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PUF, collection "Paideïa", 1955, 148 pp., broché, couverture légèrement défraîchie.
74 pages. Sections include: Geology for Prospectors; Geology; Mining and Prospecting Notes. Line drawings. Average wear. Price blacked out else unmarked. Sound working copy. Book
L'acquaforte mostra la chiesa di Chelsea e il vecchio Battersea Bridge, e il titolo originale, 'Chelsea', è preferibile anche se alcuni studiosi gli assegnano il nome Fulham. Si vedono tre chiatte in mezzo al Tamigi, quella più vicina al ponte presidiata da due barconi. Dietro di loro c'è un vecchio ponte, con quattro pilastri di legno visti a sinistra, una larga campata di ferro, e poi altri tre pilastri a destra. Ci sono figure, cavalli e carri sul ponte. Attraverso le arcate si vede un approdo di un battello a vapore, altri alberi e case su un terrapieno a destra, e un ponte sospeso. La marea è bassa, così che i due moli di destra sono fuori dall'acqua, e un paio di chiatte a fondo piatto si trovano sulla spiaggia a destra. A destra, un campanile quadrato si erge dietro il ponte, il casello è appena visibile alla fine del ponte, e una sostanziale casa quadrata e altri edifici si trovano all'estrema destra, circondati da alti alberi. L'incisione è stata denominata Fulham da Wedmore e dai catalogatori successivi per distinguerla da altre incisioni di Battersea Bridge e Chelsea. Tuttavia, non mostra Fulham. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Lowell, 10 luglio 1834 – Londra, 17 luglio 1903) è stato un pittore ed incisore statunitense, raramente menzionato come James Whistler. Genio nella produzione di incisioni calcografiche, Whistler è stato tra i più inventivi ed influenti incisori della storia, realizzando quasi 500 opere in cinque decenni. L’acquaforte ha offerto a Whistler l’opportunità di unire la velocità di esecuzione, disegnando rapidamente le idee sulla lastra, alla possibilità di perfezionarle e svilupparle attraverso molteplici stati, mettendo in luce la sua complessa estetica. Il suo lavoro, con un approccio così innovativo, non ha solo attirato seguaci e imitatori, ma ha influenzato l’intero mondo dell’arte. Bibliografia Howard Mansfield A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Caxton Club, 1909, cat. no. 179; Edward Guthrie Kennedy, Royal Cortissoz The Etched Work of Whistler: illustrated by reproductions in collotype of the different states of the plates. The Grolier Club, 1910, cat. no. 182 ii/ii; Katharine A. Lochnan The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Ex. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 14–November 11, 1984; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, November 24, 1984–January 13, 1985. Yale University Press, Art Gallery of Ontario, New Haven, 1984, cat. no. 179, pp. 179, 280; Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, cat. no. 181 v/v. Etching and drypoint, 1879; fifth state of five; printed in black ink on cream laid paper, good condition. The etchings shows Chelsea Church and old Battersea Bridge, and the original title, 'Chelsea', is preferable although some scholars assign it the name Fulham. Three barges are seen in the middle of the River Thames, the one nearest the bridge manned by two bargees. Behind them is an old bridge, with four wooden piers seen to left, a broad iron span, and then three more piers to right. There are figures, horses and carts on the bridge. Seen through the arches are a steamboat landing-stage, more trees and houses on an embankment on the right, and a suspension-bridge. The tide is low, so that the two right-hand piers are out of the water, and a couple of flat-bottomed barges sit high on the beach to right. To the right, a square church tower rises behind the bridge, the toll-booth is just visible at the end of the bridge, and a substantial square house and other buildings stand at far right, surrounded by tall trees. The etching may have been called 'Fulham' by Wedmore and subsequent cataloguers to distinguish it from other etchings of Battersea Bridge and Chelsea. However, it does not show Fulham. The changes have led to confusion and problems in identifying the subsequent history of this etching. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Lowell, July 10, 1834 - London, July 17, 1903) was an American painter and engraver, rarely mentioned as James Whistler. A genius at producing intaglio etchings, Whistler was among the most inventive and influential printmakers in history, producing nearly 500 works over five decades. Etching offered Whistler the opportunity to combine speed of execution, drawing ideas quickly on the plate, with the ability to refine and develop them through multiple states, highlighting his complex aesthetic. His work, with such an innovative approach, not only attracted followers and imitators, but influenced the entire art world. Bibliografia Howard Mansfield A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Caxton Club, 1909, cat. no. 179; Edward Guthrie Kennedy, Royal Cortissoz The Etched Work of Whistler: illustrated by reproductions in collotype of the different states of the plates. The Grolier Club, 1910, cat. no. 182 ii/ii; Katharine A. Lochnan The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Ex. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 14–November 11, 1984; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, November 24, 1984–January 13, 1985. Yale University Press, Art Gallery of Ontario, New Haven, 1984, cat. no. 179, pp. 179, 280; Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, cat. no. 181 v/v.
Litografia, 1896, disegnata su carta transfer bianca con una trama di pietra granulosa; unico stato; stampata con inchiostro nero sulla carta vergata color crema usata per l'edizione The Art Journal. Nella pietra a sinistra il monogramma a forma di farfalla. La bambina che posò per questo accattivante ritratto era la figlia di tre o quattro anni dell'amico di lunga data di Whistler, David Croal Thomson. Thomson si era interessato al lavoro dell'artista per molti anni e aveva organizzato la retrospettiva di grande successo dei suoi dipinti alla Galleria Goupil nella primavera del 1892. Era stato redattore di The Art Journal dal novembre 1892 e aveva già pubblicato una delle litografie di Whistler, Les Bonnes du Luxembourg" nel numero di dicembre 1894 del periodico. Whistler probabilmente fece il disegno di trasferimento di Evelyn quando visitò la famiglia Thomson nel gennaio 1896 nella loro casa fuori Londra. Qualche ossidazione, altrimenti in buone condizioni. Bibliografia Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow , 2012, cat. no. 146. Transfer lithograph, 1896, drawn on white transfer paper with a grained-stone texture; only state; printed in black ink on the cream laid paper used for The Art Journal edition. In the stone at left: butterfly monogram. The child who posed for this engaging portrait was the three - or four-year - old daughter of Whistler’s longtime friend, David Croal Thomson. Thomson had taken an interest in the artist’s work for many years and had organized the very successful retrospective of his paintings at the Goupil Gallery in the spring of 1892. He had served as editor of The Art Journal since November 1892 and had already published one of Whistler’s lithographs, Nursemaids: “Les Bonnes du Luxembourg” in the December 1894 issue of the periodical. Whistler probably made the transfer drawing of Evelyn when he visited the Thomson family in January 1896 at their home outside London. Some foxing, otherwise good condition. Bibliografia Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow , 2012, cat. no. 146.
289 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 375 pages. School stamp inside. Worn blue cloth covered boards. Black and white and color illustrations by George Varian. 5 5/8"w x 7 5/8"h.
579 pages including index, verb appendix, summary of Spanish pronunciation, English-Spanish Dictionary, and Spanish-English Dictionary. Spanish language text for English speakers. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Some markings. A worthy working copy of this revered text. Book
603 pages. Illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. A wonderful overview of Nova Scotia over 100 years ago. The forty-one chapters include: History; Geology; County Histories; Mines; Indians; Tourism; Fisheries; Apple Culture; Agriculture; Institutions of Learning; Timber and Lumber Resources; Paper Pulp Resources; Quarries; Game Law; Birds; Manufacturing Concerns; Institutions for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb; Governance; The Common School System. Prior owner's details neatly written atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Blue cloth attractively adorned with black decoration upon front board and bright gilt lettering upon backstrip. Binding intact with minor spine slant. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative work. Book
206 pages. Index. Prior owner's details whited out atop front free endpaper. Few markings to contents. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to red cloth-covered boards. A sound copy of this eminently practical vintage homemaker's guide, intended for school students in British Columbia. Book
371 pages. Numerous black and white archival illustrations. Presents the history of McLean School and District #2900, just east of Lethbridge, Alberta. Topics include: Original land grant; Irrigation; Farming and Industry; Subdivisions; Jail; Electric Car; Experimental Station; Smith Farm; C.P.R. Home Farm; Communications; Mail Order Houses; Daniel Airplane; Streetcar; Fires; Japanese Settlers; School; Family Histories; Maps. Prior owner's name on back of first leaf else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy of this impressive and extensive compilation. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 144 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11"h.
200 pages. Dozens of great illustrations. Many autographs. Includes lengthy list of former students lost in action and where they were lost. Somewhat above-average soiling to beige boards. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
126 pages includingindex and black and white illustrations. This work completes the author's School Certificate trilogy, Heat, Light, and Sound. Chapters include: Sound Waves; Sound Velocity and Signalling; Reflection, Refraction and Interference; Vibrations of Strings; Resonance, Vibrations of Air in Columns; Analysis and Recording of Sound; The Ear - Musical Scales - Scales of Loudness. Emphasis is on text rather than mathematics. Includes interesting black and white photographs and illustrations. Above-average wear. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Writing upon endpapers. Ocassional light pencil markings to contents. A worthy working copy of this wonderful text. Book
128 pages. Prior owner's small ink stamp upon each endpaper. Bit of writing upon front endpaper else unmarked. Only moderate wear. Binding sound. Minor waviness to top of back pages due to past moisture exposure. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Overall a very nice copy in orange decorated boards. Book
242p. Illustrated. All edges marbled. 12mo. Leather spine over pictorial paper boards. Very slight loss at tail of spine. Small damp stained spot bottom of front board. Hardbound. Facsimile reprint of the 1866 edition. Very good. William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1874) was an educator, minister, author and college president. He is best known for the series of Eclectic Readers (McGuffey Readers), textbooks which were widely used throughout much of the nineteenth century. Henry Ford used the McGuffey Readers when growing up and later brought his birthplace to Greenfield Village and built a one-room schoolhouse using logs from a barn at McGuffey's birthplace. Ford also republished a number of the McGuffey readers. PA64 TOP
pp. 332, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. Age stained. Damp stained. Civil War period ownership of Nicholas Summers, January 20th, 1863. Sm. 8vo. Original leather spine over cloth boards. Spine lettered in gold and embossed in blind. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. PA64 TOP
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of sulphur storage in B.C.'s Peace River Country; The Day the Yanks Flew Through Hell - treetop bombing of Romania's Ploesti oil refineries by 163 giant B-24 Liberators on August 1, 1943 - article with photos and illustration; Nice colour photo full-page ad for Ogilvie Macaroon Mixes; The 500 Children I Short-Changed - Fred Sloman taught school in Northern Ontario between Capreol and Foleyet for 40 years but feels there were many children he could have helped more than the many he did - article by him, with photos; Nice full-page ad for Lux soap featuring Mitzi Gaynor; Why Film Stars Get Into James - photos of Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney and Lana Turner; My MVD Man Can Lick Your MVD Man - Part 2, by Art Buchwald who recounts his recent three weeks behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; How Much Are You Worth To Your Widow? - Lloyd Lockhart examines Death Duties; Hollywood's Secret of Weight Control, by Jean Manning - with flattering photos of Alexis Smith, Ann Miller and Mrs. James Mason; Patterson's Just Too Good - Tex Coulter Writes of his former Montreal Alouettes star teammate Hal Patterson - with photo and illustration; Science Explodes Some Myths About Your Hair, by John E. Gibson; Nice colour full-page ad for Noxzema skin cream; Walter Murdoch - a man of many hassles; Noise Can Change Your Life - man is on the verge of becoming submerged in a sea of intolerable self-made sound; The Spanish Mick - fiction; The Wolf is Here to Stay! - a northern B.C. article with photos including a shot of Sylvia Woywitka with a huge wolf fur; Can We Justify Spending Millions in the Arctic? - photo illustrated article examines the development of infrastructure in the north; The High Places - Fiction; Debbie Reynolds in Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad; Let Teenagers Run Their Own Parties; Crossword; Rural Route Cartoon by Walter Ball; Food Article by Marjorie Elwood with colour photo of judges Denyse Pesant, Laura Pepper, Helen McKercher, and author; Colour photo full-page ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti and meat balls; Nice colour full-page ad for Red Rose tea. Small piece missing from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy with lots of interesting content and photos. Book
121 pages including index. Twenty years ago, Granville Island was transformed from a decrepit 37 acre industrial slum in Vancouver's False Creek to possibly the most successful urban redevelopment ever seen in North America. Rusty tin-sided factories were reborn as a public market, an art school, shops, restaurants, theatres, and a great deal more. Today, Granville Island boasts more than eight million visits a year, 2,600 jobs and the highest sales per square foot of any public market on this continent. A chronicle of the Granville Island story which celebrates what the Island has to offer, and peers inside its seldom-seen inner life. An attractive, interesting and enjoyable volume. Colour photography throughout. Book in fine unmarked condition but for gift inscription upon top half of front free endpaper which has been whited out. Book
32 pages. Originally published in 1939. Nice black and white photos on each page. School marks stroked out inside each board else unmarked. Binding sound. Average wear. Sound copy of this nice reader. Book
Unpaginated. About 3/4" thick. Provides dozens of before and after photos of students, along with their hand-written updates on what they've been up to in their lives over the past 50 years. Enjoyable reading! Book
pp. 378, (6) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved half title, frontis and full page plates by Darley. Lacks fly leaves. Age stained. Large 12mo. Virtually disbound. Reading copy only. These romanticized sketches had great influence on popular imagination in mid-19th century America. The "Western types," include: the Indian, Voyageur, Pioneer, Ranger, Regulator, Justice of the Peace, Peddler, Schoolmaster, Schoolmistress, and Politician. Very scarce. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LOC W17
Pages 36-68. Features: Anson Southard Marshall - article with nice one-page illustration; "Golden Days"; A Journey from New Hampshire to Philadelphia Half a Century Ago; My Wife's Aesthetic Soul; The Assassination of President Garfield; Massachusetts Coinage and Coins; Beaver Brook; New Hampshire State Normal School; Letter From John Farmer to Gov. William Plumer; William H.Y. Hackett; Letter from John Adams to Gov. William Plumer; Laudate Dominum; A Curious Relic. Ads and editorial comment on last six pages stroked out. Above-average external wear and soiling. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. A worthy reference copy. Book
306 pages. Index. Black and white photographs. Text sections: The Social Life of the Community; The Economic Life of the Community; the Political Life of the Community; plus appendices. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper. Light pencil notes upon back blank leaf. Nice copy of this informative work from simpler and, perhaps, more wholesome times. Book
256 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Text divided into the following sections: Soil; Plants; Tillage; Crops; Supplement. School stamps and prior owner's details upon endpapers. School stamps upon page 25 else contents unmarked. Back hinge open. Front hinge going. Average wear to green boards which feature attractive embossed decoration and lettering upon front board. A delightful, informative and nostalgic work. Book
172 pages. Features: Meat-Making "Wonder" Drugs; You ought to have a pond; "No-Hands" feed handling; Green and growing all year; If your power goes off; Get more alfalfa seed; The school that brought a town to life; Farm-welded work savers; High-yield, hot-weather pasture; Getting the best feed for your flock; 'Paving' with grass; For more seed use strong bee colonies; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine