1972 museum catalogue. Bilingual French / English. No marks or writing in book. Covers have a little light wear / rubbing. Pellan was a Canadian modernist painter. View More...
Unread softcover in new condition, with no marks or flaws. 80 pages. A stunning selection of images capturing the scenics, wildlife and wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies found in the Banff - Lake Louise - Jasper area. View More...
Hardcover in glossy dust jacket. 121 pages. No marks or writing in book. Bottom edges of boards are rubbed, scuffed. Dust jacket has a couple tears to top edge which have been tape-repaired. View More...
Bright, unrread softcover with no remainder marks. Like new, with no defects. 128 pages. George Bowering and Greg Curnoe became friends in London, Ontario, in 1966. Bowering was a 30-year-old poet and university student and Curnoe was a 29-year-old painter who had dropped out of art school in Toronto to return to his place of birth. Their art was in its youth, their eyes and ears were wide open and their stomachs could withstand pots and pots of strong, black coffee. For 26 years they grew up parallel, inside each other’s work. Greg Curnoe was killed on his bicycle late in 1992, struck down ... View More...
1960 softcover in stapled wrappers. 32 pages. Prior owner's stamp inside front cover. Wrappers a little age-toned at edges. Internally very clean. Captain William Hendricks and John Chambers led a company of Pennsylvania riflemen in 1775 on a march from Carlyle, PA through Boston and Maine, into the wilderness of Quebec where they took part in the invasion of Quebec that was planned by Benedict Arnold. View More...
Softcover exhibition catalogue, with no marks or writing in book. 62 pages. Covers have a few signs of handling / light wear, some rubbing and a couple light spots. Internally like new. Louis de Niverville, painter born in England, working in Canada. Self-taught, Niverville worked from 1957 to 1963 as a graphic designer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto. The turning point in his work, when he considers he really started to paint, was in 1966-67 with a mural for Expo Theatre in Montréal. After that he developed a formidable technique, particularly with collage, to express an ... View More...
Hardcover in dust jacket. 203 pages. Prior owner's bookplate to front end-paper. No writing in book. Binding tight and holding up very well. View More...
CD has been opened and played; disc reamins free of scuffs. Jewel case has a few very light signs of rubbing. Original insert remains like new.
Cape Breton is well known for its traditional fiddle music, which was brought to North America by Scottish immigrants during the Highland Clearances. The traditional style has been well preserved in Cape Breton, and céilidhs have become a popular attraction for summer tourists. Inverness County in particular has a heavy concentration of musical activity, with regular performances in communities such as Mabou and Judique. View More...
1967 hardcover in dust jacket. 101 pages. NOT ex-library. Jacket has heavy edge-wear, especially at spine ends; rear panel has tea stains. The binding is lightly shaken, but holding. NO marks or writing in book. View More...
Bright, fresh softcover. No remainder marks; no flaws. From the publisher's description: This book "illuminates the nineteenth-century fascination with visual representations of the Arctic, weaving together a narrative of the major Arctic expeditions with an account of their public reception through art and mass media. In a century that saw every corner of the globe slowly open to the examining eye of Western science, it was the Arctic - remote, mysterious, untamable - that most captured the imagination of artists and the public alike. Its impact could be seen in a range of visual media from... View More...
New softcover. Bright, clean copy with no flaws or defects. 90 pages, illustrated. Documentation of community murals in a town on Vancouver Island. View More...
Almost like new, but has a few slight signs of prior handling. NO marks or wriing in booklet. Staples have a little rust. 24-page staple-bound tourist guide to sacred architecture of Quebec. Illustrated. Bilingual text in French and English. View More...
Slim, stapled softcover. 36 pages. Parent's formal and thematic analysis demonstrates how Tetreault's engravings and drawings and Lauzon's assemblage sculptures come from the counter-culture of the 1960s. Texts of the articles and the poet Normand Decary, including an artistic manifesto. Biographical notes. No marks or writing in book. Cover has a little wear along the atapled edge. No major abuse.just normal handling wear. Text is in French. View More...
