Now I Sit Me Down. From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History [SIGNED]
by Rybczynski, Witold
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374223211
- ISBN 13
- 9780374223212
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2016.) 1st edition. Signed by the author. A social and design history of the humble chair, spanning the centuries from ancient Egypt and Greece to the modern era. A consideration of the chair's many forms and functions – from a simple "tool for sitting" to the artistry of Thonet, Eames, and others. Illustrated by small drawings in the text. 242 pp., with index. 8vo hardcover. Minor rubbing of the dust jacket, a couple of small spots in the blank margin of p. 155. Near Fine otherwise. Clean and securely bound. Jacket is protected by a clear, archival cover. Uncommon signed.
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- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047871
- Title
- Now I Sit Me Down. From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History [SIGNED]
- Author
- Rybczynski, Witold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374223211
- ISBN 13
- 9780374223212
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2016
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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