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There is a wide range of books available on all aspects of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The Society has also published a number of titles.

At Society lectures there is usually a selection of books which are available to members at a discounted price. Any of the books listed below may also be ordered  for collection at other Society events.

If you own any of these books and would like to write a review for inclusion on this page, then please let us know .

Publications by The Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey

Watts Gallery - A personal view by Richard Jeffries, compiled and edited by Desna Greenhow. Memories from his twenty years as curator, and comments on paintings and sculptures in the collection.

Richard Jefferies has been Curator of the Watts Gallery in Compton, Surrey, for two decades. His knowledge of the Victorian painter, G. F. Watts’ work and philosophy are matched by his entertaining way of expressing his fondness and admiration for him. His comments on the work and Watts’ deep appreciation of the issues of his day, are many of them relevant to the concerns our own times, and are brought before us by a master in the art of communicating. George Frederic Watts was considered in his lifetime one of the greatest English painters of the nineteenth century. Undoubtedly the foremost portrait painter, his Symbolist and social realism work earned him accolades from most of his fellow artists, and from the Establishment. Although he was nicknamed ‘England’s Michelangelo’, knowledge of his work plummeted after his death, and is only now enjoying a revival, a hundred years later. Published by the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey for the Watts Gallery. Softcover, 40 pages with black & white illustrations. Published 2006, price £4.95. ISBN 0-9537615-2-5

Nature and Tradition Arts and Crafts architecture and gardens in and around Guildford

The Arts and Crafts Movement, an idealistic approach to the design of houses, gardens and craftworks, flourished in England between 1880 and 1910. Guildford is fortunate in having some fine works from this period and, in particular, early examples of the now legendary collaboration between garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll, and architect, Edwin Lutyens. This book can serve readers as an introduction to this fascinating period in which England led the world in searching for a new, informal and personal approach to domestic design. Softcover, 76 pages with colour and black & white illustrations. New edition 2002 price £5.95. ISBN 0 9537615-1-7

The Word in the Pattern

A key to the symbols on the walls of the Watts Chapel at Compton by Mary Watts. Originally published in 1904 and reprinted by The Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey. This title is now out of print but a more extensive edition is in preparation. A limited edition of 750 price £9.95 **SOLD OUT**

M.H. Baillie Scott The Surrey Contribution Work of an Arts and Crafts Architect

A booklet with photographs of buildings in Surrey, originally prepared to accompany the exhibition M.H. Baillie Scott: The Artistic House shown at Guildford House Gallery in the summer of 1996. Softcover, 24 pages. Available either from the Society or The Watts Gallery price £2 **ONLY A FEW REMAINING**

Top of page Books available at lectures (discounts available for members) or click on the pictures to shop at Amazon.co.uk: The Leonard Stokes Directory: Architect in a Dressing Gown, Jan Ward, 2009, pub: Jan Ward (rrp £28) Jan Ward is a long-standing member of the Society of whose ongoing research into the work of architect Leonard Aloysius Scott Stokes (1858-1925) we have been aware. We are therefore delighted to see the publication of her new book The Leonard Stokes Directory - Architect in a Dressing Gown. Jan Ward’s interest in Leonard Stokes was kindled many years ago as a young planning technician for the local authority, when she visited Littleshaw - the house Stokes built for himself at Woldingham, high up on the North Downs of Surrey - to put up a site notice. In writing the book she has travelled the country photographing his buildings that still exist and the sites of some that don’t. His more famous buildings, in addition to Littleshaw, which is heralded by many as a fine example of Arts and Crafts architecture, include St Clare’s Church at Liverpool, additions to Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Downside School in Somerset together with Minterne House for Lord Digby in Dorset. The book, privately published in May 2009, includes chapters about the life and work of Leonard Stokes and a gazetteer of more than 120 commissions, most with colour photographs and black and white illustrations.   Arts and Crafts Master: The Houses and Gardens of M H Baillie Scott, Ian Macdonald-Smith, 2010, Rizzoli International (rrp £35) Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens and Landscapes, Janet Waymark, 2009, Frances Lincoln (rrp £40) Newlyn Copper: Arts and Crafts Copper Work in Newlyn, Daryl Bennett & Colin Pill, 2008, Redcliffe Press (rrp £24.95)   The Flowers of William Morris, Derek W. Baker, 1996, Chicago Review (rrp £16.50)   Letchworth the First Garden City, Mervyn Miller, 2002, Phillimore & Co (rrp £25)   Brentham: A History of the Pioneer Garden Suburb 1901-2001, Aileen Reid, 2000, Brentham Heritage Society (rrp £30)   Wandering Architects: In Pursuit of an Arts and Crafts Ideal, Michael Drury, 2000, Shaun Tyas (rrp £24)   James MacLaren, Arts & Crafts Pioneer, Alan Calder, 2003, Shaun Tyas (rrp £30)   Harold Falkner: More Than an Arts & Crafts Architect, Sam Osmond, 2003, Phillimore & Co (rrp £25)   West Surrey Architecture: 1840-2000, Christopher Budgen, 2002, The Heritage of Waverley Ltd (rrp £19.95). More...   International Arts and Crafts, Karen Livingstone & Linda Parry (Editors), 2005, V & A Publications (rrp £40)   W.A.S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, Ian Hamerton (Editor), 2005, Antique Collectors' Club Ltd (rrp £45)   The Crafts in Britain in the Twentieth Century, Tanya Harrod, 1999, Yale University Press (rrp £50)   Essential Arts and Crafts, Karen Livingstone, 2005, V & A Publications (rrp £14.99)   The Bromsgrove Guild: An Illustrated History, Quintin Watt (Editor), 1999, The Bromsgrove Society (rrp £11.95) The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook, Barrie & Wendy Armstrong, 2005, Oblong Creative Ltd (rrp £17.50) Read a review   (opens in new window) Philip Webb Pioneer of Arts and Crafts Architecture, Sheila Kirk, Wiley-Academy (rrp £60 hardback, £29.99 softback). Read a review   (opens in new window) Baillie Scott - The Artistic House, Diane Haigh, 1995, Wiley-Academy (rrp £29.99). More... Christopher Dresser, Harry Lyons, 2004, Antique Collectors' Club Ltd (rrp £25)   The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy: Arts and Crafts to Art Deco, Paul Atterbury & John Benjamin, 2005, Antique Collectors' Club (rrp £35)   Arts and Crafts Furniture, John Andrews, 2005, Antique Collectors' Club Ltd (rrp £39.50)   C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer and Romantic Socialist, Alan Crawford, 2005, Yale University Press (rrp £25)   From William Morris: Building Conservation and the Arts and Crafts Cult of Authenticity, 1877-1939 (Studies in British Art), Chris Miele (Editor), 2005, Yale University Press (rrp £40)   Top of page