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$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.$40.00NY: New Directions (1957). First edition. 175 pp. Light foxing to page edges, else near fine in very good dust jacket with a closed tear to the rear panel, and light overall edgewear.$50.00NY: William-Frederick Press, 1956. First trade paperback printing. 91 pp. A few nibble marks to upper outside corner, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Glenway Wescott’s copy, with his bookplate inside the front cover, and “Ex Libris GW.” penned to the front cover.$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.$35.00NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1967). First edition. 241 pp. A few small spots of foxing to fore-edge, else near fine in like dust jacket with a short tear to crown and wear to base of spine. Purdy’s fifth novel. Young 3147*.$35.00London: Jonathan Cape (1968). First UK edition. 241 pp. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. Young 3147* (US edition).$25.00London: Peter Owen (1989). First edition. 152 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.$20.00London: Peter Owen (1997). First edition. 148 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.$50.00Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First edition. 120 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Purdy, “For Douglas / from his friend / James / with appreciation / Brooklyn, December 8 1978.” Young 3148.$100.00Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1972. First edition. 120 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with some wear to crown. SIGNED by Purdy. Additionally INSCRIBED, “For Donnie / with all affectionate wishes / and appreciation, ever / Jaimie / May 1, 1972.” Promotional flyer laid in, as well as a clipped bookseller catalog listing, that indicates “Donnie” = Donald Gallup. Young 3148.$25.00London: Jonathan Cape (1972). Uncorrected proof. 120 pp. Foxing to page edges, else near fine in near fine proof dust jacket. Young 3148 (US edition).$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.$75.00NY: Arbor House (1975). Uncorrected proof. Narrow 8vo. 81 pp. Light ripples to upper portion of text block, else near fine in printed wrappers. Publication date listed as February 1976 on the front panel. Young 3149.$30.00NY: Arbor House (1975). First edition. 140 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Young 3149.$25.00London: W.H. Allen, 1978. First UK edition. 140 pp. Sticker shadow inside front cover, some foxing along top and fore-edge, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Young 3149 (US edition).$25.00London: Peter Owen (1988). First UK edition. 254 pp. Sticker scar inside front board, else fine in near fine dust jacket.$25.00NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1986). First edition. 254 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.$25.00Garden City: Doubleday, 1970. First edition. 308 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.
$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.$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.$85.00NY: 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). Young 3150.$10.00NY: Avon (1959). First trade paperback printing. 159 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.$12.50London: Arcadia Books (2000). First edition. viii + 245 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.$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.$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!”$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.$30.00NY: Arbor House (1978). Uncorrected proof. 178 pp. Foxing to page edges, else near fine in very good plus proof dust jacket with foxing along the verso of the top edge. Promotional materials laid in. Young 3151*.$25.00NY: Viking (1984). First edition. 378 pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket with a tear along one flap fold, and another to the top edge of the front panel.$40.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970. First edition. 29 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies 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.$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.