ISBN: 9780771072154 - The Collected Poems of Al Purdy (8 results)

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. About fine in unclipped ('$29.99;) dustjacket (mylar protected). Edited by Russell Brown; with 20-pp. afterword by Dennis Lee. 396 pp. A very attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. McClelland & Stewart November 1986 Binding: Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1986, Hardcover, First Edition. Collected poems by the great Canadian Poet, friend of Charles Bukowski & someone who had the nerve to pee on Margaret Atwood's car - a poet who is much missed! Book is Very Near Fine, appears unread with just a shadow of a mark on the forward text edge. Dust Jacket is Near Fine; just a very light touch of fade at the spine and very light 1/2 inch fade at the top of the rear jacket - a Near New copy - jacket comes in a removable, archival, mylar sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for light sunning to spine and top edge. lacking the jacket. From the library of Doug Beardsley, and nicely inscribed to him by Purdy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st. 'To See the Shore': A preface by Al Purdy, dated March 1986, at Ameliasburg. Homer's Poem dated April 17 at Truva (Troy). The Forties and Fifties. The Sixties. The Seventies. The Eighties. 369 pp. plus: The Poetry of Al Purdy - An Afterword by Dennis Lee dated June 1986 at Toronto, Index of Titles, Editor's Note. Beige cloth covered boards have red gilt text on spine only. Spine ends are slightly rubbed, small perforation at mid front gutter, and oddly the front gutter. I presume this must be a production fault. The plastic protected, price clipped DJ has a matching perforation but the overlaying plastic does not. DJ also has slight wear at spine ends and corners. Text block is as new. Previous seller's 'Thank you' note tipped in. Bookseller's Inventory # 220610. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. "This landmark volume surveys the career of a poet of world stature and shows him still operating at the peak of his powers. An Afterword by Dennis Lee sheds intriguing new light on Purdy's craft and vision, and locates him in the front rank of contemporary poets." - dust jacket. "Al Purdy (1918-2000) was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. His writing career spanned fifty-six years and his works include thirty-nine books of poetry, a novel, two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence, in addition to posthumous works." - Wikipedia. xviii, 396 p. Index of titles. Book tight and unmarked with moderate wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A sound example of this wonderful compilation. ; 8vo.…