Art and Industry: The Principles of Industrial Design by Herbert Read [Herbert Bayer]

Art and Industry: The Principles of Industrial Design by Herbert Read, 1938, 1st American Edition; first published in the United Kingdom by Faber and Faber, October 1934. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 7.75 x 10.25, pp. 143. Printed in Great Britain. The first edition states typography and cover design by Herbert Bayer but this edition does not, although with the exception of the dust jacket flaps, cloth cover and end papers, the interior's layout mimics the 1934 edition. Introduction by the author, followed by four sections: The Problem in Its Historical and Theoretical Aspects; Form; Colour and Ornament; and Art Education in the Industrial Age. With Appendices and Index towards the end. Perhaps the first English book to deal with complex questions of abstract principles of design, function and comfort and machine production related to artistic and industrial education. Heavily illustrated with 130 black and white examples.  The uncommon dust jacket features a wood wall-relief