The Diviners [inscribed, Author's reprint review copy with her corrections]

Laurence, Margaret

Published by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1974

382 pages. Publisher's Reprint Copy sent to the author for corrections, stamped on white blank: "This is your reprint copy. Please go through the book. Note any corrections necessary for a reprint and return this marked copy to your editor within the next three weeks. We will retain on file for a future reprint." Despite scoring out the stamp and writing "the hell with all this", Laurence had made seven corrections. She adds Jason's Quest to the list of her books; the six other emendations [spelling mistakes, punctuation, tense] are on pages 4, 6, 155, 207, 224, 289. The corrections were likely made in 1974 or '75 [she does not add her 1976 Heart of a Stranger], and the book evidently not returned to the editor. Only one of the noted corrections is made in the Bantam edition [poetry for poety p. 155], three of the noted corrections are made in the M&S 1995 mass market paperback [Colin for Colon [6], [poetry for poety p. 155], and them" for them [224]. The three corrections that Laurence notes that an editor would not notice remain unchanged. A particularly warm inscription to one Campbell Coulter on the title page mentions their "friendship at Trent", most likely referring to her winter/spring 1974 writer in residence term. Mr. Coulter died in 2008 age 56, having retired to Bridgetown, NS, after teaching high school for 27 years in Mississauga. Jacket is toned and chipped, with a few short closed tears; soiling to a few leaves; binding sound. A very pleasing association copy of Margaret Laurence's final novel, winner of the 1974 Governor General's Award. Seller Inventory # Books011419

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Diviners [inscribed, Author's reprint ...
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
Publication Date: 1974
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition