GOWANS ALAN

LOOKING AT ARCHITECTURE IN CANADA

Toronto, Oxford Univ. Press. 1958, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, dec. red cloth,232 pages, illustrated, 2 small tears to d.j edges, spine of d.j is darkened slightly. in protective mylar jacket. Size: 4 to. 23 cm. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 1123735

Catalogue: Canadiana

Keywords: Architecture -- Canada History. , Histoire. , Architecture

GOWANS'S ART BOOKS NO. 1 - DECORATED VELLUM BINDING

The Masterpieces Of Rubens

London: Gowans & Gray, Ltd, 35 Leicester Square / Glasgow: 58 Cadogan Street, 1906 . 0. Original coloured vellum binding, soiled and rubbed. Hand painted coloured capitals in red, blue and gilt. Front hingecarefully repaired. A tourist souvenir from the early 20th century, a beautifull handpainted parchment binding. 6.0" x 4.0" x 0.5". pp. 64. Vellum boards with yapp edges (in the mediaeval manner). One soft leather tye to each board. Plain endpapers. Bookseller's label to front free-endpaper: "Giulio Giannini, Parchment Works, 19-20 Piazza Pitti, Florence."Clean English text throughout. VG. ** "The Giannini family, bookbinders, originated from Florence in the 1850s, and created the 'Florentine' style of bookbinding; ornate use of gilt and paints to decorate vellum, a notoriously difficult medium to work with.".

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Book number: 52213

Catalogue: Bindings

Keywords: Giulio Giannini Gowans's Art Books Masterpieces of Rubens Bindings

GOWANS'S ART BOOKS NO. 3 - DECORATED VELLUM BINDING

The Masterpieces Of Rembrandt.

London: Gowans & Gray, Ltd, 35 Leicester Square / Glasgow: 58 Cadogan Street, 1905 . 0. Original coloured vellum binding (lightly soiled and rubbed). Hand painted coloured capitals in red and gilt. A tourist souvenir from the early 20th century, a beautifull handpainted parchment binding. 6.0" x 4.0" x 0.5". pp. 64. Vellum boards with yapp edges (in the mediaeval manner). One soft leather tye to each board. Plain endpapers. Bookseller's label to front free-endpaper: "Giulio Giannini, Parchment Works, 19-20 Piazza Pitti, Florence." Clean English text throughout. VG. ** "The Giannini family, bookbinders, originated from Florence in the 1850s, and created the 'Florentine' style of bookbinding; ornate use of gilt and paints to decorate vellum, a notoriously difficult medium to work with.".

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Book number: 52214

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Keywords: Giulio Giannini Gowans's Art Books Masterpieces of Rembrandt. Bindings

GOWANS'S ART BOOKS NO. 4 - DECORATED VELLUM BINDING

The Masterpieces Of Raphael

London: Gowans & Gray, Ltd, 35 Leicester Square / Glasgow: 58 Cadogan Street, 1906 . 0. Original coloured vellum binding (lightly soiled and rubbed). Hand painted coloured capitals in red, green, blue and gilt. A tourist souvenir from the early 20th century, a beautifull handpainted parchment binding. 6.0" x 4.0" x 0.5". pp. 64. Vellum boards with yapp edges (in the mediaeval manner). One soft leather tye to each board. Plain endpapers. Bookseller's label to front free-endpaper: "Giulio Giannini, Parchment Works, 19-20 Piazza Pitti, Florence."Clean English text throughout. VG. ** "The Giannini family, bookbinders, originated from Florence in the 1850s, and created the 'Florentine' style of bookbinding; ornate use of gilt and paints to decorate vellum, a notoriously difficult medium to work with.".

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Book number: 52215

Catalogue: Bindings

Keywords: Giulio Giannini Gowans's Art Books Masterpieces of Raphael Bindings

Gowans Nature Books

Alpine Plants At Home. First Series. No 20

London, Gowans & Grey, 1908. First. Paperback. 16mo. 71pp. Pictorial front. Spotting, mainly to endpapers. Dw browning, small loss to lower spine. Good+/Good.

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Book number: 5006383

Catalogue: Non Fiction

Keywords: HORTICULTURE

GOWANS'S NATURE BOOKS

Animals at the Zoo No 14

London: Gowans & Gray Ltd, 1907. First Edition. Paperback. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 72pp. 60 b/w photographs.. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and chipped .

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Book number: gnb14

Catalogue: Wild Animals

Keywords: Wild Animals Natural History

Gowans Nature Books

Pond and Stream Life. Gowan;s Nature Books No. 18.

London, Gowans & Grey, 1907. First. Paperback. 16mo. Darkened dw, Wear and small tears to extremities. Tears to leading edge of front cover. Good/good-.

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Book number: 500002473

Catalogue: Non Fiction

Keywords: NATURAL HIST

Adam L. Gowans [ed]; Rudyard Kipling; W. B. Yeats

Lyric Masterpieces by Living Authors

London, Gowans and Grey Ltd, 1911. Paperback. A charming pocket sized collection of lyrical poetry from celebrated poets such as Rudyard Kipling and W. B. Yeats, in the original dust wrapper and with the original, vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper. The second edition, second impression. In the publisher's original paper covers with the incorporated dust wrapper and original, vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper. This pocket sized volume features a collection of poetry by celebrated authors and was edited by Adam L. Gowan. The collection features works from Rudyard Kipling, William Butler Yeats, Robert Bridges, Hilaire Belloc and others. In the publisher's original paper covers with the original incorporated paper dust wrapper and original glassine dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart with significant age toning and slight creasing with a tear to the front fold joint. The glassine wrap is smart with sunning, slight loss to the head of the spine and to the joint of the front fly leaf. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and the the odd spot, heavier to the front. Good . Ill.: None. Good/Good.

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Book number: 918Z42

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Adam L Gowans Glassine Dust wrapper Poems Adam L Gowans None

Garrigan, John, Margaret Cogswell, Milton Glaser, Dore Ashton & Alan Gowans.

Images of an Era: the American Poster 1945-75.

Washington D.C.; 1975; National Collection of Fine Arts/ Smithsonian Institution; softcover; 25x25 cm.; 257 ills., mainly in colour; index of artists, designers and photographers; 20 pp. with text followed by section with ills., depicted on one separate page each. Plasticized copy.

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Book number: 37705

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: art/kunst graphic art/grafische kunst history/geschiedenis posters/affiches

Linda Gowans

Am Bron Binn: Arthurian Ballad in Scottish Gaelic Signed and Inscribed by the Author

Eastbourne, L. Gowans, 1992. First English Edition. Paperback. Original Collectible Signed and Inscribed First Edition Large Academic Paoerback.Very Good Codition NOT a library copy. Clean 126 page. Except for some soiling on cover This Great study of Scottish Gaelic Arthurian tradition with translations of Am Bron Binn by the great scholar Linda Gowans. A dream by Arthur of a Otherworld woman with Gawain. Rather I'll let you read it. See our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans of Cover, Signed and inscription and Table of Contents. Very Good .

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Book number: 900053010011156

Catalogue: Arthurian Legend

Keywords: arthurian fantasy arthurian science fiction arthur war lord book two far beyond the wave arthurian celtic arthur scottish king arthur Scottish Celtic Studies Goddess

Keith Busby edited by Linda Gowans, Bart Besamusca, Frank Brandsma, Martine Meuwese,

The Arthurian Yearbook II Arthurian Survivals in Scottish Gaelic

1992. Hardcover. Collectible Rare Fine First Edition Hardcover Clean 245 pp. Linda Gowans collection of Scottish Arthurian Poems and Ballads with the actual texts. Rare collection of Gaelic Arthurian texts with English translations. Plus b/w photos Also Dutch Arthurian studies by the greats in Netherlands scholars. Study of Gawain or Dutch "Gauvain" or "Walewain" the wonderful lover and hero he is Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight in English. Dutch Arthurian lore and Scottish here. Also Amsterdam Estoire. Clean text NOT a library copy. Plus Norse and French Grail studies. Fantastic. See all our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans of Cover and Table of Contents and sample pages and illustrated page. Excellent and Fine condition as well. Fine .

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Book number: 9000530099998987681

Catalogue: Arthurian Legend

Keywords: scottish arthur scottish arthurian irish arthur dalriada myrddin dalriada columba aidan artur merlin scottish arthur edinburgh dutch walewain dutch arthurian norse arthurian french perceval scottish gaelic macarthur campbell dutch gauvain netherlands amst

GOWANS, ALAN

Building Canada - an Architectural History of Canadian Life

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 412 pages. Index. Usual library markings. A revised and enlarged edition of "Looking at Architecture in Canada" (1958), which "established itself as the standard work on Canadian architecture." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Binding sound and square. Solid working copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Building Canada - An Architectural History of Canadian Life. Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 518a5549

Linda Gowans

Cei and the Arthurian Legend (Arthurian Studies)

Woodbridge, D.s.brewer, 1988-06. Hardcover. Collectible Fine Hardcover Fine Mylared Protected Price Cur Dust Jacket First Edition NOT a library copy. Clean 214 pp. Comprehensive study of Cai or Kay as heroic in Welsh and his later devolution in later English and Continental literature. Unique deep dive into Arthurian legend by a great scholar. Rare this excellent with a fine mylar protected dust jacket. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans of Cover and Table of Contents. Fine/Fine Mylared.

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Book number: 85344285931193784

Catalogue: Welsh

Keywords: cai sir kay welsh arthurian history bard teulu arthur pendragon gildas nennius mount badon ambrosius aurielianus welsh arthur aneirin arthurian poetry taliesin aneirin historical king arthur roman britain colchester arthurian britain welsh arthur aneirin

Alan Gowans

Church Architecture in New France

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1955. Hard bound in gray cloth, smaller quarto, first edition, illustrated, xii + Pp162. Tight and unmarked - a fine copy without a dust jacket. 610 grams. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books.

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Book number: 29392

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Churches New France Canada, Churches Architecture Quebec History

GOWANS, Alan

The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture 1890-1930

Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. Sage green cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 246pp. Extensive illustrations, line drawings, floor plans. Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature on front flyleaf and top of three text pages, with a few small margin notes; jacket spine lightly sunned. Tight and nice first edition of this detailed survey. .

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Book number: 50874

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Architecture