A Pocketful of Canada Part I

John Robins (1884-1952), a Canadian academic and author, edited A Pocketful of Canada which came out in three editions in the late 40s and early 50s, all by Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada. The cloth covered original in 1946 was followed by two paperbacks, one in 1948 and another in 1952. The 1952 edition is part of the White Circle imprint. The editions kept getting smaller - from 434 to 347 to 316 pages of text. Most of the cuts were in historical and informative sections with the literary sections remaining largely unchanged.

One of the contents is a seven page excerpt from a poem called "Between Two Furious Oceans" by Dick Diespecker (1907-1973) who a few years later was published by Harlequin.
                      

Collins Pocketful - 1948

Collins Pocketful back 

White Circle CD531 - 1952

Harlequin 234 - June 1953