Edited by Al Purdy (10 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [New York]: A New Directions Book 1972. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition. 179 pages, illustrated. Very good with lower corner creasing to the rear cover] with a remainder mark to the top and bottom edges. whb11E.

First edition SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Fine and bright blue boards in like glossy pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Few like Al Purdy, the voice of the northern lands (Canada) with travel pieces from the outback of Canada and the Arctic to the writing life with portraits of authors and poets. Inscribed and signed by the editor on the full title page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Corners of dust jacket mildly rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 2001, second printing. 606pp. Frontispiece portrait of the poet. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition with no inscriptions. "By the time Al Purdy succumbed to lung cancer at his waterfront home in Sidney BC on April 21, 2000, he was universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest writers Canada has produced. In five decades as a published author he had produced over forty books and received innumerable distinctions, including two Governor General's Awards and the Order of Canada. A hands-on writer who delighted in co-producing specialty publications and small press titles in addition to his major collections with leading publishers, Purdy left a massive and diverse body of work, much of it long unavailable to the public."The Collected Poems," edited by Purdy critic Sam Solecki with the full participation of the author, for the first time brings all of Purdy's poetic writings together in one volume, including all his later books, work previously uncollected from earlier periods as well as several excellent new poems he completed in the months before his death. It is, as he said, everything he wished to be remembered for.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Signed by author on ffep. Lightly rubbed on ends of spine, two creases on spine, pinpoint black remainder dot on bottom edge, else very good plus. Pages spotless. DJ lightly wrinkled on ends of spine, lightly rubbed on ends of flap folds, original price sticker on front flap, else very good plus. Protected in mylar. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This bright card cover book has very, very light wear on the corners. The binding is tight, the contents clean & unmarked. Signed on the title page by both Purdy and by the editor George Galt. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. An association copy and one of the last books to be published in Purdy's lifetime, signed on the pre-title page in black ink by Purdy to David Herreshoff, the Poet Laureate of Kaslo, BC "For Jessie & David & vise versa / with cordial good wishes / Al Purdy". Printed glossy wraps, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. [1]-131, [132 - blank]. Front cover with an image of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. From the back cover "A hundred years from now, one of the few Canadian poets whose work will still be read is Al Purdy." . . "to Paris Never Again is Purdy's first collection of new writing 's since 1994: fifty-one poems plus "Home Country," an essay of nostalgic anecdotes that provides a facinating background to much of the poetry. Here is the work of a major poet in the maturity of a long, eventful life; a voice steeped in the wisdom of age, yet responsive to the subtlest shadings of experience." Ref. see p.76 "On Retirements", Gilmore, Jon Barnard.…

[1-55017-332-4] [2004]. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 560pp. Notes, chronology, index. Letters of Al Purdy. Edited with introduction by Sam Solecki. (Ideas, Ideas, Letters, Poetry--Canada).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very unique and fine/fine condition copy, signed by Margaret Atwood at her Foreword's title page. Very unique signed and scarce. Additional shipping may be quoted due to the book's weight. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. One of 26 copies, with an original artwork by Charles Bukowski and a holograph poem by Al Purdy. Hardcover. Hand-bound by Earle Gray in silver cloth blacked paper covered boards with titles in dark blue on a silver paper label to the spine. Photographic portrait frontispiece and a few abstract line drawings throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Rare in this form. Issued in a limited edition of 26 copies, from which this example is lettered 'F' and signed by Charles Bukowski (with and original drawing) and Al Purdy in blank ink on a blank front endpaper. This edition also includes a tipped in original abstract pastel drawing by Charles Bukowski and a holograph poem by Al Purdy in green ink on hand coloured paper which has been folded into an airmail envelope and tipped in at the front, as issued. "The correspondence gives a candid and intimate glimpse of the literary life of two rather isolated writers - as unclubbable in their way as Henry James was in his. Their affinities are quickly established in the exchange, and mutual admiration ensues, Purdy's established by the review which he begins by sending and Bukowski's elicited by the first poems of Purdy's he sees. During the period of this correspondence, each man takes a memorably described trip - Purdy to the Arctic and Bukowski to New Orleans. Seeming to rival each other in their capacity for alcohol intake. each improvises tipsily and copiously on matters personal and literary, exchanging frank - often generous - opinions of more celebrated fellow-writers as well as offering vivid vignettes of their personal lives" - Seamus Cooney. (Krumhansl 81). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s). …