Egyptian Architecture as a Cultural Expression
by E Baldwin Smith
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
New York: D Appleton, 1938. This copy has the book plate of Lorenzo S Winslow signed by him stating he was the architect at the White House June 1946. In 1948 Winslow built a balcony on the south portico for Harry Truman. This was hardly completed when he noticed the whole building gave signs of collapsing. The brick that Hoban had used to line the stone facade was being stressed to its limits. Winslow began a full renovation of the White House, which, as one inspector put it " was standing up purely from habit".Book has bumped & a little frayed corners, spine faded & pulled at top. Book is scarce . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Ills By the Author. 4to, Heavy, So Extra Post..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001426
- Title
- Egyptian Architecture as a Cultural Expression
- Author
- E Baldwin Smith
- Illustrator
- Ills By the Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D Appleton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Architecture. Lorenzo s Winslow. White House Interest. White House Architect.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Egyptology & the Middle East; America & Its People;
- Size
- 4to, Heavy, So Extra Post.
Terms of Sale
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
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