Saginaw, Michigan: Brooks Manufacturing Company, 1912. Softcover. Brownish wraps wqith orange silhouetted lettering and design. 64 pp., profusely illustrated. An extremely rare original catalogue from January 1912. In exceptional condition. OCLC locates no original copies, only the 1993 Dover reprint. A vital reference. More about Brooks Arts And Crafts Furniture, Catalog No. 14 January 1912
Lambertville, New Jersey: David Rago Auctions, Inc., 1999. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 92 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Accompanied an auction of Arts and Crafts furniture, vases, prints, porcelain, and more. Lots 500-960. More about David Rago Presents: Arts and Crafts Auction [Sunday, September 26, 1999
Salt Lake City, Utah: Peregrine Smith Books, 1974, 1980. Softcover. Sepia illus. wraps, 143 pp., many BW illus. Reprint of the 1974 book. Copyright date at tp says 1980, but p. 5 is headed "Foreword to 1989 Edition." Nevertheless, chapters are devoted to: The Arroyo Culture, Painting, Literature and Presswork... More about California Design 1910
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth, black & color illus. dust jacket, 248 pp., 150 color plates, 50 BW illus. "Provides historical background as well as decorating inspiration for those who collect and appreciate the Arts and Crafts style. In addition to glorious photographs of individual... More about American Arts and Crafts Textiles
Parsippany, New Jersey: The Craftsman Farms Foundation, 1992. Softcover. Brown paper wraps, 120 pp., 128+ BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1992-1993 exhibition of furniture work by American furniture giant Gustav Stickley (1857-1942), at his home site. Also offers a narrative and commentary on aspects of the Craftsman Period... More about Gustav Stickley, His Craft: A Daily Vision and a Dream
New York: Gallery 532 Soho, 1995. Softcover. Brown & illus. wraps, 128 pp., 107+ BW illus. "Charles P. Limbert [1854-1923] -- furniture salesman and furniture maker -- saw in the Arts and Crafts Movement a popular idea in furniture that he could produce and sell profitably. He also recognized the... More about Kindred Styles: The Arts and Crafts Furniture of Charles P. Limbert
Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990. Softbound. Dark green, color pictorial wraps. 255 pp., profusely illustrated with 190 color and 275 bw plates and photographs. A terrific reference. Includes Introduction by Max Palevsky. Subject headings for the essays (after the main essays "Setting the Stage: Europe"... More about American Arts & Crafts Virtue in Design: A Catalogue of the Palevsky / Evans Collection and...
Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990. Hardcover. Dark green, color pictorial wraps. 255 pp., profusely illustrated with 190 color and 275 bw plates and photographs. A terrific reference. Includes Introduction by Max Palevsky. Subject headings for the essays (after the main essays "Setting the Stage: Europe"... More about American Arts & Crafts Virtue in Design: A Catalogue of the Palevsky / Evans Collection and...
London: Phaidon, 2003. Paperback. Color-illustrated and yellow wraps with black and brown lettering, matching dust jacket. 239 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and BW. "Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) is one of the iconic and most influential figures of the American Arts & Crafts movement, a self-made man whose furniture company, Craftsman... More about Gustav Stickley
New York, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1979. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 180 pp. numbered 1-125 and 1-55; 594 bw figures. More about Stickley Craftsman Furniture Catalogs: Unabridged Reprints of Two Mission Furniture Catalogs,...
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2004. Softcover. Red & tan & illus. wraps, 184 pp., 50 BW illus., 14 color illus. "The first and only ful-scale study of Rockingham ware to consider not just its history as a manufactured object but also its role in domestic life. ...Describes... More about Rockingham Ware in American Culture, 1830-1930: Reading Historical Artifacts
Princeton: Princeton University, 1972. Softcover. Wraps. 192 pp. 295 bw plates. Edited by Robert Judson Clark. A standard and uncommon reference. Chronology, selected bibliography. An important exhibition, which was held at Princeton University in late 1972, along with two other locations. More about The Arts and Crafts Movement in America, 1876-1916
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1984. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters and line outline on spine, black & color illus. dust jacket, 310 pp., 90 BW plates, 8 color plates. "Recounts for the first time the full story of the Bloomsbury Group's venture into interior decoration and furniture design... More about The Omega Workshops
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1980. Hardcover. Sienna cloth, gilt letters on spine, tan & color illus. dust jacket, 224 pp. 166 bw plates. An extensive survey of these Arts and Crafts furniture makers. "'Wonderful furniture of a commonplace kind' is the young Ernest Gimson's description of the contributions of his... More about Gimson and the Barnsleys: 'Wonderful furniture of a commonplace kind'
New York: Methuen, 1980. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, white & color illus. dust jacket, 200 pp., many BW illus., some color illus. "Charles Ricketts [1866-1931] was a man of remarkable versatility. In the 1890s he ranked with Aubrey Beardsley as a powerful influence on book illustrators. In... More about The World of Charles Ricketts
London: Phaidon, 1995. Reprinted in paperback. Softcover. White wraps, black and blue and illus. dust jacket, 256 pp., many BW and color illus. `Gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and America. It highlights... More about Arts and Crafts Architecture
London: Phaidon, 1995. Reprinted in paperback. Softcover. Black cloth boards with stamped lettering Black and color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering, 256 pp., many BW and color illus. `Gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement which began in England and quickly influenced... More about Arts and Crafts Architecture
Detroit: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1976. Softcover. Brown blind-stamped wraps. 296 pp. Profuse bw plates. Catalogue from the exhibition held November 1976 to January 1977, featuring arts and crafts made in Detroit. Essays: The Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1976: An Introduction / Joy Hakanson Colby -- Arts... More about Arts and Crafts in Detroit, 1906-1976: The Movement, The Society, The School
Boston: Perry Walton, 1925. Hardcover. Grey-green cloth boards with brown spine and gilt stamped lettering and design. 158 pp. BW illustrations. Compiled and privately printed for Bernard W. Doyle, president of the Viscoloid company, inc., in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the comb... More about Comb Making in America: An Acccount of the Origin and Development of the Industry for which...
Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2002. reprint edition. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt design. Cream dj with red illus and lettering. 40 pp. text followed by 60 color plates. "In this reprint of his classic Studies in Design, originally published in 1875, the timeless art and wisdom of Christopher Dresser... More about Studies in Design (A Design Classic Reprint
Bryn Mawr, PA: Robert Edwards, 1982-1984. Limited. Softcover. 12 issues, each appx. 60 pp., some with tipped-in plates and illustrations along with printed illustrations. TILLER as it exists now is comprised of twelve physical issues which define the two published volumes. The first nine issues were printed on Hahnemuhle Ingres-Buttenpapier... More about Tiller: A bimonthly devoted to the Arts and Crafts Movement (complete run, 2 volumes made up of a...
Wilmington, Del. Delaware Art Museum, 1984. Softcover. Mauve & color illus. stapled wraps, 31 pp., illus., mostly in BW. Issued in conjunction with several 1984-1985 exhibitions focusing on this unique art colony located near Woodstock, N. Y. With essays by Robert Edwards and Jane Perkins Claney, and a few examples... More about The Byrdcliffe Arts & Crafts Colony: Life by Design
New York: Turn of the Century Editions, 1983. Softcover. Tan textured wraps with bw illus. and red lettering. 189 pp. with bw illus. throughout. The history, philosophy and construction, Onondaga Shops, Handcraft shops and work of L & JG Stickley. Includes construction techniques, facsimiles of catalogues, unpublished designs, and more... More about The Mission Furniture of L & JG Stickley
New York: Turn of the Century Editions, 1981. Softcover. Tan & illus. wraps, 165 pp., many BW illus. Title on spine: Gustav Stickley. A visual consideration of the work of American furniture maker Gustav Stickley (1858-1942), an artisan leader of the Arts and Crafts movement and the American Craftsman style... More about Collected Works of Gustav Stickley
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2005. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards with gilt lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with cream and tan lettering. 303 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "This is the first work devoted to the life and work of the Arts & Crafts designer and architect William Arthur Smith Benson... More about W.A.S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design
