Author Archives: rdavies

  (his first recording, Smithsonian Folkways CD, 1957; several tracks, with other readings by A.J.M. Smith, Irving Layton, Louis Dudek, F.R. Scott, and A.M. Klein; scarce 1959 pb collection, published in 500 copies, also includes Phyllis Webb) (rare wrap-around pb, … Continue reading →

(rare signed 1968 Clarke, Irwin & Co. dj, uncredited artist) (rare signed, 1967 Clarke, Irwin & Co. dj, Governor-General-Award-winner; design: Mary Cserepy) (left: pb back cover of An Exchange of Gifts, Irwin, 1985, photo: NFB; rare signed dj, Clarke, Irwin … Continue reading →

(left: scarce LP of musical version of Ryga’s famous play with Chief Dan George, Paul Horn, and Ann Mortifee, Kerygam Records, artwork: Frank Lewis, 1972; right: Longmans dj, 1963; cover art: Jerry Lazare) George Ryga (1932-1987) was born in Deep … Continue reading →

(Andre Deutsch, 1954 dj; designer: indecipherable cover signature) (the hyped 1955 Popular Library pb version of The Acrobats) (Andre Deutsch, 1955 dj; cover: R.F. Micklewright) (sexy 1965 paperback Library pb) (Andre Deutsch, 1957 dj by Heather Standring) (Apprenticeship in process … Continue reading →

(Macpherson’s rare 2nd book with a rare signed note in which she corrects the recipient for thinking/assuming she (Jay) was a man!) (the rare 1957 hb, Oxford University Press Canada; design derived from Jean de Beaugrand for the arms of … Continue reading →

(1st US ed. McGraw-Hill, 1973 dj; cover: Stan Skardinski0; based on 1968 Canadian version) (left: Douglas Gibson/M & S  dj, 1986; cover painting: Alex Colville’s “Elm Tree at Horton Landing”, AGO; middle: rare Munro reading of “The Progress of Love”, … Continue reading →

(Talonbooks, 1975 pb; cover: “Dream with House, bed and Scraper” by Judith Lodge; photo by Betty Fairbank; I used the story “House” in Inside Stories II; Harcourt, 1987) (signed Naiad Press pb, 1985; cover: Susannah L. Kelly) Born in Plainfield, NJ, … Continue reading →

(signed 1997 Viking Penguin dj; cover contributors:  Kamil Vojnar/Photonica, John Scully, Spencer Francey Peters) (signed 1988 Viking Penguin dj; cover; David Wyman & Blair Drawson; photo originally by Elisabeth Feryn) (TLS by Findley, 1988, in book above) (signed, numbered ed. 1997, … Continue reading →

  (signed McGraw-Hill Ryerson: 1973 dj; photo: Canart Films) (left: Dell pb, 1987, cover: David Wyman, made into a film; right: Signet/NAL pb: 1976, his 1st film) (based on Alice Munro’s “The Bear Came over the Mountain”, an excellent film … Continue reading →

(1964 McClelland & Stewart softcover, with 1st illustration) (1963 McClelland & Stewart dj and green  design hardcover underneath) (1968 McClelland & Stewart–Heaven, Take My Hand by David Weisstub: the sensuous hardcover and a sample illustration) (left: 1981 Gage hardcover; 1st … Continue reading →