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The New Zealand House
by Voort, Robert Fowler Michael; Van de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG++/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0868660728
- ISBN 13
- 9780868660721
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: Rep.* Date of Publication: 1988* Publisher: Lansdowne Press.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated cover, white title to spine & face. Spine somewhat faded. No bumps, minor rubs, minor shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured & patterned end papers (red grid). Small inscription to front paste-down. Top edge slightly grubby. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no other visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: A number of colour & b/w photos, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 174 pp. text. ii pp., bibliography, glossary & some line-drawn plans at rear.* Description: The project was to produce a book which would explain and illustrate the New Zealand House, the influences which caused it to differ from housing in other parts of the world, as well as the influences upon its development by overseas architects and the undoubted talent of New Zealand architects.* A NEAR VG++ text reprint copy with some minor cover faults but no dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2312
- Title
- The New Zealand House
- Author
- Voort, Robert Fowler Michael; Van de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd. Reprint 1988
- ISBN 10
- 0868660728
- ISBN 13
- 9780868660721
- Publisher
- Lansdowne Press
- Place of Publication
- Aukland NZ 180
- Date Published
- 1988-01-01
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Paste-down
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Shelf Wear
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