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Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Very Good; Covers rubbed and creased, book does not lay squarely flat but has horizontal wave.. 1973. 1st MIT Press paperback edition. Softcover. 0262690411 . Illustrated black softcover measuring 9 x 15 inches. Many illustrations, plans, sections, elevations. Foreword by Peter Blake. New preface for paperback edition by Soleri. A book delineating Soleri's architecture and urban design theories, and his development of arcology, an architecture based on more integration with natural landscape and urban ecology. Many illustrations throughout and thirty of his detailed designs for site-specific arcological models. ; Oblong folio; 122 pages .
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Arcology: The City In The Image Of Man
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Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.
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BRACEBRIDGE HALL 1887 Macmillan & Co. By Washington Irving. Ralph Caldecott Illustrated Edition. First Edition Thus. Sequel to "Old Christmas". Used. Good Condition/ No DJ is included if issued. 284 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 1/2. Bright gold gilt top-stain, titling and ornamentation. 1" Dark green end-papers. Summary: "Bracebridge Hall, written by the esteemed author, Washington Irving, is a collection of location-based character sketches, detailing the lives and personalities of the occupants of a countryside manor in Yorkshire, England, owned by a squire."
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