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Leaven of Malice
by DAVIES, Robertson
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- first
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Wadsworth, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1954. First Canadian edition and first printing. Hardcover. The second book in Salterton Trilogy. Dust jacket design by Clair Stewart. A clean and tight very near fine copy in cloth boards with a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy.
Synopsis
Leaven of Malice, published in 1954, is the second novel in The Salterton Trilogy by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies. The other two novels are Tempest-Tost and A Mixture of Frailties. The series was also published in one volume as The Salterton Trilogy in 1986. The trilogy revolves around the residents of the imaginary town of Salterton, Ontario. Davies won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour in 1955 for Leaven of Malice.
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 187751
- Title
- Leaven of Malice
- Author
- DAVIES, Robertson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Literature
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Wadsworth, Illinois
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