The English Tradition in Design de John Gloag - 1947

PENGUIN. Hardcover. B0000CP5SU 1947 King Penguin pictorial hardcover. Very Good+. Gift inscription. No dust jacket. Numerous black and white photographs . Very Good.

London: Penguin, 1947. 1st. ed. thus card covers. No. K34. 36pp. text + 72 b/w plates. Backstrip torn, o/w good reading copy.

London: Penguin, 1947. 1st. ed. HBK. No. K34. 36 pp. text, 72 plates. Top spine broken. Covers colour faded. O/w good copy.

Macmillan, 1960. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. b/w Illustration. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In light blue cloth with gilt spine titling, 8vo, 89pp.

London/New York (The King Penguin Books), 1947.. 36pp., 72 plates. Text figs. Lrg. 8vo. Boards (spine missing).

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1959. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) - EX-LIB. 40 plates, 72 B&W text ill.. This revised and enlarged edition on the history, survival and contemporary expression of the English tradition. Embraces many branches of design. Discussed is the decline and fall of design in the nineteenth century, the unrecognised birth and growth of what is now called industrial design, the decay of handicrafts during the transition from handwork to machine production, and their revival by William Morris. 89pp.

London and New York: King penguin, 1947 Hardback without dust jacket. pp36. 72 b/w plates decorated paper covered faded boards.Pages damped and wrinkeled

A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. 89 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. The clipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges.

GLOAG, John. THE ENGLISH TRADITION IN DESIGN. London: Adam and Charles Black, (1959). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. x, 89 pages 40 plates. First revised edition. An exploration of the English tradition of design from medieval times through the 20th century, with illustrations. Fine in lightly worn dust jacket.

London : PENGUIN , 1947 . First Edition . VG . 12MO . 36 pp + 72 pp. Of plates. Black and white photos. A King Penguin. Cover a little bowed and faded.