Search Results: Art from Homeward Bound Books

Orlando Museum of Art. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 1880699044 . 151 p. 27.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Shelf rubbed with scratches and some wear to the corner tips. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A catalog for an exhibition held at the Orlando Museum of Art from April to September 1975, and featuring examples of American art pottery. Illustrated in colour. Includes bibliography. .

Oshawa, Ontario: Multicultural Council for Oshawa and the Oshawa Folk Counci. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 120 p. 22 x 28 cm. Sound and square binding in glossy, illustrated boards. Light shelf rubbing. Previous owner's name on preliminary page. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A publication issued as the result of a art contest held in Durham Region, Ontario in which the artists explored the themes of symbolism and multiculturalism through time. Illustrated in colour and black and white. .

Toronto: Firefly Books Ltd.. Very Good+. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 1554072905 . 366 p. 29.5 cm. Sound and square binding in glossy, illustrated boards. A few tiny dings along the rear bottom edge. Gift inscription from Alain K. Sutton on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket is lightly shelf rubbed. A coffee-table sized presentation of 164 works by Canada's best known artists from the 17th to the 21st centuries. Each piece of art is reproduced on the right hand side of a two page spread, with description of the work opposite. .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0771029640 . 166 p. 29.5 x 29.5 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Minor wear to edges and corners. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has some light edge wear, a little heavier at the spine ends. Small puncture mark to front panel. Spine is faded. Shelf rubbed, with light scratches. Flap fold edges are darkened. Not price clipped. A coffee table book about Canadian Impressionist art from 1885 to 1920. Includes seventy full colour plates. Features work of know artists such as J.W. Morrice, Paul Peel, Lawren Harris, Maurice Cullen, and A.Y. Jackson, as well as lesser known artists Helen McNicoll, Frank Armington, John S. Gordon, John Russell, and William Clapp. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Vancouver: Westbridge Publications. Very Good+. 2000. Softcover. 0968590713 . 148 p. 21 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. The covers are curling and have slight edge wear. Shelf-rubbed. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An alphabetically-arranged listing of major and lesser known Canadian artists whose surnames begin with the letters to G to L. 700 entries included with brief details of dates, affiliations, birthplace, where and under whom studied, art style, main subject matter, and principal mediums used. Volume 2 of a four volume set. .

Toronto: The Advertising and Design Club of Canada. Very Good-. 2000. Hardcover. 31 cm. Sound and square in plastic covers over a spongy material on the boards. 3" split to front board. Minor wear to the corner tips. Both covers are rubbed and scratched, with several impression marks. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A look at some of the best work,including award winners, in advertising and graphic design in Canada likely for the year 1999 since the book was published in 2000. Includes a DVD of TV, radio, and other media work, which I have not played. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Indexed. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing Company. Very Good+. 1970. Second Printing. Hardcover. 144 p. 22 cm. Orange cloth-bound boards are fine. Lengthy ownership information on the front pastedown endpaper. Tape shadow marks to front and rear free endpapers. Inside pages clean and bright. Dustjacket has minor edge wear and a bit of rubbing. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings and colour silk-screen examples. I particularly like the example of a poster with bright neon colours. So 1960's looking. This is a how-to book about screen printing with hand-printed examples within. The Mika's published some very good looking books with silk-screened illustrations, and this is an early work of theirs which shares their enthusiasm for the art form. .

North Bay, Ontario: North Bay Heritage Carousel. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [2005]. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969309619 . 151 p. 29.5 x 30 cm. Sound and square binding in black, cloth-covered boards with gilt stamped titles. Virtually no discernable wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has some shelf rubbing with scratches, and light edge wear. A gorgeous account of the design and construction of a carousel with hand-carved reproduction animals in the city of North Bay, Ontario. Illustrated with many colour photographs. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .

Willowdale, Ontario: Upstairs Gallery. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [1981]. Hardcover. 091937049 . 23 x 29 cm. Sound and square binding in beige, cloth-covered boards. Slight wear at corners. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has edge wear, including tiny tears and creasing, more so at the spine ends. Spine somewhat faded. Rubbed overall. An interpretation, poetically and visually, of the legends from ten different cultures that make up the Canadian peoples. Includes colourful artwork by Canadian printmaker Saul Field. Inscribed to a previous owner and signed by Field in 1981 on the title page. .

Toronto: McArthur and Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1552784576 . 136 p. 21 cm. Bottom forecorners lightly bumped. Else fine. No internal marks. Pages clean and bright. Dustjacket has small area of light crinkling on rear top edge and some light rubbing. Colour reproductions of art work of Lawren Harris and members of the Group of Seven. An examination of the preference of Lawren Harris, Tom Thomson, and the Group of Seven for painting bodies of flowing water. Each two page spread consists of a piece of art on one side and commentary on the other. Very attractive. .

Montreal: Han Art Gallery. Very Good+. 2013. Hardcover. 2981337335 . 40 p. 30 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers, with french flaps. One crease near spine on front cover. Minor edge wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. An art catalogue published for the retrospective exhibition at Han Art Gallery in Montreal of the work of Canadian artist William Perehudoff. Perehudoff's art was most closely associated with colour field painting. The works included in the catalogue are in full colour. .