First published in 1926 and for many years unavailable, this book has become a classic in the history of the development of Canadian art and of that uniquely Canadian art movement that is now so widely known as The Group of Seven. The jacket, title page, and endpapers are by Thoreau MacDonald andare reproduced exactly from the original edition." - front dustjacket flap . Introduction; 1. The Beginning; 2. Lawren Harris 3. Signs of Revolt; 4. A. Y. Jackson; 5. Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen; 6. In Montreal; 7. Jackson and Harris; 8. Thomson Starts to Paint; 9. Entrenched; 10. MacDonald's "Tangled Garden"; 11. Death of Thomson; 12. Mentioned in Despatches; 13. New Materials; 14. The Group or Seven; 15. Early Group Shows; 16. Jackson Paints Again; 17. Lismer; 18. Harris's "Above Lake Superior"; 19. Covering Ground; 20. Spread of the Movement. Some Works of the Group of Seven in Public Collections
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Seller: FITZ BOOKS AND WAFFLES, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Aside from a marking from previous owner on title page, it's a clean copy with unmarked and undamaged pages. Intact dust jacket. Seller Inventory # ABE-1716830433951
Seller: Acadia Art & Rare Books. Est. 1931, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover With Dj. B/W Illustrated. Clean And Sharp Copy. Sm 8vo. Seller Inventory # 031195
Seller: Ethan Daniel Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. Early history of the Group of Seven first published in 1926. Illustrated endpapers. Sunning to spine and upper edge of dust jacket. The book itself in green cloth covers with gold lettering is in very good condition with no marks or inscriptions. Not ex-library. Binding is firm. 221 pages. s134. Seller Inventory # EDB05927
Seller: Bookfare, Ambleside, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Thoreau MacDonald (illustrator). Facsimile of the first edition of 1926; Hardback: green patterned cloth decorated in gilt on spine, map end-papers (different front and rear) and title-page by Thoreau MacDonald; Fine in slightly used vg- MacDonald dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 10272
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