Literary Biography / Criticism from Purpora Books

Boston: Twayne, 1987. 154 pages with index. . First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

Toronto: Harper Collins (HarperCollins) (HarperFlamingo), 2002. Slim band of fading at the very bottom of the spine of the book. Tiny rub along the rear flap fold of the dust jacket. Map endpapers; 438 pages with small B&W illustrations and index.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

New York: Viking / Penguin, 2000. Upper tips slightly bumped. Dust jacket has a circular cutout on front panel showing the head of Melville on the upper board. Of the Penguin Lives series. 161 pages.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1982. Cover tips slightly bumped, and minor moisture stain bottom of spine; internally clean, unmarked, and tightly bound. A dictionary of all the proper names of characters in Dostoevsky's works, complete with etymologies and definitiions. An invaluable tool for readers of Dostoesvky. 140 pages with index. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, 1987. Diagonal crease bottom of front fore corner, a tiny "c" in red ink on first page, and "review" stamp on same page; otherwise internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Also printed in hardcover. The best journalism of the year: "A legacy of distinguished reporting, powerful and unforgettable images from America's… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1966. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Upper fore tip is slightly bumped; internally clea, unmarked and tightly bound. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has very short tears and wrinkles along the top edge. Autobiography of Monsarrat, from his birth in 1910 to the mid-thirties. 534 pages plus 16 pages of… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto, 1988. Haliburton was born in Nova Scotia in 1796, had a distinguished career as lawyer judge, and author, and died in England in 1865. 293 pages with index.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1967. Light edge wear to dust jacket. 141 pages with bibliograghy of Nobaokov's works.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1978. Spine faded and a few very faint marks on covers; internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Robert Creeley, Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg. 296 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine..

Boston: L. C. Page, 1904. Bound in grey cloth with gilt rules and lettering upper board and on spine along with design of sailing ship in blue, white and blue. Owner name and date (Xmas '06) top of front free endpaper, separation at gutter between frontispiece (of Dumas) and previous leaf; otherwise internally clean. 395 pages with index… Read more about this item

Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1979. Bound in purply brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Trace wear to edges; internally clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Dust jacket has edge wear including short tears and associated creases, rubs, and a small chip bottom of rear panel. Author discusses eleven important Canadian novelists ranging from Stephen Leacock and Sinclair… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1909. Bound in grey green cloth with dark blue stamping of Burns head and shoulders on upper board and gilt lettering to upper board and to spine; gilt top edge. Boards a little stained, wear to tips, front endpaper cracked at hinge but holding well, minor foxing especially front and end pages. 355 pages… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1989. Dust jacket has minor edge wear including two 1/4" tears along the top edge, one of which is reinforced on the printed side with clear tape. Crosby and her husband Harry were among the avant-garde of Paris in the 1920 and founded Black Sun Press early publishers of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, D.H.… Read more about this item

Whitby, England: Caedmon of Whitby, 1980. Bound in purplely maroon cloth with paper label on spine (the label has become detached and is laid-into the book. Illustrated endpapers, with owner name with the printed box "This Book Belongs To". Biography of Yorkshire writer Mary Linskill; 118 pages. Signed by author at the end of the Introduction; also… Read more about this item

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1958. Bound in tan paper covered boards with black lettering on spine; the colour a bit faded on spine and near the top of the boards. Originally published in French, this edition translated by Peter Dawnay. 358 pages including bibliography. . First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

London: Minerva / Mandarin, 1990. A used copy, faded and creased spine, yet firmly bound. 1188 pages + 28 B&W plates. . Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good..

New York: Dodd Mead, 1934. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on upper board and on spine (somewhat dulled). A nice copy with frontispiece from a drawing by Agustus John, and all plates (illustrations from photos and maps) present. 382 pages with index.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

New York: Oxford University, 1973. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has a couple of tiny edge tears. A critical biography of both the writer and the man. 483 pages with index.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus.

London: Enitharmon, 1976. "This essay is a study of three of Malcolm Lowry's novels considered as a sequence and, in terms of metaphysical structure, as a sort of Divine Comedy." 55 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.

London: Cambridge, 1974. A nice clean, tight copy. 170 pages with index.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine Plus.