Search Results: ART from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

A. J. Casson: His Life & Works/A Tribute, Duval, Paul. Published by Cerebus /Prentice Hall, Toronto, Canada, 1980. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 285 pages. Text by Paul Duval. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, Casson embossed on front cover. navy blue endpapers, frontispiece illustrated painting: Winter Sunset, 1931. Full-page colour plates of Casson's work beginning in 1898 up to 1980. Ten chapters pages with gilt titles on heavy blue card stock; list of exhibition and chronology at rear. Volume has light fading to boards which are otherwise fine; binding fine. Light toning outside of text block and plates, otherwise fine without markings, tears or folds. Unclipped dustjacket has a few closed tears, edge ruffling and light age toning.
Alfred Joseph Casson, OC (1898 – 1992) was the youngest member of the Canadian Group of Seven. He is best known for his depictions of landscapes, forests and farms in the medium of watercolors.

A. Y. Jackson Paintings 1902-1953, Arthur Lismer (Foreword). Published by Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Canada; The Art Gallery of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, 1953. Exhibition catalogue. 32pp. with tipped in colour plate and several black and white illustrations. Card covers. Light toning and small top corner crease to front card; contents in fine condition.From the foreword by Group of Seven member Arthur Lismer: "His trails cross and recross like the pattern of ski tracks on the fresh snow of a winter hillside. In all of these widely separated places where A.Y. has painted he has revealed their unique identity…. Jackson has done more than any other writer or artist to bind us to our own environment, to make us vitally aware of the significance, beauty and character of the land."

Ancient Greece. A Sketch of its Art, Literature & Philosophy Viewed in Connexion with its External History from Earliest Times to the Age of Alexander the Great, Cotterill, H.B. Published by George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, London, 1915. Second Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., xxiv, 499 pp., color and black-and-white plates, some illustrations in text. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine and illustration spine. Gilt top edge. In very good condition: name to free endpaper with no additional markings; spotting to first few pages not affecting plates or title pages; light wear to boards; binding is tight.

Andy Warhol, Poetry, and Gossip in the 1960s, Wolf, Reva. Published by University of Chicago Press, 1997. Card covers. 210pp. with illustrations and photos. Contents are in fine, unread condition; very light shelf wear to covers.
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material, including interviews, personal and public archives, tape recordings, documentary photographs, and works of art, Wolf offers dramatic evidence that Warhol's interactions with writers functioned like an extended conversation and details how this process impacted his work. This highly original and fascinating study gives us fresh insight into Warhol's art as practice and reformulates the myth that surrounds this popular American artist.

The Architecture of Richard Neutra: From International Style to California Modern, Arthur Drexler, Thomas S. Hines. Published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1982. Photographic card covers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 114 pp. with black and white photographs, art and drawings.. Contents in mint, unread condition; light rubbing and age staining from cellophane wrap to outer spine.

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Cellini, Benvenuto. Published by The Folio Society, London, 1966. Translated by George Bull. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall., 447pp. with 18 black and white plates. Crimson cloth boards decorated in gilt to front and spine; grey endpapers, grey top edge; house din a grey slipcase. Volume is in fine, unread condition; a few pin-prick rubs to front hinge line of front board; light rubbing to slipcase corners.
Benvenuto Cellini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important documents of the 16th century".

Awakenings, Thomas and Martha Henrickson. Published by Arterial Books, Thornhill, On., Canada, 1977. First Edition. Photo illustrated boards. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 79pp. with 33 1/3 rpm record in rear sleeve. Contents are in fine condition; light toning and very shelf wear to covers. Issued without dustjacket.
Martha and Thomas Henrickson combine their experiences in the visual arts to produce Awakenings: on the lakefront, alleyways, streets and industrial areas of Toronto. These projects from 1969 -71, present four diverse urban locations as complete creative works. The concept of Awakenings is delineated in the book's introduction, and graphically explored in 60 black and white photographs, a 33 1/3 rpm record, and site maps.

BC Studies, Perspectives on Aboriginal Culture No. 135, Autumn 2002. Robert A. J. McDonald (Editor). Published by University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2002. The British Columbia Quarterly. Card covers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., 195 pp. In mint, unread condition. Dedicated issue to Aboriginal art and culture with articles, colour photoscapes, review essays, and an interview with Susan Point, Coast Salish Artist.

Banff School Of Fine Arts, July 26 to August 26 1944. The Department of Extension of the University of Alberta, in cooperation with the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, Calgary, 1944. Course Calendar. Card covers, 12mo up to 7½" tall., 24pp. In fine condition. A.Y. Jackson, Group of Seven member, is one of the featured instructors. His photograph is found on page 12, with his biographical information detailed on page 16. Very scarce.

The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany, Gibson, Graeme. Published by Doubleday Canada, 2005. 8vo up to 9½" tall., xiii, 369 pp. with colour illustrations; illustrated endpapers. Green cloth boards. In fine, unread condition; light top edge ruffle to unclipped jacket which is otherwise fine. "… an unprecedented and enchanting treasure trove of paintings, drawings, poems, essays, and scientific observations, beautifully captures the interest and emotions birds evoke. The illustrations range from early cave paintings to Audubon's famous portraits to abstract works created in the twentieth century. There are writings by Shakespeare, Coleridge, Poe, Ted Hughes, and Jorge Luis Borges, among many others. Excerpts from famous scientific works, including Darwin's observations on the tameness of the Galapagos Islands' birds, and popular nature writers as W. H. Hudson, Peter Matthiessen, Farley Mowat, and Barry Lopez."

Bestiary Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford M.S. Bodley 764 with all the Original Miniatures reproduced in Facsimile. Translated by Richard Barber. Published by Folio Society, London, 1992. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 202pp. with 135 colour illustrations of the original illuminated miniatures; title-page lettering by Sebatian Carter. Cream pictorial boards with blue cloth spine, blue endpapers, housed in a blue slipcase. In fine, unread condition. A medieval moralizing treatise on beasts from the society manuscript in the Bodleian Library.

Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh: Its History, its People, and its Places (3 Vols), Grant, James. Published by Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, 1884. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vol. I xii, 384pp., Vol. II xii, 384pp., Vol. III xii, 392pp. Illustrated throughout. Half leather over brown cloth boards, gilt spine titles. Toning to pages which are otherwise fine and without marks, tears or folds; one plate detached (see picture); inner hinges are lightly weakened. Boards have rubbing to all edges; light soiling; tiny splits to the leather of spine heads; spines lightly faded. A complete set in very good condition. Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant was first printed as a periodical in the 1880s.

Cathelin: Lithographe 1957-1982, Bernard Cathelin; Passeron, Roger (preface). Published by Editions Andre Sauret, Monte-Carlo, 1990. Volume 1. Limited edition of 6000 with bound-in original lithograph engraved by the artist for this edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 211pp. with 161 captioned color reproductions; photos of the artist; 137 full page lithographs; 1 sketch, and 17 reproductions of original posters; biography. Preface in English, French and Japanese; captions in English and French. Light grey cloth boards with artist's signature stamped in black to front board, black spine titles. Volume is in fine, unread condition; unclipped jacket is fine with very light shelf wear.
Bernard Cathelin (1919-2004) was a French Impressionist and Modern painter and a member of the School of Paris which included Picasso, Chagall, Matisse, De Buffet, Brianchon and others. Cathelin was famous for oil paintings and lithographs with a subtle richness of texture and colour; his three favorite themes were… Read More

Celtic Art: From Its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, Megaw, Ruth; Megaw, Vincent. Published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 1990. Softcover. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 288pp. 452 illustrations in black and white and colour, bibliography, index. In near fine condition with light wear to covers and very light top edge toning to pages. This is the first single volume to provide a full survey of Celtic arts and crafts from 700 BC to AD 700.

Chinese Painting by "Shih Chu" Lady Painters Club, 1970. Cantonese. Illustrated coated card covers; 4to up to 12" tall. 30 pages of paintings in black and white by the Shuh Chu Lady Painters Club. Corners bumped and otherwise fine; contents are fine with an ink stamp of former Member Of Parliament (Canada) final page.

Collecting Old Maps, Manasek, Francis J. Published by Terra Nova Press, Norwich, VT, 2002. 4to up to 12" tall; xii, 308pp. with appendices, colour and black and white illustrations, index. Brown cloth boards, black titles front and spineVolume is in fine, unread condition; unclipped jacket has very light shelf wear. An authoritative introduction to the world of map collecting.

Collectors' Netsuke, Bushell, Raymond. Published by Weatherhill, New York/Tokyo, 1971, Sixth Printing 1986. 4to up to 12" tall; 199pp. with index, glossary and bibliography; illustrated in color and black and white. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles. Contents in mint condition; clipped jacket has light shelf wear.

The Comics Before 1945, Walker, Brian. Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 2004. First Edition. Illustrated boards and endpapers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 336pp., color plates and illustrations throughout; bibliographical references, index. Volume is in mint condition; unclipped jacket has light shelf wear.

"Cartoonist and historian Brian Walker's comprehensive survey - illustrated with rare original art - is the most authoritative history of American newspaper comics currently in print. It documents the fascinating origins of the comics and, decade by decade, the major trends in the funnies business."

Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators, Patricia Janis Broder. Published by Collectors Press, Portland, 2000. First Edition. Preface by Norman Rockwell and Walter Reed. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 204pp., 63 color plates, 236 black and white illustrations. Blue cloth boards with yapped edges. Volume is in mint condition; unclipped jacket has light shelf wear. Dean Cornwell was the instructor and idol of a generation of illustrators and his work was admired in households across the country. His work appeared in such popular magazines as Redbook, The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping. Exquisite visual form and color spring to life from his illustrations of stories, historical events, and commercial products over five decades.

Dear Nan: Letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, and Humphrey Toms, Edited by Doreen Walker. Published by The University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 1990. First Edition. xlvi, 436pp. black and white photos, appendix and index. Blue grey boards with white spine titles. Tiny inked name to free endpaper and otherwise contents are in fine condition; light outer edge dusting, light fading to board edges; jacket has very light shelf wear.
This collection includes 150 letters Emily Carr wrote to her friends Nan Cheney and Humphrey Toms, and 100 other letters relating mainly to Emily Carr. The letters date from 1930 to 1945, the most prolific period in Carr's career as both painter and writer.