Number line:1 2 3 4 5 02 01 00 99 98. Book traces the life of Canada's first and foremost man of letters, a legendary teacher and a world-renowned humorist. 95 pp. Book is profusely illustrated, including Karsh photographs. Co authors have signed beneath their names on the title page. SIGNED by AUTHORS. Rare thus. Bookseller's Inventory # 122966. Seller Inventory # 002966

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Title: The Stephen Leacock Picture Book

Publisher: Pedlar Press, Toronto

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Card Covers

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Signed by Co-authors, Biograp

Edition: True First Edition, 1st Printing

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This new bok is a pictorial treasure, tracing the life of Canada’s first and foremost man of letters, a legendary teacher and a world-renowned humourist. More than one hundred photographs are reproduced, most drawn from the archives of the Stephen Leacock Museum, housed in the Leacock estate, The Old Brewery Bay in Orillia, Ontario, and published here for the first time. The rest are portraits by famed photographer Yousuf Karsh.

In this exclusive collection, we follow Stephen Leacock from his birth in England through his upbringing in Canada and his emergence as an internally acclaimed author and humourist. We see the author on formal occasions and in lighter moments, and we become engrossed in the world that inspired the stories the world has come to love.

About the Author:

James A. "Pete" McGarvey has spent nearly half a century in Ontario radio. In the 70s and 80s he was a commentator on Toronto's CKEY. When in 1957 McGarvey was named Orillia's Citizen of the Year for his efforts to preserve The Old Brewery Bay, the Orillia Packet and Times wrote "[He] patiently persevered in the long and difficult negotiations with a host of lawyers, owners, potential owners, advisers and hangers-on ... The lion's share of the credit must go to Pete McGarvey."

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LOWER BEVERLEY BETTER BOOKS is a virtual bookstore operated from a retired teacher's home on the shores of Lower Beverley Lake. It just 'grew' from an interest in antiques,an inability to bypass yard sales and a drive to keep books alive and out of landfill.

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