History, Decorating, Art Deco 

Hardcover with dust jacket.1920-40 - Edited by Mike Darton. "An illustrated guide to the deocrative style." Colorful jacket with boards of the book exactly like the jacket. The old sales price is labeled on the front endpage when purchased by previous owner. "Art Deco embodied an age when there was a style to life, an age very different from the present. A little more than two decades, and it was gone, but never forgotten. This book celebrates that joyous era, an era that saw misery and deprivation in no small measure, to be sure, but an era nevertheless sure of itself in color and form and utility. An era in which many things of finite beauty were created." This book is "an illustrated guide 1920-40 is a truly comprehensive handbook to the distinctive style of the age." Containing a wealth of information not just on the pieces created specifically to be works of art, sculpture, glass, silver, jewelry, ceramics, graphics and fine art, but also on how the stype permeated through the everyday nuts and bolts of contemorary life, its architecture, furniture, textiles lighting fixtures, metalwork and so on." This book "represents a complilation of the intimate knowledge of some of the world's foremost stylistic experts." "Fully illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs, the information is presented in a fashion that is refreshingly clear. The text has been specially edited for that same clarity, and perhaps as important, for general readability: There is nothing of the history textbook in its personal, lively yet authoritative tone." Spine is tight and straight. The pages are clean and free of markings or tears. Dust jacket shows light shelf and edge wear, one short, small tear that the top of the dust jacket near the spine. Approximate size, 8.75 x 11.25. Total 128 pages with lots of illustrations. Published in the USA 1996 by JG Press. Distributed by World Publications, Inc. Illustrator, Lorraine Harrison. A nice book! *10BC0 - from Amzon