Elfin Cove Press, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Slight rubbing to wrappers (chiefly at edges); else a nice, clean copy internally. [4], xviii, 183, [3] pages. 'Imaginative, mythical, and allegorical sculpture created for decorative garden display [and] presented with complimentary verse' (first preliminary page); dedicated in part to the author's father, sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks. Notable also for the inclusion of 'fantasy sculpture' by some 20 different students (with brief descriptions); includes a few bibliographical references. Number line from 1 to 2 on verso of first preliminary leaf. Signed and inscribed in black ink on dedication page (page [3]): 'With Kindest Personal Regards / [name blacked out] / from / Florence and Eugene Fairbanks / February 2003'.Over 150 b/w Illustrations (including title page; Chiefly photographs).

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Bookseller: Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: L077255
Title: A Sculpture Garden of Fantasy
Author: Fairbanks, Eugene F
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0944958346
ISBN 13: 9780944958346
Publisher: Elfin Cove Press
Place of Publication: Bellevue, Wa
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: WHAR.475 Art General Whs United States 20th Century Sculpture Fairbanks, Avard T. Fantasy Allegory Mythology Signed Inscribed QX91, , , , , , ,

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