Maria Chapdelaine

Hemon, Louis: Maria Chapdelaine, Paris Editions Mornay 1933
Perfect / Parfait Gagnon, Clarence

MARIA CHAPEDLAINE - Louis HEMON Editions MORNAY - 1933 - Hors Collection In-4, 206 pages Illustre de 54 MAGNIFIQUES gouaches en couleurs de Clarence GAGNON, de veritables petits tableaux. Tirage limite a 2000 exemplaires, celui-ci un des 1900 sur Rives. Il s'agit du chef d'oeuvre de Clarence GAGNON qui lui a coute 3 ans d'un long et tres minutieux travail. L'ouvrage mis en chantier en 1929 ne sera publie qu'en 1933. Soucieux d'utiliser des couleurs qui sauront garder leur vivacite avec le temps et un procede d'impression qui rendra la clarete desiree, Gagnon decide que les illustrations de Maria Chapdelaine seront des gouaches, mesurant en moyenne une vingtaine de centimetres, qu'il retouchera a la main avec des crayons noir et de couleur. Ce travail unique fera de Maria Chapdelaine un chef d'oeuvre absolu du livre illustre moderne. La finition voulue par Georges MORNAY ira jusqu'a utiliser pour la couverture un morceau d'ecorce de bouleau, expedie de la Baie Saint-Paul en France par le docteur Tremblay, ancien ami de Gagnon. /// Il a ete tire 100 exemplaires sur papier blanc nacre du japon a la forme (numerotes de 1 a 100); 1900 exemplaires sur papier blanc de rives a la forme (numerotes de 101 a 2000); et, de plus, 80 exemplaires hors commerce dont 10 japon et 70 rives. Le present exemplaire est le numero 1301. LIVRE MAGNIFIQUE!!! Ed. numerotee 21 x 26 cm, In-4

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Becker, May Lamberton (editor) (Stephen Leacock; Louis Hemon; Thomas Morris Longstreth; Thomas Chandler Haliburton; John Richardson; Edward William Thomson; Norman Duncan; Merrill Denison; Nellie McClung): GOLDEN TALES OF CANADA: The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias; One Thousand Aves; Maria Chapdelaine of Peribonka; Soft Sawder and Human Natur'; The Black Warrior; Old Man Savarin; Christmas Eve at Topmast Tickle; The Weather Breeder; First Winter, Toronto McClelland and Stewart 1938
Very Good Lois Lenski;

(xiii) 274 pp. Red cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine; illustrated endpapers. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks and small chips around the edges; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Lois Lenski. This anthology contains: The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias - from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock; One Thousand Aves - from Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon; Maria Chapdelaine of Peribonka - from The Laurentians by Thomas Morris Longstreth; Soft Sawder and Human Natur' - from Sam Slick the Clockmaker by Thomas Chandler Haliburton; The Black Warrior - from Wacousta by John Richardson; Old Man Savarin - from Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Edard William Thomson; A Book About Canada - from Our Little Life by Jessie Georgina Sime; Christmas Eve at Topmast Tickle - from Doctor Luke of Labrador by Norman Duncan; The Weather Breeder - from The Strand Magazine by Merrill Denison; Luck - from Angels' Shoes and Other Stories by Marjorie Pickthall; The Tragic Comedy of Annette - from The Lane That Had No Turning by Gilbert Parker; The First Winter - from Clearing in the West by Nellie McClung; Almighty Voice - from Susannah: A Little Girl with the Mounties by Muriel Denison; The Raising - from The Doctor by Ralph Connor (Reverend Dr Charles William Gordon;) The Beavers - from Tales of an Empty Cabin by Grey Owl (George Archibald Stansfeld Belaney - Archie Belaney;) and A Real Live Lord - from An Army Without Banners by John Beames. Scans are available for all books. First Edition Very Good- Hard Cover 8vo

[SW: canadian author; wilderness adventure; history; collectible; collectable;]

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Hemon, Louis: MARIA CHAPDELAINE, A Tale of the Lake St. John Country, NY The Macmillan Company 1924
Wilfred Jones

Hardcover,FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dustjacket,. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288 pp., fine blue cloth with gilt, white and blue design and titles on front and spine, translated by Blake, W.H. and richly illustrated throughout by Jones. Laid is is an article from The Montreal Daily Star dated January 29,1938 detailing dedication of Sam Bedard's house into a museum located a short distance from the home of Eva Bouchard, the French-Canadian girl who inspired Louis Hemon to write his world famous novel, Maria Chapdelaine.

[SW: Illustrated Edition, Maria Chapdelaine, Wilfred Jones,]

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Hemon, Louis,. Maria Chapdelaine,. Paris, France: Librairie Artheme Fayard,, 1924.
Full Leather, Very Good, no dj, clean,. tight, inscription on front endpaper, 5 1/2" x 7 1/2", dark blue leather cover, gilt immpressed lettering on spine, rubbings, edge wear, yellowed inside & edge paper, owner's writing on front end paper, text in French, no illustrations, 190 pages,.

First Edition, Full-Leather, Very Good with no dust jacket.

[SW: Canadian Maria Chapdelaine French !literature Canada,]

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