The Book of Buildings: A Panorama of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Structures
by Reid, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0528811037
- ISBN 13
- 9780528811036
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1980. Hardcover, burgundy cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 448 pages. Glossary, Index. Illustrated with 1800 vignette drawings and 31 pages of color photographs. First American edition. A omnibus gazetteer covering multiple architectural styles, regions, historical periods, etc.; describing over 3500 buildings. Previous owner's small label inside front cover. Dust-jacket protected by hand-crafted, home-made acetate covers. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in a fine dust-jacket. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015745
- Title
- The Book of Buildings: A Panorama of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Structures
- Author
- Reid, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0528811037
- ISBN 13
- 9780528811036
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Architecture, History of Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Staten Island, New York
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...