Art - Canadian from Capricorn Books

Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, 1979. 135 pp, 11 1/4" H, with pictorial boards. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. Value guide from 1979 laid in. Covers a wide variety of folk art & primitive items including: Black Amer icana, Baskets, Canes, Children's Playthings, Footwarmers, Glass, Indian Artifacts, Kitchen Utensils, Laundry Collectables, Lighting, Metal Collectables, Pottery, Quilts, Rugs, Skates, Tobacco Cutters, Tools,… Read more about this item

Toronto: Firefly, 2001. 240 pp, oblong 4to (10 3/4" H). Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions, b&w photographs, drawings. "This special 25th anniversary edition celebrates the 125th anniversary in 2002 of the birth of Canada's most popular and beloved artist, and marks the 85th anniversary of his untimely death. Although he died before he was forty, Thomson had already… Read more about this item

Toronto: Cultural Capital, 2001. Foreword, followed by 91 b&w plates with descriptions on facing pages and Epilogue, 10 1/4" H x 10 3/4" D. Signed on front free endpaper: "V. Tony Hauser / Feb. 2001". "Published in concert with the exhibition." Portraits include: Margaret Atwood, Count Basie, George Cukor, Robertson Davies, Timothy Findley, Maureen Forrester, Celia Franca, Glenn Gould,… Read more about this item

Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2000. 238 pp, oblong (8 1/4" H x 9 1/4" D). B&w photographs, b&w and colour reproductions. "Tom Roberts chose to be a painter at the age of eight and never strayed from his chosen path. He dedicated his life to painting scenes that capture the natural beauty and the history of Canada. Today,… Read more about this item

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1954. 193 pp, 9 1/4" H, white card covers in dust jacket. Colour and b&w illustrations, including one of a young William Shatner as Lucentio in 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Contents: Rehearsal - A Study in Rhythm; The Taming of the Shrew; Measure for Measure; Oedipus Rex (essays by Roberston Davies); A Long View of… Read more about this item

Toronto: Dundurn, 2015. 388 pp, 9 1/4" H. Signed by author on title page: "James King". B&w photographs, colour reproductions. "David Milne (1881-1953) dedicated his life to exploring nature and casting it into art in a variety of modernist formats. He was born into poverty in rural Ontario and remained poor all his life because of his relentless dedication… Read more about this item

Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2009. 500 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations. "(A) remarkable look at the development of Canadian art, from the first appearance of Native crafts through to Booker Prize winners such as Margaret Atwood and Yann Martel. In tracing the history of Canada's cultural roots, Jonathan Vance also tells the story of Canadian identity."… Read more about this item

Toronto: Little Brown, 1997. 135 pp, 9" H. Playfully inscribed (with the addition of several 'faces') - "To David / from / Hoggbound Barry". Colour illustrations. "Barry Callaghan originally created 'The Hogg Poems and Drawings' during the 1970s and published them in 1978. (I)n 1988, Callaghan published 'Stone Blind Love', which was soon recognized by him and others, as… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of History, 2012. 87 pp, 11" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, maps. The catalogue of the exhibition. "(F)eatures twenty-three pieces by this master sculptor, widely celebrated for his ability to tell us deep histories in new ways. His massive, intricately carved narratives speak not only of Inuit prehistory… Read more about this item

Canada: Massey-Harris Company, 1947. 60 pp, 9" H, stapled in wraps. Colour illustrations by A.J. Casson, b&w photographs, sepiatone drawings. "Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of Massey-Harris Company. An historical review of invention and achievement of progress and development and their contribution to agriculture from 1847 to the present day." Section headings: Foreword; The Formative Years; Mechanized… Read more about this item

Thunder Bay, ON: Ahnisnabae Art Gallery, 2011. 220 + XVII pp, 9 3/4" H. Colour and b&w reproductions, photographs. Signed on title page: "James R. Stevens". Chapter headings: Chief Antoine Morrisseau tells The Legend of Nani-Bou-Sha and The Flood. Norval's inherited surname; Sand Point, East Shore, Lake Nipigon. Theresa Grace Nonokongis, Lawrence Obrey and Abel Morrisseau; St. Joseph's… Read more about this item

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2008. 185 pp, 8" H. One of the "Extraordinary Canadians" series. Signed on the title page: "Lewis DeSoto." **Please note: this book is not illustrated. However, a previous owner has 'grangerized' it by taping in seven coloured reproductions of Carr's works throughout the text.** "Emily Carr defies easy description. Painter, writer, world traveller, adventurer - she… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1991. 223 pp, oblong (9 7/8" H x 10 5/8" D). **French text.** Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w reproduction of David Milne's work. Contents: Preface, by Ian M. Thom; La chose qui fait l'image, by David Silcox; Milne et ses contemporains, by Christine Boyanoski; Le New York de David Milne, by Lora Senechal Carney;… Read more about this item

Toronto: Second Story Press, 2006. 256 pp (including unpaginated picture section at rear), 8 1/2" H. B&w photographs. "(A) wonderfully frank look at a life lived within beauty and without regret. McCarthy's sense of artistry, transmitted over a sixty-year painting career, celebrates multiple beauties - of nature, of relationships, and of everyday life. Still, she encountered difficulties along the… Read more about this item

Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly, 2005. 64 pp, square (9 1/8" H x 9 1/8" D). Colour reproductions, b&w photographs. "David Milne (1882-1953) was, according to America's foremost art critic, Clement Greenberg, among the three greatest artists of their generation in North America. Milne's highly original paintings from his early career in New York City earned him critical acclaim, acceptance in… Read more about this item

Kleinburg, Ontario: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2002. 239 pp, 11 1/2" H Signed by Doris McCarthy under colour frontispiece. Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions, colour and b&w photographs. "Already known and admired by all Canadians as one of this country's leading women artists, it is, perhaps, Doris McCarthy's personal characteristics that are most endearing to everyone whose lives she… Read more about this item

Oakville, Ontario: Oakville Galleries, 2002. 47 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 19" D). B&w and colour photographs. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition" at Oakville Galleries, 2002. "Roy Arden's art work, in its subject matter and 'mise en scene', make visible the 'conflictual aspects' of urban and suburban life. The many sites he has chosen to photograph… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Marcel Broquet, 1988. 201 pp, 4to (12 1/2" H). B&w photographs, colour and b&w reproductions. "Already celebrated in Europe in 1906 as a great 'American' etcher, Clarence Gagnon then 25 years old, did not follow through his great success and wished thereafter to be recognized only as a painter. His work is represented in many different collections, public… Read more about this item

Saint John, NB: New Brunswick Museum, 2014. 40 pp, 9" H, stapled in wraps. Colour and b&w photographs. Bilingual text (English/French). "Published in conjunction with the exhibition held 6 April to 31 August 2014 at the New Brunswick Museum." "(B)etween 1970 and 1986, John Corey organized and funded the production of a group of quilts that were instrumental in… Read more about this item

Toronto: ECW Press, 2021. 436 pp, 8 1/2" H. Pictorial endpapers, colour reproductions. "Born into a patrician American family in the middle of the nineteenth century, Mary Hiester Reid was determined to be a painter and left behind women's design schools to enter the art world of men. After she married fellow artist George Reid, she returned with him… Read more about this item