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Magnificent Derelicts: A Celebration of Older Buildings by Ronald Woodall.
Hardcover book, 1975 First Edition. ISBN 0888940823, Published by J.J. Douglas, Vancouver. (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com – Stock ID#WOO175bh),
Magnificent Derelicts: A Celebration of Older Buildings by Ronald Woodall. Hardcover book, 1975 – Text and 76 full page illustrations by Ronald Woodall, showing pages 38-39 Chinatown, Duncan, B.C. (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com – Stock ID#WOO175bh)
Magnificent Derelicts: A Celebration of Older Buildings by Ronald Woodall – composite photo to show Table of Contents (76 illustrations). (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com)
TITLE: Magnificent Derelicts: A Celebration of Older Buildings
"...the debris of progress or, perhaps, the last great folk art objects."by Ronald Woodall
DESCRIPTION
A labour of love with 76 large full-colour paintings of aging country architecture with locations and interesting stories for each. Illustrations are of abandoned structures in towns across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, Idaho and California.
J.J. Douglas, 1975, Hardcover in dustjacket, First Edition
- Price: $75.00 ($CAD)
- Stock ID: WOO175bv
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS
- Title: Magnificent Derelicts: A Celebration of Older Buildings
- Credits:
Ronald Woodall (author and illustrator)
- Language: English
- Publisher: J.J. Douglas, Vancouver, BC, Canada; copyright Ronald Woodall
- Publication Date: 1975
- Edition: First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN: 0888940823
- Format: Hardcover in dustjacket, Horizontal/Oblong, Large, Heavy
- Binding: Cloth, brown linen
- Condition:
Near Fine
- Dustjacket: Good - full-colour, some light wrinkling on edges and wear, esp. on back where tear is repaired; clipped corner inside cover
- Illustrations: 76 large, full-colour, full-page. Suitable for framing.
- Pages: 143 pages plus index, brown endpapers
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 9.25 x 12 x 1 inches | 23.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm
- Weight: 2lb, 13 oz | 1295 grams
SYNOPSIS
Contents include
Mission Church, Tahltan, British Columbia
Prairie Barn near Swift Current, Saskatchewan…
Stone Slaughterhouse, Shoshone, Idaho
Klondike Hotel, Norris, Montana…
Barns near Salmon Arm, British Columbia…
76 Full Colour, full Page illustrations with locations and engaging historical background stories; text and illustrations by the author
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
- Ronald Woodall (Canadian, contemporary, famed Canadian painter)
- resides in the area of Vancouver, BC
This book is categorized as shown below. Click on the red links below to see more books and art in these categories.
by Artist: 1900s, Canadian, Ronald, Ronald Woodall, Woodall
by Collection: Americana, Architectural, Book, British Columbia, Building, Canadiana, First Edition, Hardcover, Historical, Rural
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