust jacket is price-clipped and spine panel slightly faded. All insert letters are present. First of the Griffin & Sabine series written and illustrated by Bantock. Signed on title page by author. Unpaginated.. Signed by Author. Eighth Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Chicago: Royce, 1945. Quick Reader no. 142, 3" x 4 1/2", folded and stapled, 128 pages, illustrated. Front cover has a corner crease at bottom tip and a short tear along the fore edge; minor spine rubbing; rear cover has a number of long creases; first page (title page) has a small piece missing from the bottom corner (1/4"… Read more about this item

Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1979. Owner name on front pastedown, and two short errant pen marks on top edge of pages. Dust jacket moderately rubbed along folds and also lightly so on front panel. Information about painters and photographers of Montreal and Toronto that played so important a role in Canada's early artistic development. 454 pages… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown, 1998. A novel, 293 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus.. Advance Reading Copy.

Kingston, ON: Quarry, 1988. Haiku poems. 104 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Toronto: Viking Canada / Penguin Group, 2007. A novel. 393 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plius.

Vancouver: Greystone / Douglas & mcIntyre, 2004. A memoir. 186 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1978. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has minor rubs to top tips and a bit more wear top of spine panel. A novel, 167 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine.

(Ottawa): Oberon, 1980. Essays by Heather Robertson, John Metcalf and others. 187 pages. There were also a few hardcovers published.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus..

Toronto: Somerville House, 1994. Cover with flaps. 261 pages. Publisher's promo sheets laid-in.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1977. Both book and dust jacket are bumped all along the bottom edges. Otherwise to book is nearly fine. The dust jacket also has a short tear top of the front spine fold and associated creases. 168 pages with index.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good.

Toronto: J. M. Dent Canada, 1948. Black boards appear to be a bit dusty. Dust jacket has considerable wear including a chip on rear panel next to flap fold, a 1" split bottom of front flap fold and a quarter sized sticker scar top of front panel next to flap fold. A play. 58 pages.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne Bound in medium grey cloth with gilt (title box), black, green, and orange stamping on upper board and on spine. The colours stamped on the leaves is heavily applied. Tips pushed in with a little wear, spine ends rubbed, front free endpaper is missing, the half-title page is browned, as is the recto of the rear… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. Bound in black paper over boards, with gilt lettering on spine. Top tips and top of spine bumped; endpapers clean and sound. Dust jacket, designed by Adrian Bailey, is age toned at the bottom of the spine panel, has small chips along both edges, has a faint stain on rear panel, and there is… Read more about this item

Konglomerati Press Consisting of a cover sheet 6 1/8" x 4 1/2", folded once vertically to make a four-page cover, and one sheet, 6" x 9 1/4", folded once vertically and once horizontally to make eight pages; the top edge of the large sheet remains uncut, thus remains as one sheet. Rust marks on page 1 (the title page).… Read more about this item

Basle, Switzerland: Haas Typefoundry Ltd., 1980. Single long sheet, 8 3/4" x 27 1/2", folded horizontally two times. Sixteen wood engravings printed from the original blocks of a skeletal death image dancing with various persons (e.g. the Pope, Merchant, Cripple, Minstrel, etc.). Captions in French, German, and English. The last image is of Adam and Eve. … Read more about this item

New York: Vestal Press Full sized catalogue, 7 1/2" x 10 3/4". 24 pages including the covers. Faint moisture ring on rear cover along with some other moisture stains, and rusty staples. Catalogue reprinted by Vestal Press (date unknown). Illustrated with boats of all kinds and shapes, including row boats and canoes, speed boats, cabin cruisers, yachts,… Read more about this item

Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, 1981. Reproduction of sketch by bp Nichol in a notebook begun by the poet in 1966, made into a postcard: MS Postcards, Series One, Number Two. Shipping cost will be reduced for this item.. First Edition. Postcard. Fine..