Shock of the Old Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution, 2004, Near Fine hardcover w/DJ

Whiteway, Michael. London: V & A Publications, 2004.

English, Near Fine, HC, 8vo, 11" x 8 3/4", 240 pp. 

ISBN: 0810966581

Hardcover in blue paper. Near Fine blue pictorial dust jacket, now in Mylar. 240 pp. Includes 285 full-color and 15 monochrome reproductions of seminal British design and design theorist Christopher Dresser's work. From inside the dust jacket: "Dresser was also a pioneer in his vision of industry as a means to spread the tenets of good design, working with over fifty manufacturers in a wide variety of media to produce an astonishing range of reasonably priced, widely available consumer goods." Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition of the same name, starting at the National Design Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in New York from March 5 to July 25, 2004.