Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a faint hint of shelfwear to covers. Hint of light soiling to front endpaper. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, hint of sunning to spine and a small (1 inch) vertical tear to base of spine of jacket. 333pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This book examines advances in architecture, design, and painting in a region widely recognised for its contribution to the Arts nd Crafts and Prairie School movements. It features the work of many well-known American artists, including the architects Cass Gilbert, Harvey Ellis, Frank Lloyd Wright. The six essays in the book also focus on the ceramic and metalwork production of the Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis, the Craftshouse of John Bradstreet, and American Indian art and artifacts created both for native and white use at the time.