Beardsley Doug Purdy (4 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 102pp., a Very Good copy with light shelfwear. A previous owner's name inked on the half-title.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Man Who Outlived Himself: An appreciation of.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Signed and personally inscribed by Al Purdy on the FFEP.the binding is tight and square, the interior text is clean of marks. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Signed Limited Edition. One of 26 lettered copies, this being the "M" copy. Also loosely inserted are two sheets of blue writing paper with a manuscript poem handwritten in black ink by each of the co-editors and signed by their respective authors. Purdy's poem "Seal People", fills the page and is signed "Galapagos Islands | Al Purdy", the other poem by Beardsley almost fills the page and is titled "Mesa Verde". A fine unmarked copy, signed by Purdy & Beardsley on the half-title page. Both poem sheets have two horizontal fold lines, Beardsley's poem also has some minor crinkling to upper left corner, else fine. Al Purdy (1918 - 2000) wrote for well over 50 years and has been referred to as Canada's "unofficial poet laureate". He was a friend and contemporary of the Beat writer Charles Bukowski, who once said of him "I don't know of any good living poets. But there's this tough son of a bitch up in Canada that walks the line." wiki. And Lawrence of course, speaks for himself.