Paul Kane's Frontier: Including Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America
by Harper, J. Russell
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- Hardcover
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- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0802017347
- ISBN 13
- 9780802017345
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: University of Toronto Press [0-8020-1734-7] 1971. (hardcover) xviii, 350pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. 4to. Jacket shows moderate edge wear, with small chips and tears; otherwise remains complete and clean. Dark green buckram boards, gilt title to spine. 48 colour plates, 204 black and white illustrations. Frontispiece. Related epemera laid in. A visual experience of the area over which Kane wandered. Edited with a biographical introduction and a catalogue raisone by J. Russell Harper. Contains the complete text of Kane's "Wanderings of an Artist. . ." accompanied by an extensive review of his paintings of Indians..
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- Bookseller
- Spafford Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105114
- Title
- Paul Kane's Frontier: Including Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America
- Author
- Harper, J. Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0802017347
- ISBN 13
- 9780802017345
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Canadian Art, Canada, Canadian Art, Canadian Prairies, Canadian West, Exploration, Fur Trade, North American Indian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art and Architecture;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...