Reva Brooks: Photographs (SIGNED) and Leonard and Reva Brooks: Artists in Exile in San Miguel De Allende
by Westlake, Marylyn + Boland, Margot Smallwood (Ed.s)
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/French Flaps
- ISBN 10
- 097333780X
- ISBN 13
- 9780973337808
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: M + M Art Press, 2003. Stated First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/French Flaps. 9" X 6 3/4. Reva Brooks. Offering of two books: ' Reva Brooks: Photographs' and ' Leonard and Reva Brooks: Artists in Exile in San Miguel de Allende '. 1.) Reva Brooks: Photographs - 169 pp. plus: List of Plates [72], Chronology, Exhibitions, Collections. 176 pp. in toto. Book had removable bookmarker that was attached to front flap. It has been removed from the flap but is laid in. fo bookplate glued verso front panel. ow book is as new. INSCRIPTION: For Arley / Best Wishes / Leonard Brooks / March 2004. SIGNED and dated by Leonard Brooks. Reva Brooks died in San Miguel de Allende in January, 2004. 2.) ' Leonard and Reva Brooks: Artists in Exile in Sam Miguel de Allende ' - Author- John Virtue. Published by McGill-Queen's University Press Montreal & Kingston in 2001. Key words: 1. BROOKS, LEONARD,1911-2011. 2. BROOKS, REVA, 1913-2004. ARTISTS - CANADA - BIOGRAPHY. ISBN: 2298007735. Author's Note. Foreword by Scott Symons dated August, 1999 at Essaouira, Morocco. Book divisions - Part One Beginnings, Part Two A Career Is Launched, Part Three The War Years, Part Four A Photographer Is Born in Mexico, Part Five Trouble in Paradise, Part Six Disappointments and Difficult Decisions, Part Seven A Writer Takes the Stage, Part Eight Emotional Strains, Part Nine New Directions, Part Ten No Joking Matter, Part Eleven Troubled Travels, Part Twelve Recognition at Last. 348 pp. plus: Notes, Chronology, Exhibitions, Bibliography, Permission, Index. 396 pp. in toto. Book has yellow cloth covered boards with black text on spine only. (Fine) Tail of spine is rubbed, fo sticker ffep, ow book is as new. Unclipped, unpriced DJ is as new. fo sticker (CUSO) identifies the fo to be the same for both books. Also, printed on and below the sticker: " Met L.B. in / San Miguel." Book 2 provides the provenance for the signing of Book 1 and are thus included in the one offering. Books together weigh over 3 lb. and may incur extra shipping costs. Leonard Brooks died in 2011 at the age of 100. Bookseller's Inventory # 183290.
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On Jul 27 2015, a reader said:
It was a wonderful example of man's humanity to his fellow man. Especially with all the horror that is occurring around the world it was an enjoyable read.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003290
- Title
- Reva Brooks: Photographs (SIGNED) and Leonard and Reva Brooks: Artists in Exile in San Miguel De Allende
- Author
- Westlake, Marylyn + Boland, Margot Smallwood (Ed.s)
- Illustrator
- Reva Brooks
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- French Flaps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 097333780X
- ISBN 13
- 9780973337808
- Publisher
- M + M Art Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 9" X 6 3/4
- Keywords
- BROOKS, REVA, 1913-2004.
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Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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