Monthly Archives: May 2015

(softcover, McClelland & Stewart, 1965; inscription to a bookseller)   (dj, McClelland & Stewart, 1967; paintings: A. Y. Jackson–the famous Group of 7 artist (featured earlier in this blog); cover design:  Frank Newfeld (featured later in this blog) (left: dj, … Continue reading →

(dj, Longmans, 1966; signed title page by author and illustrator T.M. Shortt) (Charles) Fred(erick) Bodsworth (1918-2012) was born in Port Burwell, ON and eventually became a journalist, naturalist, and conservationist. He wrote for St. Thomas Times-Journal, the Toronto Sun, and … Continue reading →

(hb of dj’d Ryerson, 1955; uncredited design)   (dj, Ryerson, 1958; design: Allan Harrison) (softcover, Oxford U Press, 1972; cover painting by Philip Surrey) (softcover, Oxford U Press, 1981; inscribed for Dorothy Livesay (contained signed message card below); uncredited illustrator) … Continue reading →

(Ultra-rare dj, Macmillan, 1944; Page’s first book–a mystical romance novel published under a never-again-used pseudonym, Judith Cape) (First Canadian writer I ever met in person; first (charming) book of hers I encountered; left is dj, right is hb; uncredited P.K. … Continue reading →

(Signed softcover, Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1980; cover by Alice van Wart) Fred (William) Cogswell (1917-2004) was a popular, prolific NB poet who was born in East Centreville, NB. He served as an English prof at UNB from 1952 to 1983. This … Continue reading →

(W.O. Mitchell was honored by Canada Post with a commemorative stamp) (Often called Canada’s great novel over the years, a Depression/prairies masterpiece; dj, Macmillan, 1947; design: William Easton, uncredited author pho on blurb; rare flatsigned) (left: the rare U.S. dj … Continue reading →