Hopes and Fears For Art

Five Lectures by the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts movements: " The Lesser Arts", "The Art of the People", "The Beauty of Life", "Making the Best of It", "Architecture in Civilisation". Handsome period Brown Tree-Leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt on brown title label in 2nd compartment. Gilt decoration on spine… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. [5],217pp. plus one-page advertisement. 12mo. Original decorative cloth, stamped in black, terra cotta, and gilt. Spine slightly faded; head of spine lightly chipped; very good. First American edition; originally published in London in the same year. Chapters are titled as follows: "The Lesser Arts...The Art of the People...The Beauty of Life...Making the Best of It...The… Read more about this item

NY: Longmans Green, 1901. 217p. Red cloth. Lacks spine label; covers lightly rubbed. Text clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition.

London: Ellis & White, 1883. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A scarce third edition of this collections of lectures from British artist and textile designer, William Morris. Third edition. Scarce work. A collection of five lectures on art, delivered in Birmingham, London, and Nottingham, including: The Lesser… Read more about this item

New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1908. Hardcover. G+ (Shows average edgewear and age, esp. along spine; some instances of handwriting in a few margins; pages are tanning lightly but are mainly clean.). Burgundy cloth, paper title block on spine, gilt top edges, 217 pp. A collection of five essays penned by Englishman William Morris (1834-1896): The Lesser… Read more about this item

Roberts Brothers, Boston. Hardcover. Acceptable. Cover edgewear, bumps, piece ripped off spine top - 1/4 in; spine bottom frayed. Front cover started about 2/3rds of way up from bottom. FFEP & next two pages have lower right corner ripped off. There are some light pencil markings and underlines to text. 217 pp > Language: English | >… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green and Co, 1903-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardcover/Hardback. Well read copy with some spine wear but very useable.

Ellis & White. Acceptable. . 1882 2nd ed, section missing from bottom of spine, &chipped at top, front hinge exposed, prelim loose, neat name on title page, no other markings, contents clean & binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1882. Hardcover.

Longmans, Green & Co., 1901-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in.

TREDITION CLASSICS, 2012-12-05. Hardcover. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, 2004-06-30. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, 2004-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Hopes and Fears for Art (Esprios Classics).

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

Greenbie Press, 2012-12-14. Paperback. Good.

BiblioBazaar, 2007-11-01. Paperback. Good.

BiblioBazaar, 2007-11-01. Paperback. Good.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Hopes and Fears for Art.

Paperback / softback. New. Originally published in 1882, this is a series of lectures William Morris gave concerning the integration of art into society. Morris' ideas, succinctly articulated here, became a central driving force for the latter Arts & Crafts movement.