The Simple Life (1981) was Fiona MacCarthy's first book, written while she was the Guardian's design correspondent (and before her acclaimed lives of Eric Gill, William Morris, and Edward Burne-Jones.) It tells of a venturesome effort to enact an Edwardian Utopia in a small town in the Cotswolds. The leader of this endeavour was progressive-minded architect Charles Robert Ashbee, who in 1888 founded the Guild of Handicraft in Whitechapel, specialising in metalworking, jewellery and furniture and informed by the desire to ...
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The Simple Life (1981) was Fiona MacCarthy's first book, written while she was the Guardian's design correspondent (and before her acclaimed lives of Eric Gill, William Morris, and Edward Burne-Jones.) It tells of a venturesome effort to enact an Edwardian Utopia in a small town in the Cotswolds. The leader of this endeavour was progressive-minded architect Charles Robert Ashbee, who in 1888 founded the Guild of Handicraft in Whitechapel, specialising in metalworking, jewellery and furniture and informed by the desire to improve society. In 1902 Ashbee and his East London comrades removed the Guild to Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, hoping to construct a socialistic rural idyll. MacCarthy explores the impact of the experiment on the lives of the group and on the little town they occupied - tracing the Guild's fortunes and misfortunes, hilarious and grave, and the many fellow idealists and artists who were involved (among them William Morris, Roger Fry, and Sidney and Beatrice Webb).
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24pp. photoplates. Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 24x15cm, 204, [24] pp. Discusses the activities of the Guild of Handicraft during their move to Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, after 1902. Contents: Prologue; From Whitechapel to Camelot: 1888 to 1901; Cockneys in Arcadia: 1902; The Building of the City: 1903; The Jolly Craftsmen's Chorus: 1904; The Song of Giles Cockbill: 1905; The Guild's Thee ' Prentices: 1906; The Death of Conradin: 1907; Echoes from the City: 1908 omwards.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Used-Very Good. VG paperback. 2009 edition with B&W illustrations; cover uncreased with slightly yellowed edges; a single crease to spine; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 0853315418.
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Good. Good or better condition. Pages have scattered marks and notes, but completely legible, binding is good. Covers mostly clean, minor scuffing or stickers. Solid reading copies.
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As New in As New dust jacket. 0520043693. Octovo hardcover, unworn unread and as NEW in AS NEW DJ. A fresh copy, unsullied. Back to the land movement and the making of the guild of craftsman, in the Cotswolds; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
