Walter Crane

Isobel Spencer

ISBN 10: 0026129302 / ISBN 13: 9780026129305

Published by Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1971

About this Item

A clean, tight with no signs of prior use. The text is free of any markings.There is light shelfwear to the covers, but the book does not appear to have been preread A mylar Brodart cover now protects it. Fast shipping world wide, with tracking number supplied to all US customers. Seller Inventory # 32343

Bibliographic Details

Title: Walter Crane

Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Co., New York

Publication Date: 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

More than any other artist of the time, Walter Crane appears at the center of the great surge of interest in the decorative arts in the late nineteenth century. He was a driving force behind the Arts and Crafts movement, a children's book illustrator, designer of textiles, tiles, stained glass and ceramics, and a painter, noe of the most popular of the Pre-Raphaelites. 11x9", 208 pp., 150 illustrations, 24 of which are in color.

About the Author:

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), though best known for his novels and short stories for adults, also produced several works for children, including a companion volume to A Wonder Book called Tanglewood Tales (1853).
About the Illustrator:
Walter Crane (1845-1915) was one of the most popular English illustrators of children's books in the late nineteenth century. He was one of the first book artists to experiment with color in picture books.