Category: Art & Architecture

The Histories of Nast Hyde and Astwick Manor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Welwyn Garden City, Broadwater Press

Seller ID: 019210

Condition: Very Good

Booklet. Very brief histories of two U.K. structures of historical importance, one of them now known as "the headquarters of the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School." Seven pages, two black-and-white illustrations, three black-and-white photograph post cards tucked into stapled pocket at rear. A bit of smudging to covers. An uncommon item, made more so I suspect by the presence of the post cards, which in this instance are unused and in VG condition.
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Picturesque Loveliness on The Lawn

By: Archibald, Wm. Chas.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Summerside, Self-published (printed by The Journal Publishing Co. Ltd.)

Seller ID: 017040

ISBN-13: 9780774800891

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

No date (circa 1916). Contains: an address by Archibald (a consulting landscape architect with Earnscliffe Gardens Nurseries in Wolfville, Nova Scotia) delivered to the mayor and councillors of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on January 10, 1916; an excerpt from The Charlottetown Guardian newspaper reporting on the address; and a piece dealing with Summerside and its potential for proper landscaping. Stapled wraps, 16 pages (including advertisement), illustrated w/two photographs, one of the author's son, killed "somewhere in France, June 6th, 1915," and the other of Birchdale, the Charlo...
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Jaret Belliveau: Dominion Street

By: Belliveau, Jaret (curated by Terry Graff and Andrea Kunard)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Galerie d'art Beaverbrook Art Gallery : 2014

Seller ID: 018953

ISBN-13: 9780920674888

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

A Moncton, New Brunswick, photographer and filmmaker documents his mother's battle with cancer, displaying the vibrancy of her life before her diagnosis and her courage afterward, as well as the grief felt by those family members mourning her death. Sometimes an uncomfortable experience for the reader/viewer, but all the more powerful for that. Published to commemorate an exhibition held at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, from April 26 through June 11, 2012. Foreword by Graff, with an essay by Kunard. 209 pages (including "The Participating Witness, A Conversatio...
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Coaches and Trains (Golden Ariels No. 7), (19th Century Transport Prints Vol. 2)

By: Cadfryn-Roberts, John (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Princeton, Golden Ariels/D. Van Nostrand Company : 1965

Seller ID: 016307

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The second volume in the publisher's "19th Century Transport Prints" series. Decorated boards, 12 pages + 20 pages of colour plates by a variety of 19th-century artists and engravers. Moderate edge/corner wear, in lightly rubbed jacket w/a couple of quite short tears.
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The Blue of Distance

By: Carson, Anne, Kevin Finneran and Rebecca Solnit

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Aspen, Aspen Art Press : 2015

Seller ID: 018511

ISBN-13: 9780934324700

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: New

Text by Finneran, Carson and Solnit, and photography and art by Vija Celmins, Jason Dodge, Félix González-Torres, Roni Horn, Marie Jager, Catherine Opie, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Cy Twombly and Cerith Wyn Evans examine the colour blue's distinctive connection to such things as absence, distance and desire. 120 pages. An unread copy still sealed in publisher's shrink wrap.
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Echoes of the Remnant (signed print)

By: Coupar, Regina

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Truro, Gamaliel Publications : 2003

Seller ID: 016322

ISBN-13: 9780969583721

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good to Fine

From the back cover: "--presents new metaphors which are helpful for discussing spirituality in the language of our time." This edition contains a signed original print by Coupar, bound in near the front. 120 pages, illustrated. A bit cocked, light general wear.
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The Abstract Edge

By: Davidson, Robert (edited by Karen Duffek)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Vancouver, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia : 2004

Seller ID: 018400

ISBN-13: 9780888652379

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A catalogue published "to accompany an exhibition held at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia from June 22, 2004, to January 30, 2005, and touring from 2005 to 2007." Foreword by Michael M. Ames, with essays by Karen Duffek and Robert Houle. 64 pages (including notes, list of works in the exhibition, and artist biography). Some scuffing, scratches/impressions, light edgewear.
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ELEMENTS OF DRAWING AND MENSURATION APPLIED TO THE MECHANIC ARTS. A Book For the Instruction and Use of Practical Men

By: Davies, Charles

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, A.S. Barnes & Co. : 1846

Seller ID: 018697

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair to Good

Davies (1798-1876) was a professor of mathematics at USMC, at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and at the University of New York before eventually becoming professor of higher mathematics at Columbia College, New York. He wrote and re-wrote more than 20 books on mathematics and related subjects (maybe if I had ever read one of them I would know what a quadrilateral equation was -- but probably not, since merely hearing the term "planar convex quadrilateral" makes me break out in hives, and just reading the question "In the prolate spheroid ACBD, the transverse axis AB = 90, and the re...
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John Downton, 1906-1991, Temperas and Drawings, 1928-1940

By: Downton, John (Introduction by John Russell-Taylor and Leonie Heywood)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, The Fine Art Society : 1993

Seller ID: 016209

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by Stirrup & Company from May 4-28, 1993. 48 pages. Impressions/thin scratches, light corner wear, light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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MOCA Focus

By: Haendel, Karl (essay by Gloria Sutton, interview by Gabriel Ritter)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) : 2006

Seller ID: 017990

ISBN-13: 9780914357957

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Haendel is an artist who "makes precise pencil drawings of appropriated source materials, whether New Yorker cartoons, advertisements, news stories, photojournalistic pictures or fine artworks." This particular tome was produced to accompany the exhibition "MOCA Focus: Karl Haendel," which was presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art from January 26 through April 17, 2006. 96 pages. Scuff to fore-edge of front cover, otherwise mild general wear.
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Fredericton New Brunswick British North America

By: Hill, Isabel Louise

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Fredericton, York-Sunbury Historical Society : 1968

Seller ID: 019207

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Presents a detailed history of many Fredericton, New Brunswick, homes, businesses and other structures, the whole of interest to local history enthusiasts/genealogists. 477 pages, hand-drawn map frontispiece, illustrated w/photographs. What should be page 276 is misprinted as 376, with the picture provided not matching the address of the building in question. Minor edgewear, moderate smudging to covers, a bit of smudging to edges, 1/4" tear to top right spine edge. Internally tight and clean.
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Fredericton New Brunswick British North America (signed)

By: Hill, Isabel Louise

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, York-Sunbury Historical Society : 1968

Seller ID: 019177

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 477 pages, map frontispiece, illustrated w/photographs. Somehow or other, page 276 was misprinted, and is here replaced by a photocopy of the correct page, which is laid in at the appropriate spot. Signed on title page. Laid in are: a photocopied sheet dealing with the Loyalist Microfilm Collection at Harriet Irving Library; a photograph of the author; and a hand-written card from her to someone named Robert, concerning a speech he delivered at an unspecified time/date. Strongly cocked, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's ...
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American Indian Lives: Artists and Craftspeople

By: Hirschfelder, Arlene

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New York, Facts On File / Infobase Holdings : 1994

Seller ID: 016208

ISBN-13: 9780816029600

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First printing w/complete number sequence. A title from the publisher's American Indian Lives series, this one taking a look at a number of native craftspeople, including Allan Houser, Oscar Howe, Dat So La Lee, Bill Reid, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Rhonda Holy Bear, and many others. Illustrated boards, 150 pages (including selected bibliography, index), illustrated. Light rubbing, light general wear. An unread copy.
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POLSKA RZEZBA WSPOLCZESNA

By: Jakimowicz, Andrzej

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Warsaw, Sztuka : 1956

Seller ID: 014225

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Text in Polish. Contains 47 black-and-white plates presenting the work of a number of Polish sculptors. Pale yellow cloth w/red lettering to front cover/spine, 24 pages of text + illustrations. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, soiled/smudged covers, moderate general wear. Lacking dust jacket.
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THE KOREAN RELICS IN JAPAN, Volume 4 (Book 7)

By: Joungwon Kim (editor)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Seoul, The Korea Foundation : 1997

Seller ID: 015051

ISBN-13: 9788986090147

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

This is the seventh of eight volumes published between 1989 and 1998 in the "Korean Relics in Overseas Collections" series, containing "a list of Korean relics and approximately 360 illustrations with descriptions, consolidating information on Korean relics preserved in the Tenri University Central Library and the Tenri University Sankokan Museum." Text in English and Korean. Advisory Committee members included Kim Kwang-on, Yun Yong-i, and You Hong-june. Since they were not intended for sale to the general public, books in the series can be pretty tough to find. Blue cloth w/gilt lettering to...
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Installation

By: Jung, Dieter

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Museum of Holography : 1985

Seller ID: 017269

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

The catalogue for an art holography exhibition held from September 17, 1985, until February 16, 1986, at the Museum of Holography in New York City. Rene Paul Barilleaux was the curator. Eberhard Roters contributes an introduction (translated by Rosemary Kunisch). Unpaginated. Scuffing, impressions, moderate soil, general wear.
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Llantwit Major in Camera

By: Kelly, Vivian

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Llantwit, Major Local History Society : 1979

Seller ID: 014425

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A pictorial record of a stone-built town Welsh town "whose appearance and way of life have changed enormously in the last hundred years." Preface by Professor Glyn Daniel. Brown cloth w/gilt lettering, unpaginated, illustrated. Dust jacket w/light edgewear, some sunning.
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BUILDING NEW BRUNSWICK, An Architectural History

By: Leroux, John

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Goose Lane Editions : 2008

Seller ID: 019203

ISBN-13: 9780864925046

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

In this title "Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, June 2008," Leroux presents a detailed and painstakingly researched look at the architectural significance of hundreds of buildings in New Brunswick. Robert Leavitt, Stuart Smith and Gary Hughes contribute essays, while Herménégilde Chiasson offers a preface. French flaps, 310 pages (including notes, acknowledgements, bibliography, image credits, index), copiously illustrated. A very nice copy of an impressive work. Since this weighs more than your truck loaded down with cinder blocks, ...
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GLORIOUS LIGHT, The Stained Glass of Fredericton (signed)

By: Leroux, John

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Kentville, Gaspereau Press : 2011

Seller ID: 018990

ISBN-13: 9781554471041

Binding: Paperback in dust jacket

Condition: As New

Architect/art historian Leroux presents the glory and beauty of "hundreds of stained-glass windows dating from the mid-ninteenth century through to the present day" that are to be found in New Brunswick's capital city, Fredericton. Inscribed and signed by author and Allen Bentley, who contributed a foreword. Leroux's reads, "To Janet & Frank,/My good friends who/make our city shine!/John Leroux,' while Bentley's is even warmer, "To Janet & Frank./What can I say. You./are the best. Both/of you./Love/Allen" 151 pages + index, copiously illustrated. A nice copy.
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Canadian Art (inscribed & signed)

By: McInnes, Graham

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada : 1950

Seller ID: 016186

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

From the front flap: "In 1939 Graham McInnes produced A SHORT HISTORY OF CANADIAN ART, the first attempt to portray Canadian art on a brief but comprehensive scale. Now comes CANADIAN ART, a revised, completely up-to-date and expanded version, which is virtually a new book." Contains material on all aspects of Canadian art, with sections on "art institutions, public opinion in relation to art and the growth of public art bodies. Special mention should be made of the chapter on the war artists of World War II." Inscription reads, "Inscribed for Pauline Montgomery./Graham McInnes./Paris Feb 3/6...
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Collins Street Sketchbook

By: McKay, Andrew, and Haddon, George

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Adelaide, Rigby : 1975

Seller ID: nf.00194

ISBN-13: 9780727000354

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Text by McKay, illustrations by Haddon, concerning Melbourne, Australia's Collins Street. 63 pages. Light spine end/corner wear, in dust jacket w/light edgewear, light soil to rear panel.
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David Mellor, Master Metalworker (signed)

By: Mellor, David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Sheffield, Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust : 1998

Seller ID: 019192

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"This book was published for the David Mellor retrospective exhibition held in London (29 September - 24 November 1998), Halifax (9 January - 7 March 1999) and Sheffield (20 April - 20 June 1999). Introduction by Christopher Frayling, foreword by Hugh Sykes. 114 pages (including chronology, select bibliography, work in collections), illustrated. Light wear to corners/spine ends, moderate surface wear, previous owner's initials to top left corner of front cover/top right corner of half-title.
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ACCOMODATIONS: The Old Hotels of Newmarket and the Prohibition Movement 1819-1911

By: Playter, Wes

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Newmarket, Privately published : 2014

Seller ID: 018426

ISBN-13: 9780969970569

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Playter provides brief histories of numerous hotels/drinking establishments in Newmarket, Ontario, with information on the advent of Prohibition, which saw them all closed by 1911. Forewords (misspelled in both instances as "foreward") by Dan MacPherson and L. Keith Taylor). Black cloth, 20 pages, illustrated. Lightly scuffed cloth in similar dust jacket. A nice copy of an uncommon item.
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FOUNDATIONS: Heritage Landmarks of Downtown Newmarket

By: Playter, Wes

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Newmarket, Privately published

Seller ID: 018429

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

No date (circa 2010). Featuring 18 historical photographs of various buildings, Playter promotes the history and architecture of his small Ontario community. Foreword (misspelled as "foreward") by Dan MacPherson. Black cloth, 20 pages, illustrated. Light scuffing to covers, a couple of wrinkles to front cover (printing flaw), in lightly scuffed dust jacket. A nice copy of an uncommon item.
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BABEL, A Journal of Early Modern Studies, Volume II (signed)

By: Reid, Lindsay, Lisa Mullins, Ron Haflidson, and Hugh Samson (editors)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Halifax, The Early Modern Studies Department / University of King's College : 2003

Seller ID: 016939

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Students from King's College and Dartmouth University provide a collection of student essays that are "explorations, proposals, interpretations, and diatribes about the historical events, literature, philosophy, and art, that helped shape Western Society." Contributors include the editors, Samuel Austin, Jesse Blackwood, Naomi Blackwood, John Blanchard, Sarah Brodbar-Nemzer, Robyn Brown, James Bryson, Jeremy Dickstein, Micheal Fountain, Ross Gower, Christopher Hobrecker, Katherine E. Ireland, Elizabeth Smith, Christina Van Herk, and Katie Woodside. This copy signed by editors Samson and Reid, ...
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Lucy Jarvis, Even Stones Have Life

By: Rosenfeld, Roslyn (Lucy Jarvis)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Goose Lane Editions / Beaverbrook Art Gallery : 2016

Seller ID: 018552

ISBN-13: 9780864928924

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: About Very Good

An appreciation of the life and art of "A woman of strong convictions who produced an extraordinary body of work." Foreword by Terry Graff. Cerulean cloth w/silver spine lettering, 246 pages (including acknowledgements, notes, index). gently bumped spine ends, bumped top corners, in lightly worn dust jacket w/bumped top corners, light edgewear. Since this is heavier than the average book, a bit more postage may be required to get it from my corner of the playpen to yours.
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Manet's Silence and the Poetics of Bouquets

By: Rubin, James H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Harvard University Press : 1994

Seller ID: 008449

ISBN-13: 9780674548022

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

A title from the publisher's 'Essays in Art and Culture' series. Offering a number of insights into Manet's work, the author examines the silence in the artist's "flattened, sometimes fragmented forms [which] appear to exist absentmindedly in a world removed from speech." Sand cloth, 256 pages (including appendix/references/bibliography/list of illustrations). Rubbed dust jacket w/mild edgewear, thin scratches. An unread copy.
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St. Andrews Heritage Handbook

By: Smith, M. Aileen, and Phoebe Anne Magee (editors)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: St. Stephen, St. Andrews Civic Trust Inc.

Seller ID: 018830

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

"A Homeowner's Guide to Exterior Renovation and Maintenance of Local Buildings" for structures in the small, historically significant, community of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Included is a brief history of the place, as well as details on various major architectural styles, and what is required for exterior remodelling, restoration and new construction. 58 pages (including appendix, bibliography, index), illustrated. Minor cover soil, a bit of dampstaining to left side of front cover. Internally tight and clean.
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FREDERICTON, A Postcard Trip to the Past (signed)

By: Taylor, David G., and Glenn B. Roger

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Atlantex Publications : 1998

Seller ID: 018627

ISBN-13: 9780969243830

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A collection of postcard images from the collections of the authors, showing scenes, buildings and people of Fredericton, New Brunswick. 128 pages, signed by Taylor on inside front cover. Internally tight and clean w/moderate general handling wear, signs of sticker removal from bottom of title page.
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Century Homes of Keswick Ridge

By: The Ridgeview Senior's Home History Committee (compiled by)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The Ridgeview Seniors of Keswick Ridge (printed by Mayday Fine Print) : 2003

Seller ID: 018650

ISBN-13: 9780973315707

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Provides the location and historical details of ownership of more than 40 homes in the Keswick Ridge area of New Brunswick. Also contains a wee bit of genealogical information related to the structures' owners. Spiral-bound wraps, 125 pages (including list of patrons), illustrated. Moderate general wear.
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Category: Art & Architecture