Laurence, Margaret (1926 - 1987) — The Tomorrow-Tamer, Short Stories

Toronto & Montreal McClelland and Stewart | Printed by Purnell and Sons., Ltd (from the sheets of the Macmillan and Co. Ltd. edition) First Edition, First Printing pp. vii, [1], 243, [3]. 8vo., measuring 198 x 130 mm. Bound in publisher's original bright-red paper boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Lightest wear to the head of spine, very light bump to the tail, else, remarkably well-preserved. Corner of the ffep has been neatly excised, otherwise, text-block without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good strikingly illustrated, unclipped, dustjacket showing light wear along the edges of panels and one very short closed tear to the upper-margin of the panel along the spine, and loss to the lower-margin of the rear panel (dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover). A charming volume. Overall, very good. See Spadoni & Donnelly, Citation #1677: "A Bibliography of McClelland and Stewart Imprints, 1909-1985" (#1677, p. 406). See also Gnarowski, p. 71. In her first collection of stories, Margaret Laurence writes of West Africa today - the people of the newly emerging nations, whose peoples, racing to catch up with the twentieth century, are experiencing violent cultural disloaction.