C.F.A. Voysey An Architect of Individuality Tapa dura - 1981

Whitney Library of Design, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Whitney Library of Design, 1981. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Very Good red boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. Very Good dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges; some yellowing on front of DJ. 160pp. Stated First US edition. White cover with picture on building on DJ. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1981. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oversized hardcover. First American ediiton. Generally fine, touch of bumping at the tips. No jacket. 160 pp. with bibliography, index, list of extant works. Illusterated with photographs and reproductions of exteriors and interior detail, floor plans. Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) was an English architect and textile designer. His designs of wallpapers, fabrics, carpets, tiles, and furnishings in the Arts and Crafts style were a seminal minfluence on the British Art Nouveau style. As the 20th century approached, Volsey began architectural design for buildings, particularly country "cottages". Between 1900 and 1910 he not only designed complete houses but also thier interior elements.

E-220: Whitney Library of Design. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Whitney Library of Design, New York. 1981. 160 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A leading figure in the British Arts and Crafts movement, Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) could easily have made a career out of pattern design alone, for his ingenious textiles and wall coverings in fresh, clear colors won him international acclaim. By the mid-1890s, however, he also was hailed as one of Britain”s most innovative architects. For the small country houses that were his specialty, he rejected the lavish ornamentation and historical trappings so beloved by the… Leer más

New York, NY: Whitney Library of Design/Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First American edition. Square quarto (4to). 160 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding. Unclipped dustjacket with a small tear and crease, and slightly shelfworn; protected in archival mylar. Contains 125 black & white photographs. Previous owner's name [an architect] neatly on front endpaper..

New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1981. Comprehensive preminent monograph on Voysey's architecture, traces the progress and development of Charles Voysey's career and features major buildings as well as unbuilt projects. Includes coverage of the establishment of Voysey's practice; early experimental designs for both furniture and houses which laid the groundwork for his mature style; Voysey's most prosperous years during which his greatest houses, including Moor Crag of 1898, were designed and his finest furniture produced. 160 pgs. Illustrated with 125 black/white photographs and many of Voysey's own drawings. Gilt spine. Prior ownership name-stamp on lower front endpaper. A few minor tiny closed tears on the upper edge of dustjacket; in mylar. Minimal rubbing and shelfwear to text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong.