Alfred Purdy (76 results)

Condition: Very Good. A very good paperback copy of Al Purdy's poetry, some creases noted to spine, light bumping to edges, a nice reading copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The North American Review Vol. 221 No. 2 June - July - August 1925. Various (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fredericton, N.B., Canada: Department of English / University of New Brunswick. Very Good. 1961. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 5.5" x 8.5"], saddle-stapled, 76+ pages. Inkstamp of poet Percival R. Roberts III to the first page. Near fine with light wear. See photos mag9E.…

Condition: Acceptable.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Basic division and classification of this flowering plant group, with introductory chapters by Chester A, Arnold, Oswald Tippo, Theodor Just, Herbert F. Copeland, J. Herbert Taylor, and W. H. Camp. INSCRIBED by Gundersen "To Mrs. C. Stuart Gager with high esteem" dated December 1950. Gager (1872-1943) was the director of the New York Botanical Garden; the book is co-dedicated to him. Gundersen was Curator of Plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Hardcover, full blue buckram, gilt titling, as pictured. General wear, light rubbing; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; [xviii], 238 pages, index, bibliography, very clear b/w technical drawings. Size: 6½" by 9¼". Maud H. Purdy (illustrator). Inscribed by the Author.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 69, [1] p. ; 16 cm. Publishers brown cloth. Hardcover. Spine cloth with chip loss. Foxing throughout. Ships daily.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Original Edition. The eleventh volume of the Medical Register, this one being for the year commencing June 1, 1873, published under the supervision of the New York Medico-Historical Society. Covers hospitals, asylums, aged homes, ambulances, the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, charitable organizations, insurance companies, county medical societies, dental colleges, dispensaries, medical school graduates, medical associations, and much more. 478 pages plus several additional pages of advertisements. Wear to edges, corners, and spine ends; binding starting to loosen. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. B002GW5YL0. Illustrated by A. Y. Jackson (illustrator).

1961, 1st Edition. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 28pp. No.15, Aug., 1961. Post-modernist literature comes to the Dominion. Atwood's first appearance here. "A. Szumigalski is a new name, from Saskatoon, Sask." Others of the Usual Suspects.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ink stamp on front endpaper. Small perforation to spine of dust jacket and board. Jacket price clipped with small tears and nicks around edges.

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. # 18 / 50. 4p. Broadside. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 259 pages. Top edge dusty. Warmly inscribed by Purdy to friend and colleague H.R. [Bill] Percy and his wife Vina. M&S review copy stamp above inscription on front free endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

[NONE] 1959, 1st edition. (hardcover) Near fine. 23pp. 8vo. First edition. Chap-Book #186 of in a limited run of 250 copies. Blue paper covered boards. Some very faint light to the front board. Lovely copy. Other titles may be available through the series. Ryerson Press Chap-Books.

dj. First Edition. Octavo. Gray cloth boards, lettered in blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 87pp; illus. Fine, tight copy in lightly rubbed and edgeworn dustwrapper, Very Good. MId-career collection by the acclaimed Canadian poet. Purdy won the Governor General's Award in 1965 for The Cariboo Horses and again in 1986 for his Collected Poems.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. light wear to card covers, price stamp at top of page 1 otherwise unmarked, 16pp, VG. Book.

[Toronto]: McClelland and Stewart, (1976). 112pp. 9 x 5¾ inches. Softcover with some rubbing rear cover; very good. First edition, signed. Inscribed: "For Doug, fine writer & old friend, Al Purdy." The recipient was Douglas George Fetherling, Canadian poet and novelist. A native of Ontario, Canada, Purdy "began writing poetry based on his years of travel and factory work in the 1950s." (Benet's). …

Condition: near fine. 8vo., 21.5cm, first edition, 16p., printed card wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Ryerson Poetry Chapbooks 157. Printed in an edition of 250 copies. 16 p. 20 cm. Hardcover wrapped in mylar. Owner's signature on front free endpaper.

[NONE] 1955, 1st edition. (hardcover) Fine. 16pp. 8vo. First edition. Chap-Book #157 of in a limited run of 250 copies. Tan paper covered boards. Faint and tiny spots of discolouration to the boards. Lovely copy. Other titles may be available through the series.

1956. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 16pp. 8vo. Card covers, stapled. A light crease to the upper front , top corners very lightly bumped, otherwise a clean, bright, solid copy.The third book of a series the University of New Brunswick published to put the works of new Canadian poets out to the public.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 8vo. 237 pp. (NS 25.) ink ownership inscription on front and rear pastedown, faint foxing and light uniform browning, very good in original blue cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maud h Purdy (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first paperback edition inscribed by Purdy on title page to prominent editor and critic William Arthur Deacon. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Very slight wear to spine. Slight creases to top of front cover. Minor closed tear to bottom of front cover. Slight age toning to bottom of textblock. A lovely inscribed first paperback edition by the twentieth century Canadian free verse poet. Includes letter from McClelland and Stewart addressed to Deacon, laid in. A lovely inscribed association copy. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.112. previous owners name on FEP. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. About the book: Softcover. Second Printing. Book is in good condition with moderate wear, mainly to the edges. Interior clean. Additional photos available upon request.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. The Cariboo Horses. Some shelfwear, patch of paper pulled away from front cover at top outer corner, slight staining. Head of spine bumped and creased.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Very good first edition. Age-toning to edges of covers, spine. Light creasing and bumping to corners. Light age-toning to pages throughout, as is common. Previous owner's inscription to top left corner of front endpaper. Fair dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Area of loss to top of spine. Creasing, tears, chipping to top of front cover. Some separation to front fold. Some general wear, rubbing, age-toning. A nice first edition copy. …

[NONE] 1956, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 16pp. 8vo. Signed to front cover. Booklet format, stapled. There is a 'splash' stain, light and faded, at the top edge of the front cover; otherwise, a fine copy. First edition of the author's third book.

[NONE] 1965, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 112pp. 8vo. First edition. Among his many awards and recognitions, Purdy was received the Governor General's Award for this collection. Light wear to the covers. There a name penned (small) to the half title page. While starting lightly at the front hinge, remains intact, solid, and otherwise clean and bright. Presumed gently read and much loved.…