langergraber keith (5 risultati)

Paperback. pp. i, 95. 4to. Black and white and colour illustrations and photograhs. Light shelfwear; very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Canadian First. Minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with Mr. Langergraber's maps and drawings. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. (CAD) No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Brown cloth with gold titles, 18 x 23.5 cm, 112pp, B&W illus. This book accompanies the exhibition "Betrayal at Babylon" : essays in English; one essay in St'at'imcets. Merging historical and fictionalized narratives set in British Columbia and beyond, the artist investigates human myth-making. Reinterpreting the biblical Tower of Babel as a western mine and ghost town, Langergraber shows the limitations of language in conveying the scale of the environmental catastrophes that have occurred through human activiies, He works with Carl Alexander, an elder from the Nxwísten (Bridge River) Indian Band in Lillooet who provides traditional St?át?imcets place names, to give an account of the impact of industry - dams, forestry, mining and the railroad - in the region. A series of mixed media works on paper, scraps of handwritten journal entries, detailed drawings of fossils and relics, and maps of natural terrain and settlements illustrate the narrative. (1.5 JM HOJ 303/0 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. 9 1/4"w x 6 1/4"h. 112 pages. Text in English and St'at'imcets. Keywords: St'at'imcets, British Columbia, Native Peoples, Myth.

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. i, 95. 4to., measuring 28 cm. Pictorial covers. Richly illustrated with vibrant colour plates, photographs, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new.