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 ...
Read More
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).
Read Less
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $10.51, fair condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Acceptable. Used-Acceptable. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $10.68, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1981 by Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0853314357.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $11.04, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1981 by Lund Humphries.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0853314357.
Milton Under Wychwood,
OXFORDSHIRE,
UNITED KINGDOM
$14.40
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $14.40, very good condition, Sold by Greensleeves Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Under Wychwood, OXFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1981 by Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C. R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $19.38, very good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by Faber and Faber.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
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. $20.55, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1988 by Lund Humphries Publishers.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
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.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $22.60, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1981 by London: Lund Humphries.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Physical description: 204 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (black and white), portraits; 24 cm. Notes: Music, text on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-197) and index. Subjects: Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert) 1863-1942: architect, designer, and social reformer; Ashbee, C. R. Studies; Ashbee, C. R. Influence; Campden School of Arts and Crafts; Guild of Handicraft (London, England) History; Handicraft England Chipping Campden; Arts and crafts movement; Simplicity; Country life England Chipping Campden History; Artists' colonies; Arts and crafts British Isles; Designers; Chipping Campden (Gloucestershire). Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C. R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds / Fiona to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1988 by London: Lund Humphries.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Physical description: 204 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. [192]-197. Subjects: Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert) 1863-1942 Influence. Guild of Handicraft (London, England). Campden School of Arts and Crafts. Country life England Chipping Campden. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean.
Add this copy of The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds to cart. $27.00, like new condition, Sold by Abacus Bookshop rated 5.0 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. $27.00, good condition, Sold by Bulrushed Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Moscow, ID, UNITED STATES.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. SHIPS FAST. RESCUED + RENEWED. Clean pages, light wear, and a strong binding make this a reliable, quality Good+ copy, kept in circulation through our Book Sustainability Program. No access codes or CDs.
