BIRD, MICHAEL S.

Ontario Fraktur - a Pennsylvania

Toronto, ON: M. F. Feheley Publishers, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919880088. Illustrated by B&W and Color Photos. DJ shows some wear to extremities and rubbing along spine. ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar. ; 144 pages; "This is the first serious study done in Canada of Fraktur, a rich tradition of folk art having its beginnings in Medieval Europe and brought to North America by Germanic settlers fleeing religious persecution. The art of manuscript illumination attained its most exuberant form of expression among the Germanic communities of Pennsylvania in the 18th and 19th centuries. Michael Bird examines in detail the major teaching groups who practiced at that time and discusses the tradition as it appears in the three founding Mennonite communities in southern Ontario - the Niagara Peninsula, Markham Township and Waterloo County. Further aspects explored are the calligraphic and pictorial elements of Fraktur, its major decorative uses, and a consideration of Fraktur as religious art. With its 242 illustrations, many in full color, this book presents a treasury of beautiful images that will delight all those with an interest in art.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18177

Catalogue: Art::Canada

Keywords: 0919880088 fraktur dutch German pennsylvania deutsch ARTS

BOUCHARD, DAVE & ROY HENRY VICKERS

The Elders Are Watching

Tofino, BC: Eagle Dancer Enterprises Ltd, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0969348533. Illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers. Card covers creased along spine ; A bright, solid book.; Color Illustrations; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 57 pages; Beautiful colour prints of the paintings of Roy Henry Vickers accompany the short text verses by Dave Bouchard. "Vickers' images of the Northwest are infused with Native Amercian imagery. His portraits empower the story's simple but dire warning: Pay close attention to the environment, our heritage and culture, because this is the only way we can learn how to reverse the tide of destruction.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16808

Catalogue: Native studies::Art

Keywords: 0969348533 British columbia first nations ARTS Native Studies

BOUCHARD, DAVID & GORDON MILLER

The Journal of Etienne Mercier Queen Charlotte Islands, 1853

Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1551431289. Signed by Author; Previous owner's name on FFEP, small ding on front cover.; Inscribed by the author on the title page. A bright, solid book, illustrated paper covered boards. Lovely artwork with an aboriginal theme by Gordon Miller all through the book. CD present in envelope on back cover.; 8.25 X 0.5 X 10.5 inches; 40 pages; Bouchard’s work is the fictionalized diary of a trapper who took an 1853 trip to document, in words and drawings, the world of the Haida in the Queen Charlotte Islands.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 21009

Catalogue: Native Studies::Aboriginal Art

Keywords: 1551431289 Haida Gwai Haida British Columbia Queen Charlotte Islands FICTION ARTS Native Studies

CARELESS, VIRGINIA A. S.

Responding to Fashion the Clothing of the O'reilly Family

Victoria, BC: Royal British Columbia Museum, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0771892411. A crease to top fore corner of front card cover. Museum bar code sticker inside front card cover ; A bright, solid book. Period photographs, drawings reproductions of period catalogues, family photos of the O'Reilly family. ; Royal British Columbia Museum Heritage Record; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 91 pages; "The O'Reillys were an important family in British Columbia and in Victoria in particular. Peter O'Reilly came to Victoria from Ireland in 1859 and in 1863 married Caroline A. Trutch, the sister of Joseph Trutch who became BC's 1st Lieutenant Governor. In 1867, the family moved into a house at Point Ellice in Victoria. This home remained in O'Reilly hands until 1975 when, then a private museum, it was purchased by the provincial government." This book was a result of the donation of the clothing to the Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) and the study of the clothing of the O'Reilly's daughter Charlotte Kathleen (1867-1945).. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20404

Catalogue: Art::Historical fashion

Keywords: 0771892411 Victoria BC fashion Victorian era clothing ARTS

CARR, EMILY

Pause; an Emily Carr Sketch Book

Toronto, ON: Stoddart, 1995. Second Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0773728759. Light fading of DJ spine ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. A bright solid, book ; B&W Illustrations; 0.73 x 9.34 x 6.32 Inches; 148 pages; Laid in are 2 post cards of her art work, 1 of her birthplace as well as a few other mementoes. Foreword by her biographer, Maria Tippett. The book is Carr's account of the period she spent in the Sunhill Sanatorium in East Anglia, burnt out mentally and artistically. The only artwork she turned out during the the year and a half are these sketches. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 11020

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0773728759 Emily Carr ARTS

THE ALMA MATTER SOCIETY ART COLLECTION

The Alma Mater Society Art Collection

Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia, 1988. Paperback. Illustrated by B&W and Color Illustrations. Only slight wear; Stapled wraps, B&W and colour illustrations throughout ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 64 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 14478

Catalogue: Art::Canada

Keywords: art Alma mater UBC ARTS

DUFF, WILSON

Images Stone B.C. Thirty Centuries of Northwest Coast Indian Sculpture

Saanichton, BC: Hancock House, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0919654290. Card covers show light shelf wear, light scuffing. ; A tight solid book. ; B&W & Colour Illustrations; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 191 pages; A collection of images of stone artifacts created by native artists going many thousands of years. Many of the images identify near which community they were found. The images were broken into the category of the form they took i.e. masks, mortars, weapons, human figures etc.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19290

Catalogue: Native studies::Art

Keywords: 0919654290 ARTS Native Studies

DUNCAN, MICHAEL

From the Valley to the Sea a Selection of Historical Scenes Throughout Mission, Abbotsford, Matsqui, Clearbrook, Langley, Surrey, White Rock and North Delta

Surrey, BC: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, 1978. Hardcover. Dust jacket scuffed and chipped, tears top edge with V shape section missing top back edge. ; Illustrations and poetry by Michael Duncan, A tight solid book, DJ in Mylar ; A selection of historical scenes throughout Mission, Abbotsford, Matsqui, Clearbrook, Langley, Surrey, White Rock and North Delta.. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15213

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: art Drawings British Columbia

DUNCAN, MICHAEL

Sanctuary for the Heart

Vancouver, BC: The United Church of Canada, 1997. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Only light wear to book and DJ; Dust jacket in protective Mylar cover ; B&W Illustrations; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is a book of B&W art work and poetry dedicated to St. Andrews-Wesley Church in Vancouver, BC.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 10337

Catalogue: Art::British Columbia

Keywords: art POETRY Vancouver ARTS

KURELEK, WILLIAM

The Polish Canadians

Montreal: Tundra Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887761313. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 12.0 X 9.5 X 0.4 inches; 56 pages; Kurelek, with the paintings reproduced here, has produced a loving tribute to a people whose history in Canada reflects his hown Ukrainian heritage.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20614

Catalogue: Art::Canada

Keywords: 0887761313 Poland Canada Settlers Ukraine ARTS

LAMONT, GWEN

Early Sketches 1932

Kelowna, BC: Self Published, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Some wear & scuffing of white glossy card covers, light wear to extremities ; A tight solid book. Black & white sketches on heavy quality paper. Sketches of people & places from Ontario west ; Trade PB; 145 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 11892

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: sketch ARTS

SHADBOLT, JACK

Mind's I; Poems and Drawings

Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771081170. Signed by Illustrator; Light chipping to extremities of DJ ; Inscribed by Shadbolt to 'Joe' (also an artist) on blank page facing half title page. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 111 pages; "The book contains all of Shadbolt's poems from the 1930's to the present, with some revised versions; they are accompanied by thirty-five black-and-white illustrations, some of them double page". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 11830

Catalogue: Art::Canada

Keywords: 0771081170 art POETRY British Columbia ARTS

STEWART, HILARY

Robert Davidson: Haida Printmaker

Vancouver BC: Douglas & Mcintyre, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888942427. Signed by Illustrator; Light general wear, a couple of short closed tears to front panel of dustjacket ; Inscribed by Davidson on the front free end paper. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Laid in is a information sheet about native artist, Roy Henry Vickers ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 117 pages; Robert Davidson was raised in the village of Masset on Haida Gwai and as a young man showed a talent for carving argillite poles and graduated into the large wood poles and other decorative wood items. As he got older he branched into doing prints linked to his peoples' Haida mythology. His talent came naturally, being the grandson of Charles Edenshaw who started him carving. An apprenticeship with Bill Reid honed his skills.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20934

Catalogue: Native studies::Art

Keywords: 0888942427 Haida Gwai Queen Charlotte Islands pole carving argillite Signed Haida Masset ARTS Native Studies

TEIWES, HELGA

Hopi Basket Weaving Artistry in Natural Fibers

Tuscon, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1996. 1st Thus. Softcover. ISBN: 0816516154. A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 200 pages; A people known for protecting their privacy, the Hopi also have a long and less known tradition of weaving baskets and plaques. Generations of Hopi weavers have passed down knowledge of techniques and materials from the plant world around them, from mother to daughter, granddaughter, or niece. This book is filled with photographs and detailed descriptions of their beautiful baskets--the one art, above all others, that creates the strongest social bonds in Hopi life. In these pages, weavers open their lives to the outside world as a means of sharing an art form especially demanding of time and talent. The reader learns how plant materials are gathered in canyons and creek bottoms, close to home and far away. The long, painstaking process of preparation and dying is followed step by step. Then, using techniques of coiled, plaited, or wicker basketry, the weaving begins. Underlying the stories of baskets and their weavers is a rare glimpse of what is called "the Hopi Way," a life philosophy that has strengthened and sustained the Hopi people through centuries of change. Many other glimpses of the Hopi world are also shared by author and photographer Helga Teiwes, who was warmly invited into the homes of her collaborators. Their permission and the permission of the Cultural Preservation Office of the Hopi Tribe gave her access to people and information seldom available to outsiders. Teiwes was also granted access to some of the ceremonial observances where baskets are preeminent. Woven in brilliant reds, greens, and yellows as well as black and white, Hopi weavings, then, not only are an arresting art form but also are highly symbolic of what is most important in Hopi life. In the women's basket dance, for example, woven plaques commemorate and honor the Earth and the perpetuation of life. Other plaques play a role in the complicated web of Hopi social obligation and reciprocity. Living in a landscape of almost surreal form and color, Hopi weavers are carrying on one of the oldest arts traditions in the world. Their stories in Hopi Basket Weaving will appeal to collectors, artists and craftspeople, and anyone with an interest in Native American studies, especially Native American arts. For the traveler or general reader, the book is an invitation to enter a little-known world and to learn more about an art form steeped in meaning and stunning in its beauty.. Very Good .

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Book number: 17026

Catalogue: Native studies::Art

Keywords: 0816516154 basketry hopi Native Studies

TILL, BARRY

Silk Splendour Textiles of Late Imperial China 1644

Victoria, BC: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888853688. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Richly illustrated in colour on glossy paper ; 9.9 X 8.6 X 0.8 inches; 160 pages; "This luminous hardcover publication illustrates and analyzes the pomp and ceremony of Manchu court life and the Chinese aristocracy of the Qing dynasty through their ceremonial and court garments. A scholarly essay elucidates the symbolism and connotation of rank and hierarchy invested in each item, while paying particular attention to women's attire. The main body of the book is devoted to dozens of full page illustrations of robes, surcoats, insignia badges, skirts, shoes and accessories drawn from public and private collections from both Canada and the United States.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20131

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0888853688 Silk China Textiles ARTS