Maxwell Bates (41 results)

Unknown Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. some shelfwear but still NICE! Oversized.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bates, Maxwell (illustrator). 1st Edition. 51pp. Stapled stiff card wraps. Bilingual edition with facing French and English text. Colour and B&W plates throughout.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Maxwell Bates (1906-1980) was a Canadian architect and Expressionist painter. Born in Calgary, Alberta in 1906, Bates served in WWII and was a POW fo 5 years. This softcover book is an Exhibit Catalogue of his work shown at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1974 not long after his death in 1973. Introduction by Doris Shadbolt. 32 pages, illustrated in b&w and in colour. 140 pieces were shown at the Exhibition. Includes a Chronology of his life, a List of Select Exhibitions, and a Bibliography. Bright, clean and unmarked with a sound, stapled binding. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, or via the USPS Media Mail, in card sleeve. Media Mail rates to not apply to Magazines. From $4.00 to $8.00 depending on exact weight etc. Those requiring Tracking in Canada will find postage considerably more. Tracking with all shipments to the USA. Image available if required. Overseas orders, Postage, at cost, determined by final weight and destination.

paperback. Condition: Good. Bates, Maxwell (illustrator). First Edition. Maxwell Bates. A Retrospective Un Retrospective.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. creasing/crinkling to pp. x-xii. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. A little shelf wear and soiling to covers. Signed by Nancy Townshend on title page. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. B/w and color illustrations. 88 pages. 8-1/2" x 11" oblong format.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Sunning to spine. No notes or highlights. Used - Very Good.

Softcover, staple-bound, 32 pages; very good condition, 1-inch crease to upper right corner of all pages; museum library stamp to first page; no other internal marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by Snow on half title page. Full cloth binding. 278pp. Photos and illustrations. Jacket is shelf rubbed, with a short tear at spine heel. Now in a new mylar cover. Large book:NO international or priority books. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Inscribed and Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Quarto. 11 x 8.5 in. Illustrated paper wraps. Text in English and French. Published on the occasion of the touring exhibition first held at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria from September 9 to October 17, 1982. Many illustrations, most in colour. Near fine. Light toning.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. 53 pp, b/w and colour plates. Gently creased corners, light edgewear and outer edge curl to front wrap. Signed by author on title page. Alberta-born Bates (1906-1980) moved to England in 1931. Artist. He joined British Army in 194, was sent to help defend France and was captured by German army. POW until end of war. After war became an architect. his most notable work was St. Mary's Cathedral, Calgary. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Staplebound. 4to. Exhibition catalogue from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1982. Illustrated in colour and b/w photographs. Book is near fine, minor nick to side and bottom of cover, otherwise fine. Overall great copy!

[0-9691209-0-7] 1982. (Map) Very good. 88pp. 8vo. Billingual; English / French. Gallery catalogue created for the Maxwell Bates: Landscapes / Paysages 1948-1978 exhibition, which travelled throughout Canada, December 1982 - December, 1983 and included 45 landscapes. Clean, tight, bright copy, illustrated in both coloured and black and white.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited & Signed Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited & Signed Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Colour plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Landscapes/ Paysages 1948 -1978' . The introduction to this 88 page volume (texte meme en francaise and english) shows Bates' relationship to both the Fauves and Post Impressionist movements. Touring itinerary for the exhibit on page 07 - think : Banff, Burnaby and Brandford. Bates was born in Calgary in 1906. Errata sheet laid-in. Cond : White paper wrapper with a piece called : Saanich Inlet (1965) on cover. Bright. Tight in binding. One noted spot of (minor) soiling on 2nd page. No names nor marks. Minor points of wear.Excellent reference copy. QUote (p. 25) : " He gave up his architectural practice and with his wife, Charlotte, moved in June 1962 to Victoria, where he continued to paint. An examination of Bates' landscapes from 1961 - 65 reveals that Bates' way of seeing nature and his aesthetic ordering of her parts changed ._._._. . ".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bates, Maxwell (illustrator). Stapled card covers. 11" x 8.5". 51 pp. Book that accompanied the exhibition. A selection of Bates' works, many in colour. English/French text. Bright clean copy.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. Bates, Maxwell (illustrator). Larger 8vo pp. 4 51. Colour and b/w illustrations, exhibition catalogue from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1982. book.

[0-9691209-0-7] 1982. (Oblong 4to paperback) Near fine. 88pp. Black & white and color illustrations, chronology. Curated by Nancy Townshend. Locale: Alberta; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Art--Canada, Alberta Artist, Exhibition Catalog--Canada, Exhibition Catalog--Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, but small white label to the endpaper, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 278pp, notrs and sources, index, colour reproductions of paintings, with some B&W drawings and illus. Born in 1906, Bates started painting at an early age; his piece In the Kitchen was painted when he was 15 years old. As a young adult, he worked for his father's architecture firm. In 1931 Bates moved to England, where he supported himself as a door-to-door vacuum salesman while exhibiting his art work at the Wertheim Gallery. In England he associated with promising young artists such as Barbara Hepworth and Victor Pasmore.In 1949 Bates studied at the Brooklyn Museum; took Drawing and Painting with Max Beckmann and Analysis and Criticism with Abraham Rattner. As an architect, his most notable work was St. Mary's Cathedral, which was consecrated in 1957. (3.5 JM HOZ 403/b2 Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" Tall.

[0-88953-167-6] 1992. (Mass market paperback) As new. 40pp. 4to. Catalogue for the exhibition of the same name, held at the Nickle Arts Museum, the University of Calgary June 5 - August 16, 1992. Light green card covers. Black and white photographs and drawings. Cammie D. Mcatee, Christine J. Fraser, Mace H. Mortimer, Brendan E. Tomlins.

1973. (4to, wrappers) Very good plus. 32pp. Illus. - b / w and colour. Exhibit catalogue. Statement by Doris Shadbolt, then Associate Director. Lengthy excerpts from taped conversation with Terry Guernsey, 1972.

Oversize Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 278 pages. 11 3/8"w x 9"h. Keywords: Maxwell Bates, Canadian Artist, Calgary, Prisoner of War, Architect, Drawings 2.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Bates, Maxwell (illustrator). First Edition. 50 pages. Generously illustrated in colour and black and white. Catalogue for an exhibition held September 9 - October 17, 1982 in Victoria. "Maxwell Bates is a major figure in Canadian art. As an expressive figurative painter he stands alone. In his work he portrayed the foibles of society around him; the individuals, events and landscapes, all with great clarity. The exhibition included both well known and lesser known works, and this publication gives an in-depth look at the artist and his work and includes much new information." - Foreword. Errata slip laid in. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Painters - Maxwell Bates, Figurative painters, Exhibition Catalogues.

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Pictorial wrappers, stapled. An offprint, paginated 57 - 97, from The Malahat Review No. 20, October 1971. Illustrated within the text, and with 16 plates (on 8 leaves). A nice clean copy, small ownership signature on first leaf. A holograph note on the inner cover is signed by Maxwell Bates: ("Excerpt from The Malahat Review / No 20 / October 1971 / MB Bates"). Very scarce.