Roland Gissing the People's Painter Tapa dura - 1988

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Univ of Calgary Pr, 1988-01-01. hardcover. Good. 12x9x0.

University of Calgary Press, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Calgary Press, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. very good/Very Good. Oblong 8vo. pp. xi 74 . ""The book begins with a description of the impression Canada made on Gissing upon his arrival in this country in 1913 at the age of 18. Examples of his early work appear in this book. The author discusses Gissing's technique as his style began to change and how the artist's frame…

University of Calgary Press, 1988 Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Gift inscription on front end paper. Spine of dust jacket is a bit sunned. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. B/w and color illustrations. xi, 74 pages. 9" x 12" oblong format..

Univ of Calgary Pr, 1988-12. Hardcover. Good.

This is a first/only edition of Roland Gissing: The Peoples' Painter, published in 1988. It is both a biography and an art book.Roland Gissing (1895–1967) was a Canadian artist who was born in England and moved to North America to become a cowboy. He settled in Alberta and became one of Canada's most famous landscape painters.This book is about his life, his approach to his work and his art. It is12 1/8" x 9 3/8", 74 pages.It's a beautiful book, with loads of photographs and drawings.Stuck to the inside back cover are two cards, and a letter, from the co-author and Gissing's dealer/gallery owner Nonie Houlton.There had been a bookplate on the inside front cover--that was torn off, leaving a couple of white marks. It was also a gift and there is an (attractive) inscription on the front endpaper.Otherwise mint condition.