Le Bookiniste / ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Finlay, Ian Hamilton [with] Michael Harvey
Six Milestones: A Proposal for Floriade, The Hague, Holland,1992
$250
Item Details
[Little Sparta, Lanarkshire, U.K.], Wild Hawthorn Press, [1991], Soft cover
First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine
A proposal for six poetic milestones to be installed at Floriade, an international garden exhibition that used to be held every 10 years in the Netherlands. There are color drawings of each milestone as well as a map showing where they could be placed. Artist, writer, and gardener Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) created this project with his frequent collaborator, the type and lettering designer Michael Harvey (1931-2013).
Scarce in institutional holdings and in commerce.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 x 7 inches; 250 x 178 mm), [20] pages, sewn into stiff card covers in a buff-colored paper dust jacket (soft cover).
CONDITION: A few marks, nicks and edge wear to the dust jacket but internally clean, bright, and unmarked. Near Fine.
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