Search Results: Canadian Art from Bazaar of Books

"A. Y.'s Canada" by Naomi Jackson Groves, pencil drawings by A. Y. Jackson. Toronto/Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, [1969]. Second printing, 1969. pp. 248, Index. 107 b. & w. plates. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt title on spine (spine darkened/soiled plus a third of cover also darkened, corners slightly bent & worn, all edges toned with small marks, interior pages toned but unmarked). No dustjacket.Good condition.Size: 10 1/2" x 12 1/8" (26cm x 31cm).

"Alex Colville: Return" by Tom Smart. This book is published on the occasion of Alex Colville: Return. Paintings, Prints and Drawings 1994-2002, an exhibition organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre/ Halifax, NS: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia/ Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, [2003]. First edition. pp. 144, Bibliography, Catalogue of exhibition. numerous colour and b. & w. illus. Hardcover, grey cloth with silver title on spine (corners bit rubbed, edges on covers faded, interior is clean & unmarked). dj., unclipped (tiny creases at top of spine, bend at top of front cover, some toning to top of front & rear flaps). Very Good+ condition.Size: 9 3/4" x 11 1/8" (25cm x 28.5cm)
Published to accompany a traveling exhibition: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, 27 September 2003- 30 November 2003; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, 20 December 2003- 29 February 2004; Museum London, London, 20 March 2004- 31 May 2004; University of Toronto Art… Read More

"Birds of the Northern Forest by J. F. Lansdowne with John A. Livingston. [Toronto]: McClelland and Stewart, [1977]. Originally published in 1966 and reprinted in 1977. pp. 248, Index, Bibliography. 56 colour plates and some b. & w. illus. Hardcover, blue cloth with bird decoration inset & in gilt on front cover, and gilt title on spine (corners rubbed & 1 bent, 2 small marks/blemishes on front cover, small abrasions and loss to endpapers and front & back free endpapers, interior is clean & unmarked, faint foxing to top & bottom edges). dj., unclipped (some wear, 1/2- inch tear to front cover, soiled with a few marks & scratches, tiny page corner missing & marks on half-title page).
Very Good condition.
Size: 13 1/8" x 10" (33.5cm x 25cm).

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"Canadian Art" by Graham McInnes. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1950. (Originally published in 1939. This is a revised edition). pp. 140, Index, Bibliography. 32 b. & w. illus. and 6 colour illus. Hardcover, taupe cloth with green title on spine (corners bent & worn, spine bumped & worn, mark on front cover, inscription on front free endpaper, margins foxed, all edges darkened, otherwise interior is unmarked). No dust jacket.Very good condition.Size: 10 1/4" x 7 1/4" (26cm x 18.5cm).

"Canadian Landscape Painting 1670-1930: The Artist and The Land. Text and catalogue by R. H. Hubbard. Essay by Northrop Frye. [Madison, Wisconsin]: Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, [1973]. pp. 196, Biographies, maps. numerous illus. (some colour). Paperback (covers soiled with a few marks, front free endpaper has a couple of marks, back corner creased, otherwise interior is unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 10" x 8" (25.5cm x 20.5cm).This exhibition was organized and held by The Elvehjem Art Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and at the Hopkins Center Art Galleries at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, and at the University Art Museum at the University of Texas, Austin.

"Doris McCarthy: Ninety Years Wise by Doris McCarthy. [Toronto:] Second Story Press, [2005]." Second printing. pp. 120. many b. & w. illus., 18 colour. Paperback (price stickers on back cover, otherwise in as new condition). Size: 9" x 7 1/2" (23cm x 19cm).Very good condition.

"The Fine Arts in Canada" by Newton MacTavish, M.A. [Toronto: Coles Publishing Company, 1973]. This is a facsimile edition, originally published in 1925 by The Macmillan Company of Canada, Toronto. pp. 181, Biography. many illus. (a few in colour). Paperback (very little wear, small stain on fore edge, previous owner's stamp (with address) on title page, interior is clean & unmarked). in a board slipcase, with identical illustration, from book cover, pasted down (dent at top, wear to all edges, some marks).Very Good+ condition. (slipcase is Very Good condition).Size: 8 3/8" x 5 3/8" (21.5cm 13.5cm) - book dimensions only.

"From Land and Sea: Nova Scotia's Contemporary Landscape Artists." Edited by Dee Appleby. [Halifax, NS]: Nimbus Publishing, [2009]. pp. 156. numerous colour illus. Hardcover, red boards and gilt title on spine. (corners square, interior clean & unmarked). dj. (lines to surface of front cover, corners bit worn, spine faded).Very Good condition.Size: 9" x 11 1/8" (23cm x 28.5cm).

"The Good Earth: the pots and passion of Walter Ostrom" by Peter Greenhagh et al. Introduction by Shannon Parker, Curator of Collections at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. [Halifax, NS]: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and [Frederiction, NB]: Goose Lane Editions, [2021]. exhibition checklist loosely inserted. pp. 175. numerous colour illus., some b. & w. illus. Hardcover, illustrated boards (top & bottom of spine bumped, one top corner bit bent, interior clean & unmarked).Very Good condition.Size: 11 1/4" x 9 1/4" (28.5cm x 23.5cm).
This book accompanies a major retrospective exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia from October 2020 to March 2021.

"The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis." text: Lance Woolaver. photographs: Bob Brooks. [Halifax, NS:] Nimbus Publishing Limited & Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, [1996]. pp. 92. many colour illus., some b. & w. photographs. Hardcover, red cloth with gilt title on cover and spine (corners square, covers unmarked, foxing to margins, otherwise interior unmarked, no inscriptions). dj., illustrated (corners rubbed, a small white mark on back cover, some grease(?) marks also).Very Good condition.Size: 10 3/4" x 9 1/4" (27.5cm x 23.5cm).

"Jo Manning- Etchings, 1965-1980." (introduction by Doris Pascal). [Toronto: Gallery Pascal, 1980]. unpaginated (8pp.). 17 b. & w. illus. Softcover (some wear at edges, interior is unmarked). Very good condition.Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5cm x 28cm).

"Karsh Canadians" by Yousuf Karsh. pp. 203. many photo illus. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 1978. Hardcover, silver cloth with silver gilt cover title and spine (corners square, bottom of spine bumped, previous owner's signature on half title page). dw. (scuffed, some wear, photos and end flaps yellowed). Selected photos from the book: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Kenojuak, Margaret Laurence, Marshall McLuhan, and Gordon Sinclair.Size: 12 1/4" x 9 ¾" (31cm x 25cm).Very good condition.Yousuf Karsh [1908-2002] was born in Armenia. He came to Canada in 1924 and opened his studio in Ottawa in 1932. One of his most well known photographs is that of Sir Winston Churchill. Karsh's work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Canada, and in many other museums.

"Krieghoff" by J. Russell Harper. [Etobicoke, Ontario]: Prospero Books, a division of Chapters Inc., [1999]. (Originally published in 1979 by University of Toronto Press). pp. 204, Bibliography, Index. 164 illus. (53 colour). Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, slight wear to top of spine, few marks on title page, price on rear free endpaper, otherwise interior is clean & unmarked). dj. (tiny pieces of jacket surface missing at top of spine and upper front corner).Very Good condition.Size: 9 7/8" x 9 7/8" (25cm x 25cm)

"Kurelek: A Biography." by Patricia Morley. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, [1987]. reprint. pp. 338. 90 b. & w. illus. and 8 colour plates. Paperback (corners bit worn, interior unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" (24cm x 16.5cm).

"Le port d'Halifax Harbour 1918: Harold Gilman & Arthur Lismer." Edited by Annabelle Kienle Ponka, with contributions from Lily Foster, Sarah Fillmore, and Kirsten Appleyard. (Published in conjunction with the exhibition Halifax Harbour 1918: Harold Gilman & Arthur Lismer, organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and presented in Ottawa from 12 October 2018 to 17 March 2019 and in Halifax from 12 April to 2 September 2019). [Fredericton, New Brunswick:] Goose Lane Editions and [Ottawa:] National Gallery of Canada, [2018]. pp. 124, 1 map, Bibliography. Text in English and French. 28 plates (many colour & 1 foldout) and 33 illus. (some colour). Paperback (interior is clean & unmarked, some faint smudges on back cover, otherwise like new condition). Price is the publication price, as printed on inside back flap.Very good condition.Size: 10" x 9 1/8" (25.5cm x 23cm).

"The Real Mystery of Tom Thomson: His Art and His Life" by Richard Weiser. [Edmonton, Alberta]: Dragon Hill Publishing Ltd., [2018]. pp. 160. numerous illus. (many in colour). Illustrated paperback (corners worn, interior unmarked). Very good condition.Size: 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" (21cm x 13.5cm).

"Two Spirits Soar: The Art of Allen Sapp, The Inspiration of Allan Gonor" by W. P. Kinsella. [Toronto]: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, [1990]. pp. 134, Index, Bibliography. numerous illus. (many in colour). Hardcover, blue cloth with silver title on spine (corners square, piece of page stuck to adjacent endpaper). dw., unclipped (bit worn on top of spine and top of back cover). Very good condition.Size: 9 1/4" x 12" (24cm x 30.5cm).

"Waddington's: An Important Sale of Inuit Art Comprising Sculpture in Stone, Bone and Ivory; Lithographs, Engravings and Stone Cut Prints. Selected from Local Estates, Institutions and Individuals. To be sold in three sessions- November 24th, November 25th and November 26th, 1980." Toronto: [Waddington, McLean & Co. Ltd.], 1980. pp. 160. many b. & w. illus. with an inserted addenda list and a pre sale estimates list, and a newspaper clipping ad for this auction. Also inserted, an invoice for a print purchased from this auction. Paperback (some wear to spine edge, scratches, corners bit worn, toning to margins, some pen marks. The inserted Pre Sale Estimates list is marked up with prices).
Very Good condition.
Size: 8 1/2" x 6" (21.5cm x 15.5cm)

"Waddington's are proud to include in our November 1980 Inuit sale a large selection from the Stanley and Jean Zazelenchuk Collection of Inuit art. The majority of the pieces offered have been on temporary loan to the Winnipeg Art Gallery for the past several… Read More