Animal Wisdom by Charles Van Sandwyk - 1999

Vancouver, B.C.: Charles Van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2006. Third Printing. Oblong octavo. Illustrated with 16 plates from coloured paintings of animals, plants and birds (including frontispiece). Original green wrappers. Maroon dust jacket with copper lettering, decoration and coloured mounted illustration of an owl on front cover. Third printing in fine condition. Signed by Charles opposite the title page. Charles Van Sandwyk is a Vancouver artist and author who has attained renowned status and won numerous awards as a fantasy artist. His paintings can be found in the National Gallery of Canada and his illustrations are featured in such books as the Folio Society's "The Wind in the Willows", & the Blue Fairy Book, as well as his own self published books such as: "Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds". This is the third printing of the book and scarce signed. 2006

Vancouver, British Columbia: Vancouver, BC: Self Published / Charles Van Sandwyk ( CvS Fine Arts related), NO DATE( 1999 ) , 1st Edition, First Printing, 1999. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---softcover, this consists of a plain olive green book wrapped by a heavy card cover of dark blue with a colour pastedown and gilt lettering on the front panel, the olive green book is a Near Fine example, there is an ever so faint stress line on the front panel, ink "Christmas 2003" on the title page ---the card cover is also a Near Fine example, a wee bit of light rubbing, a few very small flakes to the gold border on the colour pastedown, ---no date or printing history but all subsequent printings state the printing (, 2nd, 3rd, etc), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine (see desciption).… Read More

C. V. S. Fine Arts; Charles Van Sandwyk Fine Arts. Used - Very Good. First edition, first printing. Blue card jacket with gilt lettering and tipped-on full colour illustration to front cover. Richly coloured illustrations throughout. Pages are clean and bright[1999].