Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich
by Leacock, Stephen
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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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
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Toronto: Bell and Cockburn, 1914 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Previous owners' names. Light foxing to edges and endpapers. The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph (Chapter 6) is good for a dozen laughs, and that's only one chapter ! 310 pp.. Item Price
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McClelland and Stewart., 1969. Softcover.. Near Fine/--. Paperback.. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Looks NEVER OPENED. Book interior NEAR FINE, Covers Very Good Plus. Back cover has 6 small dents like from a toothpick. Spine has a few minor chips. Front cover has a few… Read more about this item Item Price
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London, NY & Toronto: London, John Lane, NY, John Lane, Toronto, S.B. Gundy,, 1915. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 3rd Can Issue. blue cloth, pp., 303, spine end worn with some loss, shelf wear , corners bumped, small ink initial on front free end-paper, tight copy. Spadoni, A Bibliography of Stephan Leacock, A16b.3 Size: 8 Vo.,. Item Price
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NY: John Lane, 1914. Hard bound in red cloth, first edition, 310pp. Front hinge a bit weak. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed and covers somewhat dulled with gilt titles on spine a bit faded else very good. 445 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Item Price
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John Lane the Bodley Head, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1952. Reprinted. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are mildly foxed & tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding is firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket. Panels have heavy… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: John Lane Company, 1914. 310 pages. Pages, endpapers clean, good condition. Red cloth, black title on spine. Embossed gilt label with red titles. Head/tail of spine and corners lightly worn and bumped. Spine lightly faded. VG+. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Item Price
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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 Item Price
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Portraits and Miniatures; Selected Writings
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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
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Bell & Cockburn, 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st canadian ed. Inscribed and signed by F. Cyril (The principal of Mcgill). Hinges started.. Item Price
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