THE CITY IN HISTORY: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
by Lewis Mumford
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. VG+. Thick black hardcover with light wear & cover soiling only, bright orange spine label, tightly bound; free of markings, pages clean. No dust jacket. An excellent reading copy of this classic, in the sturdy hardcover edition.
Synopsis
The city’s development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. “One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century” (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19752
- Title
- THE CITY IN HISTORY: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
- Author
- Lewis Mumford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & World, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1961
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
North Country Books
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Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.