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North Carolina Architecture
by Bishir, Catherine W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good (dampstaining to lower spine & board edges w/ creasing & paper wear to gutter areas of pastedowns. spine rattled, text
- ISBN 10
- 0807819239
- ISBN 13
- 9780807819234
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990. Hardcover. Good/Good (dampstaining to lower spine & board edges w/ creasing & paper wear to gutter areas of pastedowns. spine rattled, textblock shaken; very slight split to textblock, pgs & textblock remain firm/intact. upper front corner bruised & creased. scratches to cloth. dustjacket has dampstaining to lower spine edge & interior; rubbing to spine top; rubbing to corners; various scratches, scuffs & scoring). Maroon cloth with gilt letters on spine & front cover; white & color illus. dust jacket, 514 pp. with bw photos throughout. A massive work with with photography by Tim Buchman. "This stunning book portrays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage from colonial times to the beginning of WWII...[It] addresses the grand public and private buildings that have become familiar landmarks, but it also focuses on the quieter beauty of more common structures: farmhouses, barns, urban dwellings, log houses, mills, factories and churches." (dj) Includes information about construction and design as well as the buildings being set within cultural, political and historical contexts.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145324
- Title
- North Carolina Architecture
- Author
- Bishir, Catherine W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good (dampstaining to lower spine & board edges w/ creasing & paper wear to gutter areas of pastedowns. spine rattled, text
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0807819239
- ISBN 13
- 9780807819234
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- American Architecture ; North Carolina Architecture ; ;
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