White Circle 39 - 1942
White Circle 39 back
White Circle 223 - 1945
White Circle 223 back
Penguin 320 - 1941
Penguin 320 back
Penguin New Zealand - 1944
Penguin New Zealand back
Showing posts with label Stephen Leacock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephen Leacock. Show all posts
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Collins White Circle Authors Part XII - Leacock (2)
Stephen Leacock was a popular author with early paperback publishers; editions of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town include two numbers by Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada in their White Circle series, a Penguin and a Penguin New Zealand. All published in 1941 - 1945.
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Collins White Circle Authors - Part X - Leacock (1)
One hundred years ago this fall Stephen Leacock's first collection of humorous stories, Literary Lapses, was published. The book was published at Leacock's expense by the Gazette Printing Company, Limited of Montreal.
In 1945 Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada Ltd published the first Canadian paperback edition as number 213 in their White Circle imprint. Collins also published Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town in 1942 as White Circle 39 and again in 1945 as 223.
Literary Lapses wasn't Leacock's first book. In his capacity as an academic three non-fiction books had already been published. Throughout his career Leacock continued to publish these sorts of books, all of which are forgotten today, as well as collections of humorous stories. Here are two of these post-Sunshine books.
In 1945 Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada Ltd published the first Canadian paperback edition as number 213 in their White Circle imprint. Collins also published Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town in 1942 as White Circle 39 and again in 1945 as 223.
Literary Lapses wasn't Leacock's first book. In his capacity as an academic three non-fiction books had already been published. Throughout his career Leacock continued to publish these sorts of books, all of which are forgotten today, as well as collections of humorous stories. Here are two of these post-Sunshine books.
White Circle 213
White Circle 39
White Circle 223
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928
Short Circuits back
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1945
While There Is Time back
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Canadian Paperbacks - Other Editions Part II
Stephen Leacock's self published his first literary book, Literary Lapses, in 1910 when he was 40. In 1939 the first paperback edition was published by Penguin Books. Six years later Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada Ltd. published its White Circle edition. In January 1958 Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart published Literary Lapses as one of its first four offerings in the New Canadian Library (NCL) imprint. Coincidentally the Penguin edition is 212 and the White Circle edition is 213. The Penguin edition has a dust jacket identical to the book's covers except for the flaps.
A Bibliography of Stephen Leacock by Carl Spadoni (Toronto: ECW Press, 1998), pages 97 and 98, notes that the Penguin edition sold over 46,000 copies in the first five months after publication. The bibliography also notes that McClelland & Stewart held the Canadian rights to the book and refused Collins (who were Penguin's agent in Canada) permission to sell the Penguin edition in Canada. But in 1945, the year after Leacock died, Collins was able to publish the first Canadian paperback edition. The Collins edition has been printed from the same plates as the Penguin edition.
The Penguin edition has a short biography of Leacock but no introduction. B. K. Sandwell, a Canadian editor and author, provided a three page introduction to the Collins edition which also had a couple of photographs of Leacock by the celebrity photographer of the day, Karsh. The NCL edition has a five page introduction by Robertson Davies and remains in print. The texts are the same except the NCL edition doesn't have a one page of acknowledgements from the author.
A Bibliography of Stephen Leacock by Carl Spadoni (Toronto: ECW Press, 1998), pages 97 and 98, notes that the Penguin edition sold over 46,000 copies in the first five months after publication. The bibliography also notes that McClelland & Stewart held the Canadian rights to the book and refused Collins (who were Penguin's agent in Canada) permission to sell the Penguin edition in Canada. But in 1945, the year after Leacock died, Collins was able to publish the first Canadian paperback edition. The Collins edition has been printed from the same plates as the Penguin edition.
The Penguin edition has a short biography of Leacock but no introduction. B. K. Sandwell, a Canadian editor and author, provided a three page introduction to the Collins edition which also had a couple of photographs of Leacock by the celebrity photographer of the day, Karsh. The NCL edition has a five page introduction by Robertson Davies and remains in print. The texts are the same except the NCL edition doesn't have a one page of acknowledgements from the author.
Penguin 212
Penguin 212 back cover
Penguin 212 DJ flaps
White Circle 213 - Margaret Paull artist
White Circle 213 back cover
New Canadian Library 3
New Canadian Library 3 back cover
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