Robert Adam
by Yarwood, Doreen
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. Large 8vo. x, 221 (1) pp, illus. First Edition, 1970 (per publisher's code "A-6.70[1]" on copyright page). Price clipped.Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 10". Black cloth with magenta motif on front board and spine, and gilt lettering to spine. In acetate protector. "Robert Adam (1728-792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689-1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance, after William's death.".
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005872
- Title
- Robert Adam
- Author
- Yarwood, Doreen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- ARCHITECTURE SCOTTISH ARCHITECTS BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARCHITECTURE;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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