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Japan & London: J.L. Thompson & Co. (Retail), Limited / Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1933. First edition, large format hardcover, 134 pages followed by 64 full-page plates. Colour frontispiece plus 161 text illustrations, drawings and photographs. A VG+ copy bound in original gilt-decorated green cloth. A firm, soundly bound and attractive copy, gilt decoration on front board is bright and there is no book-plate or signature. Much better condition than normally found. Quite a scarce book in this original edition..

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1979. First edition. Review copy with O.U.P. Review Slip tipped-in to front endpaper. With 118 illustrations, 10 in colour. A VG+ hardcover copy with no real faults beyond light shelf-wear along bottom edge, in a VG+ dustwrapper which has slight creasing at head and tail of spine and at tips..

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1954. First edition, hardcover, 172 pages. A VG+ copy in original brown cloth binding, gilt lettered on spine and front board. No inscriptions, book-plate or internal markings: a nice clean, firmly bound copy. In a Good only dustjacket, which has chipping along the top edge and heel of spine. Jacket is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve..

Surrey, B.C., Canada: Libros Libertad, 2009. First edition; softcover with fold-in cover flaps. Doubly SIGNED by the artist KEN KIRBY beneath his printed name on the half-title page, and again at the end of his handwritten inscription on the title page. The inscription reads: 'To A___ & B____, Very Best Wishes, Ken Kirby.' A Fine copy in new condition.. New.

London - New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1968. Third printing, printer's code reads "708.1167". A Near Fine copy in original cream boards. No inscription or other markings. A very clean, tight, unworn copy. In a Near Fine dustwrapper which is bright and unrubbed, with no chips or tears. A lovely copy..

London - New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1968. Second printing, printer's code reads "749.168". A VG+ copy in original pale orange boards. No previous ownership markings. A very clean, tight, unworn copy. In a price-clipped VG- dustwrapper which has a half-inch chip at top corner of front panel..

London - New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1968. Third printing, printer's code reads "708.1167". A Near Fine copy in original cream boards. Small ink name on title page but no other previous ownership markings. A very clean, tight, unworn copy. In a price-clipped Very Good dustwrapper which has light general edge wear but no large chips or long tears..

London - New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1964. First edition, first printing, printer's code reads "1543.264". A Near Fine copy in original brown boards, top edge very slightly dusty. No inscription or other markings. A very clean, tight copy. In a Very Good dustwrapper which has a small rubbed spot on front panel and a little erosion at corner tips, but no large chips or long tears..

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1979 First edition. With b.& w. illustrations. A biography of the celebrated member of 'The Group of Seven' by a close friend of the artist. A Near Fine hardcover copy in a price-clipped VG+ dustwrapper which has a little light edge rubbing, a couple of tiny te ars, and a small (approx. 1/4 inch deep) triangular chip at top edge of rear panel..

Vancouver / Toronto / Montreal: Heffel Fine Art Auction House, 2014. First and only edition. Hardcover in illustrated boards, 238 pages. Bilingual in both English and French. A biography of each painter is followed by individual critical studies of his major paintings. A privately printed, limited edition study commissioned by Heffel Fine Art Galleries. A Fine, brand new copy. Unavailable for public sale, thus very scarce.. New.