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Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art / R. Rock Enterprises, 2013. First edition. . Glossy white boards printed in red and black. Faint edge wear, fine condition. A large hardcover volume with many colour images. This book served as the catalogue for the show PUMP ME UP at the Corcoran Gallery of art & for the release of the… Read more about this item

Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, [1969].. 32 postcards, concertina style, all still connected. Photographed by Shunk-Kender, in original box, but unfortunately lacking the biographical leaflet. Some original yellowed tape on the box, original tape which connects some of the cards a bit yellowed, nice condition. The box is a bit worn. 32 views of the wrapping of the art… Read more about this item

[Victoria: UVic/Malahat Review, 1971]. First edition.. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. An offprint, paginated 57 - 97, from The Malahat Review No. 20, October 1971. Illustrated within the text, and with 16 plates (on 8 leaves). A nice clean copy, small ownership signature on first leaf. A holograph note on the inner cover is signed by Maxwell Bates: ("Excerpt from The… Read more about this item

Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 1964.. Blue cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. A nice clean copy in an attractive dust jacket, some light edge wear. Signed by Mendel on the front end paper. Portrait of Mendel and 65 plates, many in colour. Published for the opening exhibition, October 16 - November 13, 1964.

Bratislava: Slovensky Spisovatel, 1967.. [76] pp. Black cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. No dust jacket; in original(?) glassine, which is chipped at the spine and corners. A clean, very good copy. Surrealist collaged endpapers and 8 full-page illustrations by Adolf Hoffmeister. Issued in the series: Kruh Milovníkov Poézie, vol.25.

Paris: August Durand, 1861.. Original printed wrappers. 78pp. Some chipping to spine and edges, splitting along the spine, a clean very good copy in general, partly unopened. Text in French.

Siena: Tip. E Lit. Sordo-Muti di L. Lazzeri, 1895.. Green cloth ruled and lettered in black. Floral end papers. Very good condition. Ten pages of text, five plates mounted on stiff card stock. Inscribed by Ellon on the title page.

London, Ontario: London Regional Art and Historical Museums, (1999).. Oblong stiff pictorial wrappers. 35pp. Some small marks, but basically fine. An exhibition catalogue. Many photographic illustrations in colour and b&w. Text by James Patten, Barbara Fischer, others. Uncommon. Jerry Pethick was born in London, Ontario, trained in the UK, lived on Hornby Island, BC.

Washington, 1946.. 4to. Brown cloth designed and lettered in gilt. 108pp. 50 monochrome plates. Published as Oriental Studies, No. 3, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art. Smithsonian Publication 3805. Very light edge wear, a nice clean copy.

Koln (Cologne): Kunstgewerbemuseum, 1978. . Pictorial wrappers. [330]pp. Many illustrations, some plates in colour. Fading to front wrappers, one corner a bit bent, but basically fine. Prepared for an exhibit at the Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Koln, held from Feb. 10 through April 30, 1978.

Courtenay: Arts Alliance for Contemporary Art, (1996). First edition.. Glossy pictorial wrappers. 48pp. Illustrated. Slightly dusty, a fine copy. Contributions by Doris Shadbolt, Joost Bakker, Jerry Pethick. Plates, some in colour. Includes a List of Works and Artist Biography.

London: Royal Drawing Society, 1917.. Original buff printed wrappers, tied. 44pp. Illustrated. Some pencil marks and small ink stamps on covers, a nice clean copy generally. Illustrations include a full-page science-fictional one of an advanced airship by Roderic Hill, "Heavens filled with Commerce". Uncommon.

Worcester: Printed by Baylis, Lewis, [c.1904 - the latest date mentioned within is 1903]. Tall 8vo, sewn, 48 pages, stiff card covers. Some light chipping to the base of the spine, moderate foxing of the covers, a nice copy otherwise. Many illustrations of the various departments, and of the marks used to identify the china.

London: Tetrad Press, 1970. A 4-page booklet measuring 10 X 12 inches; a single leaf, once folded. 4-colour screen print of Tyson's artwork on inner page, with facing text in red & black. Fine condition. 500 copies printed, of which 50 were signed; this is one of 450 unsigned.

Chicago: Sign of the Gargoyle, 1943. . Privately printed. Original blue wrappers. Illustrated. Limited to 500 copies. A fine copy in the original envelope. Reproduces a number of attractive bookplates designed by Noheimer, as well as some of his other artwork.

London: Lund, Humphries, 1924. Second printing - first printed 1921.. This is Number One of a series of five Festival Cards by Modern Artists. It is designed by C. Lovat Fraser. A single leaf, twice folded to make a booklet. A colour plate by Fraser is tipped in to face a poem: "Christmas" by George Wither. In the original… Read more about this item