An Endeavour Towards the Teaching of John Ruskin and William Morris, Being a Brief Account of the Work, the Aims, and the Principles of the Guild of Handicraft in East London

1901

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52 pages, pages mostly uncut. This was the first use of the Essex House type designed by Ashbee. Illustrated title vignette, initials, and tail-piece designed and cut by George Thomson. Binding: white leather covers, title stamped in gold on spine. End papers cream.

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Title: An Endeavour Towards the Teaching of John Ruskin and William Morris, Being a Brief Account of the Work, the Aims, and the Principles of the Guild of Handicraft in East London
Author: Charles Robert Ashbee (British, Isleworth, Middlesex 1863–1942 Godden Green, Kent)
Artist: George Thomson (British, Aberdunshire 1860–1939 Boulogne)
Publisher: Edward Arnold, London
Printer: Essex House Press (British, Essex)
Date: 1901
Medium: Illustrations: woodcuts
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 6 x 1/2 in. (21 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Administrative Purchase Fund, 1974
Object Number: 1974.525
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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