Pen Sketches of Historic Toronto

Toronto: J. Clarence Duff, 1967. 8th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Signed by author without inscription on front endpaper. Lacks jacket. Four Seasons gift bookplate on verso of front endpaper, two tiny smudges on fore edge. 1967 Hard Cover. 93 pp. "J. Clarence Duff, the artist and author of this book, was born in Toronto in 1893. His history, and that of his family, are inextricably entwined with the history of the city in which he was born and lived. Mr. Duff possess a vivid memory of the things of his youth. His ability to sketch and the delight it gave him enabled him to capture for the reader the adventure and progress in the story of the developing city. The drawings in this book were produced to advertise Mr. Duff's insurance company on annual calendars. As the number of sketches increased, many people showed a distinctive interest in them. The author decided to do more drawings, thus creating the material for Pen Sketches of Historic Toronto.