MORRICE : a great Canadian artist Rediscovered
by G Blair Laing; James Wilson Morrice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771045689
- ISBN 13
- 9780771045684
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Foilio, (30 cm). white cloth, gilt spine, 224 p. :illustrated, (90 superb color plates) index,CONTENTS: Introduction -- Preface -- David Morrice, patriarch and merchant prince -- James's student days in Toronto -- The early Paris years -- The Paris salons -- Morrice and his circle of painter friends -- Writers he knew in Montparnasse -- The artist's final years -- Léa Cadoret and her friend -- Morrice comments on picture dealers -- Letters to Edmund Morris and the "Excellent" MacTavish -- Epilogue: The drama of discovery. small tears at head of spine, else a v g copy.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112555671
- Title
- MORRICE : a great Canadian artist Rediscovered
- Author
- G Blair Laing; James Wilson Morrice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771045689
- ISBN 13
- 9780771045684
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- Foilio, (30 cm)
- Keywords
- Morrice, James Wilson, -- 1865-1924.. Painters -- Canada -- Biography.,Morrice, James Wilson., Painters., Peintres -- Canada -- Biographies.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Art;
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About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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