Purdy Jack (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition. Spine edge is lightly worn. Some soiling at front cover edges. Minor spine curl. Front cover portrait of Charles Winninger by Charles E. Rubino. Article title Go Fishing with Al Pearce. 44 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. A near-fine copy. A clean copy, perhaps read once. Solid binding. Some creasing to spine. Very light soiling to top edge near spine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Trade paperback. Light wear to surfaces. Front upper corner bumped - corresponding bends to upper page corners. Small bend to front lower corner. Light wear to rear upper corner and along rear fore edge. Light bump to crown. Opening crease to front cover hinge - opens readily to title page. Wraparound cover image shows BCPP mounted squad at Bralorne during the Pioneer Mine Strike in the winter of 1939-40. Edited by Pat Meehan. Signed by author on title page. Prologue, two black and white maps, 203pp. Glossy section of black and white images. Octavo.

Tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Primera edición. Patrick Chase; Ray Russell; Robert L. Green; Michael O'connell; Jack Sharkey; Ken W. Purdy; J. Paul Getty; Thomas Mario; Arthur C. Clarke; William Iversen; John Dempsey; Herbert Gold; Shel Silverstein; Jim Beaman; Jules Feifer. MUY BUEN ejemplar. 210pp.

Tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Primera edición. Nelson Algren; Brock Yates Den W. Purdy; R. A. Lafferty; Jack Denton Scott; Henry Miller "Signs of Love"; Robert L. Green; Robert Sherrill; Robert F. Young; Gerald Sussman; George Malko; Bernard Gunther & Paul Fusco; Alberto Vargas; Nat Hentoff, Robert Carola. MUY BUEN ejemplar. 230pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 120 pages. Features: Telstar - Giant step into the future; Build this all-transistor FM tuner; SW propatagion forecast; Noise limiter for the HE-20A; Traffic Jam ahead on short waves; Tube Changing in the color receiver; TV Nonocle gives extra eye to wearer; Tube layouts in TV sets; Service clinic; More on reverberation units; Understanding the microphone; Counting with the Dekatron; Measure atomic radiation; There's more to calibrating the signal gen; Equipment report; Simplified metal locator; Transverter powers mobile gear; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 108 pages. Features: Two-page ad for Electrohome televisions, of Kitchener, Ontario; The Operational Code of Pierre Elliott Trudeau; One-page colour-photo ad for the (green) Chrysler Newport Royal; Have I Ever Lied To You Before? - The Table Talk of Jerry Goodis; Two-page Volkswagen Beetle ad shows Beetle confronted by a 'gang' of North American cars; Colour Royal Bank ad features photo of 'Mary'; One-page colour-photo ad for Molson Canadian (in stubby bottle) beside fancy drink; Arrow shirt ad features colour photo of Toronto disc jockey "Jungle" Jay Nelson (of 1050 CHUM) and John McLeod; Keeping Toronto Hateful - Eight pages explain why any sensitive Canadian continues to live in such a rotten place(!); Toronto - Middle-Class capital of the world; Who's Who in the Toronto Power Game; Feature article on hockey player Derek Sanderson; Colour photos and interview with Derek's lady, Judy Martin; 20 Things You'd Better Know About the New Taxes, by Izzie Asper; The Sound of Mario Bernardi; Backing the Better Mousetrap - article on inventors taking their ideas to market, including Harold Humphreys who invented the Polypump, and Peter Davis; A Feast of Provinces - article on Canada by Al Purdy; Colour-photo ad for the Series 30 Chevy Van (RV) includes photo of A.R. Williams of Terence Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia; Canadian Club ad features colour photos of the Mudmen of New Guinea; One-page colour ad for the Chevrolet Vega; Classy one-page colour-photo ad for the 1972 Buick Centurion (green two-door); Article on television includes small photo of comedian Flip Wilson; Fiat black and white photo ad inside back cover features photo of Mr. Ferrari and the Fiat 128 he drives. Average wear. Unmarked. Minor bit of moisture exposure at bottom of coverfold. A sound vintage copy.