Sylvia Backemeyer (91 results)

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Softcover. Condition: VG-. Some rubbing & edgewear; few creases; old sticker on back corner; some yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 127 pages.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback copy in burnt-orange wraps; tight binding with clean interior, wraps clean with some light fading to spine. 4to. - over 9¾ in. - 12 in., 127pp.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 127pp Square format with many b&w illustrations. Essays on his role in forming the Art worker's Guild and Central School of Arts and Crafts. Plus.

Paperback. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. First Edition. London, UK: Lund Humphries. G/No Dustjacket. (1984). First Edition. Paperback. 8vo., 127 pp., margins yellowing, spine faded . Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled and slight creasing. Spine sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean. Physical description; 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; "Companion volume to the exhibition . held at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London from 22 October-17 November 1984 and . at the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum from 22 December-2 February 1985"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-119). Contents; Foreword / Tom Pannell -- Introduction / Godfrey Rubens -- William Richard Lethaby and the Central School of Arts and Crafts / Theresa Gronberg -- W.R. Lethaby and the Art-Worker's Guild / John Brandon-Jones -- William Lethaby: keeping art ship-shape / Peter Fuller -- Lethaby and the myth of modernism / Gillian Naylor -- The practice and theory of architecture / Godfrey Rubens -- Architecture, Mysticism, and Myth and its influence / Julian Holder. Subjects; Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard) 1857-1931 ; Exhibitions. Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard) 1857-1931. Lethaby, William Richard 1857-1931 Catalogues. Central School of Arts and Crafts (London, England). 1800-1899. 1900-1999. Arts and crafts movement England ; Exhibitions. Architects England ; Biography. 1 Kg.…

paperback. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. paperback, pictorial gloss card covers, a well preserved tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents. Illustrated, 127pp.

1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 127 pp.: illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects; Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard) 1857-1931 ; Exhibitions. Catalogues. Criticism and interpretation. Arts and crafts movement. Modernism. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled and slight creasing. Spine sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean. Physical description; 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; "Companion volume to the exhibition . held at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London from 22 October-17 November 1984 and . at the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum from 22 December-2 February 1985"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-119). Contents; Foreword / Tom Pannell -- Introduction / Godfrey Rubens -- William Richard Lethaby and the Central School of Arts and Crafts / Theresa Gronberg -- W.R. Lethaby and the Art-Worker's Guild / John Brandon-Jones -- William Lethaby: keeping art ship-shape / Peter Fuller -- Lethaby and the myth of modernism / Gillian Naylor -- The practice and theory of architecture / Godfrey Rubens -- Architecture, Mysticism, and Myth and its influence / Julian Holder. Subjects; Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard) 1857-1931 ; Exhibitions. Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard) 1857-1931. Lethaby, William Richard 1857-1931 Catalogues. Central School of Arts and Crafts (London, England). 1800-1899. 1900-1999. Arts and crafts movement England ; Exhibitions. Architects England ; Biography. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1984 1st edition to accompany an exhibition; B&W illustrations; spine uncreased but slightly faded; light crease to front cover; edges of pages slightly yellowed; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: large sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine, with only slightest wear to corners, old pencil price on front endpaper. BACKEMEYER, SYLVIA, ed. . Making their mark: art, craft and design at the Central School, 1896-1966. London: Herbert Press, 2000, 160pp., . Beautifully illustrated throughout, mostly in color. - Tracing the history of the Central School of Art, from its first principal, onwards, this book shows how the school began and developed educational theories that had far reaching effects on the development of arts and crafts in Britain - CONTENTS: Making an impression / Joanna Selborne -- 'Visual language': the growth of graphic design / Sylvia Backemeyer -- Following the thread: textiles / Mary Schoeser -- Morris Kestelman and Fine Art teaching at the Central School / Sylvia Backemeyer -- William Johnstone and the Central School / Alan Powers -- From three-dimensional craft to industrial design / Stuart Evans -- Central Ceramics: Dora Billington and Gilbert Harding Green / Alison Britton -- Half a century of theatre design / Anna Buruma -- Enid Marx at the Central School in the 1920s / Cynthia R. Weaver -- Spreading the word / Mary Schoeser -- A student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, 1936-1940 / Margare Till -- Edward Wright: teaching and experiment / Ken Garland -- From the first number of Central Papers 1930 / Bridget Wilkins -- Roy Coulthurst, industrial designer -- Anne Hechle, calligrapher -- Biographies of Central School staff and students -- Selected general reading on Central School staff and students -- List of Royal Academicians -- List of Royal Designers for Industry. 9780713652611 ISBN 0713652616. …

1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 127 pp.: illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects; Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard) 1857-1931 ; Exhibitions. Catalogues. Criticism and interpretation. Arts and crafts movement. Modernism. 1 Kg.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 208pp, richly illustrated in full colour. Glossy, illustrated stiff card covers with French flaps. Folio. Covers very slightly rubbed along extreme edges else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. From the front flap of the book: "The essays in this book cover not only book illustration for adults and children but also fashion illustration.comics, cartoons, book jackets.the Folio Society and other private presses and commercial art for Transport for London, Shell and early magazines".…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.