[Rarebooks] Offering: A few Canadian Art & Lit, at 40% off list prices

[Michael John Thompson]

The following are offered at a 40% discount from listed prices; post extra.

CASSON A.J.; DUVAL, Paul, A. J. CASSON: HIS LIFE 
& WORKS. A TRIBUTE -- SIGNED BY A.J. CASSON., 
Toronto: Cerebrus/Prentice Hall. 1980. First 
edition. Oblong folio, original burgundy cloth 
stamped in gold and blind. 285 pp, Illustrated 
throughout with colour plates as well as sketches 
and photographs. SIGNED by A. J. Casson on the 
half-title leaf. Text by Paul Duval. A fine copy 
in a fine dust wrapper, in the original mailing 
box. ¶ Casson was one of the original members of 
the Group of Seven. A stunning production, an excellent copy. $295.00 US

KANE, Paul. HARPER, J. Russell., PAUL KANE'S 
FRONTIER INCLUDING WANDERINGS OF AN ARTIST AMONG 
THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA. EDITED, WITH A 
BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION AND A CATALOGUE 
RAISONNE BY J. RUSSELL HARPER., Fort Worth, 
Ottawa & Toronto: Published for the Amon Carter 
Museum, Fort Worth, and the National Gallery of 
Canada, Ottawa, by the University of Toronto 
Press. 1971. First edition. The Special Special 
Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies, this 
being copy number 90. Square quarto, original 
full suede binding, slipcased. 350pp, illustrated 
throughout in full colour & black & white. ¶ Paul 
Kane's life and career as an artist, his travels 
to the west coast 1845-1848, his trip to Red 
River 1849, his later years, accompanied by the 
text of WANDERINGS OF AN ARTIST... from the 
edition of 1859 plus his Sketches and paintings 
and a full Catalogue Raisonne, Appendices and 
Bibliography. About a fine copy in the original 
paper-covered slipcase. $350.00 US

MUNRO, Alice., LIVES OF GIRLS AND WOMEN., 
Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson Limited. [1971]. 
First edition. Octavo, original white cloth 
titled in light green on the spine panel. Hint of 
browning to the very top edge of the boards; a 
fine, unread copy in a fine dust wrapper which 
has some very faint rubbing and a hint of tanning 
to the spine panel. An extremely critical eye 
would call it very good, a slightly less critical 
eye would call it fine, as the dust wrapper is 
horribly fragile and tends to show up at least 
slightly distressed. A very sharp copy. ¶ The 
author's second book and first novel. A major 
work. Long underrated, Munro recently (early 
2009) won the third Man-Booker International 
Prize; this book has long been considered her best work. $325.00 US

ONDAATJE, Michael [editor]., THE BROKEN ARK. A 
BOOK OF BEASTS. DRAWINGS BY TONY URQUHART. POEMS 
CHOSEN BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE., [Ottawa]: Oberon 
Press. [1971]. First edition. Quarto, original 
brown cloth stamped in black. A very good clean 
copy in dust wrapper, mildly tanned. An 
attractive copy. Anthology of poems by Canadian 
poets including Al Purdy, Margaret Atwood, Milton 
Acorn, Irving Layton, Earle Birney, Phyllis Webb, 
John Newlove and others, with attractive illustrations by Urquhart. $75.00 US

SHIELDS, Carol and Marjorie Anderson [editors]., 
DROPPED THREADS. WHAT WE AREN'T TOLD. FIRST 
EDITION, SIGNED BY CAROL SHIELDS AND TWO 
CONTRIBUTORS., Toronto: Vintage Canada. 2001. 
First edition. Octavo, original pictorial 
wrappers (trade paperback format). Signed by 
Carol Shields, Claudia Casper and Blanche Howard 
on the title page. A few small marks, a near fine 
copy, clean and uncreased. $50.00 US




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