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Kaplan, Wendy. THE ART THAT IS LIFE: THE ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA. 1875-1920. Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts 1987. Hard Cover. First Edition. 424 pp. Color, duotone photos. Book which accompanied an exhibition of the same name at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 4-May 31, 1987; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 16 - Nov. 1, 1987; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Dec. 9, 1987 - Feb. 28, 1988; and Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, April 5 - June 26, 1988. Cover lettered in brown on spine, and printed on front with an illus. from "War is Kind" by Stephen Crane, 1899 (no.46). Same piece of art is used as frontis. The vividly colored glossy dj shows a "Wallpaper frieze, 1900-1905 (no. 193) HBH Company. Dj is price-clipped. There are a few impressions on back cover of dj where someone has drawn or traced on it. Else condition of book & jacket both immaculate. Gift inscription in brown ink on ffep. Beige eps. Includes contributions by Eileen Boris, W. Scott Braznell, Robert Judson Clark, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Ellen Paul Denker, Bert Randall Denker, Robert Edwards, Jonathan L. Fairbanks, Sally Nuchanan Kinsey, Gillian Moss, Cheryl Robertson, Susan Otis Thompson, Richard Guy Wilson, and Catherine Zusy. A monumental catalog of the history of "one of the most significant and far-reaching movements in American art," thoroughly researched and presented in detail. More than 300 illustrations contribute to making this a celebration as well as a reference. Laid in is a program from Boston's MFA. We also have a softcover copy of this book; contact us for details. Very Good / Very Good Exhibition Catalog.
[Book #10682] Price: $75.00 Ask a Question

MacCarthy, Fiona. The Simple Life: C. R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press 1981. Hard Cover. First Edition. Clean, crisp copy in mylar cover. Price clipped. Fine / Fine
[Book #17162] Price: $25.00 Ask a Question

Meister, Maureen. Architecture and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Boston: Harvard's H. Langford Warren. Hanover & London: University Press of New England 2003. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy in mylar cover. Fine / Fine
[Book #19758] Price: $20.00 Ask a Question

Townsend, W.G. Paulson, Editor. THE ART WORKERS' QUARTERLY, VOL. I, NOS. 1-4. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1902. Paper Wraps. First. 120 pp +/-. Gray paper wrappers with white title and black crest and printing makes an attractive intro to the first four issues of this Arts and Crafts Magazine subtitled "A Portfolio of Practical Designs for Decorative and Applied Art," intended to supply full-size working designs to craftsmen as well as exxplanatory text. Our four issues from the inaugural year are incomplete, with contents as follows: No. 1 is lacking text, has two of the 11 plates listed. Cover is edgeworn and detached. No. 2 appears complete. Cover missing, but all 8 plates accounted for. Details in this issue on Church vestments, cut and embroidered linen, design for a mosaic floor, intarsia, working drawings of a 16th Century French arm chair. No.3 with four pp. b/w ills, has 6 of nine plates. Cover present but detached. No.4, with cover also present but unattached, contains four of the seven original plates, including a color print of a Flemish tapestry belonging to J.P. Morgan. Many unopened pages in this issue. Alll issues have a little foxing, but are basically very good. An exceedingly rare find. Good Plus Periodical.
[Book #4006] Price: $175.00 Ask a Question

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