Granite Song Tapa dura - 1999

Tiverton, Devon: Devon Books in association with Common Ground, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Grey hardcover with title in black on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear and some sunning to lower edge of front cover. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 95pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. In 1990, Common Ground, the environmental and arts charity initiated their first project on local distinctiveness with the sculptor Peter Randall-Page (b.1954). The project spanned 6 years, and was documented by the photographer Chris Chapman. This book documents the making of five sculptures and a garden in an around the Teign Valley near the village of Drewsteignton on the edge of Dartmoor. The works were made by Randall-Page in and for an area that he knew intimately. Made from local materials and embedded in the landscape without signs or plaques, they have a powerful resonance with place..

Common Ground / Devon Books, Tiverton, 1999. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Landscape 4to in grey boards, black lettering to spine, 93pp on thick art paper, plates in colour and b/w, etc. One of a small number of copies signed by both Peter Randall-Page and Chris Chapman on the half title leaf __CONDITION : A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (thin sliver of very slight creasing to spine ends) in a faintly edge-creased but otherwise FINE complete Dust Jacket (looks new in its removable transparent protector). ... __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS