The book hopes to encourage more thought to be given to the uses of colour in advertising. Some great colour plates showing 1950s period advertising. 160 pages, colour plates, Internally the book is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Cloth shows some light soiling but almost no wear. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well pa... View More...
Story of the preservation of a historic house in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Foreword by Pierre Berton. 109pp, photo illustrated. Almost 'as new' copy. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
Collected & arranged by Mrs. Laurence Binyon. With a preface by George Clausen. xi, 146pp, frontis and seven plates in b&w. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight binding, sound hinges. Minor wearto the cloth edges. Crease to the rear board. Unpacked weight, 264g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. Online estima... View More...
Story of the migration of American artists to Paris, France in the early years of the nineteenth century. OCLC Number: 544988. 177 p. illus. 24 cm. Translated by Richard Howard. Bright, clean interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to boards. Price-clipped dustjacket shows minor surface rubbing and sun fading to the spine. Weight, 443g. View More...
Predominantly pictorial survey of the extraordinary work of artist/sculptor Jacob Epstein.251pp, 175 b&w photographs. Bright, clean interior. Small gift inscription to front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Tight, squar binding. No wear to cloth. Gilt, impressed design to front board is bright. Dustjacket is clean with moderate edge wear and a small dampstain to lower right corner of front panel. Solid copy. Very heavy weighing just over 2kg. View More...
Catalog for an Exhibition of the work of Terry Black, May 5 - June 5, 1995, The Lookout Gallery, Regent College, Vancouver. Laurel Gasque, text ; Dal Schindell, curator. [36] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 29 cm.Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tigh binding. Slight dustuness to exterior wrappers. Weight, 212g. View More...
History of St. George's Chapel, within the walls of Windsor Castle - built commencing in 1475. [2], 86pp, photo illustrated, illustrations to the insides of both front and rear wrappers. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, stapled binding. Near new. Weight, 140g. View More...
Life of celebrated Canadian artist, Emily Carr [1871-1945]. 331pp, illustrated in color. A bright, clean, near-new copy with a similar unclipped dustjacket. Unmarked. Weight, 680g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00 for weights up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured... View More...
Important book in the history of art photography. A close-focus study of plant forms showing natural beauty in nature. Herausgegeben mit einer einleitung von Karl Nierendirf. 96 Bildtafeln. Interior is clean, page edges slightly browning. Small ink inscription to ffep. Binding is tight and square and there is no damage to the hinges. Paper-covered boards show minor soiling. Some wear to beige cloth at spine edges and at head and foot of spine. Scans available, with further description if needed. Weight, 940g. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and off... View More...
This First Dover Edition is an unabridged republication of the 4th edition of the original work published by Collins in London in 1950. 304 pages including 170 illustrations, 16 in full color. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight binding. Light spine crease to the spine although the book does not seem to have been fully opened before. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images... View More...
History of the National Gallery of Canada with many, high quality illustrations of items from its collection.136pp, 32 tipped-in color plates, 188 b&w plates at back. Book is bright, clean and unmarked with a sound binding. Only very minor wear to cloth at extremities. Dustjacket has a darkened spine and a small lost piece [3cm by 4am] at top, inner corner affecting first work of title. Heavy book weighing 1.6kg. View More...
Description of the National Gallery of Canada's Set of the Picasso Etchings. English and French text. [31pp], illustrated in b&w, 23 plates. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, stapled bindingFront wrapper slightly age-darkened. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail to Canada, the USA and other Countries. View More...
The medieval illuminated manuscript up to the time of Gutenberg's printed book. Translation of: 'Manoscritti e miniature'. 199 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked, reasonably fresh. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cream cloth. Unclipped dustjacket shows only very light wear to some edges and a little surface wear. A heavy, oversized book weighing 1.905kg. View More...
Single issue of the Hudson's Bay Co. magazine, 'The Beaver'. This extra-large issue features - Artists of Arctiv Bay; A Retrospective Glance at Canadian Eskimo Carving; and much more on Inuit/Eskimo Art and Artists. Front cover colour illustration of an Eskimo painting - Rankin Inlet, 1966 - wraps around to the rear wrapper for a total of 3 sections. Map of Canada verso. . 98pp, illustrated. Bright, clean interior. Sound, stapled binding. Bright, clean wrappers. We use both the Canadian Post Office and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges. This item w... View More...
Text in four languages - English, German, French and Spanish. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams etc of a number of Nouvel's projects around the world. 79pp, color photo illustrated, plans/diagrams. Bright, fresh, unmarked copy in a similar dustjacket. About 'as new'. Weight, 365g. View More...
Photographic reprint of the 1891 original edition in two volumes. History & description of the great Abbeys and Cathedrals of England & Wales. 441pp, numerous b&w illustrations. Bright, fresh copy with a sound binding. Unmarked. Dustjacket is similar except for a 2" closed tear at foot of spine. Heavy book, weight 1.68kg. View More...
Quarterly issue of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin for the Spring of 1997. 60pp, profusley illustrated with color as well as b&w photos. Fine copy, about 'as new'. Weight, 250g. View More...
Works exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery, December 9, 1977 to January 8, 1978. Text in English and French. 56 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, Slight wear to fore-edge. Weight, 276g. View More...
Abstract: Book features the life and work of the Quebec artist & painter known as Basque - Leonard Parent-Basque. French language text. Abstract - 'Quatre-vingt-dix reproductions en couleurs, a` une exception pres, des tableaux du peintre illustrant cet album introduit par une esquisse de sa vie et de son art. Mise en pages soignee. Reproductions de qualite'. A volume in the series, 'Collections Signatures'. 104 p. : ill. en coul. 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 562g. View More...
This book examined the contribution of the Limners to the Victoria arts scene since the 1970s, both at a group and individual level, as well as the Limners' relationships with other Canadian artists. The Limners were a grouip of artists based in Victoria, B. C. active in various media, banding together to meet socially and to arrange group exhibitions. Signed by nine members of the group on the Contents page. Otherwise, an 'as new' copy. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, or via the USPS Media ail, in card sleeve. From $4.00 to $8.00 depending on exact weight ... View More...
