Author: KONODY, P.G.
Title: Art and War: Canadian War Memorials - a Selection of the Works Executed for the Canadian War Memorials Fund to Form a Record of Canada's Part in the Great War and a Memorial to Those Canadians Who Have Made the Great Sacrifice
Description: London: Canadian War Records Office/Colour Ltd, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Approximately 120 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1919. Presents forty-eight attractive colour plates (suitable for framing) accompanied by details of their artists and the scenes/personalities portrayed. Eight black and white plates at back. Prior owner's handwritten name and date atop front free endpaper and title page. Hinges starting. One inch opening mid-backstrip. Moisture-induced rippling to eight black and white plates at back. Takes readers on a wonderful yet haunting trip back to the days of the Great War. An impressive and important compilation of art representing Canada's WWI experience. Related Medici Modern Art Society advertisement laid-in.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; WWI Pictorial Works World War 1914-1918 Canada Military. Fair .

Keywords: 1914 1918 History