Mysteries of the Mall: and Other Essays
by Rybczynski, Witold
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374269939
- ISBN 13
- 9780374269937
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. viii, 319 pages; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The Way We Live Today; Mysteries of the Mall; Godfathers of Sprawl; Big-City Amenities. Trees. High-Tech Jobs. Cappuccino. Retirement Paradise. Nose Rings; Designs for Escape; Tomorrowland; Thoughts on Home; Our Urban Condition; Tocqueville, Urban Critic; We're All Venetians Now; Downtown; Bauhaus Blunders; Downsizing Cities; The Fifth City; Bollard Burg; New York's Rumpus Room; Why We Need Olmsted Again; The Art of Building; A Distinguished Failure; Show Dogs; When Buildings Try Too Hard; The Unreal America; The Story King; A Good Public Building; A Blight at the Opera; Sounds as Good as It Looks; The Biggest Small Buildings; Palladio in the Rough; Place Makers; The Master; Corbu; Why Wright Endures; Call Amp; Mr. Success; The Unfettered Eclectic; A Humble Architect; The Zen Master; The Smart Man from Hollywood.. 1st.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 098265
- Title
- Mysteries of the Mall: and Other Essays
- Author
- Rybczynski, Witold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st.
- ISBN 10
- 0374269939
- ISBN 13
- 9780374269937
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Architecture / History; Architecture / Commercial & Industrial; Architecture / Criticism;
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