Second Spring by Purdy, First Edition (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover. 8 pages, not including first blank page. This is number 75 of 100 copies. Signed by poet on last page. Book is in beautiful condition. Additional photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: very good. 1st edition, 1/100 signed. 6pp. Quarto. Black cloth binding with boards covered in red and black cloth with a marbelled pattern. White label pastedown on front cover with title and author. Light wear to edges of boards and corners. Black endpapers. Clean, tight text block with some light wear on the outer edge of text block. A lovely copy. very good Signed by the author on the last page and marked as 92/100 signed by his. This is a book of poetry by one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Purdy's writing career spanned more than fifty years. His works include over thirty books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence. He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate" and "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. Quarter black cloth over marbled cloth boards, with paper label to the front board. Front cover label a little yellowed, maybe from the glue used, and the corners a little rubbed, else a fine copy. Published by Black Moss Press and typeset by The Coach House Press. Printed at The Porcupine's Quill in Dec. 1977. Edition of 100 copies, this copy inscribed by Al Purdy and numbered 1 of 100, with an additional inscription by Black Moss Press publisher Marty Gervais, on the occasion of 20th Black Moss Press anniversary. Nice copy. Signed by Author(s).