Utopian Craftsmen. Hardcover - 1980

HARDBACK "ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMNET," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980 * Publisher: Astragal Books. * Binding and cover condition: Green cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. Light bumps & rubs to lower front edge, no marks or other visible faults. VG++.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the interior of the hall from Dolce Domum, Darmstadt, by M.H. Baille-Scott. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £12.95 . Dark blue-green titles to spine and face. Minimal fade to spine and edges. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head of spine with some wear to bottom of flap folds. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight age darkening to page margins and edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos with a few colour plates and some b/w line drawn diagrams. * Pages: 211 pp. text. vii pp. bibliography, index, blank page and one b/w photo of repoussé metalwork at rear.* Description: Sub-titled "The Arts and Crafts Movement from the Cotswolds to Chicago," The radical thinking that infused the Arts & Crafts movement has continued to inspire social and political theorists throughout the twentieth century, and through the medium of the art schools and studios in which so many of the proponents taught, there has been an unbroken link between the artists and craftsmen of the movement and the craftsmen in practice now. This volume details the history, development, characters and skills of the movement and the profound impact that it had on the style and living conditions of the population as a whole here, in Europe and surprisingly in America.* A NEAR VG++ copy of the 1st./1st. with some minor faults reducing this copy to VG+. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper.*