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Arroyo Craftsman. Vol. 1, No. 1 [all published]by [JAMES, GEORGE WHARTON & WILLIAM LEES JUDSON, editors]
Los Angeles: Arroyo Guild Press, 1909. First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, 67, xv [local ads], [2, ads]. illustrated. Publisher's printed brown wrappers with their logo in yellow and black on the front (a hand holding a hammer with the rising sun in the background and the morro of 'We Can' - which is a takeoff on Gustave Stickley's motto of 'If We Can'). A virtually faultless copy of the only issue to ever be issued. "William Lees Judson, a prominent English painter, settled in the Montecito Heights area in 1893. There, along the banks of the Arroyo Seco, he founded the first school of fine art in Southern California, the Los Angeles College of Fine Arts. In 1901, the College of Fine Arts joined the University of Southern California and erected a building designed by Judson. The school and its founder attracted many artists and became known as the bohemian arts colony of the Arroyo Seco. The Judson Studios building also served as the guild hall for the Arroyo Guild of Fellow Craftsman, a group of artisans and craftspersons inspired by Judson and George Wharton James. In October 1909, influenced by William Morris, the Stickley brothers and the Roycroft community, James published the "Arroyo Craftsman" through the Arroyo Guild Press. The Craftsman aesthetic immediately enjoyed enormous esteem, popularized the budding Arts and Crafts movement of the 1920s, and advanced the American Bungalow architectural style, which is still highly revered" (Montecito Heights Improvement).
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