William Morris: His Life, Work and Friends
by Henderson, Philip
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0233978550
- ISBN 13
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About This Item
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1986. 388 pages, [30] pages of plates, illustrations; 23 cm. First published, 1967. Good+. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy. Age toning. A study of the English designer and social reformer William Morris (1834-1896). With 82 black-and-white illustrations and 8 colour plates. CONTENTS: PT. 1: ROMANCE: 1834-1876: 1834-1852: Walthamstow to Marlborough; 1853-1856: Oxford; Ruskin, Rossetti and Pre-Raphaelitism; 1856-1859: Red Lion Square; The Oxford Union; 'Iseult' and 'Guenevere'; 1859-1865: Red house; Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.; Fine art workmen; 1865-1871: Queen Square; 'Of utter love defeated utterly'; 1871-1875: Kelmscott and Iceland; Wallpapers; Textile; Embroidery; 'Sigurd the volsung'. PT. 2: COMMITMENT: 1876-1890: 1876-1879: The anti-turk campaign; Kelmscott house; Visits to Italy; Experiments in weaving; Architecture and the arts of life; 1879-1883: Hammersmith; Kelmscott; Merton Abbey; 1883-1884: The social democratic federation; 1885-1887: The socialist league; 1887-1890: 'A dream of John Ball; 'The odyssey'; Bloody Sunday and the end of the socialist league. PT. 3: UTOPIA: 1890-1896: 1890-1893: 'News from nowhere'; The Kelmscott press; 1894-1896: Last years; Conclusion.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.
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- Title
- William Morris: His Life, Work and Friends
- Author
- Henderson, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0233978550
- ISBN 13
- 9780233978550
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- European / British & Irish; European / 7. Late 19th Century; Aesthetics;
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