The Art That Is Life: The Arts and Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920 by Wendy Kaplan - 1987-04

Little Brown & Co, 1987. 410pp. Large heavy tan cloth hardback, no DJ, VG, EX-LIB, minimal markings, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations, History of the Arts & Crafts movement in America from 1875-1920, . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1987. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in price-clipped Fine dust jacket. Cloth, 410pp, index, 55 colour illus; 316 duo-tones. This is a well-illustrated history of the Arts & Crafts Movement in America with contributions by Eileen Boris, W, AScott Braznell, Robert Judson Clark, Edward S. Cooke Jr., Ellen Paul Denker, Bert Randall Denker, Robert Edwards, Jonathan L. Fairbanks, Sally Buchanan Kinsey, Gillian Moss, Cheryl Robertson, Susan Otis Thompson, Richard Guy Wilson and Catherine Zusy. The book examines decorative anrts and architecture and includes objects such as furniture, glass, silver, ceramics, textiles, books, wallpaper, and drawings. A heavy book. (4.8 JM HOZ 401/4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. (1987). ........ Hardcover. Sm 4to., 410 pp. .

New York: New York Graphic Society / Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. G+ (Ex-art library with plastic spine label; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; pages are clean with just a hint of age overall.). Heathered, decorative linen/boards; brown lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering, in mylar cover. 424 pp., 55 color illus. and 316 duotones. Issued in conjunction with several 1987-1988 exhibitions. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 188 works with four lengthy essays: by Wendy Kaplan, "The Lamp of British Precedent: An Introduction to the Arts and Crafts Movement" and "Spreading the Crafts: The Role of the Schools"; by Eileen Boris, "'Dreams of Brotherhood and Beauty': The Social Ideas of the Arts and Crafts Movement"; and by Cheryl Robertson, "House and Home in the Arts and Crafts Era: Reforms for Simpler Living"; and an index. This is the scarce first edition of this landmark study.

New York: New York Graphic Society / Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. NF/VG+. Heathered, decorative linen/boards; brown lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 424 pp., 55 color illus. and 316 duotones. Issued in conjunction with several 1987-1988 exhibitions. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 188 works with four lengthy essays: by Wendy Kaplan, "The Lamp of British Precedent: An Introduction to the Arts and Crafts Movement" and "Spreading the Crafts: The Role of the Schools"; by Eileen Boris, "'Dreams of Brotherhood and Beauty': The Social Ideas of the Arts and Crafts Movement"; and by Cheryl Robertson, "House and Home in the Arts and Crafts Era: Reforms for Simpler Living"; and an index. This is the scarce first edition of this landmark study.

Little Brown & Co (T), 1987. Book. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DJ.

Little Brown & Co (t), 1987. Hardcover. Quarto. 424 pp, 55 color illustratinos, 316 duo-tones. Exhibition catalogue. A very nice copy in dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper.

Little Brown & Co, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x9x1. Book is Like New. Very Clean. No writing or tears. Dust Jacket has several very small chips/tears to spine.