Description
The first edition of Leaven of Malice, inscribed by Robertson Davies.
Octavo, [6], 312pp. Red cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. The first printing, with no additional printings noted on the copyright page. Solid text block, faint dust along top edge of text block. Previous owner’s gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on the rear flap, small closed tear at center of spine, bright illustrations. Cover art by Clair Stewart.
Inscribed on the title page by the author: “Robertson Davies / for Malcolm Brut – a Whig-Standard man from a Salterton _ man.”
Leaven of Malice is the second novel in The Salterton Trilogy, also including Tempest-Tost and A Mixture of Frailties. Winner of the 1955 Stephen Leacock Award for Humor.
