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Traditional Domestic Architecture of the Banbury Region
by Raymond B. Wood-Jones
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1963. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Not stated. A detailed work exploring the architectural style used in houses across the Banbury region of England, illustrated with diagrams throughout. This work explores the history of the regional progress of architectural styles and planning until the end of the eighteenth century.Written by Raymond B. Wood-Jones.Complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with seventy-eight line drawings and over eighty photographs. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine only. Dust wrapper has a few spots and is a little sunned to the spine, but is otherwise in excellent condition. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 762R40
- Title
- Traditional Domestic Architecture of the Banbury Region
- Author
- Raymond B. Wood-Jones
- Illustrator
- Not stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Place of Publication
- Manchester
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Architecture British Architecture Banbury Oxfordshire British Architecture
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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