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80 pages. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Colour illustration upon front board shows two young girls and a boy making daisy chains. Colour plate frontis (by D.C.S.?) shows girl on park bench reading to three youngsters and a dog seated around her, with the caption "There sits fair-haired Effie." Stories include: Playing Horses; The Concert at the Zoo; The Holiday Coach; The Bravest Deed; Going to See the Queen; A Visit to the Country; Elsie's Team; Eric's Holiday; Mrs. Lion's Infant School; A visit to the West Indies; Five Peas in a Pod; Proud Mr. Drake; The Whistling Pig; The Stray Lamb; The Boy and the Monkey; A Merry Game; How do you Do?; Mrs. Otter and Her Young Ones; Morning Song; The Wonderful Doll's House; Tired of Waiting; Poor Mrs. Duck!; The Grand Duchess; The Clever Cat; Eddy's Accident; My Portrait; Father's Birthday Present; Will's Wondrous Story; Katie's Present; and Topsy and the Gypsies. Contemporary pencil gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Erased pencil writing inside front board nearly invisible. Hinges intact. Binding sound. Original maroon cloth backstrip intact. Average wear and soiling to boards. Moderate yellowing to contents. A sound copy of this charming work. Book
304 pages. Nice colour maps interspersed throughout text. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Average wear. Prior owner's details inside front board. Attractive beige cloth-covered boards. A very presentable copy of this charming vintage school text. Book
128 pages. Excellent black and white photos throughout. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
242 pages. Reprint of the 1915 first edition. Authorized by the Ontario Minister of Education. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Some light pencil markings to contents. Binding surprisingly tight. Moderate wear to dark purple boards. A quality copy. Book
6.25" x 6.25" Red fabric on spine beginning to peel from bottom. Plastic laminate on front cover bubbling significantly. Lots of wear to edges. Surprisingly bright inside. Books in this "Show Baby Plus" series are for children 1-3 years old. Book
Approximately 150 pages. Text in Dutch. A compilation of stories for young readers. Many black and white illustrations, some of which were hand-coloured by prior owner. Prior owner's detaills upon front free endpaper dated 1939 suggest the printing date of this copy. Last two pages loose but present. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
This wonderful collection includes: The 1970 Alumni Directory for the Class of 1935 - 12 pages; Program for the 40th Reunion of the Class of 1935 - includes over a dozen autographs; A 1956 reunion letter to the Class of 1935 from D.G. (Gord) Auld; Illustrated Fourth Annual Reunion Dinner Program for the Class of 1935 - bearing more than 25 autographs; Illustrated Second Annual Reunion Dinner Program for the Class of 1925 - attractively presented in blueprint format with customary young engineers depiced 'whooping it up' on front cover. All items in sound condition. Book
75 pages. The first eight pages are devoted to "Drills, Pantomines and Motion Songs - Swimming Drill" and are cutely illustrated with sketches of children performing the various motions. Next come 9 pages of "Marching and Motion Songs for Schools" which include words and piano music. Pages 19 through 61 cover Motion Songs with piano music included for most - songs include The Brook, Our Flag, The Violets, The Leaves, What the Wind Says, Fife and Drum, Little Things, On the Lake, Pussies, The Farm, The Meadows, Good Night, Song of the Waves, and Japanese Parasol Drill. Pages 62 through 75 are devoted to Marches and include diagrams. Heavily worn, soiled and stained yet binding remains intact. Page 17 missing. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else unmarked. While copy has seen considerable use, it retains its vintage charm. Book
A wonderfully rare and quirky issue of this presumably short-lived publication which billed itself as "The Nanaimo Fortnight Newsmagazine". 22 pages. Features: Front cover illustration of the Woodward's store in Port Alberni, "The most modern and complete store on Vancouver Island"; Two-page ad for Standard Agencies Ltd. which sold Kaiser cars at the corner of Crace and Haliburton Streets; Article on the first ever woman to serve as a Nanaimo Alderman, Elsie Hall; Business card-sized ad for Herbalist Isobel Bradwell, located at 204 Commercial St.; Three pages of info on movies of the day and the local theatres where they were playing; List of Best Selling Books of the Day; Article on H.R. MacMillan experimenting to get more pulpwood from forests; Brief article on plans for a $150k rest home for Fords Cove on Hornby Island; Ad for Endrizzi's Grocery and Confectionery at the corner of Selby and Franklin opposite John Shaw High School; Ad for Central Dairy - operated by J. Dunbar & Sons; Two-page centerfold ad for Acme Motors Ltd., a Plymouth dealer located at 5 Commercial St.; Article about rising passenger fares on B.C. coast vessels (ferries); Ad for Wilton Motors - an Austin dealer at 175 Fraser St.; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Batey of 3435 Carter Dr., Victoria, in the log home they built themselves; One-page ad for Johnson Bros., a Javelin car dealer at the corner of Comox and Howard; Travel schedules for local ferries, trains, buses, and flights; Large ad for Crescent Motors, a Studebaker dealer at 16 Nicol St.; Ad for Weeks Motors, a Morris car dealer at 322 Selby St.; Ad for Thompson Lumber Company, located at 1 Prideaux St.; Two-page ad for Newcastle Motors Ltd., a Pontiac dealer at 26 Front St.; Back cover ad for Woodward's, 'Your Family Shopping Centre", in Port Alberni. 25.5 x 18cm. Printed on newsprint. Unmarked with average wear and soiling. A great local vintage conversation piece! Book
84 pages. Printed upon high quality glossy stock. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this charming and nostalgic yearbook. Book
335 pages. Reprint of the 1916 first edition. Attractively illustrated in colour and black and white. Provides lessons planned to suit the growing powers of observation, appreciation, and expression in the pupils as they advance. Covers Form I Junior Grade through Form IV Senior Grade. School stamps and markings upon front endpaper. Front hinge open. Heavily worn. A worthy reference copy of this very informative and nostalgic work. Book
Features: Photo portrait of "A" Company - winning team in Inter-Company Football; Company Notes; Assault-At-Arms; Sketches at the Annual Assault-at-Arms, 1907; Notes by the C.O.; School of Arms Notes; Ten to Eight - short sketch of the histories of Companies C and I which have been absorbed; Company Dinners; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Book
84 pages. "The Vantech is a school project, part of the course in printing. Every line of type has been hand set by students, and over 450 boys have actually had a hand in the work. They include boys from grades 9, 10, 11 and 12." - from inside back cover. Contents printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with light to moderate wear and soiling externally. A rare and handsome work. Book
120 pages including fold-out. Front endpaper decorated with the signatures of several dozen contemporary students of the school! Book is tired but gilt lettering and school crest upon front board remain bright. Spine leaning. Edges foxed. Average wear. Book
92 pages. An alumni directory for Trinity College School of Port Hope, Ontario. "Adds 1,800 'new' Old Boys to the list, last published in 1965." - from page v. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
126 pages. Loaded with black and white photos. Lots of great autographs, front and back. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Lots of super memories here! Book
Reprint of the 1883 first edition. Approximately 400 pages. All text in German. Please excuse our translation of the German characters. We will be pleased to anwer any questions. Front free endpaper loose but present. Back free endpaper missing. Gift greetings, dated 1886 in Gads Hill, Ontario, inside front board. Prior owner's name written inside other board. Two other names handwritten upon first blank leaf. Ornate gilt lettering still legible upon both boards. A heavily worn copy of this precious hymnbook. Book
60 pages. Texte in French language. Pictorially presents the history of the automobile for younger readers. Very informative. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to illustrated boards. Book
90 pages plus index. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very nice copy in glossy boards. Book
224 pages. Charming two-colour illustrations throughout. A wonderful collection of over sixty stories including: The Paper Boy; Little Fuzzy; Belling the Cat; Frogs at School; Sir Cleges and the Cherries. Decorated front free endpaper bears ink stamp of Point Grey Kerrisdale School and is nearly detached. Small opening at bottom of front hinge. Somewhat above-average wear to decorated olive-green boards. Few light pencil markings to contents and front board. A pleasing copy of this wonderful vintage British Columbia reader. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 134 pages. "The plays were designed to be used with puppets but can easily be adapted for use with pupils in Christian day schools, church schools, and vacation Bible schools. The students themselves can be involved in the preparation of the simple props and backdrops, and even the puppets."
8vo., [Second Edition?], with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black and 3 coloured plates; publisher's splendid pictorial binding of ribbed green cloth blocked in gilt and colours, pictorial back gilt, bevelled boards, green endpapers, lower hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Avery's popular tale of school life was first published in 1906. In this edition, probably the second, E.H. Shepard adds characteristic verve to the illustrations. Scarce in this condition.
Acquaforte, circa 1870, dimensioni 160 x 255 mm, impressa su carta coeva, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Firma a matita in basso a desta. Dalla attivissima calcografia Lovera di Torino è stampata l'acquaforte di Vittorio Avondo, artista torinese che studiò a Pisa e Ginevra, per poi approdare al naturalismo morbido e sfumato di Fontanesi. Visse anche a Roma dal 1857 al 1865; forse di quel soggiorno resta un ricordo in questa acquaforte della campagna Romana (della quale esistono anche alcuni dipinti in collezione privata), splendido brano intriso di un'atmosfera elegiaca, malinconica, pervaso di una luce vibrante e sfumature delicate. Le acqueforti dell'artista che si conservano non sono molte, forse una decina. Grande collezionista e conoscitore dell’arte medievale e moderna, oltre che pittore paesaggista, Avondo ebbe un ruolo fondamentale nella storia culturale del Piemonte contribuendo, insieme a Alfredo d’Andrade, allo studio e alla tutela del patrimonio artistico del territorio. Importante la sua figura anche per la GAM, egli fu infatti Direttore del Museo Civico di Torino per un lungo periodo, dal 1890 al 1910, e contribuì in modo significativo alla definizione della raccolta d’arte moderna accogliendo ad esempio la donazione delle opere di Antonio Fontanesi. La nascita in una famiglia dalle ampie possibilità economiche gli permise di coltivare a tempo pieno la passione per la pittura di paesaggio e di compiere viaggi per l’Europa che ne arricchirono la formazione. Tappa obbligata di questa educazione, dopo un primo alunnato presso Alexandre Calame a Ginevra concluso nel 1857, fu un lungo soggiorno a Roma che si protrasse sino al 1860 e che si rinnovò intorno al 1865. Qui egli ebbe modo di conoscere Nino Costa e frequentare un entourage colto e ricco di stimoli in cui spiccavano artisti come Enrico Gamba, Frederic Leighton, George Mason e i tedeschi legati ai Deutsch Römer, come Anselm Feuerbach, Hans von Marées e lo stesso Böcklin. Ma fu sopratutto la sua sensibilità a contatto con il vasto scenario della campagna romana a condurlo a superare lo stile minuzioso e finito appreso in Svizzera, a favore di un nuovo linguaggio scarno ed essenziale, in grado di restituire per sintesi gli ampi orizzonti del paesaggio laziale. In questa svolta pare di cogliere un gusto artistico in rapido cambiamento, in cui si riflette l’interesse per la resa del paesaggio “sul vero” - tema che anima il fronte degli artisti più avanzati di quegli anni - e che pare testimoniata anche dall’acquisto delle prime stampe fotografiche di quei luoghi. Una scelta che la mostra restituisce attraverso alcune preziose carte salate di Giacomo Caneva che fanno parte della generosa eredità dei beni che Vittorio Avondo lasciò alla Città di Torino alla sua morte. Il rapporto tra i suoi schizzi, originariamente raccolti in taccuini, e quelle prime immagini fotografiche offre un ulteriore spunto di riflessione su come si modifichi il modo di guardare al paesaggio in quegli anni: uno sguardo che coglie la natura in presa diretta ma che può anche tornarvi in tempi successivi attraverso gli appunti grafici e le prime immagini fotografiche. Una riflessione che porta a interrogarsi sulla stessa funzione del disegno e su scelte e soluzioni che si discostano radicalmente dalla tradizione accademica. Si apprende da Giubbini che l'opera è stata pubblicata su "L'Arte in Italia" (agosto 1870, tav. 22) con commento di Camerana a p. 128. Riguardo allo stile Giubbini ha commentato molto favorevolmente questa acquaforte, mettendola in relazione con "il gruppo delle incisioni più 'finite' di Appian"; sul piano della tecnica ha osservato: "Da notare che il processo di semplificazione, probabilmente già forte nel passaggio dal disegno preparatorio al disegno tracciato con la punta sulla vernice, continua nelle fasi successive della lavorazione della lastra attraverso la mancata o parziale morsura di molti dei segni ... Etching, circa 1870, size 160 x 255 mm, impressed on coeval paper, in excellent condition. Signature in pencil in the lower right corner. Printed by chalcography Lovera in Turin. Light, and brilliant landscape with the poetical expression of trees, that recalls the traditional Italian painting of the XIX century. The work is characterized by a well-balanced lightening which created a strong feeling of the scene, with the movement of trees in the wind through intense black made shadows and light in far behind of landscapae. Vittorio Avondo, an artist from Turin who studied in Pisa and Geneva, and then came to the soft and nuanced naturalism of Fontanesi. He also lived in Rome from 1857 to 1865; perhaps a memory of that stay remains in this etching of the Roman Campagna (of which there are also some paintings in a private collection), a splendid piece imbued with an elegiac, melancholic atmosphere, pervaded by a vibrant light and delicate nuances. The etchings of the artist that are preserved are not many, perhaps a dozen. We learn from Giubbini that the work was published in "L'Arte in Italia" (August 1870, table 22) with a comment by Camerana on p. 128. Regarding the style, Giubbini commented very favorably on this etching, relating it to "the group of Appian's most 'finished' etchings"; as far as technique is concerned, he observed: "It should be noted that the process of simplification, probably already strong in the passage from the preparatory drawing to the drawing traced with the tip on the varnish, continues in the successive phases of the working of the plate through the lack or partial biting of many of the marks corresponding to the branches of the trees". A great collector and connoisseur of medieval and modern art, as well as a landscape painter, Avondo (1836 – 1910) played a fundamental role in the cultural history of Piedmont, contributing, together with Alfredo d'Andrade, to the study and protection of the artistic heritage of the territory. He devoted himself to painting from an early age, training in Italy, Switzerland and France. After his return to Piedmont, he became a consultant to the City of Turin and since 1863 is part of the commission responsible for selecting the works for the collections of the Civic Museum. His activities are varied: painter, antiquarian, city councilor and member of numerous cultural institutions. In 1872 he bought the castle of Issogne (Aosta) which he restored and redecorated with the help of Alfredo d'Andrade and Giuseppe Giacosa: starting from this experience he collaborated, from 1882, to the construction of the medieval village of Turin and with Emanuele Tapparelli d'Azeglio to the restoration of Casa Cavassa in Saluzzo. In 1890, he succeeded Tapparelli d'Azeglio as director of the Civic Museum: upon his death in 1910, his personal collection was transferred to the Museum. G. Giubbini, L’acquaforte originale in Piemonte e in Liguria 1860 - 1875, Genova 1976, n.3; A. Dragone, J. Conti, I paesisti piemontesi dell'Ottocento, Milano, 1947; R. Maggio Serra e B. Signorelli, a cura di, Tra verismo e storicismo. Vittorio Avondo (18
Vg (no dj, black cloth with gilt titles on spine and gilt shield on front board, light wear at top and base of spine, minimal loss to edges of front and back endpapers, contents no significant fault) large octavo 246pp. Eton history, the college, the Oppidan house, the schoolwork, sport, tutors, festivals and other activities. Also Eton during the second world war. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
195 pages. Glossary. Contact List. Illustrated. Provides an excellent overview of the food production industries in B.C. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
