Literary Magazines from Purpora Books

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1970. Tips lightly bumped. A journal for the comparative study of literature and ideas. With contributions by Margaret Laurence, Dorothy Livesay, Sinclair Ross, Adele Wiseman, Frederick Philip Grove, and others. 225 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

Montreal: Vehicule, 1983. Trace wear to tips of cover and very small brown spot top edge of pages.. A magazine published in Montreal between the years 1953 and 1955. All seven issues are reprinted here, along with an index to the magazine. Early work of Leonard Cohen, Eli Mandel, Louis Dudek, Robert Creeley, Phyllis Webb, Raymond Souster,… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, UK: Granta Bright cover. No date on this reprint but issued in 1993 when Volume Two of "Best Young British Novelists" (Granta 43) was published on the 10th anniversary of Granta 7. Includes contributions by Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Julian Barnes, William Boyd, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift, and others. 319 pages.. Reprint.… Read more about this item

Toronto: Tamarack Review, 1968. Cover has minor edge weer. Contents include an interview with Brian Moore, stories by Hugh Hood and others, poetry by Joan Finnigan and others, and reviews. 114 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus.. Literary Periodical.

Cape Elizabeth, Maine: Io Magazine , 1966. Contributions by Diane Wakoski and others. 81 pages.. Second Printing. Stapled in Wraps. Very Good.. Literary Periodical.

Toronto: Tamarack Review, 1981. Spine is square but has a couple of wrinkles. Contents include ten younger poets selected by Greg Gatenby (Roo Borson, Chris Dewdney, and others), and contributions by Earle Birney (story), Louis Dudek, J. Michael Yates, Lesley Krueger (story) and others. 114 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

Burnaby, BC: West Coast Review, Simon Fraser University, 1983. Light wear. Fiction by Eric McCormack, music, prints, poetry, reviews and index to the past four issues. 58 pages.. First Edition. Thin Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus.. Literary Periodical.

Burnaby: West Coast Review Publishing Society, 1975. Corners lightly bumped, and a few small faint brown spots on front cover. An interesting issue of this literary magazine, including a one-act play byt Betty Lambert, an essay by Mason Harris "Science Fiction as the Dream and Nightmare of Progress", a novel in progress by John Mills, and reviews of ne… Read more about this item

Toronto: Tamarack Review, 1969. An interesting issue of this magazine: a story by Hugh Garner, an interview with Hugh Garner, five poems by Alfred Purdy, a story by Austin C. Clarke, a critique of recent work of Margaret Laurence by Phyllis Gotlieb. 84 pages.. First Edition. Wire Coils. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

Williamsburg, VA: Literary Sketches, 1966. Address label and postage stamp on front cover, and other light use. Volume VI, no. 4 of this interesting little mag, including a three-page article on the tumultuous friendship between Hans Christian Andesen and Charles Dickens. 12 pages.. First Edition. Chapbook. Very Good Plus.. Literary Periodical.

Folsom, CA: Grande Ronde Press, 1972. A journal of contemporary literature and ideas. Mainly poems. 32 pages.. First Edition. Stapled in Wraps. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. Wear to spine and edges of cover; internally clean and unmarked. Literature and art with contributions by Katherine Anne Porter, E.B. White and others. 168 pages of text plus colour illustratiions of paintings related to the article "First Painters of an Emerging Nation". . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good.. Literary Periodical.

Connesville, Iowa: John Westburg & Associates, 1966. "Complimentary" stamped on front cover and address label on rear cover; internally clean. Articles and a few poems. Ten page article titled "Battle at Little Big Horn" by Jim Arpy. 48 pages including the covers.. First Edition. Stapled in Wraps. Near Fine.. Literary Periodical.

West Hartlepool: Iconolatre Some creases to edges of covers as they extend past the text block; internally clean. Undated but probably 1964 or 1965. Among contributors are "The Americans", namely George Dowden & Tracy Thompson. Text printed from typescript. 42 pages.. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. Very Good.. Literary Periodical.

Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Campus of Miami and Ohio State Universities, 1965. Faint oval library rubber stamp on front cover and bumping at bottom of text block; internally clean. 96 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus.. Literary Periodical.

West Hartlepool: Iconolatre Some creases to edges of covers as they extend past the text block; internally clean. Undated but probably 1964. One original linocut by J. W. McCracken bound in. Text printed from typescript. 32 pages.. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. Very Good.. Literary Periodical.

West Hartlepool: Iconolatre Some creases to edges of covers as they extend past the text block, and a few check marks here and there. Original block illustration on front cover in two colours and one other original colour illustration bound in by Turner and dated 1963. This issue probably 1963 as first text page mentions "first year complete and… Read more about this item

West Hartlepool: Iconolatre Some creases to edges of covers as they extend past the text block; internally clean. Undated but probably 1966 as one of the art works is dated so. Poems, prose, and orginal art work, one being a watercolour by Ian Lang. 74 pages.. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. Very Good Plus.. Literary Periodical.

Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill, 2002. Full sized: 8" x 10 3/4"; 60 pages plus three pages of ads and one of contents. The entire issue is a collection of the Hansard text of the poet laureate debates to establish a Poet Laureate of Canada. There is a brief note by George Bowering, Canada's first poet laureate. The… Read more about this item

Waterloo, ON: University of Waterloo, 1990. New fiction by Diane Schoemperlen, new poetry by Diana Brebner and other contributors. 112 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus. Literary Periodical.