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$30.00Toronto: Coach House Press (1984). First edition. 68 pp. Fine in wrappers. Poet and rock musician Priest's third book, a collection of performance pieces, songs and prose poems. INSCRIBED by Priest on the title page, and signed by him on page 38, beneath the poem 'Blue Pyramids.'$100.00London: Fulcrum (1970). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 47 pp. Fine in full cloth in very near fine clear acetate dust jacket with one short closed edge-tear. One of 100 copies on antique laid paper SIGNED by Prince.$75.00London: Chatto & Windus, 1964. First edition. 219 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with a few very short edge tears and faint sunning to spine. SIGNED by Pritchett on the half-title page.$35.00Whitethorn: Holmgangers Press (1982). First edition. [24 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by Privett to the book’s publishers. Kestrel 2.$35.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1992). First edition. 227 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Prose on the title page.$55.00NY: Pantheon (1988). Uncorrected proof. 196 pp. Near fine in printed red wrappers. SIGNED by Prose on the title page.$35.00London: Bloomsbury (2007). First edition. 278 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Pryce on the title page.$45.00Beruti: Ediciones LH S.R.L. (nd). First edition. 56 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Poems, introduced by Carlos Marcucci. Dated (72) and INSCRIBED by Puccia to Wormwood Review editor Marvin Malone.$45.00London: Anvil Press Poetry (1972). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 47 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Purcell.$75.00Toronto & Montreal: McClelland and Stewart (1968). First edition. 128 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Purdy on the front free endpaper.$200.00Windsor: Black Moss Press (1982). First edition, deluxe issue. 159 pp. Fine in illustrated paper-covered boards with leatherette spine and corners. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 25 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy.$100.00Coatsworth: Black Moss Press (1977). First edition. 4to. [8 pp]. Light rubbing along top edge, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed cover label. Small abrasion inside front cover, tiny tear to unprinted front free endpaper. One of 100 numbered copies on Carlyle Japan paper SIGNED by Purdy.
$125.00[Vancouver]: Colophon Books, 1990. First edition, numbered & signed issue. Folio. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Printed at the Pie Tree Press. Pairs “Blood Pressure Blues” with “Concerning Ms. Atwood.” One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy.$75.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 352 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy. This is copy #1.$150.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 352 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 35 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy with an original drawing.$50.00NY: Note of Hand Publishers, 1977. First edition. 169 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Designed and printed at the Five Trees Press. The colophon calls for fifty numbered and signed copies. This copy is not numbered, but is SIGNED by Purdy.$55.00NY: Note of Hand Publishers, 1977. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 169 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light toning to spine. Designed and printed at the Five Trees Press. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy.$45.00(np): Black Sparrow (1967). First edition, numbered & signed issue. [40 pp]. Light foxing and sunning to extrems, else near fine in sewn wrappers. A short story and eleven poems. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy.$100.00(np): Black Sparrow (1967). First edition, out of series copy. [40 pp]. Light foxing and sunning to extrems, else near fine in sewn wrappers. A short story and eleven poems. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh, with plain gray endpapers not in the regular issue. One of 7 copies designated “Out of Series” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Purdy.$200.00(np): Black Sparrow (1967). First edition, publisher’s copy. [40 pp]. Light foxing along top edges, else near fine in full cloth with wrap-around pasted down label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. A short story and eleven poems. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Purdy.$50.00NY: Viking (1980). First edition. 426 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine. Briefly INSCRIBED by Purdy on the title page. Collects MALCOLM, THE NEPHEW, and 63: DREAM PALACE.$45.00Northridge: Santa Susana Press, 1977. First edition, numbered & signed issue. [4 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and integral dust jacket with printed cover label. A single poem with two small illustrations by Irving Block. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy and Block. Issued on the occasion of Herb Yellin’s inauguration as president of the Bibliographical Society.$150.00NY: Nadja [1978]. First edition, lettered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Pages uncut. A single poem by Purdy, with his cover art. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Purdy. The first book of the press.
$45.00NY: Nadja [1978]. First edition, numbered & signed issue. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. Pages uncut. A single poem by Purdy, with his cover art. One of 174 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy. The first book of the press.$100.00NY: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1959). First edition. 215 pp. Light foxing along top edge, else near fine in very good dust jacket with heavy foxing along each of the flap folds. INSCRIBED by Purdy to Gary Lepper, who included Purdy in his BIBLIOGRAPHIC INTRODUCTION TO SEVENTY-FIVE MODERN AMERICAN AUTHORS (Serendipity Books, 1976).$75.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968. First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 41 pp. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket with some chipping to crown. One of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy with an original dated (68) and signed drawing tipped-in after the title page.$35.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968. First edition. 41 pp. Spine faintly sunned with a few small marks, else near fine in printed wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Purdy. Morrow & Cooney 46.$500.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968. First edition, publisher’s copy. 41 pp. Toning to spine and extrems, else near fine in full leather with printed paper spine label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Purdy. As in the deluxe issue, there is an original drawing tipped-in after the title page. Additionally INSCRIBED by Purdy, “for John Martin / with friendship and / all good wishes / and with appreciation / from / James / December 6, 1968. Laid in are two extra drawings and a June 4, 1969 holograph letter from Purdy to Martin stating in part, “You have no equal in book publication!”$150.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 29 pp. A bit of foxing to top edge, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Purdy. This is copy “A.” Uncommon in this issue.$200.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970. First edition, publisher’s copy. 29 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Purdy.$75.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 29 pp. Foxing along top edge, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Purdy.
$75.00NY: Nadja (1979). First edition, numbered & signed issue. [14 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies on handmade Umbria paper SIGNED by Purdy. A prose work with a drawing by Purdy as a frontis.