The Last Horizon: Painting & Stories of an Artist's Life in the North (Contains some of the artist's poetry)
by Harrison, Ted [introduction by Pierre Berton]
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0920886108
- ISBN 13
- 9780920886106
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Merritt Publishing Company Ltd., 1980. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. 112 pp. Folio. Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt letters on spine. Boards firm and clean, pictorial dust jacket, colourful illustrations on a white background, blue letters on the front panel of dust jacket are partially sunned, no tears or wears, in an archival plastic jacket. Blue endpapers. Gift inscription and a drawing of a cat by the artist in pen on title page. Numerous colour and B&W illustrations, glossy leaves unmarked and clean, tight binding. Nice copy in very good condition. "The Last Horizon is about the extraordinary art, life and land of Yukon artist, Ted Harrison. Sixteen distinctively bright and peopled paintings of a simplistic way of life in a powerful land reveal one of Canada's great talents, as well as one of its least-known, most spectacular regions -- the Yukon Territory and Harrison's home". (from front flap)
This copy is gift inscribed by Ted Harrison, including a drawing of a cat with a note "remember 'fat cat'?" 1980
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- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144170
- Title
- The Last Horizon: Painting & Stories of an Artist's Life in the North (Contains some of the artist's poetry)
- Author
- Harrison, Ted [introduction by Pierre Berton]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0920886108
- ISBN 13
- 9780920886106
- Publisher
- Merritt Publishing Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- biography|poetry|
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