Author Archives: rdavies

(left: scarcer UK ed. 1956 Victor Gollancz dj; right: more familiar 1956 Macmillan dj–Ismar David did cover design; photo on blurb by J. Atkin) (signed 1968 Macmillan/Laurentian softcover; Harri Aalto: cover art) (signed 1974 McClelland & Stewart dj) Adele Wiseman … Continue reading →

(flatsigned Talonbooks softcover, 1982; cover–right hand panel of a triptych by Jack Shadbolt photographed by John Evans; author photo by John Mastromonaco) Victoria-born Phyllis Webb (1927-) is a brilliant Imagist poet who was educated at McGill and UBC. She went on to … Continue reading →

(left: 1960 St. Martin’s dj–design by Reynold Pollak; middle: same edition, blurb; photo P. Esterhazy; right: Macmillan 1961 dj, uncredited artist) (McClelland & Stewart, 1963 dj, cover artist: BL) (left: McClelland & Stewart, 1964 dj by Frank Newfeld; middle: Goose Lane/CBC … Continue reading →

(Ryerson softcover, 1951, rare flatsigned) (left: scarce title, Ryerson hb, 1954–cover J.E.H. MacDonald & Thoreau MacDonald; right: 1957 Ryerson hb, rare flatsigned) (1969 Ryerson dj, flatsigned, as are most of my CanLit books) (Dec. 17/71 Xmas card) (left: Clarke, Irwin, … Continue reading →

(1948 1st ed. dj McClelland & Stewart; signed to Bill and Nancy Cutt) (1st ed. McClelland & Stewart dj, 1964–dj design Frank Newfeld, signed) (old Edmonton newspaper article about Kreisel slipped into above book) Vienna-born Henry Kreisel (1922-1991) escaped the … Continue reading →

(one of a series of story collections; Macmillan dj, 1st ed. dj–dj design by Jack Ribik , signed to friends Doyle and Bill Klyn) (letter to Bill after journalist-friend Doyle died) (envelope for above letter from Gallant’s Paris home) Born in … Continue reading →

(1959 dj, Little, Brown & Co–jacket by Samuel H. Bryant, photo Harold Horwood, signed for a friend Barbara) (enclosed Xmas card for Barbara; Carlos Marchiori design, Hallmark) (enclosed letter for Barbara as well) (left: 1962 dj, Michael Joseph; drawings by … Continue reading →

(rare, valuable 1955 dj Andre Deutsch—cover by Heather Standring with rare signature) (1960 dj Andre Deutsch, dj by Stephen Russ; later made into a Canadian movie with Robert Shaw as Ginger) (the entertaining 1997 VHS movie version of Moore’s 1st book starring … Continue reading →

(Berton did a lot of media work; doing an LP for Arc was a natural since he grew up in Dawson and was well-aware of Service, later doing an interview with the author in France for CBC TV; cover by … Continue reading →

(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 →