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Robert Adam
by Yarwood, Doreen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A bit of discoloration to the cloth along the bottom edges, else clean and tightly bound handsomely in black cloth and with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Illustrated with 32 pp. of illustrations and eight line-drawings. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x + 221 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 347637
- Title
- Robert Adam
- Author
- Yarwood, Doreen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- Large 8vo 9" - 10
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Doreen Yarwood|Robert Adam|architecture|American architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About the Seller
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