Notman w william (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Founding Fort Edmonton; Policing the Far North - photo-illustrated article; One-page photo portrait of Sir George Simpson - the only known photo of him; "Nigger Dan" (Daniel Williams) - troublemaker at Fort St. John; Chevrons in the Sky - waterfowl article with photos; Arctic Airfield Survey - Craig Harbour, where the most northerly airport in the British Empire was surveyed in 1922; Summer at Temagami - photos with text; English River Hermit - An Indian named Mandayoh (stranger) lived 30 miles from the Trans-Canada Air Lines' field at Pagwa River; Through the Fjiords of British Columbia - photo-illustrated article with photo of the Union Steamship liner 'Cardena'; Northern Salvage - Claud K. Jones located sunken Canol machinery at the bottom of Great Slave Lake - fascinating photo-illustrated article describes how huge tracked vehicles were hauled up through the ice; Running the Alaska Boundary - great article with photo of Thomas Riggs and Jack Craig proudly displaying the flags of their countries and universities after setting the final point of the Alaska-Yukon boundary on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Photos of Eskimo tobacco substitute Atamaoya being harvested and smoked. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Beaver, A Magazine of the North, September 1945, Outfit 276 - Policing the Far North / Daniel "Nigger Dan" Williams at Fort St. John Canadian Government Steamer 'Arctic' Founding Fort Edmonton; Policing the Far North - photo-illustrated article; One. Illustrated by Sauer, Max; Notman, William (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First edition. 3 vols.: 425; 350; 280 p. 22.5 cm. From our "As Is" shelf. Mismatched bindings with defects. All are half leather with grey cloth. Vol. 3 has gilt trim. Vols. I & II all edges gilt. Vol. II is solid but vol. I has detached boards and spine, while vol. III's front board is detached, rear board is nearly detached, and lower spine is loosening. I & II have bookplates on front pastedowns for Henry Duncan Metcalfe. 83 out of called for 84 mounted albumen photographs (Louis Joseph Papineau missing with only detached tissue guard present). In vol. I Macdonald and his tissue guard are detached but present. Most pages are neat and clean with only occasional stains not affecting images. Issued originally in 18 parts. Published around the same time as Beers' Canadian sporting books as well as the 'The Canadian Handbook and Tourist's Guide' by H. B. Small, both titles featuring Notman photographs. These books are an excellent example of Notman's forays into photographic book illustration. TPL 4452. Sabin 56025.…