Canadian Content
VAN SANDWYK, Charles; Waisiki DOUGHTY [Intro.]
Canadian Content
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2009
8vo., brown card wraps with integrated sewn maroon covers; decorated and caligraphically lettered in black and gilt, with an onlaid label showing a watercolour and line drawing of a grizzly bear holding a handmade rod and two salmon; decorative pine cone border in black and gold; illustrative endleaves showing Canada geese with air mail bags; [unpaginated]; printed caligraphically throughout, with decorative title, ten full-page illustrations, and one double page, at the centrefold, showing two beavers in their lodge; reproduced folding letter pasted to inside front cover, containing the introduction from Waisiki Doughty; fine.
First edition, this copy signed to the colophon at the rear of the text, above a reproduced illustration of a beaver chewing a pencil.
A homage to the homeland of both Charles van Sandwyk and Waisiki Doughty. Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa, and met Waisiki while living in Fiji. After emigrating to Canada, the author and illustrator invited Waisiki to join him in both work (producing the very book we have before us, and countless others at the press), and in exploration. Together, the pair began to venture outdoors, experiencing first hand the beauty of their new-found home; the Rockies, icy lakes, hot springs and coastal fjords which surrounded them, as well as the many diverse animals which inhabited the land. The book contains a poem to the country, accompanied by evocative illustrations of salmon, polar bears, cougars, and several nods to the humble beaver, along with many others. “[We] are both from distant lands”, Waisiki writes, “yet we have been made to feel welcome here. We wished to find a way to speak to the heart of Canada since it has spoken so eloquently to us”. The book is dedicated to the kindness and courtesy of those Canadian people.
A stunning publication, and perhaps this bookseller’s favourite to have been produced by the Charles van Sandwyk press.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles; Waisiki DOUGHTY [Intro.]
Canadian Content
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2009
8vo., brown card wraps with integrated sewn maroon covers; decorated and caligraphically lettered in black and gilt, with an onlaid label showing a watercolour and line drawing of a grizzly bear holding a handmade rod and two salmon; decorative pine cone border in black and gold; illustrative endleaves showing Canada geese with air mail bags; [unpaginated]; printed caligraphically throughout, with decorative title, ten full-page illustrations, and one double page, at the centrefold, showing two beavers in their lodge; reproduced folding letter pasted to inside front cover, containing the introduction from Waisiki Doughty; fine.
First edition, this copy signed to the colophon at the rear of the text, above a reproduced illustration of a beaver chewing a pencil.
A homage to the homeland of both Charles van Sandwyk and Waisiki Doughty. Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa, and met Waisiki while living in Fiji. After emigrating to Canada, the author and illustrator invited Waisiki to join him in both work (producing the very book we have before us, and countless others at the press), and in exploration. Together, the pair began to venture outdoors, experiencing first hand the beauty of their new-found home; the Rockies, icy lakes, hot springs and coastal fjords which surrounded them, as well as the many diverse animals which inhabited the land. The book contains a poem to the country, accompanied by evocative illustrations of salmon, polar bears, cougars, and several nods to the humble beaver, along with many others. “[We] are both from distant lands”, Waisiki writes, “yet we have been made to feel welcome here. We wished to find a way to speak to the heart of Canada since it has spoken so eloquently to us”. The book is dedicated to the kindness and courtesy of those Canadian people.
A stunning publication, and perhaps this bookseller’s favourite to have been produced by the Charles van Sandwyk press.
VAN SANDWYK, Charles; Waisiki DOUGHTY [Intro.]
Canadian Content
Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2009
8vo., brown card wraps with integrated sewn maroon covers; decorated and caligraphically lettered in black and gilt, with an onlaid label showing a watercolour and line drawing of a grizzly bear holding a handmade rod and two salmon; decorative pine cone border in black and gold; illustrative endleaves showing Canada geese with air mail bags; [unpaginated]; printed caligraphically throughout, with decorative title, ten full-page illustrations, and one double page, at the centrefold, showing two beavers in their lodge; reproduced folding letter pasted to inside front cover, containing the introduction from Waisiki Doughty; fine.
First edition, this copy signed to the colophon at the rear of the text, above a reproduced illustration of a beaver chewing a pencil.
A homage to the homeland of both Charles van Sandwyk and Waisiki Doughty. Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa, and met Waisiki while living in Fiji. After emigrating to Canada, the author and illustrator invited Waisiki to join him in both work (producing the very book we have before us, and countless others at the press), and in exploration. Together, the pair began to venture outdoors, experiencing first hand the beauty of their new-found home; the Rockies, icy lakes, hot springs and coastal fjords which surrounded them, as well as the many diverse animals which inhabited the land. The book contains a poem to the country, accompanied by evocative illustrations of salmon, polar bears, cougars, and several nods to the humble beaver, along with many others. “[We] are both from distant lands”, Waisiki writes, “yet we have been made to feel welcome here. We wished to find a way to speak to the heart of Canada since it has spoken so eloquently to us”. The book is dedicated to the kindness and courtesy of those Canadian people.
A stunning publication, and perhaps this bookseller’s favourite to have been produced by the Charles van Sandwyk press.