Studio

1906 · rif. 24579 — London Paris & New York: The Studio 1906. Hardcover. First edition. Good green buckram-bound hardcover in the original binding with stamped black decoration and a title plate to the front with overall aging/light shelf wear to the covers insect predation to the spine at the heel and along the edges of the paste downs tanning to the spine and a library blindstamp to pages 1 141 and 275 otherwise no indications; the interior shows light signs of handling/age including a couple of forms beginning to separate but in general is clean and bright. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY WRAPPED IN PADDING IN A BOX. The Studio was a monthly magazine focused on "fine and applied arts." Beginning with this volume in 1906 the company issued a yearly round-up of the best in decorative arts--"A Guide to the Artistic Decoration and Furnishing of the House"--with British Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts examples of work by William Morris E.L. Lutyens Warings Waring & Gillow A.E. Pearce Bartholomew & Fletcher The Guild of Handicraft Ann Macbeth and many others. The contents are: On the Interior Arrangement and Decoration of the House; Furniture; Firegates and Mantelpieces; Wall and Ceiling Decoration; Stained Glass; Artificial Lighting; Door Furniture and other Fittings; Textile Fabrics; Embroidery; Porcelain and Earthenware; Metal and Glass Tableware; and Garden Furniture. xii 276 pages; 20 color plates 4 duo-toned b&w plates hundreds of b&w reproductions of photographs and illustrations; 8.25 x 11.5 inches. Due to size and weight international and expedited shipping may be more than quoted. The Studio hardcover