The Dancers Inherit the Party and Glasgow Beasts: Ian Hamilton Finlay
AssociatedAssociated with
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Polygon
AuthorAfterword by
Alec Finlay
(Scotland, born 1966)
Date1996
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrinting
Dimensions19.4 x 12.8 x 1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017361.13
About MeSoftback book, 117pp. First edition of "The Dancers Inherit the Party and Glasgow Beasts: Ian Hamilton Finlay" (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1996). It contains Ian Hamilton Finlay's first book of poetry "The Dancers Inherit the Party", originally published in 1961, and the "Glasgow Beast on a Burd", which marked the beginnings of writing in Glaswegian. The book is illustrated throughout and contains music by John Arran.This book is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend of the donor.
