(ARCHITECTURE)

Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentery, and Building; a General Reference Work on Architecture, Carpentery, Building, Superintendence, Contracts, Specifications, Building Law, Stair-Building, Estimating, Masonry, Reinforced Concrete..

Chicago, American Technical Society. 1914. (Cloth) Very good plus. 10 volumes variously paginated, colour frontispieces, illustrations. Red leather backs barely faded - a lovely set. ".. Structural Engineering, Architectural Drawing, Sheet Metal Work, Heating, Ventilation, Etc. Prepared by a Staff of Architects, Builders, Engineers, and Experts of the Highest Professional Standing. Illustrated with over 3000 Engravings.".

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Book number: 202636

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Architecture, Building, Construction

(WINNIPEG ART GALLERY)

The Development of Canadian Silver

Winnipeg, Winnipeg Art Gallery. 1974, 1st Edition. (Oblong 8vo) Fine. Unpaginated, stapled wraps, illus. - b / w. A Winnipeg Centennial Exhibition, April 3 - September 30, 1974.

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Book number: 203292

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Art, Canada, Canadian Art, Gallery Catalogue, Silver, Silversmiths

(NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA)

Wind Effects on Buildings and Structures; International Research Seminar, Ottawa, Canada, 11-15 September 1967

Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 1968, 1st Edition. (4to, cloth) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 2 volumes - 772 & 461 pp, frontispiece, illus. ports. Proceedings.

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Book number: 203293

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Architecture, Engineering

MENDEL; ACHJADI, DIYAN; TANG, BRENDAN; LAMBERTSON, KRISTEN

Diyan Achjadi & Brendan Tang: Sugar Bombs

Saskatoon, Mendel Art Gallery 978-1-895497-76-2. (ISBN: 978-1-895497-76-2). 2009, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Very good in very good dust jacket. 34pp. Illustrated exhibition catalogue; with essay and biograhical information; exhibition invitation laid in.

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Book number: 115539

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Canadian Art, Canadian Art, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Ceramics, Gallery Catalogue 9781895497762

ACTON, DAVID; ADAMS, CLINTON (CONTRIB.); BEALL, KAREN F. (CONTRIB.)

A Spectrum of Innovation; Color in American Printmaking, 1890-1960

New York, Worcester Art Museum / W. W. Norton & Company. (ISBN: 0-393-02901-8). 1990, 1st edition, 1st printing. (hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 304pp. Tall 4to. Lettering in silver to spine. Slightest sliver of fading to cloth at heel of spine from off-set jacket. Dust jacket rubbed; faint age-toning; rear panel wrinkled; price-clipped. Internally bright, tight, and clean. Replete with colour reproductions of artwork. Released to correspond with a touring exhibition, which visited the Amon Carter Museum (July 28 - September 23, 1990), the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (October 14 - December 2, 1990), and the Worcester Art Museum (September 22 - November 17, 1991).

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Book number: 124610

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Print Making, American Art, Art, Art - American, Print 0393029018

ACTON, JAMES (PUBLISHED BY)

Toronto

Toronto, T. Eaton Co. Ltd.. 1890. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 24pp. 8vo. Illus. covers. 39 B&W photographs. Chipping and water stains to covers. Slight close and neat tear to rear cover, mid-point of spine, approx. 3 / 4 inch long. Bound with gold braided cord. A rather beautiful example of mid 1800's architectural and landscape portraiture of Toronto, this souvenir "post-card" like book was published for the T. Eaton company and would be a wonderful addition to a photography collection or a collector of Canadian histroy. A wonderful gift for the person who loves old photographs or Toronto landmarks.

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Book number: 113591

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Photographs, Non-Western Canadiana, Photographs, Photography, Souvenir, Souvenir, T. Eaton Company, T. Eaton Company

ADAMS, ANSEL; EDITED BY STILLMAN, ANDREA G.

Ansel Adams; 400 Photographs

New York, Little, Brown and Company 0-316-117722-2. (ISBN: 0-316-117722-2). 2007, 1st edition. (hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 440pp. 8vo. First edition, full number line. Jacket acket is clean, shows very minimal wear. Book is clean, tight, bright, square, solid. The largest compilation of Ansel Adams' work ever published.

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Book number: 122331

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Art, American Art, Art, Photography 03161177222

ADAMS, ANSEL; DE COCK, LILIANE

Ansel Adams

Boston, New York Graphic Society. (ISBN: 0-8212-0721-0). 1972. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. NP. 4to. Black cloth, silver titles to spine and front. Corners lightly bumped, spine is lightly sunned. Internally clean, bright, tight, and solid.

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Book number: 126815

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Photography, American Art, Art - American, Landscape Art, Photography 0821207210

ADAMS, ANSEL; WEBER, EVA

Ansel Adams and the Photographers of the Ameican West

Bridgewater, Ma, World Publications Group, Inc. 978-1-57215-325-7. (ISBN: 978-1-57215-325-7). 2002. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 256pp. 4to. Jacket shows light wear to upper and lower edges, but is otherwise crisp and clean. The boards are illustrated with the photography of Ansel Adams, Edward S. Curtis, Edward Muybridge, and Dorothea Lange. Clean, tight, bright, solid copy, lavishly illustrated with over 200 photos and enhanced by historical documentation and narrative.

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Book number: 126937

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Ansel Adams, American West, Ansel Adams, Photography - America 9781572153257

ADAMS, ANSEL

Basic Photo Series: Camera & Lens, (2) the Negative, (3) the Print, (4) Natural-Light Photography, (5) Artificial Light Photography

New York, N.Y. Morgan and Lester. 1948 - 1956, Various printings. (hardcover) Fine in very good dust jacket. Various. Octavo, original decorated cloth, original dust jackets. Scarce series in dust jackets. Jackets are clipped and there is some edgewear, especially at the head and heel of spine of volume 1. Volume 1 is a 1st printing. Volume 2 is a 4th printing. Volume 3 is a 4th printing. Volume 4 is a 2nd printing. Volume 5 is a 1st printing. All volumes internally spotless in fine grey boards decorated in red and white. Profusely illustrated throughout. The series is complete in five volumes. The fifth volume mentions a sixth volume that is in preparation, but it was never completed. Photographs available upon request.

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Book number: 126769

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Photography, Ansel Adams, Art Instruction, Photographs, Photography

ADAMS, ANSEL

Examples; The Making of 40 Photographs

Boston, Toronto, London, Bullfinch Press/Little, Brown and Company, Inc.. (ISBN: 0-8212-1750-X). 1989. (Mass market paperback) Very good. x, 177+. 4to. A clean, tight, bright, solid copy with each of the 40 photographs exquisitely reproduced in duotone, and accompanied by a personal, informative, narrative.

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Book number: 125132

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Photography, Ansel Adams, Artistic Photography, Photography 082121750X

ADAMS, DAVID

Fairy Art; painting magical fairies and their worlds

Cincinnati, Ohio, IMPACT Books 978-1-60061-089-9. (ISBN: 978-1-60061-089-9). 2009. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 128pp. 4to. Step by step instruction on how to paint fairies, natural settings and elements, lighting effects. Full colour. In fine condition, seemingly never used.

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Book number: 131532

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Art Instruction, Art - Fairies, Faerie Art, Fairies, Hobbies, Instruction Books, Painting 9781600610899

ADDISON, OTTALINE; HARWOOD, ELIZABETH

Tom Thompson; The Algonquin Years

Toronto, Ryerson. (ISBN: 0-7700-0300-1). 1970, 3rd printing. (Cloth, 8vo) Fine in very good dust jacket. 98pp. Small chip on back of DJ.

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Book number: 116586

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Canadian Art, Canadian Art, Group of Seven 0770003001

DEPARTMENT NORTHERN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL RESOURCES

Canadian Eskimo Art

Ottawa, Queens Printer. 1957. (Mass market paperback) Very good plus. 40pp. 4to. Frontispiece. Illus. maps. B&W photographs. Slight sunning to front and rear near spine. Very faint crease mark and wear to tail fore edge corner.

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Book number: 113478

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Eskimo Art, Canadian Arctic, Canadian Art, Eskimo, Inuit

AINSLIE, PATRICIA

Correspondences: Jack Shadbolt

Calgary, AB, Glenbow Museum. (ISBN: 1-895379-06-7). 1991, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 70pp. Tall 4to. Illustrated card wrappers; white spine with lettering in blue; lettering in white at foot of bottom wrapper and head of top wrapper; front wrapper folds out. B&W and colour illus. Inscribed by Patricia Ainslie to Geoffrey Simmins of the University of Calgary (Professor Emeritus of Art and Associate Dean): "To Geoffrey, with gratitude. Patricia Ainslie".

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Book number: 118592

Catalogue: Art and Architecture

Keywords: Art, Art Catalogue, Gallery Catalogue, Signed 1895379067