Skip to content
Free Shipping on Orders Over $200 in Canada & USA | Free Shipping to Europe on Orders Over $500 | Competitive International Rates for Asia & Oceania!
Free Shipping on Orders Over $200 in Canada & USA | Free Shipping to Europe on Orders Over $500 | Competitive International Rates for Asia & Oceania!
Home Browse our books Blog About Us Contact Us Reference Archive
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk

2009 Rare variant of 1stED - Canadian Content illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk

$275 USD - $275 USD
$275 USD
$275 USD - $275 USD
$275 USD

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. Scarce binding variant in brick-red cloth with gilt and black decoration to the upper cover, enclosing a mounted colour illustration of a beaver lodge / beaver dam in a lakeside wilderness scene. Protected in a removable mylar cover. 
Content: Fine. Clean and bright throughout, printed on textured, deckle-edged paper. Includes the printed introductory leaf by Waisiki Doughty and the “Greetings from Summer” registered-letter style insert, as issued.
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated throughout by Charles van Sandwyk with full-page colour plates and delicate sepia line drawings, including Canadian geese, loons, salmon, beavers, raccoons, forest animals, mountain landscapes, lakes, and woodland interiors. All illustrations are present and beautifully preserved.

The book: Canadian Content is one of Charles van Sandwyk’s most lyrical artist’s books, a poetic tribute to the Canadian wilderness and the quiet imaginative life of its forests, rivers, mountains, and creatures. The work combines hand-lettered text, fine line work, and luminous watercolour plates in the artist’s unmistakable style, moving between playful animal vignettes and more expansive meditations on landscape and belonging. This copy is especially desirable for its scarce beaver lodge cover variant, with the mounted front illustration showing a beaver lodge set against water, mountains, and evergreens — one of the most distinctly Canadian and visually appealing cover treatments for this title.

The author / artist: Charles van Sandwyk is a Canadian artist, author, and illustrator known for his finely detailed pen-and-ink drawings, delicate watercolours, and beautifully designed private-press-style books. His work often draws from natural history, folklore, and the traditions of fine illustrated books, while retaining a gentle and highly personal imaginative world. Canadian Content is a particularly charming example of his mature book art, blending poetry, landscape, and wildlife into a small but richly atmospheric production.