Toronto: Methuen. , 1981.. Very good example. Couple of small tears at jacket edges. Interior clean and crisp.. Binding: Full brown cloth boards. Upper and spine lettered in gilt. Brown pasted and free endpapers. With publisher’s dust jacket in Mylar. , Notes: Barker Fairley OC RCA (1887 – 1986) was a British-Canadian painter and scholar who made a significant contribution to the study of German literature, particularly for the work of Goethe, and was an early champion and friend of the Group of Seven.
Large quarto.(310 x 235mm)
, Size: Large quarto, Pages: 107 pp. , Category: Book Canada;

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Bookseller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: B7073
Title: Barker Fairley Portraits
Author: Barker Fairley; Gary Michael Dault
Book Condition: Used - Very good example. Couple of small tears at jacket edges. Interior clean and crisp.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Methuen.
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1981.
Keywords: Book Canada;

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