Literary Lapses
de Leacock, Stephen
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Toronto/London: Musson/John Lane, 1912 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original olive green cloth with bright white lettering on boards. Spine lettering rubbed. Publisher credited as Musson on spine, but Lane on title page. Exceptionally clean and sound, with previous owner's name in light pencil. "How to Make a Million Dollars," " How to Live to Be 200," and other Leacock laughs. 248 pp..
Sinopsis
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. From the eBook edition.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002568
- Título
- Literary Lapses
- Autor
- Leacock, Stephen
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- Third Edition
- Editorial
- Musson/John Lane
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto/London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1912
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- NOISBN Literature. Humour
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Humour;
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Sobre el vendedor
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
Sobre Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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