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THE GRAND RIVER: AN AERIAL JOURNEY.
by Hiebert, Carl. Signed. Foreword by The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander.
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- Second Printing.
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 9780968338933
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Cambridge, Ontario: Grand River Conservation Foundation, 2004. 159 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. Signed on half-title page: "Carl Hiebert". "The Grand River flows for 298 kilometres (185 miles) from Dundalk to Lake Erie, past historic hilltop villages, a first nations reserve and industrial cities; through rare Carolinian forests and unique wildlife habitat. It is fed… Read more about this item Item Price
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FACING ARTISTS: PORTRAITS IN PLATINUM.
by Hauser, V. Tony. Signed. Edited By Lionel H. Lawrence. Foreword by Timothy Findley.
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9780968132029
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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 Item Price
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TOMMY'S WAR: THE WESTERN FRONT IN SOLDIERS' WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
by van Emden, Richard.
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- First Edition
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- 2014
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- 9781408844366
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London: Bloomsbury, 2014. 376 pp, 9 1/2" H. Pictorial endpapers, sepiatone photographs throughout. "Conventional histories of the Great War have tended to focus on the terrible attritional battles of Ypres, of Arras and of the Somme. What they do not tell us is what life was like for the ordinary soldier, what mattered to him, and how he survived,… Read more about this item Item Price
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BONNETTSTOWN: A HOUSE IN IRELAND.
by Bush, Andrew. Foreword by Mark Haworth-Booth.
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780810907485
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. 13 pp (text section), followed by unpaginated photograph section, 11 1/4" H x 12" D. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. "A perfect early-eighteenth-century Georgian limestone manor house situated in the wild, overgrown patchwork countryside near Kilkenny, Ireland, is a subject that captivated photographer Andrew Bush and inspired him to create this book. Many… Read more about this item Item Price
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LEAFS '65: THE LOST TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS PHOTOGRAPHS.
by Brunt, Stephen.
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- First Edition
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- 2015
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- Hardcover
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- 9780771006951
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2015. [184] pp, square (10 1/4" H x 10 1/4" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "In the fall of 1965, Lewis Parker received a call from Maclean's magazine offering what was, for him, an unusual gig: accompanying a reporter to Peterborough to cover the Toronto Maple Leafs' preseason training camp, which included the stars of… Read more about this item Item Price
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ROY ARDEN: SELECTED WORKS 1985-2000.
by Fleming, Marnie and Steiner, Shep.
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9781894707077
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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 Item Price
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10 KODAK BROCHURES FROM 1940s, 1950s, INCLUDING: KODAK FILTERS AND OTHER LENS ATTACHMENTS, CINE-KODAK ACCESSORY LENSES AND OTHER MOVIE-MAKING AIDS, KODASLIDE PROJECTOR MODEL 1, KODAK PICTURE-TAKING EQUIPMENT, HOW TO CHOOSE A CAMERA, ETC.
by Kodak / Eastman Kodak
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Rochester / Toronto : Kodak / Eastman Kodak 10 brochures/pamphlets, ranging in size from 8 1/2" H to 5 7/8" H, 6 are stapled, 4 are folded without any binding, from the 1940s/1950s era. 1. Kodak Picture-Taking Equipment, 15 pp, with price list laid in. 2. Kodak Filters and other Lens Attachments, unpaginated (12 pp including covers). … Read more about this item Item Price
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SCENES IN AND AROUND GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO.
by Overbeck, H.G.
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10 medium brown heavy stock leaves (approx. 7" H x 10" D) in card cover (with embossed reptile skin pattern and cartouche with handwritten titling), braided cord fastener. Each leaf bears one sepia tone photograph (4 1/4" H x 6 3/8" W), glued to the backing page. All photographs are firmly glued at the spine edge, although some have become… Read more about this item Item Price
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PORTRAITS OF BRITISH AMERICANS. 3 VOLUME SET.
by Notman, W., photographer. Biographical Sketches by Fennings Taylor.
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- First Editions.
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- 1865
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Montreal: William Notman, 1865. 425 pp, 350 pp, 280 pp, - 3 volume set, 8 5/8" H (just under 22 cm). These volumes have been rebound in dark red faux leather cloth with gilt lettering/bands and blind stamped decoration on spines. Speckle decoration to text block edges. New medium brown endpapers and white preliminaries - original text starts with… Read more about this item Item Price
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WINTER. PICTURED BY RUDOLF EICKEMEYER, JR.
by Eickemeyer, Rudolf, Jr. Introduction by Sadakichi Hartmann. (William Shakespeare, William Cullen Bryant, Alfred Tennyson, James Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christina Rossetti, Thomas Hood, et al.
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- 1903
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New York: R.H. Russell, 1903. v, 50 pp, 14 1/2" H. Grey cloth spine, beige paper-covered boards with black lettering and pastedown illustration on front board. Over 50 b&w reproductions of works by Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. (1862-1932), one of the first American photographers to be admitted to the Linked Ring. All on the theme of 'Winter', the photographs… Read more about this item Item Price
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WINGED SQUADRONS.
by Beaton, Cecil.
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London: Hutchinson 47 pp, 9 3/4" H. Text and 67 b&w photographs (all present) by Cecil Beaton. "The author relates his impressions of the men of the R.A.F. & Fleet Air Arm." No date, no notice of additional/later printings - "War Economy Standard". Contents: Preface; Trying Their Wings; The Way They Live; Fighter Pilots; Coastal Command… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TWO SOOS, AMERICAN AND CANADIAN, ON THE FALLS OF THE ST. MARY'S RIVER. THE HISTORY OF LAKE NAVIGATION, THE NATIONS COMMERCE PASSING BY ITS DOORS - THE LARGEST AND MOST USEFUL LOCKS IN THE WORLD BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED.
by Young, A.E., Compiler.
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Sault Ste. Marie / Grand Rapids: Young's Art Studio / James Bayne Co. Unpaginated (approx. 58 pp, excluding covers), oblong (6 3/4" H x 9" D), with string ties. No date (c1910). Title page continues: "Mammoth Power Developed and Industries Established - The Growth of Two Large Cities - In the Land of Hiawatha." Two page introduction, followed by b&w… Read more about this item Item Price
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VIEWS OF DULUTH, MINN.
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- 1910
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Toronto / Duluth, Minn.: W.G. MacFarlane for S.H. Knox & Co., 1910. Unpaginated (40 pp excluding covers), oblong (7" H x 9" D), purple paper covers with decorative gilt lettering on front. Undated, but c1910. One page of introductory text followed by captioned b&w photographs of streetscapes, schools, churches, commercial buildings, parks, docks, shipping, industries, scenery, etc. Some pages have… Read more about this item Item Price
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. HAMILTON, ONTARIO FAMILIES: SMITH, McDUFFEE, BAILLIE, FAREWELL, GILRAY, FITCH. PHOTOGRAPHERS: ECKERSON, BELL SMITH, MILNE, INGALLS, INGLIS.
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Small green cloth-covered photograph album, 5 5/8" H x 4" W, blind stamped decoration on spine and boards, gilt decoration on front board, gilt "Album" on spine, all edges gilt, metal clasp, decorative endpapers. 6 leaves, each page having a cut-out for photograph and decorative gilt border with the letters "E.&H.T.A." printed at bottom. This album contains 8… Read more about this item Item Price
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PIN-UP'S PROGRESS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE IMMODEST ART, 1870-1970.
by Wortley, Richard. Assisted by Jeremy Gibson.
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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London: Panther, 1971. 175 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w and colour illustrations. A social history of the pin-up. Contents: Introduction; Postcard Peeps and a few magazine suprises; Stars and Starlets 1918-39; The Girls Who Won the Wars; Magazine Mania 1945-63; Whiplash or Backlash 1963-70; Man and Superman; Who Buys and Why; Advertising Extra; Just for the Record.… Read more about this item Item Price
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CORNELL CAPA: PHOTOGRAPHS.
by Capa, Cornell and Whelan, Richard, editors.
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition.
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780821217771
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Boston: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown, 1992. 216 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w. "Cornell Capa, world famous for his photo-journalism as well as for his founding of New York's International Center of Photography, has had a long an d productive working life. His career has spanned several key decades of the twentieth century,… Read more about this item Item Price
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WALDEN, OR LIFE IN THE WOODS.
by Thoreau, Henry David. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby.
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- Limited Edition.
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- 1936
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- Hardcover
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Boston: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. 290 pp, 10" H. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering, blue/green patterned paper-covered boards, top edge dark green. Number 1225 in a limited edition of fifteen hundred copies, signed on limitation page by the photographer, Steichen. 16 b&w photographs "Taken at Various Seasons at Walden Pond" - all present. Printed at the Merrymount… Read more about this item Item Price
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GOLD RUSH: A PICTORIAL LOOK AT THE PART EDMONTON PLAYED IN THE GOLD ERA OF THE 1890s.
by Blower, James. Foreword by Grant MacEwan.
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 9780070929197
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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1971. 199 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 10 5/8" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "By 1898 all roads led to the Klondike. One such road was to pass through the tiny Edmonton community, and Edmonton was never to be the same again. As the gateway and principal outfitting centre to… Read more about this item Item Price
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CASTLEGUARD.
by Muir, Dalton and Ford, Derek. Foreword by J. Keith Fraser.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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- 9780660117904
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Ottawa: Ministry of Environment, 1985. Unpaginated, oblong (8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D). 113 colour photographs, plus three maps. "Beside the Columbia Icefield, in Banff National Park, lies a narrow valley. One end of the valley is a barren arctic waste, newly formed by the retreat of the ice ages. Gradually, it grades into an… Read more about this item Item Price
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CANADA: THE LAND THAT SHAPES US.
by Malak. Yousuf Karsh: Preface. Peter C. Newman: Essay.
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- First Edition
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9781550136678
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Toronto: Key Porter, 1995. 159 pp, 12 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "In this breathtaking photographic tribute to his adopted country, one of Canada's best-known and top-ranking photographers captures the many faces and moods of this vast land. From the quaint fishing villages of Atlantic Canada to the majesty of the Rocky Mountains,… Read more about this item Item Price
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