Flights of Fancy and Other Works of Art by Park Merrill, HIH Art Studio, 2006, HC, Near Fine

Merrill, Park. San Jose, CA: HIH Art Studio, 2006.

English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 10 ½” x 14 ⅛,” 100 pp.

ISBN: 142430296X

Glossy black paper over boards with full-color image to front, black and white text to front, white text to spine, black text to white square at back, black textured endpapers and pastedowns, in publisher’s black dust jacket with matching full-color image to front, black and white text to front, white text to spine, black text to white square at back. Mild shelfwear, minor creasing to top of front pages, otherwise clean, tightly bound, and excellent. In a Near Fine dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. Mild shelfwear and scratching, very minor edgewear and bumping, otherwise excellent. 100 pp. A monograph of Park Merrill, a Californian artist who specialized in realism and impressionism. Replete with full-color images. Imaginative and transportive images are paired with descriptive text, analysis, and quotes. From the dust jacket: “The author guides you through his artwork in brief, but thoughtful and poetic narratives…The gentle and imaginative style of Park Merrill’s paintings calls on each of us to be ever-inspired by the beauty in our thoughts, and in our world.”