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BOOK CATEGORY: Haystack Mountain School Forma, Warren 5 British Sculptors (work and talk) Description: 124 pp. Blind-stamped black cloth, spine title stamped in white. In scarce dustjacket: clear with printing in white. With illustrated endpapers. The book is profusely illustrated with b&w photos. Interviews with Henry Moore, Reg Butler, Kenneth Armitage, Lynn Chadwick, Barbara Hepworth; with newspaper clipping about Hepworth laid in. From the Library of Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. Harris, Mary Emma The Arts At Black Mountain College Description: 315, [1] pp. Includes 8 color plates, black and white photographs, notes, faculty and student roster, bibliography and index. Examines the life of the college during each of its four major periods. Most classes were taught by visiting faculty; it was during stints at Black Mountain that Merce Cunningham produced the first Happening and Buckminster Fuller his first Geodesic Dome. Paul Radin, Willem de Kooning , Agnes De Mille and Robert Creeley are typical of the range and importance of the people who taught at the college. From the Library of Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, modelled in some ways after Black Mountain. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost. Larsen, Jack Lenor with Betty Freudenheim. Interlacing, the Elemental Fabric. Description: 278 pp. Numerous plates, both color and black a& white. With bibliography and index. Inscribed to Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. Inscription on ffep reads, " 15th copy Jan 30 1987 Jack Lenor Larsen." Includes page laid-in titled 'Interlace: On Plaiting and Related Structures (working title)'. As he was writing the book Larsen sent out this call for submissions looking for ideas for contributors; stapled to it is a note on Larsen's stationary. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost. Larsen, Jack Lenor; with Alfred Buhler, Bronwen and Garrett Solyom The Dyer's Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi Description: 272 pp. Includes bibliography, map, description of plates, and index. Presented by Larsen to Francis Merritt and his wife Pris. Merritt was the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. Signed paper pasted on verso of ffep, and a note laid in, " Fran, Pris with my love & best wishes Jack". May require extra postage if shipped internationally. Mildred Constantine, Jack Lenor Larsen The Art Fabric: Mainstream Description: 272 pp. Published to coincide with a national traveling exhibit of fabric works selected by the authors. Includes notes, bibliography, biographies and index. Illustrated with black & white and color photographs. Presented by Larsen to Francis Merritt, and his wife Pris. Merritt was the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. Inscribed on ffep, " To the ones I love most, Jack Larsen". Lower edges foxed, else near fine, dust jacket creased and frayed along upper edge. May require extra postage if shipped internationally. Nordness, Lee (ed.) The Council House Description: 230 pp. The International Conference Center of S.C. Johnson and Son; the Council House contains works of art selected from each country with a company affiliate. Illustrated in black & white and color. Includes color plates and a biography of the artist for each work in the collection. From the Library of Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. Signed on title page, " Best Regards Sam Johnson 1982." Front endpapers have 3" tear at hinge. Sawin, Martica Stephen Pace: Watercolors, Four Decades Description: [8] pp. Exhibition catalog from the January 26- February 27, 1991 showing of the artist's work. Light crescent of soiling to front cover. Inscribed to Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. The Nashua History Committee The Nashua [New Hampshire] Experience, History in the Making, 1673 / 1978 Description: ix, 269 [1] pp. Includes bibliography and index. Illlustrated with photographs, maps and documents from the town library and historical society and with photographs by Paul Saltmarsh which were commissioned for the book. Of special interest are the descriptions of the growth of cotton and other industries, and then of the 20th century problems of industrial violence, depression, war booms and busts, and finally the decline of industry in the 1970's. From the Library of Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. Dustjacket has closed tear and water stain on spine edge. |
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