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PENCIL POINTS. An Illustrated Monthly Journal for the Drafting Room. [Volume XIII, Number 9, September, 1932].
by Whitehead, Russell; Reid, Kenneth; and Cleaver, E.L., editors
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pencil Points, 1932., 1932.. Very good. - Quarto, 11-7/8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed white wrappers, titled in black on the front cover and with pictorial black & white ads on the verso. The covers are foxed with some stains to the front cover. There are minor chips to the spine. Pages 1-16; 597-652; and 25-46, with sections of pictorial ads at the front and rear. The periodical is profusely illustrated in color and black and white, including several full-page illustrations and plans, including a full-page plate of Edward D. Stone's pastel drawing of a "Preliminary Sketch for Roxy Theatre at Rockefeller Center, New York". The front hinge is cracked with rust stains from the staples to the inner edges of the first and last page. Very good. <p>The contents include Dwight James Baum's article "This Modernism", Samuel Chamberlain's "The Sketches and Woodcuts of Charles Hallo", Dorothy Brink Ingemann's "Shop Signs of Stockholm", Arthur Bates Lincoln's "A Plumbing System for the House", etc.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36799
- Title
- PENCIL POINTS. An Illustrated Monthly Journal for the Drafting Room. [Volume XIII, Number 9, September, 1932].
- Author
- Whitehead, Russell; Reid, Kenneth; and Cleaver, E.L., editors
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York: Pencil Points, 1932.
- Date Published
- 1932.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ARCHITECTURE; ART; ILLUSTRATED; PRINTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH-CENTURY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; PENCIL POINTS; AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR THE DRAFTING ROOM; RUSSELL WHITEHEAD; KENNETH REID; E.L. CLEAVER.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Quarto
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- Plate
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
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