City of Quartz
by Davis, Mike
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Verso, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition of Davis' heralded postmodern analysis of Los Angeles urbanism. Photographs by Robert Morrow. London/New York: Verso, 1990. First printing (no additional printings noted on copyright page). Octavo, 9-1/2 x 6-3/8 in.ix, 462pp., with index. Black textured-paper boards; silver spine titles; dust jacket. Light bumping to spine ends and corners. Some small splits to the paper; board just showing through at bottom front tip. Unclipped (unpriced) jacket with mild crumpling to spine ends and tips. Very good in a near fine jacket.
Synopsis
Mike Davis is the author of several books including Planet of Slums , City of Quartz , Ecology of Fear , Late Victorian Holocausts , and Magical Urbanism . He was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He lives in Papa’aloa, Hawaii.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002127
- Title
- City of Quartz
- Author
- Davis, Mike
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Verso
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Ridgewood, New York
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