Noel Carrington, Design & A Changing Civilisation, 1935 First Edition
From the rear flap: “The design on the cover and wrapper of the book has been especially made for The Twentieth Century Library by Mr Eric Gill who writes : “I can think of nothing more appropriate for a symbol for the Twentieth Century Library than a version of Laocoon, that is Man fighting with the twin snakes, that is War and Usury. These are the powers of evil with which Man in the Twentieth Century will have to settle, or perish.”
Sections include: the principles of design; the social background (the past, today's), William Morris and after, design in the machine age, the manufacturer, the distributor, 'individual and state' and 'the artist craftsman in the world today’.
Title: Design & A Changing Civilisation
Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd London
Publication date: 1935 (First Edition)
Format: Beige cloth covered boards with especially designed decorations in red and black by Eric Gill on both the dust jacket and the upper board.
Images: 26 b/w Illusts
Page: 140
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03357
From the rear flap: “The design on the cover and wrapper of the book has been especially made for The Twentieth Century Library by Mr Eric Gill who writes : “I can think of nothing more appropriate for a symbol for the Twentieth Century Library than a version of Laocoon, that is Man fighting with the twin snakes, that is War and Usury. These are the powers of evil with which Man in the Twentieth Century will have to settle, or perish.”
Sections include: the principles of design; the social background (the past, today's), William Morris and after, design in the machine age, the manufacturer, the distributor, 'individual and state' and 'the artist craftsman in the world today’.
Title: Design & A Changing Civilisation
Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd London
Publication date: 1935 (First Edition)
Format: Beige cloth covered boards with especially designed decorations in red and black by Eric Gill on both the dust jacket and the upper board.
Images: 26 b/w Illusts
Page: 140
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03357
From the rear flap: “The design on the cover and wrapper of the book has been especially made for The Twentieth Century Library by Mr Eric Gill who writes : “I can think of nothing more appropriate for a symbol for the Twentieth Century Library than a version of Laocoon, that is Man fighting with the twin snakes, that is War and Usury. These are the powers of evil with which Man in the Twentieth Century will have to settle, or perish.”
Sections include: the principles of design; the social background (the past, today's), William Morris and after, design in the machine age, the manufacturer, the distributor, 'individual and state' and 'the artist craftsman in the world today’.
Title: Design & A Changing Civilisation
Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd London
Publication date: 1935 (First Edition)
Format: Beige cloth covered boards with especially designed decorations in red and black by Eric Gill on both the dust jacket and the upper board.
Images: 26 b/w Illusts
Page: 140
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03357
