DAVIES, ROBERTSON — The Cunning Man

New York: Viking Penguin, 1995. First American Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0670859117. A first printing of the American edition of Robertson Davies's final novel, the second in his incomplete "Toronto Trilogy." This is a memoir of the holistic physician Dr. Jonathan Hullah, who finds ways ("cunningly") to effect cures in otherwise incurable patients. This work first published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart in 1994. --- In teal paper-covered boards backed in black cloth with spine titling in gilt. Jacket features Jill Krementz photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound and unmarked, though with a little discoloration to cloth. Unclipped jacket in good shape: intact and bright but with a little rubbing; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 31231; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 469 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .