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    Purpora Books is a full-time business specializing in literature first editions, signed copies, poetry broadsides and fine press. Over 50% of our inventory is devoted to Canadian authors. We are committed to finding and providing our customers the nicest and most interesting copies available. Our bookroom is open by appointment - please phone ahead. We are always interested in buying books, from single collectible items to complete libraries.

    We exhibit regularly at antique shows in the Vancouver area where we bring a selection of antiquarian and out-of-print books. We also have a selection of general stock at The Hastings Street Booksellers, a bookstore in north Burnaby near the Vancouver border (3736 Hastings Street).

    Charles Purpora, the owner, is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of Canada (ABAC), and fully understands and upholds the ABAC code of ethics.


          History of the New Testament - Illustrated with 84 Engravings
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    [Royaumont, Sieur de, pseud. of Nicolas Fontaine). The History of the New Testament. . . The Whole Originally Designed by Richard Blome, Esq; Cosmographer to Her Late Majesty Queen Anne. London: M. Cooper, 1753.

    Folio (40.0 cm x 24.1 cm), rebound (mid-19th century) in full calf, gilt border decorations on upper and lower boards, gilt inside dentelles, gilt lettering on spine ("New Testament") and a profusion of uniform gilt decorations on spine. Upper board present but cleanly detached; heavy wear to all tips. The leather has a beautiful rich patina. Overall the binding is in fair condition.
    $400 USD

     Posted on Friday, August 19 @ 20:31:17 CDT ( View More... )
          (Feature Item #4) The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
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    Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit.
    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First American Editon.
    Hard Cover. Good Plus / No Jacket.

    Wear to bottom tips of cloth covered boards, fraying and chipping at ends of spine, two dark spots (the larger being smaller than a dime and the other pencil eraser size) on the spine, and short horizontal tear middle of spine; hinges sound, previous owner bookplate affixed to first blank page and a short pencil line on two pages (one is red pencil), otherwise internally nice. This is the second state variant with publisher's device on title page. (Hammond & Anderson A3b2)
    $1,800 USD

     Posted on Tuesday, June 28 @ 15:40:44 CDT ( View More... )
          (Feature Item #3) A Jig for the Gypsy - Robertson Davies
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    Davies, Robertson
    A Jig for the Gypsy (Signed).
    Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1954. First Editon. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus.

    Minor fading of the taupe-coloured cloth along the bottom edge and two spots of foxing on the rear free endpaper; dust jacket is worn at the tips and ends of spine panel, has a small sticker scar top of front panel and light soiling and foxing to the rear panel and rear flap. A play in three acts; 99 pages plus one B/W photo illustration from the original production. Signed by Davies on the title page.
    $250 USD

     Posted on Monday, June 27 @ 00:13:30 CDT ( View More... )
          (Feature Item #2) Dance of the Happy Shades - Alice Munro
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    Munro, Alice.
    Dance of the Happy Shades .
    Toronto: Ryerson, 1968. First Edition.
    Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good Plus.

    First state dust jacket (without the award seal) has a 1/2 thumbnail-sized missing piece at the bottom of the front panel, else the dj would be about fine. Munro's first book, a collection of stories; foreword by Canadian author Hugh Garner. Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction.
    $265 USD

     Posted on Tuesday, June 21 @ 23:34:04 CDT ( View More... )
          (Feature Item #1) Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
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    Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children.
    New York: Knopf, 1981. First Edition.
    Hard Cover. Fine / Near Fine Plus.

    Very faint book store stamp bottom of front free endpaper; dust jacket has tiny rubs at the bottom of the flap folds, a tiny puncture near the top of the front joint, otherwise an exemplary copy that is not price-clipped and does not have any of the usual fading of the spine panel. True first edition of Rushdie's second book, winner of the Booker Prize, and in 1993, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Booker Prize, was chosen by three former chairmen of judges to be the best of the previous winners, and named the Booker of Bookers.
    $1,000 USD

     Posted on Tuesday, June 21 @ 18:55:46 CDT ( View More... )

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