Description:
Brandstead Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Unknown. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" One of one hundred numbered copies, signed by the 'bookwright'. [4]pp on French-fold sheets. The text is set in Kennerley Oldstyle, and the booklet printed on Charles 1 paper. With four vignette-sized engravings, as well as front cover decorations printed directly from the wood blocks. Designed, engraved, typeset, printed & bound by Brender à Brandis. Printed wrappers, sewn. A Near Fine copy. Poem by Paul Dilse; Engravings, Typesetting & Printing by G. Brender a Brandis.
TORONTO'S THEATRE BLOCK: An Architectural History by Dilse, Paul - 1989
by Dilse, Paul
TORONTO'S THEATRE BLOCK: An Architectural History
by Dilse, Paul
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
Toronto: Toronto Region Architectural Conservancy, 1989. (v) 72 pp. Staple-bound in pictorial card covers; the cover features Massey Hall circa 1921. Light wear on the corners; previous owner's name inside; no other interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Introduction: Block Location; Topography; Origin of Perimeter Streets; Reasons for Study. An Architectural History of the Theatre Block: Early Development 1813 - 1850; A Mixture of Land Uses 1850 - 1870; Two Halls - Early 1870s; The Green Bush Hotel Expands - 1875; Late Victorian Building 1885 - 1900; A Mammoth Store 1903; Redevelopment and Edwardian Amusements 1900 - 1922; Stasis 1923 - 1954; Traces of Modernism 1955 - 1970; The 1970s; The Theatre Block Concept - The 1980s; and I Like the Truthful Manner; followed by an appendix: The Design and Construction of Massey Hall; Listed and Designated Buildings; Index to Architects; Index to Illustrations; and Endnotes.. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
- Bookseller W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition First Printing
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Toronto Region Architectural Conservancy
- Place of Publication Toronto
- Date Published 1989
- Keywords canadiana; canadian author; ephemera; local history;
- Size 4to