W A S Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, 2005, VG HC w/DJ

Hamerton, Ian [ed.], et al. Suffolk: Antiques Collector's Club, 2005.

English, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 11 7/8" x 9 3/4", 303 pp. 

ISBN: 1851494766

Hardcover in gray cloth. Minor bumps to top tips, light wear, and some sunning. Very Good pictorial dust jacket, some sunning, light wear, now in Mylar. 303 pp. Includes black-and-white and full-color reproduced photographs of British Arts and Crafts lighting designer William Arthur Smith Benson's designs and products, the catalogs they were featured in, sketches, and more. From inside of the dust jacket: "This extensively researched book places Benson in his historical context and presents an insight into Benson's family life and social connections, before going on to discuss his career in architecture, furniture, interior design, lighting, and metalware, and to examine the steps Benson took to protect himself against design theft."