THE SCULPTRESS
by [MARGUERITE TAYLOR] Vaughan L. Baird
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
NP (Winnipeg?): (Publisher not stated), 1966. Limited ed. Hardcover. black-and-white photographs. unpaginated,Slim 8vo,,Limited edition - cloth scuffed & mod. soiled; else vg condition,Born in France in 1884, Madame Taylor married a Canadian and arrived in Winnipeg in 1904, where she spent the remainder of her life (she died in 1964). She was a noted sculptress, creating the 'La Canada War Memorial' (now in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) and the 'Next-of-Kin Soldier' now on the grounds of the Legislative Building in Winnipeg. Photographs of her more important pieces are set out in this little book, obviously written and published by an admirer. This is copy number 157 of 250 copies 'printed in September, 1966.' Remains of bookplate(?) glue on ffep.
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9900016848
- Title
- THE SCULPTRESS
- Author
- [MARGUERITE TAYLOR] Vaughan L. Baird
- Illustrator
- black-and-white photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited ed
- Publisher
- (Publisher not stated)
- Place of Publication
- NP (Winnipeg?)
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Manitoba;Sculpture;Winnipeg;War memorials;;;;;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian art;
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