Architecture of the arts and crafts movement by Peter Davey - 1980

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Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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.… Read More

New York, NY: Rizzoli. Used-Good/Used-Good. 1980. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 224 pp. .

New York, NY: Rizzoli, 1980 Owner's name label inside, otherwise Very Good condition. Dust jacket Very Good also. Dust jacket in new mylar protector. Black & white photos, drawings, floor plans. Index, glossary.

New York: Rizzoli, 1980. Hardbound. VG/Good (dj has sticker marks on front). Blue cloth, blue illus. cover; 224 pp. with bw photos. the arts and crafts movement in Britain.

New York, NY: Rizzoli, 1980. Hardcover. VG-/G+ ( minimal age toning along textblock, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket shows light wear at corners and tiny tears at spine). Blue paper boards with silver gilt lettering on spine, blue and pictorial dust jacket with off-white lettering, 224 pp., bw illustrations. "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 forced them to work mainly for a wealthy elite class. It shows how the ideas of the movement influenced the California and Praire Schools and Art Nouveau and how it led to the development of neo-Georgianism and the growth of the machine worshipping Modern Movement after the Great War. We are at a stage in our own century which has interesting… Read More

New York: Rizzoli, 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Small blemish to front pastedown from sticker removal. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout. ; 9.60 X 7.70 X 1 inches; 224 pages.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Rizzoli [0-8478-0353-8] 1980. (Small 4to) 224pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, plans, notes, bibliography, index. The covers are lightly splayed the dust jacket is sunned slightly along the spine. "For about three decades at the turn of the century, Arts and Crafts architecture and the theories behind it caught the attention of the Western world as the Gothic revival was set upon a new and vigorous course by the ideas of Pugin, Ruskin and Morris". Book about Arts and Crafts Movement, William Morris, Augustus Pugin & John Ruskin. Locale:. (Architecture, Architects, Architecture, Art History, Craftsmanship).