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THE BUILDING OF MANHATTAN
by Mackay, Donald A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060157887
- ISBN 13
- 9780060157883
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. Quarto. 150 pp; hundreds of line drawings by the author. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, head & tail of jacket spine lightly chipped. Filled with hundreds of carefully researched line drawings, Donald Mackay shows us how Manhattan was constructed above ground and below. The book details the growth of New York from the Dutch settlements to the initial build-up of downtown to the gradual expansion uptown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007713
- Title
- THE BUILDING OF MANHATTAN
- Author
- Mackay, Donald A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060157887
- ISBN 13
- 9780060157883
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- MANHATTAN NEW YORK N Y
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City;
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About the Seller
Carnegie Hill Books
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New York, New York
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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