Description: Handicrafts Of The Southern Highlands Doris Ulmann Photographs Allen H. Eaton Text Original 1937 Edition New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 1937. Hardcover. With the scarce dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. First edition. First printing in August 1937. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Very Good in a good plus dust jacket. 370 pages including an index. Small stout quarto. Gilt titled and decorated cloth. Subtitled 'With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation'. A very interesting book which begins with the mountain crafts from pioneer days to the rebirth of these crafts in 1937. Many different handicrafts are included such as weaving, spinning, coverlets, quilting pottery and basketry along with hand made music instruments. This work seeks to expand the development of hand crafts in the Southern Highlands as a way to get money into the region. Discussion of the role of federal, state and private agencies in this process. Appendix, bibliography and index. Doris Ulmann, a wealthy northerner who had studied with Clarence H. White, traveled through Appalachia photographing the people with large format cameras and consummate artistry. The images taken for this book focus mainly on the craftspeople and their modern revival of pioneer skills. The book contains one hundred and twelve full page illustrations, eight of them in color, and the remainder in photogravure, including fifty eight by Ulmann. The handsome gravures are printed in a warm greyish brown tone. Years later a book offering an overview of her work in the region,The Appalachian Photographs of Doris Ulmann, was published with a text by John Jacob Niles. Boards have light wear to the edges and to the bottom of the spine. Gold lettering bright. Few scuff marks. Corners very lightly bumped. Book is clean and generally tight. Personal inscription to the blank side of the first picture. Hint of tanning to page edges. Hinges sound. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light wear and some short tears to edges. Nickel size round chip to the DJ spine. Not price clipped. Now mylar protected. A very nice copy of an uncommon title with the hard to find dust jacket. Scarce first edition, first printing 1937.
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Topic: Photography: Monographs
Binding: Hardcover w/Jacket
Origin: American
Printing Year: 1937
3rd Level Category: Monographs
Subject: Art & Photography
Country of Manufacture: United States
Special Attributes: With Dust Jacket, 1st Edition, Illustrated
