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Dumbarton Oaks: The History of a Georgetown House and Garden, 1800-1966.
by Whitehill, Walter Muir
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: rust colored cloth with black and gilt on the spine; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is
- ISBN 10
- 0674218507
- ISBN 13
- 9780674218505
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts:: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: rust colored cloth with black and gilt on the spine; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 8vo (9.75 inches tall) . Index. Description: Includes an extensive section of black and white photo plates (pages 103-143). The publisher's blurb reads: ''Dumbarton Oaks is the Georgetown estate famous for having been the site of the 1944 conference that led to the establishment of the United Nations. Although it is a landmark in 'America's most civilized square mile' as the city planner Carl Feiss has described the area, little is known generally about the fascinating history of the house and grounds or the origins of its superb collections of Byzantine and pre-Columbian art.''
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- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068449
- Title
- Dumbarton Oaks: The History of a Georgetown House and Garden, 1800-1966.
- Author
- Whitehill, Walter Muir
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: rust colored cloth with black and gilt on the spine; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674218507
- ISBN 13
- 9780674218505
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts:
- Date Published
- 1967.
- Pages
- 147 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (9.75 inches tall)
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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