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Cloth over boards. Etat : About fine. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 133 pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Without the marbelized green card slipcase. Limited, numbered to 100 copies. Signed by the Blodwen Davies. .

Cloth over boards. Etat : About fine. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 133 pp. Gilt lettering to spine. In original marbelized green card slipcase. Limited, numbered to 100 copies. Signed by the Blodwen Davies. .

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First Edition. First Edition limited to 100 copies of which this is Number 47; SIGNED by Blodwen Davies on the limitation page which reads: "This book was set and printed by hand by the author. This is a special edition and it consists of one hundred copies, bound by hand, of which this is number 47"; green publisher's cloth; lettering in gilt on spine; no previous owner's signatures or inscriptions; hinges tight; spine is square; the four tipped in full colour plates of paintings by Thomson and the five "Sketches from life" by Arthur Lismer [of the Group of Seven] are all present in excellent condition; a slip case is not present; the book is in fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, 1/100 copies (this #50) signed by the author and printed by her. 8vo. (20), 133 pp. Four mounted color plates from Thomson paintings. Thomson (1877-1917) drowned just before the founding of the Group of Seven, but is often included with those important early 20th-century Canadian landscape painters. Original green cloth, gilt spine title. Fine copy in green marbled board slipcase.

Etat : very good. 131 out of 450 copies set by hand by the author and printed on Kelsey press. xxii, 133pp. Octavo. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Text block is generally very clean and bright. Bottom and side outer edges untrimmed. A few B/W illustrations within. Four tipped in colour plate reproductions, including frontis. Slight crease to frontis page. A nice copy. very good Signed and numbered in black ink by the author in the limitation page. Canadian author Blowden Davies moved to Toronto in 1921 where she met with the GROUP of SEVEN, a group of artists renowned for their post-impressionist styled portrayals of Canadian landscapes. Her interest in Canada's artistic community grew leading to the authorship of this book. Davies' texts are well known for exploring Canadian social history. Blodwen Davies was a prolific writer, publishing works including: Storied Streets of Quebec (1927), Old Father Forest (1930), Daniel Du Lhut (1930), Ruffles and Rapiers (1930), Saguenay and Gaspe (1932), Romantic Quebec (1932), the Charm of Ottawa (1932), Youth, Marriage and the Family (1948), Quebec: Portrait of a Province (1952) and Ottawa: Portrait of a Capital (1954). The majority of Davies' work was historical, but in the years leading up to her death she developed an interest in folklore and Mennonite history in Canada. It seems there are two variants of the book, the first has a limitation page of 100 copies and this example where the page has been reset with a limitation of 450 copies. There is no indication of why this was done as the books are identical.

Etat : very good. 1st limited edition. xxii, 133pp. Octavo. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Text block is generally very clean and bright. A few B/W illustrations within. Four tipped in colour plate reproductions, including frontis. Complete with the original slip case. A nice copy in very good condition. Signed and numbered in black ink by the author in the limitation page. 32/100 copes. Canadian author Blodwen Davies moved to Toronto in 1921 where she met with the GROUP of SEVEN, a group of artists renowned for their postimpressionist styled portrayals of Canadian landscapes. Her interest in Canada's artistic community grew leading to the authorship of this book. Davies' texts are well known for exploring Canadian social history. Blodwen Davies was a prolific writer, publishing works including: Storied Streets of Quebec (1927), Old Father Forest (1930), Daniel Du Lhut (1930), Ruffles and Rapiers (1930), Saguenay and Gaspe (1932), Romantic Quebec (1932), the Charm of Ottawa (1932), Youth, Marriage and the Family (1948), Quebec: Portrait of a Province (1952) and Ottawa: Portrait of a Capital (1954). The majority of Davies' work was historical, but in the years leading up to her death she developed an interest in folklore and Mennonite history in Canada. It would appear there are two issues of the book, one with the limitation page indicating a limitation of only 100 copies as in this example. We also have a copy with a limitation page showing 450 copies were printed.