(her first major book; Macmillan, 1955 dj)
(awesomely rare signed book inscribed to C.B. Farrar, a prominent psychiatrist who had trained under William Osler; she herself was the granddaughter of Sir Edmund Osler; jacket: Allan Fleming)
(from C. B. Farrar’s own library, inscription by author)
(beautifully illustrated children’s fable published by Oxford U Press, 1960; Leo Rampen was the talented designer-illustrator)
(two of her collected poems: left–Macmillan, 1968 dj, includes memoir by AW, jacket drawing by Blair Drawson; right– Exile, 1990, no credit for cover photo)
Anne Cochran Wilkinson (1910-1961) was born in and lived mostly in the Toronto area. Her childhood is captured in her prose memoir entitled “Four Corners of My World”, found in her Collected Poems. Her first book of poems was Counterpoint to Sleep (1951) which established her graceful, witty, sensuous style. She can be heard reading on Six Toronto Poets (Folkways LP/CD). I selected her droll poem “Carol” for Inside Poetry, 1st ed. (Harcourt).