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The Town House
by Irvine, Chippy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553053094
- ISBN 13
- 9780553053098
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Bantam Books, New York, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Joe Viesti – Photographer. acknowledgements, foreword by J. Jackson Walter, President National Trust for Historic Preservation introduction of by author and bibliography. Green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. The text is illustrated with colour photography taken by Joe Viesti. Photographic dustwrapper, again by Joe Viesti, with green coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. A look at townhouses (row houses) both stately and modest from a earlier period of domestic architecture in America. From New York to Chicago, from New Orleans to San Francisco the interior design / architecture and decoration of these bygone era houses. Minor rubbing of the book edges and panels. Previous owners ex libris plate to the free front end page. Sunning to the paper edges. A little creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Sunning of the dustwrapper edges. Size: Square Quarto. 9], 2 - 248 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Joe Viesti – Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; Interior Design; United States; Home Decorating & Repair. ISBN: 0553053094. ISBN/EAN: 9780553053098. Inventory No: 0123676. . 9780553053098
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0123676
- Title
- The Town House
- Author
- Irvine, Chippy
- Illustrator
- Joe Viesti – Photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0553053094
- ISBN 13
- 9780553053098
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Architecture, interior design, decoration, row houses, themes, motives Architecture; Interior Design; United States; Home Decorating & Repair. Joe Viesti – Photographer Unbranded ISBN: 0553053094 EAN: 9780553053098 Irvine, Chippy T
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- Architecture; Interior Design;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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