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Stephen Longshore
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Clery, Val. CANADA IN COLOUR. Hounslow Press, Toronto, (1972). First
edition. Photographs by Bill Brooks, Chic Harris, and Tom Hall. From
coast to coast and the Arctic. Sm. 4to in brown boards, 81 pp. with
biographical sketches of the contributors. Modest edgewear. Near fine
in a slightly soiled white dust jacket with a few short closed tears.
(NF/VG). $10.00 U.S.
Hill, Adrian. ON THE MASTERY OF WATER-COLOUR PAINTING with Practical
Demonstrations. Pitman, London, (1939). First reprint 1945.
Illustrated with many paintings by the author, mostly in colour. Small
quarto in textured grey cloth, black printing on cover and spine, 80 pp.
Slight soiling along the extremities. Near fine in a tattered dust
jacket. (NF/G). $10.00 U.S.
McKenny, Margaret. TREES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. Knopf, New York, (1942).
First edition. Illustrated with Lithographs by ALICE BIRD, specially
made for this book. Never was the Red Cedar more attractively executed.
8vo in grey cloth with green decorations and printing on cover and
spine, 64 pp. Small bookseller stamp inside front cover. Near fine in
a very good pink dust jacket, slightly soiled, chipped, and worn on all
folds, and illustrated on both the front and rear panels. (NF/VG).
$40.00 U.S.
MacLennan, Hugh. RIVERS OF CANADA. Macmillan, Toronto, (1974). First
edition. With the Camera of John De Visser, and older historical
drawings and photographs, endpaper map. Hugh MacLennan, principally a
novelist, won the Governor General's Award for his books five times.
Quarto in turquiose cloth, gilt on spine, 270 pp. including Index. A
fine copy but for some dust stain on the top edge, in a fine dust
jacket. (NF/F). $25.00 U.S.
Mardon, Mark. INTO THE WILDERNESS. An Artist's Journey. Paintings and
Photography by Stephen Lyman. Artisan/Greenwich Workshop, New York,
(1995). First edition. Introduction by Bev Doolittle. Square small
quarto in black boards with silver decoration and printing on cover and
spine, 180 pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (F/F). $20.00 U.S.
Moore, Henry & Clark, Kenneth. HENRY MOORE'S SHEEP SKETCHBOOK. Thames
and Hudson, (London), (1980). First edition. 94 sketchbook pages
including 4 in colour. Oblong 8vo in grey (or brown) textured cloth,
brown lettering on spine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light
edgewear. (F/NF). $20.00 U.S.
Morris, Jerrold. 100 YEARS OF CANADIAN DRAWINGS. Methuen, Toronto,
(1980). First edition. An anthology of 200 black and white
reproductions of the nation's drawings and paintings, with commentary.
Slight soiling of the white covers. Very good or better in wraps.
(VG). $15.00 U.S.
Rose, Bernice. JACKSON POLLOCK: WORKS ON PAPER. The Musuem of Modern
Art, New York, (1969) in association with The Drawing Society Inc.
First edition. 108 pages, 42 illustrations (12 in color). Slightly
oblong sm. 4to in white textured cloth. Top edge slightly dusty, else
fine in a very good white dust jacket slightly soiled on the covers and
darkened on the spine, with a couple of small chips. (NF/VG). $45.00
U.S.
Withner, Dr. Carl. A BOOK OF ORCHIDS. illustrations by Juan Luis G.
Vela. (Gallery), (New York), (1988). 32 full-page illustrations in
vivid colour, with commentary. Quarto in white boards, pink endpapers,
not paginated. Fine in a slightly soiled, pinkly illustrated dust
jacket. (F/VG). $10.00 U.S.
Yee, Chiang. BIRDS AND BEASTS. Country Life, London, (1939). First
edition. A portfolio of 12 numbered plates and accompanying four-page
introduction, all laid inside three folding flaps. Bound in oblong
octavo tan boards with black animal and bird decorated cover, lettered
in English and Chinese. Slightly soiled covers (the rear moreso than
the front) with the fold of the top flap half-torn along its length.
Very good with fine plates. $50.00 U.S.
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Take all ten books (totalling $245.00) for $145.00 U.S. postpaid.
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