ART & WAR: CANADIAN WAR MEMORIALS
A selection of the works executed for the Canadian War Memorials Fund to form a record of Canada's Part in the Great War and a Memorial to those Canadians who have made the Great Sacrifice
WITH AN ARTICLE ON “WAR MEMORIALS" By P. G. KONODY
Published for the Canadian War Records Office by COLOUR LTD. 53, VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, S.W. 1.
Hardcover
Publisher : Canadian War Records Office/Colour Ltd.; First Edition (Jan. 1 1919)
Approximately 120 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1919. Presents forty-eight attractive colour plates (suitable for framing) accompanied by details of their artists and the scenes/personalities portrayed. Eight black and white plates at back.
Very Good (VG) - very small signs of wear with no tears on either binding or paper. Binding is tight. Very minor bumping to spine and corners. No foxing. Some browning to paper but no brittleness. No handwriting or inscriptions anywhere. No missing lithographs or pages.
After exhaustive research, this book is highly likely the best condition available anywhere online. Great find for the collector!
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LIST OF PLATES IN COLOUR
I. THE FLAG, By the late Byam Shaw
II. CANADA'S ANSWER Lt.-Commander Norman Wilkinson, R.N.V.R.,
III. MAJOR-GENERAL G. B. HUGHES, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. G. Spencer Watson
IV. WITLEY CAMP FROM THORSLEY HILL Capt. C. W. Simpson, A.R.C.A.,
V. COOK-HOUSE AT WITLEY CAMP, Anna Airy, R.O.I.
VI. THE KING'S VISIT TO CANADIAN TROOPS, Capt. C. W. Simpson, A.R.C.A.,
VII. BOMBING AREA, SEAFORD Capt. Maurice Cullen, R.C.A.
VIII. THE GAS CHAMBER AT SEAFORD, Capt. F. H. Varley
IX. ON LEAVE, Clare Atwood
X. THE HON. SIR G. H. PERLEY, K.C.M.G.,S. J. Solomon, R.A.
XI. CANADIAN FORESTERS IN WINDSOR PARK Professor Gerald E. Moira, A.R.W.S.
XII. H.R.H. PRINCESS PATRICIA OF CONNAUGHT, Charles Shannon, A.R.A
XIII. LANDING OF THE IST CANADIAN DIVISION AT ST. NAZAIRE, Edgar Bundy, A.R.A.
XIV. THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES, Major Richard Jack, A.R.A. Major D. 1. Cameron, A.R.A.
XV. FLANDERS FROM KEMMEL,
XVI. THE GATE OF ST. MARTIN, YPRES Lieut. Alfred Bastien,
XVII. THE FIRST GERMAN GAS ATTACK AT YPRES, Gunner W. Roberts
XVIII. CANADIAN ARTILLERY IN ACTION Capt. Kenneth K Forbes
XIX. THE BATTLE FOR COURCELETTE Capt. Louis Weirter, R.B.A.
XX. MAJOR T. W. MACDOWELL, V.C., D.S.O., Harold Knight,
XXI. LIEUT. F. M. W. HARVEY, V.C., R.O.I.,Flora Lion, R.O.I.
XXII. PRIVATE C. J. KINROSS, V.C. Capt. J. W. Beatty, R.C.A.
XXIII. CORPORAL F. KONOWAL, V.C., , Major Ambrose McEvoy
XXIV. THE LATE MAJOR O. M. LEARMONTH, V.C., M.C., James Quinn, R.O.I.
XXV. VOID, Lieut. Paul Nash
XXVI. No. 3 CANADIAN STATIONARY HOSPITAL, FRANCE, Professor Gerald E. Moira
XXVII. LOG LOADING AND HAULING, A. J. Munnings
XXVIII. MAJOR-GENERAL L. J. LIPSETT, C.B., C.M.G. Major Sir William Orpen, K.B.E., A.R.A.
XXIX. CAMOUFLAGED HUTS, VILLERS-AU-BOIS, Lieut. A. Y. Jackson, A.R.C.A.
XXX. CANADIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN FRANCE, Leonard Richmond, R.B.A.,
XXXI. THE, ROAD TO LENS THROUGH LIEVEN Lieut. Gyrth Russell
XXXII. ANGRES, Lieut. A. Y. Jackson, A.R.C.A.
XXXIII. LORD STRATHCONA HORSE ON THE MARCH , A. J. Munnings
XXXIV. CONSTRUCTING HUTS AT G.H.Q. By Leonard Richmond, R.B.A.,
XXXV. NAVAL GUN IN ACTION AT MONTIGNY FARM Professor W. Rothenstein
XXXVI. "CANADA CAMP," CHATEAU DE LA HAIE Capt. J. W. Beatty, R.C.A.
XXXVII. CAVALRY SHELTER, A. J. Munnings
XXXVIII. THE NIGHT PATROL Lieut. Julius Olsson, R.N.V.R.
XXXIX. DEAD HORSE CORNER, MONCHY Capt F. H. Varley
XL. FOR THE GLORY OF THE KAISER! Lieut. Cyril H. Barrand,
XLI. WAR IN THE AIR, , A.R.A. -, C. R. W. Nevinson
XLII. BUILDING A MILL IN THE JURA A. J. Munnings,
XLIII. CANADIAN GUNPIT Lieut. P. Wyndham Lewis
XLIV. VIMY RIDGE, FROM SOUCHEZ VALLEY Lieut. A. Y. Jackson, A.R.C.A.,
XLV. S.S. SARDINIAN' DISCHARGING SHELLS MADE IN CANADA John Everett
XLVI. THAYEADANEGEA (JOSEPH BRANT), G. Romney
XLVII. DEATH OF WOLFE, Sir Benjamin West, P.R.A.
XLVIII. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
LIST OF PLATES IN BLACK & WHITE
I. THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT L. BORDEN, G.C.M.G. Harrington Mann
II. THE CLOTH HALL, YPRES Lieut. Alfred Bastien,
III. STUDY FOR A GROUP OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS, , Major Augustus E. John,
IV. LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR SAM HUGHES, K.C.B., M.P. Harrington Mann
V. GERMAN CONCRETE GUN EMPLACEMENT, Maurice Wagemans
VI. GRANDE PLACE, ARRAS Lieut. Gyrth Russell
VII. EVENING (ON THE Y PRES-POPERINGHE ROAD, NEAR THE ASYLUM) Lieut. Cyril H. Barrand
VIII. CAPT. HERBERT D'OLIER KINGSTONE, M.C. Captain F. Derwent Wood, A.R.A.