Search Results: The Englishman's Chair by John Gloag

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964. Square and unmarked. Full red cloth binding. xviii, 485pp. Jacket is good only, price-clipped, rubbed, with pale staining along spine panel. Offered in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Book Condition: Good-. Some wear at edges. Cover coming away at spine.Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Wear at corners and edges, some small tears at top and bottom spine edges.See photos.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1964. Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xviii + 307pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & staining to spine & flaps, light chafing & soiling)

Hardback. New. Originally published in 1964, The Englishman's Chair is a history of English chairs, written as a continuous story from the 15th to the 20th Century and because of the revealing powers inherent in chair-making and design, it is also an unconventional footnote to English social history.