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Author Name Sandwell, B.K. Introduction by Robertson Davies. Title THE DIVERSIONS OF DUCHESSTOWN AND OTHER ESSAYS. Publisher J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada), Toronto, 1955, first edition. Seller ID 19684 84 pp, 8vo (8 3/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "Journalist, economist, scholar, humorist - B.K. Sandwell's death in 1954 robbed Canada of one of her most lively and versatile intellects. Written over a period of thirty years, these essays have a timeless quality and a gleeful approach ot the business of day-to-day life that will make them as acceptable to the generations that follow B.K.'s as they were to his own. Ancestors, etiquette and even bathrooms, among other topics, are at t h e i r happiest when viewed through the eyes of B.K. Sandwell." Light browning to edges of textblock, very light browning to edges of boards and spine. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling, browning to spine and flap-folds, light bro wn in g to e dges. Very Good/Very Good-
CANADIAN AUTHORS ESSAYS SHORT STORIES MANNERS ANCESTORS HUMOUR HUMOR
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