Architecture of the Arts and Crafts Movement
by Davey, Peter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0847803538
- ISBN 13
- 9780847803538
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About This Item
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1980. Cloth, 224 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First American Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. A profusely-illustrated survey which chiefly focuses on the Arts and Crafts movement in Great Britain. "This book gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and America. It highlights the contradictions they tried to resolve in accommodating or rejecting the developments of the new machine age, and in meeting the cost of materials and craftsmanship which for them to work mainly for a wealthy elite class." - Publisher. CONTENTS: 1. Once upon a time; 2. Gathering grounds; 3. The prophet; 4. Lamplighters; 5. The guilds are forged; 6. The guide; 7. The explorer; 8. The pathfinder; 9. Into the country; 10. The lost city; 11. The attempt on the summit; 12. The descent; 13. Quietly home; 14. Transatlantic excursion; 15. Crossing the channel; 16. Postscript: Looking back.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Architecture of the Arts and Crafts Movement
- Author
- Davey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0847803538
- ISBN 13
- 9780847803538
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; American / 5. Modern, 1900-1945; Architecture / History; Architecture / Domestic;
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