Monthly Archives: June 2015

(Intermedia 1978 pb–translated by Margaret Rose) Hull-born Yvette Naubert (1918-1982) was a French-Canadian writer who earned a Bachelor of Music before living abroad in France. She wrote five novels and two story collections and was twice a prize-winner: Le Cercle du Livre … Continue reading →

(Signed dj, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948; translated by Samuel Putnam; indecipherable cover artist and unknown photographer for blurb photo) dj, McClelland & Stewart, 1950; translated to English by Mary Finch, no cover artist credited;  originally published in French by Belisle, … Continue reading →

Gage hb, jr. high history text, 1951; illustrations by Selwyn Dewdney Signed title page and letter to Greg Gatenby, Harbourfront Reading Series, 1991 (left) dj, University of Toronto Press, 1960; owned/signed by Elizabeth Brewster; (right) softcover US ed. Norton, 1966) (Flatsigned … Continue reading →

(dj, Hodder & Stoughton, UK ed., 1960; illustrations by Carl Burger) (Signed dj, Little, Brown and Co., 1960) Sheila (Philip Cochrane) Burnford (1918-1984) was born in Scotland and was a volunteer ambulance driver in World War II. In 1951, she married … Continue reading →