Century Guild Hobby Horse. Volumes 1-7, 1886-92

Century Guild Hobby Horse. The Century Guild Hobby Horse, edited by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, Herbert P. Horne & Selwyn Image, volumes 1-7 bound in 4, London: Keegan Paul, Trench and Co., & Chiswick Press, 1886-92, half-titles, woodcut titles by Selwyn Image, plates and illustrations, woodcut initials and decorations by Mackmurdo and Horne, occasional light spotting and offsetting, original wrappers for numvers 6, 14, 20 & 28 bound at rear of each volume respectively, top edge gilt, contemporary morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed, 4to, together with The Century Guild Hobby Horse No. 1, April 1884, published by Gallen, Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent, in original wrappers, 4to QTY: (5) NOTE: The Century Guild was founded in 1882 by the architect Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo to produce decorative work in every field of interior design including architecture, decorative painting, furniture, metalwork, ceramics and glass etc., with an emphasis on crafts and in particular, and the new style of Art Nouveau. The architect Herbert P. Horne and artist & writer Selwyn Image were co-editors, but many other artists were involved with the group. In 1884 they started The Century Guild Hobby Horse, concentrating on the visual arts but also including literature and social issues. The first issue was published in April 1884 (present here in original wrappers), with no others until 1886 when they started again with volume number 1. In 1893 it was renamed The Hobby Horse but only lasted for a further three issues until it ended in 1894. Printed on handmade paper, and illustrated with woodcuts, lithographs and photogravure reproductions, the typography and design was by Emery Walker and printed at the Chiswick Press. Contributors included Burne-Jones, William and May Morris, John Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, Simeon Solomon, Heywood Sumner, Ernest Ricketts, Ford Madox Brown, Laurence Binyon, Lionel Johnson, Christina Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. The Century Guild influenced many members of the Arts and Crafts movement including C.F.A.Voysey and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.