First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy
by Moosang, Faith and Paul Yee (foreword)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1551520710
- ISBN 13
- 9781551520711
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver BC: Arsenal Pulp Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 1551520710 . Dust jacket shows light wear ; Book has plain white cover and pictorial dustjacket with french flaps. Pages 1-96 devoted to B&W photographs with no text followed by a foreword by Yee and background information by Faith Moosang ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 159 pages; "In 1999, Presentation House Gallery in North Vancouver mounted First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy. Guest curated by Faith Moosang, the exhibition of 81 portraits by Chow Dong Hoy consisted of photos taken in the Cariboo between 1909 and 1925. Hoy was one of the first Asian photographers in British Columbia. His 1,500 photographs, which are held in the Barkerville Historic Town Archives, are a record of the ethnic diversity in the Cariboo region during the first part of the twentieth century." Hoy, town photographer in Quesnel, first photographed only Chinese immigrants, but as his language skills improved Caucasians an First nations peoples were included .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21601
- Title
- First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy
- Author
- Moosang, Faith and Paul Yee (foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1551520710
- ISBN 13
- 9781551520711
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver BC
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- 1551520710, photography, quesnel, Cariboo
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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