The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks / Robertson Davies
1986, First Edition. New York, N. Y. : Viking. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and suprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 540 pages; Description: xviii, 540 p. ; 24 cm. "Comprising The diary, The table talk and A garland of miscellanea by Samuel Marchbanks, but enlarged to include a biographical introduction and copious notes calculated to remove all difficulties caused by the passing of time, and to offer the wisdom, not to speak of the whimsicality, of this astonishing man to the modern public, by his long-suffering friend." Subject: Canadian wit and humor - 20th century. Form/Genre: Didactic fiction. Diary fiction. Item #156299
ISBN: 0670811459
Price: €18.95