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2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk

2009 Rare First Edition - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk

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$150 USD
$150 USD - $150 USD
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Author: Charles van Sandwyk. With an introduction by Waisiki Doughty.
Title: Canadian Content.
Publisher: North Vancouver, Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2009. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 10 x 7 inches.
Pages: Unpaginated.
Binding: Fine. Uncommon binding variant in full brick-red cloth boards, lettered in gilt on the upper cover “Canadian Content / Doughty / C. Van Sandwyk” and enclosing a mounted colour illustration of a beaver lodge (beaver hut) on a lake — a distinctive and scarcer issue point of this edition. 
Content: Very good overall. Leaves clean and fresh, printed on textured, deckle-edged paper. The upper portion of the title page shows a small, light scuffed area - as shown, consistent with the erasure of a previous owner’s name, otherwise internally fine.
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated throughout with full-page colour plates and numerous sepia line drawings by Charles van Sandwyk, depicting Canadian wildlife, forests, lakes, and imagined woodland scenes (including beaver, grizzly bear, salmon, loons, raccoons, and forest interiors). All illustrations present and well preserved.

The book: Canadian Content is one of Charles van Sandwyk’s most lyrical artist’s books, blending gentle, poetic text with exquisitely detailed imagery of Canada’s wilderness. The work moves between intimate woodland vignettes and expansive landscape scenes, creating a dreamlike vision of forests, lakes, and animal life that feels both mythic and quietly observational. This copy is especially desirable for its uncommon beaver-hut binding variant, where the mounted cover illustration depicts a beaver lodge on a lake — a striking, distinctly Canadian motif that differs from the more commonly seen covers for this title. The book reads like a visual meditation on nature, memory, and the idea of “content” as something rooted in place, habitat, and the living world.

The author/artist: Charles van Sandwyk is a Canadian artist and book illustrator known for his meticulous pen-and-ink drawings, luminous watercolours, and handcrafted aesthetic. His work often evokes a timeless, slightly archaic sensibility, drawing on natural history, folklore, and early printed books while remaining distinctly contemporary in its precision and restraint.