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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Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $4.04, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $7.79, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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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.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C. R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $14.06, like new condition, Sold by mossback books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hartland, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by University of California Press.
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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.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by Abacus Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsford, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by University of California Pre.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C. R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $29.38, very good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by Faber and Faber.
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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.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $30.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by Lund Humphries.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. 204pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Slight bumping and a bit of loose stitching at the crown, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine.
Add this copy of Simple Life-C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $30.00, very good condition, Sold by Shaker Mill Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Stockbridge, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1981 by Lund Humphries.
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illustrated. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book DJ is clean w/lightest of rubbing to edges. Boards are well-bound, a bit of dustiness to textbox edge; pages are bright & clean.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $30.55, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1988 by Lund Humphries Publishers.
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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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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 204 pages, b/w plates, illustrated end papers references, sources and select bibliography, index, 8vo; olive cloth. fine, near fine dust jacket.
