Search Results: Titles starting with J from Spafford Books

Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1946. (16mo, wrappers) 32pp. Very good. Illus. Canadian Artists Series. Reprint of 1937 edition..

Edmonton: The Edmonton Art Gallery 1973. (Mass market paperback) [8]. Fine. 8vo. Card wraps, saddle-stapled. Top cover printed with title and colour artwork. Lightest rubbing to wraps; ever-so slightly age-toned at extremities. Else entirely unblemished. Fine. Illustrated with B&W reproductions of artwork. An exhibition organized by the Edmonton Art Gallery and the David Mirvish Gallery (Toronto), June 8-July 11, 1973..

Saskatoon, SK: Mendel Art Gallery [0-919863-11-6] 1984. (Mass market paperback) 27pp. Very good. 8vo. Gallery catalogue to accompny for the 'Jack Butler: Constructions' travelling exhibition, which was held at the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (June 8 - July 29, 1984); Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, on (August 26 - September 17, 1984); and at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB (June 2 - July 14, 1985). White card covers, stapled, with illustrated front. Colour and black and white illustrations. While there are light and tiny markings to the cover, as might be anticpated with age, it remains internally clean, crisp and bright..

Toronto: Printed and Published by the Proprietors, "The Jack Canuck" Publishing Co. 1917. (Wrappers) 24pp. Very good. Folio (35CM X 27.5cm). Saddle-stapled. With edgewear, light chipping at extremities; as expected. Deep age-toning, given pulp news-print. Else in remarkably good condition. Clean. Cartoons, illus., adverts. Cover illustration by Jack Newton titled "Denaturing the National Bird". A great war-time issue of this "weekly review of what the people think, say and do"..

Palais-Royal, Paris: Librairie Illustrée / Librairie E. Dentu [no date]. (hardcover) 264pp; 211pp. Good. Undated (late-19th c). Two (2) volumes. Tall 8vo. Uniform binding. Red quarter-leather over marbled boards; spine in five compartments, raised bands; lettered and decorated in gilt. Runners rubbed; corners raw. Apparent period institutional re-bind, with the distinctive marbled boards and trimmed, speckled edges. Marbled EPs. Vol.I starting at front and rear gutters; pp.1 / 2 and first illustration loose, laid-in; edgewear to loose leaves. Else binding entirely secure; tight. Vol.II similarly starting at front and rear gutters; early signs at p.80. Likewise, else tight and square. The ffep of vol.II was once apparently stuck to the front-pastedown; surface of EP torn when separated. Internally clean. Illustrated throughout with engravings by L. Montégut; frontispiece. Text in French. With blemishes duly noted, this remains an attractive set at an accessible price for both volumes..

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press [1-56025-357-6] 1984. (Mass market paperback) xviii, 254pp. Very good. 8vo. Biography of Jack Kerouac that includes all the pieces of the legend: the alcohol and drugs, the search for soul and purpose, and the cast of those who impacted his life: Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Neal Cassady, Lucien Carr, John Clellan Holmes, William Burroughs and his mother, Gabrielle. There is also the narratives of his travels, his childhood, and the weight of fame. Black and white photographs. Top cover lightly curled, an otherwise fine copy..

Regina: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery and Mendel Art Gallery 1975, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 15pp. As new. 16mo. Pictorial cover. Blue EP's. B&W reproductions. An exhibition showcasing Cowin's approach to experimentation with line and form through drawing..

Toronto: the Ryerson Press 1929. (hardcover) xi, [1], 111pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Burgundy cloth boards, lettering in gold to spine and top board, simple single-rule border blindstamped to top board. Shelfwear, rubbing to extremities, corners bumped. Monochrome pictorial EPs. Small gift inscription to ffep, dated Christmas 1930. Textblock remarkably bright and clean. B&W portrait frontispiece by Frank Scott Clark. Illustrated throughout with numerous B&W photos and diagrams..

Regina: Mackenzie Gallery [0-88953-121-8] 1989, 1st print. (Spiral-bound card) 18pp. Fine, no dust jacket. 8vo. Illustrated cover. 1 of 500 printed. Slight shelf wear to covers as expected..

Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery [0-920095-49-6] 1985, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 52pp. Very good. .

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre [1-55054-156-0] 1994, 1st edition, 1st printing. (hardcover) x, 182pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Short folio. Light grey cloth boards, lettering in gold to spine and top board. Entirely unblemished; bright, tight, and clean. B&W reproductions of artwork, few colour..

Vancouver: UBC Press [0-7748-0262-6] 1986, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) 58pp. Very good. .

Regina, Saskatchewan: MacKenzie Art Gallery 1976. (Mass market paperback) As new. Exhibition held at the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery / University of Regina / February 27th - March 29, 1976..

Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. 1962. (Card covers) [unpaginated]. Very good plus. Printed by ARTIA in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Dos-à-dos printing of these two titles. Illustrated card covers, linen spine. Covers show light wear; small 1" split in linen spine at middle of front gutter, faint remants of pen (previous owner's name?) at same spot; edges lightly bumped. Internally, all pop-up illustrations work splendidly; bright and clean. Illustrated by Czech artist and architect Vojtech Kubasta. Although he is uncredited, his signature is easily discernable in the illustrations on both covers. Kubasta's "Sleeping Beauty" pop-up also available, $75..

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield [no date], 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) unpaginated. Good to very good. Folio. Illustrated pictorial front and rear covers. Illustrated plates throughout. Covers have completely separated from body of book. Cracking through use to front and rear covers. Binding started at head and tail of spine. Clean and tight interior. Illustrated by Frances Brundage..

Boston: Jordan, Marsh & Co. 1888. (Decorative cloth) 374pp. Very good plus. Frontispiece, illus. Salmon fishing and bush living in the Gaspe Peninsula..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press 0-8020-64677 [0-8020-64677] 1988. (Mass market paperback) 292pp. As new. Illustrations. As New. "A vivid picture of the working lives of the thousands of Sailor Jacks and handful of female merchant seafarers...during the last decades of the Golden Age of sail." Social History of Canada series..

Banbury: Printed by J.G. Rusher [circa 1840]. (Self wraps) 15pp. Near fine. Single sheet folded, 3 7 / 8 X 2 1 / 2", but uncut, unopened, unsewn. Wonderful woodcuts!. See p.101 Percy Muir, ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS..

Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz 1886, Copyright Edition. (16mo) 270pp. Very good. Wrappers. Plus 32 p adverts dated June 1, 1905. Some soiling and minor wear to wraps on which former owner's name. Staining to title-page beyond which largely unopened. Collection of British Authors Vol. 2383..

Winnipeg: Canadian Dimension Publishers 1979. (Mass market paperback) 48pp. Very good. Illus. An early examination of the well known Native artist..