C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer, and Romantic Socialist by Crawford, Alan

Yale University Press, 2005-09-01. Paperback. Good.

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Yale University Press, 2005. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. 499 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Charles Robert Ashbee was a major force behind the arts & crafts movement. Inspired by the anti-industrialism of Ruskin & Morris, he was the founder of the Guild of Handicraft. This biography describes a multi-faceted career that also encompassed conservation and town planning." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Cities of youth and thought 1863-1886; East London 1886-1891; The nineties 1891-1897; Success 1897-1902; The Cotswolds 1902-1908; Where the great city stands 1908-1918; Jerusalem 1919-1922; In a Kentish garden 1923-1942; The elements of design; Architecture; Furniture and interior decoration; Metalwork; Jewellery; The Essex House Press; Reputation and influence; Conclusion.. 2nd. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2005. Softcover. VG--light shelf-wear to bottom textblock. tight binding.. grey, green, white wraps w/ color illustration & printing. 499 pages : illustrations (some color). content as follows: Charles Robert Ashbee - architect, designer, social reformer and a major force behind the arts and crafts movement - was one of the most significant figures in British artistic and cultural life at the turn of the last century. Inspired by the Romantic anti-industrialism of John Ruskin and William Morris, Ashbee started a small craft workshop in the East End of London in 1888 called the Guild of Handicraft; he not only made it a place where work could be satisfying and creative but in 1902, in the boldest gesture of his career, he moved the Guild's workshops out to the idyllic Cotswold town of Chipping Campden. Utilising the often vivid journals kept by Ashbee and his wife Janet, Alan Crawford documents Ashbee's life and work, the story of the Guild and the part… Read More

Yale University Press. Very Good. 2005. Second Edition. Softcover. 0300109393 . 240x170mm; 499 pages .

London: Yale University Press, 2005. Name/date to half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 499pp. Charles Robert Ashbee was one of the most significant figures in British artistic and cultural life around the start of the 20th century - as an architect, designer and social reformer. Inspired by the anti-industrialism of John Ruskin and William Morris, he started a craft workshop in London's East End in 1888 before moving it out to the Cotswold town of Chipping Campden in 1902.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.75 inches.