FROM WILLIAM MORRIS: BUILDING CONSERVATION AND THE ARTS AND CRAFTS CULT OF AUTHENTICITY, 1877-1939 de MIELE CHRIS (EDITOR):

New Haven: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2005. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., top board slightly overhangs fore-edge, easily corrected with proper storage, minor impact. no other flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, etc. tight binding despite above.; xvii-343pp., 71 b/w illustrations. contains ten essays by various contributors and three appendices.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Contents: Conservation and the enemies of progress? / Chris Miele -- Morris and conservation / Chris Miele -- Defining a body of tradition: Philip Webb / Peter Burman -- Supper At Gatti's: The SPAB and the arts and crafts movement / Alan Crawford -- Affirming community life: preservation, national identity and the state, 1900 / Melanie Hall -- William Morris and Philip Webb: their influence on Detmar Blow and the wandering architects / Michael Drury -- Exporting the revolution: the work of the SPAB outside Britain 1878-1914 / Frank C. Sharp -- The survival of truly mediaeval mannerisms in construction and detail': cultural politics and the preservation of New England antiquities in the early twentieth century / James M. Lindgren -- A cuckoo in the nest: the emergence of the Georgian Group / Neil Burton -- The continuing work of the SPAB / Philip Venning. xvii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. First edition, first printing. Grey cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to edges, no… Leer más

Yale University Press, 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper, illustrated, xvii + 343pp.

Paul Mellon Centre BA, 2005-07-10. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Yale University Press; Et Al. New. 2005. Hardcover. 0300107307 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 364 pp. With 71 ills. 26 x 19 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .