ARCADIAN ADVENTURES WITH THE IDLE RICH
by Leacock, Stephen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto : Belll & Cockburn , 1914 . First Canadian Edition . Good . 8VO . Identical to first US edition with except for Bell & Cockburn on the spine. Issued in an edition of 4000 copies. Spine sunned, slightly cocked, soiling to boards, evidence that front hinge has been repaired. Spadoni A16a.1
Synopsis
Stephen Leacock was born in Swanmore, Hampshire, England, in 1869. His family emigrated to Canada in 1876 and settled on a farm north of Toronto. Educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, Leacock pursued graduate studies in economics at the University of Chicago, where he studied under Thorstein Veblen. Even before he completed his doctorate, Leacock accepted a position as sessional lecturer in political science and economics at McGill University. When he received his Ph.D. in 1903, he was appointed to the position of lecturer. From 1908 until his retirement in 1936, he chaired the Department of Political Science and Economics. Leacock’s most profitable book was his textbook, Elements of Political Science , which was translated into seventeen languages. The author of nineteen books and countless articles on economics, history, and political science, Leacock turned to the writing of humour as his beloved avocation. His first collection of comic stories, Literary Lapses , appeared in 1910, and from that time until his death he published a volume of humour almost every year. Leacock also wrote popular biographies of his two favourite writers, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. At the time of his death, he left four completed chapters of what was to have been his autobiography. These were published posthumously under the title The Boy I Left Behind Me . Stephen Leacock died in Toronto, Ontario, in 1944.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11797
- Title
- ARCADIAN ADVENTURES WITH THE IDLE RICH
- Author
- Leacock, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Belll & Cockburn
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1914
- Pages
- 310 pp.
- Keywords
- Canadian Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Literature;
- Size
- 8VO
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
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Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
We have been buying and selling on the Internet since 1992, full- time since 1998. We started as collectors of children's and illustrated books and this is still our largest specialty. We pride ourselves on the quality of our stock and our commitment to the contentment of our customers.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
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