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Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement.
by HOWARTH, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul,, 1952. First edition, first impression of Howarth's account of the life and work of the Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). A crucial early account of the architect, Howarth's work "presented Mackintosh's work as part of the development of twentieth-century architectural modernism, with its belief in functionalism and its turning away from the past. Howarth described Glasgow School of Art as the first major building of the movement, and he shaped Mackintosh's career so that it fitted neatly into the larger narratives of modernism, arguing that he was not fully understood in Glasgow, and only properly appreciated in the proto-modern circles of Vienna" (ODNB). Quarto. Original brown cloth, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. 96 monochrome plates and 29 plans and line drawings to text. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Top edge slightly foxed. Otherwise a fine copy in a rubbed and somewhat worn jacket with a few long closed tears to spine and loss to head of spine affecting text.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141144
- Title
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement.
- Author
- HOWARTH, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Routledge & Kegan Paul,
- Date Published
- 1952
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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