My Remarkable Uncle and Other Sketches
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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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. 1st printing, with no additional listed. Square and unmarked hardcover with mildly toned endpapers. 313pp. Good only jacket is moderately worn along edges, toned, with original 2.50 price on front flap. Now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Dodd, 1942. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Stamps on front endpaper. Text clean. Top corners on a few pages are bent. Smudge on bottom corners of pages. Corners on cover bent. Spine ends bumped. Very light stains on red cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Lane the Bodley Head, 1942. Hardcover. Good. 1942. 218 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: The Bodley Head, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint. Hardback 220 pp. Yellow cloth. Very Good condition. No dust jacket.
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Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1965. Some edgewear and creasing of spine, age toning of pages otherwise still a good solid reading copy. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Item Price
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