JB14257 The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1966 Dust Jacket Good Hard Cover Very Good Red cloth on boards. Needham's Inferno, won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 1967. Volume has minor wear. Jacket is worn on the edges, some chips and a small short tear at the top of the front panel. Now in clear cover. From Wikipedia: "Richard J. Needham (1912-1996) was a Canadian humour columnist for The Globe and Mail. Needham was influenced by the work of H.L. Mencken, whose credited comments, especially about politicians and women, found their way into his columns. His own bon mots, such as 'Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do - fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible', won him a following across Canada. From the Foreword written by Richard J. Needham: "This book contains seventy-six of the columns which have appeared under Mr. Needham's name in The Globe and Mail. It is possible that they may shed some light on what he is really like - or rather was really like at the time they were written, for since then he has assumed the appearance, dress, characteristics, and table manners of Rasputin $12.50USD
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