Leaven Of Malice
by Davies, Robertson
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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LEAVEN OF MALICE
by Davies, Robertson
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Davies, Robertson. LEAVEN OF MALICE. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1954. 8vo., 312pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. An exceptionally nice premium copy in the Clair Stewart illustrated dustwrapper. Seldom seen as such these days. Winner of the 1955 Stephen… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1954. First printing (NAP). Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 5 x 8 1/8. 4I. Full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. Second title in the wonderful Salterton Trilogy. Very pretty jacket art by Clair Stewart. A nice copy with tight binding and intact hinges. No marks. Pages and endpapers toned. Small dark spot front gutter.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine but for prev. owner name on front pastedown, dusty top edge, and insignificant bumping to spine heel, in jacket with toned spine, and some wear to extremities, including a small chip at the heel.. Item Price
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LEAVEN OF MALICE
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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. Later Printing. 312 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This is actually an un-read copy, acquired from the publisher when they decided to sell off all the saved copies of their back-list; mostly, there were only one or two copies of each… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for prev. owner's embossed stamp on lower corner of the title page, in jacket with small points of wear to extremities, and trace of toning to flap fold. Internally clean and sound. An attractive copy.. Item Price
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1954. Hardcover. very good. 1st edition. 312pp. Octavo. Original bright red cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. Very slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. Clean endpapers with very light discolouration. Clean, tight text block. Small open and closed tears to edges of dust jacket with one slightly larger… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. First American Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First American edition of Leaven of Malice by Robertson Davies.. Octavo, 312pp. Green cloth, title on spine over black print. Stated "first published in the United States in 1955" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to top and fore edge, slight… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1954. Undetermined. near fine. 1st edition. 312pp. Octavo. Original bright red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. In original dust jacket. Very slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. Clean, tight text block. Very minor chipping to edges of dust jacket spine and corners and minor wear to back of dust jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Leaven Of Malice
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Leaven of Malice
by Robertson Davies
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Red boards. Two small stains on ffep and inside of front board; they mirror each other. DJ has chipping along the edges and spine ends. Overall, a lovely, solid copy. Item Price
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Leaven of Malice (Salterton Trilogy)
by Robertson Davies
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Leaven of Malice
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Leaven of Malice
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Leaven of Malice
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt lettering to the spine. Light cover wear. Some toning, minor soiling to the page edges. Very tight and otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket has small chips to the upper corners, wear to the spine ends. Other light… Read more about this item Item Price
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Leaven Of Malice
by Davies, Robertson
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Leaven of Malice
by Robertson Davies
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Chatto & Windus, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 312 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Boots ex library. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Hinges are cracked with exposed binding. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Leaven of Malice
by Robertson Davies
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Leaven of Malice
by Davies, Robertson
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Leaven of Malice (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Davies, Robertson
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