THE TORONTO ART STUDENTS' LEAGUE 1886-1904
Edition: First Edition
Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1954. Pale salmon illustrated boards. pp [2], (6), 33, [3]. Black & white illustrations in text, cover illustration and lettering by Thoreau Macdonald. Edison C124. Advance copy for review with slip laid in. "It appears that Owen R. Huges who had a room at 56 King St. East, took the first step by sending out the invitations to the prospective members. Hughes was a clerk in the Imperial Bank at the foot of Leader Lane. Alfred H. Howard had his studio at 41 King St. West (see Toronto Directory 1887)". Attractive b&w reproductions of drawings by David F. Thomson, Fred H. Brigden, W.W. Alexander, C. W. Jefferys, Norman M. Price, C.M. Manley, Thomas G. Greene, J. E. H. MacDonald, Robert Holmes, William Bengough, Jean Adams Jeffereys, and Arthur C. Goode. A fine copy of an easily worn and scarce book about this important group of Canadian artists.; Quarto